Bugzilla – Bug 113048
The search field in the start menu is too short the first time the menu is opened
Last modified: 2005-09-05 14:54:32 UTC
When you open the KDE start menu for the first time, the new search field is only half the size of the menu, and the background is visible. This doesn't look too nice (see attached screenshot). As soon as you move the mouse the field is redrawn in the right size. To reproduce this, you can do a killall kicker kicker and then open the start menu.
Created attachment 47638 [details] Screenshot
*** Bug 113288 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
I don't think 113288 is a duplicate, it's a separate problem
both of these bugs still exist in beta4, if they're not fixed perhaps the search should just be removed, it isn't very useful without possibility to start the application when the search is unique anyway, you still have to move through the menu.
it's a help anyway to find something. KDE4 will hopefully see something more innovative there. I'm going to integrate Lubos's patch
I think this is a very visible and ugly problem, so I submitted a fixed package to be integrated in RC2 hopefully
Benjamin: I can't reproduce 113288 btw. When I type text without having activated the search line before I activate the submenu that starts with that letter
Stephan: clip of the 113288 problem (taken in beta4): http://bw.uwcs.co.uk/menuproblem.mpeg Also any chance of it starting the application on hitting enter if only one application matches the search?
(In reply to comment #7) > Benjamin: I can't reproduce 113288 btw. When I type text without having > activated the search line before I activate the submenu that starts with that > letter Ok I think I have a way to reliably reproduce this, confirmed by 2 other people. The key seems to be that sometimes the search field is active before you activate it. To reproduce: click on the menu, click on the search field, type in "ab" leave the mouse over the search field and hit escape twice to hide the menu, click on menu again (search field should be allready active) type in "ab" and move mouse over menu. "ab" should be overlaid with the "press '/' to search"