Bug 512400 - Substring matches anchored at the beginning of the string comes after substring matches in the middle of the string
Summary: Substring matches anchored at the beginning of the string comes after substri...
Status: REPORTED
Alias: None
Product: krunner
Classification: Plasma
Component: general (other bugs)
Version First Reported In: 6.5.3
Platform: Other Linux
: NOR normal
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Plasma Bugs List
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Keywords: regression, usability
Depends on:
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Reported: 2025-11-20 18:09 UTC by Connor Chang
Modified: 2025-11-27 18:47 UTC (History)
4 users (show)

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Description Connor Chang 2025-11-20 18:09:01 UTC 
More search issues, after
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When I type ala for alacritty, the results are:
- Palapeli
- KAlarm
- Alacritty
When Alacritty should really be the first, which is the behavior in plasma 6.4.4

This seems to be quite a significant issue among users: https://www.reddit.com/r/kde/comments/1otkbex/is_anybody_else_having_this_issue_with_krunner/