[kde] [Bug 313456] New: Annoying and strange behaviour of search in application launcher.

[Denys]

https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=313456

            Bug ID: 313456
           Summary: Annoying and strange behaviour of search in
                    application launcher.
    Classification: Unclassified
           Product: kde
           Version: 4.9
          Platform: Ubuntu Packages
                OS: Linux
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: major
          Priority: NOR
         Component: general
          Assignee: unassigned-bugs at kde.org
          Reporter: rtvd at me.com

By clicking on "K" in application launcher and then typing some text one can 
search for application by its name. This is a very useful feature. However, it
is broken.

The search results are almost unpredictable and the search often does not see
applications unless user types the same thing several times.


Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. click on the "K" button to open the application launcher
2. start typing the name of the program
3. also try deleting some characters and type them back

(Tried on a fresh install of Kubuntu 12.10)
Actual Results:  
The results of the search are almost arbitrary. 

By typing or removing a character I can get one of three possible combinations:
* nothing at all
* "Synaptic" application
* "Synaptic" application and "run synaptic"
* "run synaptic"

Expected Results:  
1. the results of the search should depend solely on what's in the search field
2. even if a few characters of the name were provided the applications should
be listed (most relevant of them if the list is big)
3. "run synaptic" should be lower (as it is less relevant) than "synaptic
application"

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