Review Request 123888: [krunner] Bring back history

[Marco Martin]

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+1
history feature itself works fine here.
only thing one sees how ugly the combobox is, but unfortunately most of its theming (at least the frame area) is private api, so would be possible to theme more precisely but risky

- Marco Martin


On May 23, 2015, 11:40 p.m., Kai Uwe Broulik wrote:
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> (Updated May 23, 2015, 11:40 p.m.)
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> Review request for Plasma, KDE Usability and Vishesh Handa.
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> Bugs: 335731
>     https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=335731
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> Repository: plasma-workspace
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> Description
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> This turns KRunner's TextField into an editable ComboBox to provide a history.
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> When a result is invoked, the query string is prepended to the history, query strings are only added once. ComboBox provides letter-by-letter auto completion.
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> Diffs
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>   krunner/view.h 1ad5075 
>   krunner/view.cpp 8640e1d 
>   lookandfeel/contents/runcommand/RunCommand.qml 4c6eb30 
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> Diff: https://git.reviewboard.kde.org/r/123888/diff/
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> Testing
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> Somehow I have a feeling it doesn't always save the history or nukes it at times. It also has some shortcomings due to ComboBox:
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> 1.) You cannot use the arrow keys to cycle between entries (when the popup's not opened) because arrow keys navigate through results
> 2.) forceActiveFocus() on the ComboBox will not activate the embedded TextField - when you had opened the popup there's a slight chance the input field won't get focussed I'll prepare a Qt patch for this.
> 3.) Before Qt 5.4.2 (not sure if my patch ended up in 5.4.1) pressing space in the edit combobox will open the popup, not insert a space (nasty show stopper)
> 4.) Plasma's edtiable ComboBox looks a bit strange imho
> 5.) Plasma's editable ComboBox doesn't support clearButtonShown
> 6.) Plasma's ComboBox has strange bullets and margins in it, that's probably a bug in Plasma Style (need to look what Desktop style does differently from us)
> 7.) ComboBox doesn't have a cursorPosition, I'll prepare a Qt patch for this.
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> File Attachments
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> History popup
>   https://git.reviewboard.kde.org/media/uploaded/files/2015/05/23/7ad7e5eb-4874-4f9f-9796-738fa2ac9ed5__krunnerhistory.png
> Auto completion
>   https://git.reviewboard.kde.org/media/uploaded/files/2015/05/23/18714844-ef28-4cdd-af00-e6685caece9b__krunnerautocompletion.png
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> Thanks,
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> Kai Uwe Broulik
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