https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=465632
Bug ID: 465632
Summary: Add Ctrl+L and perhaps Ctrl+K as search bar shortcut
Classification: Applications
Product: systemsettings
Version: 5.26.5
Platform: Archlinux
OS: Linux
Status: REPORTED
Severity: wishlist
Priority: NOR
Component: sidebarview
Assignee: [email protected]
Reporter: [email protected]
CC: [email protected]
Target Milestone: ---
SUMMARY
The search field uses the standard search shortcut to focus, Ctrl+F on most
Linux systems. However, there is a difference between searching in a document
or "active view", and navigating to a different location.
I think of the search field in System Settings as its location bar, like the
URL field in a browser that happens to also be a search field, or the directory
field in Dolphin. Both of these can be focused with Ctrl+L. Firefox also
provides a distinct search field that leads you to Google/DuckDuckGo/etc.
search results, which is also pretty close conceptually.
My immediate association of the System Settings search field is to navigate out
of the current page, to a different page which can be specified via text input.
This is a different concept to me than searching in the main
view/document/page, which I would more intuitively associate with Ctrl+F.
System Settings search does that as well, but it's more of a hidden capability
and not the first thing I think of.
Therefore, I think it would make sense to add Ctrl+L ("location" field) and
perhaps also Ctrl+K (dedicated search field that finds results unrelated to the
current view) as shortcuts for the System Settings search field. The existing
Ctrl+F shortcut should also be kept, one one hand for backwards compatibility,
on the other hand because it *also* provides search functionality within KCM
contents (i.e. "the main view").
STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. Open System Settings
2. Navigate to "Appearance"
3. Try the shortcut you associate with switching to a different page/folder,
which to me is Ctrl+L
OBSERVED RESULT
Ctrl+L doesn't do anything
EXPECTED RESULT
Ctrl+L focuses the search field
SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Linux/KDE Plasma:
(available in About System)
KDE Plasma Version: 5.26.5
KDE Frameworks Version: 1.102.0
Qt Version: 5.15.8
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