Bug 499078 - KRunner's History settings are confusing
Summary: KRunner's History settings are confusing
Status: CONFIRMED
Alias: None
Product: krunner
Classification: Plasma
Component: general (show other bugs)
Version: 6.2.5
Platform: Other Linux
: NOR normal
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Plasma Bugs List
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Keywords: usability
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Reported: 2025-01-23 22:56 UTC by Raphael Kubo da Costa
Modified: 2025-04-11 18:37 UTC (History)
3 users (show)

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Description Raphael Kubo da Costa 2025-01-23 22:56:10 UTC
The dialog doesn't have a Help button and the combobox options do not have tooltips, so I've had a hard time understanding the difference between the options, especially since KRunner's behavior seems to have remained the same regardless of the chosen option.

- Does "Disabled" mean "Disable history"? If so, what does it mean?
- What is the difference between "suggestions" and "auto-complete"? Isn't the auto-completed text a suggestion?
Comment 1 Nate Graham 2025-01-27 20:22:17 UTC
Disable means no history, yeah.

The other two options toggle between the *style: of auto-completion: faded gray placeholder text, or pre-selected actual text.

To be honest I've forgotten the design compromise that resulted in these two options. Do you remember, Alex?
Comment 2 Alexander Lohnau 2025-04-10 20:17:59 UTC
>To be honest I've forgotten the design compromise that resulted in these two options. Do you remember, Alex?

The faded text was a feature newly added. To allow users to keep the previous behavior, I added that option. The difference is next to the visual aspect that with the old behavior, the suggestion was directly applied in the query.
Comment 3 Nate Graham 2025-04-11 18:37:24 UTC
What's the advantage over the old auto-completion mode though? I've forgotten that part.