Bug 510624 - You can't find an app in launcher or KRunner if you use words from both its name and comment
Summary: You can't find an app in launcher or KRunner if you use words from both its n...
Status: CONFIRMED
Alias: None
Product: krunner
Classification: Plasma
Component: general (other bugs)
Version First Reported In: 6.4.5
Platform: Fedora RPMs Linux
: NOR minor
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Plasma Bugs List
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Keywords: usability
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Reported: 2025-10-15 03:49 UTC by skierpage
Modified: 2025-10-15 19:58 UTC (History)
7 users (show)

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Description skierpage 2025-10-15 03:49:57 UTC 
SUMMARY
I know the program is plasma-welcome. If I enter "plasma welcome in the launcher or KRunner, the results don't include "Welcome Center - Learn more about KDE Plasma". Likewise if I enter "kwallet password" or "settings configuration", I don't find KwalletManager or System Settings.

STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1.  Click the Application Launcher, press the Meta/Windows key, or press Alt-Space to bring up KRunner. 
2.  Enter "plasma", then continue with " welcome"

OBSERVED RESULT
You initially see
   Welcome Center
   Learn more about KDE Plasma
in the list of results in the Application Launcher and KRunner, but then when you append "welcome" it disappears.

EXPECTED RESULT
Match words from both name and comment at the same time. I think the words come from .desktop files in /usr/share/applications

SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Linux/KDE Plasma:
KDE Plasma Version: 6.3.3
KDE Frameworks Version: 6.12.0
Qt Version: 6.8.2

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Comment 1 Akseli Lahtinen 2025-10-15 09:11:05 UTC 
Can confirm

Operating System: Fedora Linux 42
KDE Plasma Version: 6.5.80
KDE Frameworks Version: 6.19.0
Qt Version: 6.9.2
Kernel Version: 6.16.11-200.fc42.x86_64 (64-bit)
Graphics Platform: Wayland
Processors: 12 × AMD Ryzen 5 3600 6-Core Processor
Memory: 16 GiB of RAM (15.5 GiB usable)
Graphics Processor: AMD Radeon RX 6600
Comment 2 Nate Graham 2025-10-15 14:30:38 UTC 
Why type so much, though? In most cases, you can find what you're looking for by only typing e.g. "kwallet", and "settings", 

the case of being unable to find Welcome Center by searching for "plasma welcome" seems real though.
Comment 3 skierpage 2025-10-15 19:58:46 UTC 
(In reply to Nate Graham from comment #2)
> Why type so much, though? In most cases, you can find what you're looking
> for by only typing e.g. "kwallet", and "settings", 

True, but I type quickly, and baloosearch and general computer usage have trained me to supply _more_ search terms to narrow my search. I'm already typing the second term as I wonder why the app that flashed in search results went away. Narrower searches like "system config", "wallet password", etc. should work since the terms were right there on-screen, so at first I wonder if I mistyped something.