https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=505538
Bug ID: 505538
Summary: Discover does not trim input when searching
Classification: Applications
Product: Discover
Version First 6.3.5
Reported In:
Platform: Other
OS: Linux
Status: REPORTED
Severity: normal
Priority: NOR
Component: discover
Assignee: plasma-b...@kde.org
Reporter: b...@bencreasy.com
CC: aleix...@kde.org
Target Milestone: ---
Created attachment 182233
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SUMMARY
I wanted to install
https://flathub.org/apps/page.codeberg.JakobDev.jdFlatpakSnapshot - so I copied
the title jdFlatpakSnapshot and put it in Discover, but I got no results. After
some investigation, I found that when I copied from the header of flathub in
Google Chrome it had included a newline character at the end. After removing
that newline character jdFlatpakSnapshot was pulled up and I installed it.
I'm using a Thinkpad T480 with tap-to-click and I tapped three times in rapid
succession to highlight and then ctrl+c to copy. I found that if I only tap
twice, I don't get the newline.
In this case the newline character was invisible, but using visible whitespace
characters also creates the issue.
Suggestion is to trim the input, especially if no results are found including
the whitespace. For example "Firefox " does not pull up Firefox, only apps with
firefox in the description.
STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. navigate to
https://flathub.org/apps/page.codeberg.JakobDev.jdFlatpakSnapshot and triple
click on the header app name on a laptop, notice that the copied value in the
clipboard history has a newline
2. Paste into Discover
OBSERVED RESULT
No results
EXPECTED RESULT
A result of the app
SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Windows:
macOS:
(available in the Info Center app, or by running `kinfo` in a terminal window)
Linux/KDE Plasma: Linux aurora 6.14.5-300.fc42.x86_64 #1 SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC
Fri May 2 14:16:46 UTC 2025 x86_64 GNU/Linux
KDE Plasma Version: 6.3.5
KDE Frameworks Version: 6.14.0
Qt Version: 6.9.0
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