SUMMARY When searching in kicker, the result list gets populated very fast and the first item is selected. This makes the search bar lose focus (it has no blinking cursor) after the first letter in input. All character presses get forwarded and input to the search bar, but pressing backspace sets focus to the search bar, and only after a second press deletes the letter. STEPS TO REPRODUCE 1. search for something with results 2. delete a few letters of the search by pressing backspace slowly (ie one character at a time) 3. Observed: Deleting a letter takes two backspace presses, as focus shifts to results after results list gets refreshed. Focus shifting is seen by the cursor disappearing. EXPECTED RESULT: Focus remains in search bar while editing. KDE Plasma Version: 6.0.1 with patch from https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=482736 applied KDE Frameworks Version: 6.0.0 Qt Version: 6.6.2 Opinion: It would be nice if the focus logic were inverted: primarily on the search bar (ie the search bar's cursor is always there, blinking) and only navigation arrows and enter were forwarded to the search result lists.
Can reproduce.
Created attachment 167758 [details] Screencast of the bug including visible keystrokes I added a screencast and can confirm the behavior also on 6.0.2 KRunner works fine Application Launcher works fine Application Menu does not behave as the other 2 Operating System: Arch Linux KDE Plasma Version: 6.0.2 KDE Frameworks Version: 6.0.0 Qt Version: 6.6.2 Kernel Version: 6.8.1-arch1-1 (64-bit) Graphics Platform: Wayland
After investigating a bit, I think the focus change is intentional so that you can navigate the search results list, but requiring two backspace keystrokes is not; this part is clearly a bug.
is this still happening? can't reproduce anymore
Can still reproduce. OS: openSUSE Leap 15.6 Plasma Version: 6.2.90 Frameworks Version: 6.10.0 Qt Version: 6.8.1 Kernel: 6.4.0-150600.23.33-default (64-bit) Graphics: Wayland on discrete GPU If something is found, the focus moves to the first entry. Pressing backspace once moves it back. Pressing twice removes the last char.
I can still reproduce it trivially with Kicker (not kickoff) on git master: 1. Open menu 2. Type "Hello" 3. press backspace The search field is focused but "o" is not removed. If I press backspace again, "o" is removed but the search field loses focus.
A possibly relevant merge request was started @ https://invent.kde.org/plasma/plasma-desktop/-/merge_requests/2757
Git commit 5d9a5ce1c7319f05c5859321c18ec37b97ab58d9 by Marco Martin. Committed on 28/01/2025 at 15:50. Pushed by mart into branch 'master'. applets/kicker: fix backspace when searching use a proper focus handling when switching back and forth from navigating items in the menu and searching by writing text. * ItemListView knows about the search field and always forwards events to it * when the listview is focused, if a non navigation key is pressed, just moves the active focus to the search field, the letter (or backspace, or right/left arrow) will already have been managed by the search field * if the search field is focused, pressing a navigation key still transfers the focus to the listview M +2 -0 applets/kicker/package/contents/ui/ItemListDialog.qml M +16 -20 applets/kicker/package/contents/ui/ItemListView.qml M +4 -4 applets/kicker/package/contents/ui/MenuRepresentation.qml M +1 -0 applets/kicker/package/contents/ui/RunnerResultsList.qml https://invent.kde.org/plasma/plasma-desktop/-/commit/5d9a5ce1c7319f05c5859321c18ec37b97ab58d9
Git commit 87e8e0a28a4b73916e73d92a599562028bec6f62 by Marco Martin. Committed on 28/01/2025 at 15:50. Pushed by mart into branch 'Plasma/6.3'. applets/kicker: fix backspace when searching use a proper focus handling when switching back and forth from navigating items in the menu and searching by writing text. * ItemListView knows about the search field and always forwards events to it * when the listview is focused, if a non navigation key is pressed, just moves the active focus to the search field, the letter (or backspace, or right/left arrow) will already have been managed by the search field * if the search field is focused, pressing a navigation key still transfers the focus to the listview (cherry picked from commit 5d9a5ce1c7319f05c5859321c18ec37b97ab58d9) 63a4478c applets/kicker: fix backspace when searching 565ddf4d remove unnecessary change Co-authored-by: Marco Martin <notmart@gmail.com> M +2 -0 applets/kicker/package/contents/ui/ItemListDialog.qml M +16 -20 applets/kicker/package/contents/ui/ItemListView.qml M +4 -4 applets/kicker/package/contents/ui/MenuRepresentation.qml M +1 -0 applets/kicker/package/contents/ui/RunnerResultsList.qml https://invent.kde.org/plasma/plasma-desktop/-/commit/87e8e0a28a4b73916e73d92a599562028bec6f62
*** Bug 499315 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***