https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=507917
Bug ID: 507917
Summary: Make a separate search bar for the updates/installed
pages
Classification: Applications
Product: Discover
Version First unspecified
Reported In:
Platform: Kubuntu
OS: Linux
Status: REPORTED
Severity: wishlist
Priority: NOR
Component: discover
Assignee: [email protected]
Reporter: [email protected]
CC: [email protected]
Target Milestone: ---
SUMMARY
Having the same search bar for all apps, installed apps, and updates runs
counter to standard expectations (ie, that a search bar should not change what
it is searching without clear indication that something is changed). Currently,
the only way to tell what the search bar will search for is that the search bar
will say "search in updates" or "search in installed," but 1) the text is gray,
in small font, and easy to ignore and 2) the text disappears once you start
typing in the search bar. Therefore, it is difficult to intuit where the search
will actually be searching. This leads to multiple times in which I attempt to
search for a new app, but the search bar instead searches in updates or
installed apps.
Other software will generally have multiple search bars for when there are
multiple things that you may want to search. This can be observed in other KDE
apps as well. For instance, the main search bar in System Settings searches for
all settings regardless of which page you are on. In the wifi page of System
Settings, an additional search bar appears that is dedicated to searching for
saved wifi settings. Likewise, in the File Associations page of System
Settings, an additional search bar appears that is dedicated for searching for
specific file types.
To improve the usability of the search bar in Discover, I propose that the
current search bar should be dedicated to searching all apps, regardless of
which page the user is on, then a separate search bar can be made in the
updates and installed pages that are used exclusively for searching within
those pages
SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Operating System: Kubuntu 25.04
KDE Plasma Version: 6.3.4
KDE Frameworks Version: 6.12.0
Qt Version: 6.8.3
Kernel Version: 6.14.0-27-generic (64-bit)
Graphics Platform: Wayland
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