SUMMARY When pressing Ctrl+F to activate the search functionality in Dolphin, running via shell shows that when trying to search using the "From Here (folder)" option (where "folder" is the current folder), it shows an error with "kf.baloo: Failed to add exclude folder config entry for /home/username". Using the "Your files" option can find the files no problem, although it takes a long time. I checked the File Indexer which I believe uses Baloo, and I can see my home folder listed there twice: One as "indexed" and the other as "not indexed". It's the exact same path, "/home/username". The trash icon to delete the entry is greyed out. Perhaps this conflict of enabled and disabled indexing is causing the problem? This functionality works fine on a brand new laptop, but not on my PC which has had this Arch installation for a number of years. As far as I can remember, it never worked on my PC, but I am only getting around to reporting it now when I happened to notice by accident that it works on my laptop. Note: KFind works without issue, and it's how I've been working around this problem for the last while, before I got the laptop and noticed Dolphin's Find works fine there. STEPS TO REPRODUCE 1. Open Dolphin 2. Press Ctrl+F to open the Find toolbar 3. Select the "From Here" tab 4. Search for a file 5. Perhaps specific to my PC, the results won't show up. OBSERVED RESULT "From Here" does not show files any files on my PC and fails immediately. EXPECTED RESULT "From Here" should work as it does on at least one other installation of Plasma 6.1.0 SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS Linux/KDE Plasma: 6.9.5 Linux Zen KDE Plasma Version: 6.1.0 KDE Frameworks Version: 6.3.0 Qt Version: 6.7.1 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Git commit 4102ccb80457eea44ea280f0ace2a419602bc34b by Felix Ernst. Committed on 07/04/2025 at 21:09. Pushed by felixernst into branch 'master'. Rewrite search integration This huge commit is a nearly complete rewrite of the Dolphin search code. It implements most of the improved Dolphin search UI/UX as designed and discussed in a collaborative effort by Kristen McWilliam, Jin Liu, Andy Betts, Tagwerk, a few others and me. See https://invent.kde.org/system/dolphin/-/issues/46. # Notable changes - A toggle to change the search tool is provided as most contributors deemed that useful in https://invent.kde.org/system/dolphin/-/merge_requests/642#note_985112. - The default search is changed to filenamesearch for maximum reliability. - Removing all search parameters will take users back to the view state prior to starting a search instead of keeping the search results open. - The UI for choosing file types or modification dates has been made more powerful with more granularity and more options. - Most search parameters can be configured from a popup menu which gives us extra space for extra clarity. - Labels and help buttons as well as hyperlinks to settings makes sure the user always knows why some search parameters are unavailable in some contexts. - Chips show important search parameters while the popup is closed. They allow quickly removing filters. - The titles of the search and the input field placeholder message change to make clear whether file names or file contents are searched. - When the user actively switches the search tool, whether content should be searched, or whether to search everywhere, this is preserved for the initial state of the search bar when the user opens it the next time after restarting Dolphin. # Architecture - The new DolphinQuery class is independent of the UI and contains all search parameters modifiable in Dolphin as easy setters and getters. - DolphinQuery objects are also used to update the states of every component in the search UI. There is now a clear separation of UI and search configuration/DolphinQuery. - DolphinQuery is responsible for exporting to and importing from search URLs. - The search UI always reflects the currently configured DolphinQuery no matter if the user changed the UI to change the DolphinQuery or loaded a DolphinQuery/older search URL which then is reflected in the UI. - I tried to simplify all classes and their interaction between each other as much as possible. - I added some tests Related: bug 386754, bug 446387, bug 470136, bug 480001, bug 483578, bug 488047, bug 500103, bug 435119, bug 458761, bug 471556, bug 475439, bug 477969 FIXED-IN: 25.08 M +19 -4 src/CMakeLists.txt M +5 -0 src/config-dolphin.h.cmake M +22 -17 src/dolphinmainwindow.cpp M +2 -6 src/dolphinrecenttabsmenu.cpp M +103 -130 src/dolphinviewcontainer.cpp M +41 -30 src/dolphinviewcontainer.h M +2 -2 src/global.h A +356 -0 src/search/bar.cpp [License: GPL(v2.0+)] A +206 -0 src/search/bar.h [License: GPL(v2.0+)] A +150 -0 src/search/barsecondrowflowlayout.cpp [License: LGPL(3+eV) LGPL(v3.0) LGPL(v2.1)] A +48 -0 src/search/barsecondrowflowlayout.h [License: LGPL(3+eV) LGPL(v3.0) LGPL(v2.1)] A +52 -0 src/search/chip.cpp [License: LGPL(3+eV) LGPL(v3.0) LGPL(v2.1)] A +101 -0 src/search/chip.h [License: LGPL(3+eV) LGPL(v3.0) LGPL(v2.1)] A +0 -0 src/search/configurationpopup.h [License: Trivial file] M +5 -1 src/search/dolphin_searchsettings.kcfg D +0 -312 src/search/dolphinfacetswidget.cpp D +0 -84 src/search/dolphinfacetswidget.h M +339 -70 src/search/dolphinquery.cpp M +278 -37 src/search/dolphinquery.h D +0 -575 src/search/dolphinsearchbox.cpp D +0 -189 src/search/dolphinsearchbox.h A +378 -0 src/search/popup.cpp [License: LGPL(3+eV) LGPL(v3.0) LGPL(v2.1)] A +99 -0 src/search/popup.h [License: LGPL(3+eV) LGPL(v3.0) LGPL(v2.1)] A +61 -0 src/search/selectors/dateselector.cpp [License: LGPL(3+eV) LGPL(v3.0) LGPL(v2.1)] A +42 -0 src/search/selectors/dateselector.h [License: LGPL(3+eV) LGPL(v3.0) LGPL(v2.1)] A +81 -0 src/search/selectors/filetypeselector.cpp [License: LGPL(3+eV) LGPL(v3.0) LGPL(v2.1)] A +36 -0 src/search/selectors/filetypeselector.h [License: LGPL(3+eV) LGPL(v3.0) LGPL(v2.1)] A +51 -0 src/search/selectors/minimumratingselector.cpp [License: GPL(v2.0+)] A +42 -0 src/search/selectors/minimumratingselector.h [License: LGPL(3+eV) LGPL(v3.0) LGPL(v2.1)] A +189 -0 src/search/selectors/tagsselector.cpp [License: GPL(v2.0+)] A +45 -0 src/search/selectors/tagsselector.h [License: GPL(v2.0+)] A +56 -0 src/search/updatablestateinterface.h [License: LGPL(3+eV) LGPL(v3.0) LGPL(v2.1)] A +67 -0 src/search/widgetmenu.cpp [License: LGPL(3+eV) LGPL(v3.0) LGPL(v2.1)] A +63 -0 src/search/widgetmenu.h [License: LGPL(3+eV) LGPL(v3.0) LGPL(v2.1)] M +3 -3 src/tests/CMakeLists.txt M +1 -1 src/tests/dolphinmainwindowtest.cpp M +214 -64 src/tests/dolphinquerytest.cpp A +124 -0 src/tests/dolphinsearchbartest.cpp [License: GPL(v2.0+)] D +0 -63 src/tests/dolphinsearchboxtest.cpp https://invent.kde.org/system/dolphin/-/commit/4102ccb80457eea44ea280f0ace2a419602bc34b