https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=480001
Bug ID: 480001 Summary: Add normal search as a fallback when searching in folder not indexed by baloo Classification: Applications Product: dolphin Version: 23.08.4 Platform: Arch Linux OS: Linux Status: REPORTED Severity: wishlist Priority: NOR Component: search Assignee: dolphin-bugs-n...@kde.org Reporter: k...@tfan.eu CC: kfm-de...@kde.org Target Milestone: --- SUMMARY If you search the internet for grief about Dolphin's search function, you will find a lot of hits for the same issue: https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=dolphin%20file%20search%20broken The indexed search with Baloo is not always reliable, leading to empty search results even in simple scenarios. I want to propose a change to remedy this at least in a few situations: When search includes folders/files not indexed by baloo (For various reason: Not yet indexed, currently being indexed, excluded from indexing, etc), search these folders and files with the standard search. Merge the results from both searches and display these to the users. It might be prudent to display an info or warning to the user if searching will take longer because of this. The use case in which I encountered this problem: 1. I downloaded a new folder with a huge amount of pictures 2. I searched for the simple and obvious name of a picture ("rome") 3. The file I was expecting ("rome arrival.jpg") didn't show up 4. When I checked the System Settings->Search window, Baloo was shown as "86% indexed, idle". 5. I disabled Indexed Search and retried the search in Dolphin. The picture was immediately found with the exact same search query. P.S. My apologies if I got something wrong. I'm a first time KDE user and still learning :) -- You are receiving this mail because: You are watching all bug changes.