SUMMARY The Special Characters plugin is not returning results STEPS TO REPRODUCE 1. Ensure the `Special Characters` search plugin is enabled (default) 2. Search for a special character with krunner (with or without prefix), eg. `copyright` or `# copyright` OBSERVED RESULT No results for special characters, in this instance should have been the result for the copyright symbol: ©, but same with other characters (for example, `Yen` for the Japanese currency.) EXPECTED RESULT Expected list of special characters displayed for copying SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS Linux/KDE Plasma: Fedora 40, Plasma 6.0.2
This looks like it is intended behavior. It gives you the special character if you enter a hex code or an alias that has been defined in the settings (System Settings -> Plasma Search -> Special Characters -> Configure...). I do agree with you that it's not super useful as it is. Maybe that's a feature that could get implemented.
I think you are correct, the description says it is for entering the hex code. I presumed it was for finding the characters via keywords, which seems much more useful. There is a 3rd party runner that does this here: https://github.com/domschrei/krunner-symbols It doesn't seem fully updated for Plasma 6 though.