Bug 510871 - Cannot type the first character with accent in the search field of Application Dashboard due to search field not being focused by default the first time it's opened
Summary: Cannot type the first character with accent in the search field of Applicatio...
Status: CONFIRMED
Alias: None
Product: plasmashell
Classification: Plasma
Component: Application Dashboard widget (other bugs)
Version First Reported In: 6.5.80
Platform: Other Linux
: NOR normal
Target Milestone: 1.0
Assignee: Plasma Bugs List
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Reported: 2025-10-21 15:13 UTC by Nate Graham
Modified: 2025-10-28 19:55 UTC (History)
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Description Nate Graham 2025-10-21 15:13:54 UTC 
Same issue as Bug 459269, but affecting the Application Dashboard:

1. Restart plasmashell
2. Open Dashboard widget
3. Type "[compose] e e"

Then the search field shows e' instead of é.

We should focus it by default.
Comment 1 Niccolò Venerandi 2025-10-21 15:17:02 UTC 
Oh, this is actually a bit weirder: in the Dashboard, the search field *is* focused by default
…except for the very first time the dashboard is shown after boot. So that's the bug here
Comment 2 Nate Graham 2025-10-21 15:20:09 UTC 
Weird! I can reproduce that.
Comment 3 Oded Arbel 2025-10-21 20:22:56 UTC 
I may be doing something wrong, or I may be asserting things based on 6.4 while you are talking about 6.5 where there's a different implementation of the Application Dashboard search functionality - but on my system I can't manage to use compose on the Application Dashboard search regardless of anything.
Comment 4 Nate Graham 2025-10-21 20:24:15 UTC 
Several search-related bugs were fixed in 6.5, yes.