KRunner does not work as I expect

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I was thinking about starting to use KRunner, but as it is working on my machine right now, it is unusable. Every time I activate KRunner, by hitting CTRL+Space (I changed the default key), the text field fills with whatever is in the copy buffer at the time. This, I don’t like, since what’s in my copy buffer is often a password from my password manager.

Worse than that is that the text is not selected, so I have to first use SHIFT+Home to select all text and then I can start typing whatever I want.

There does not seem to be a setting for using the copy buffer or not (I can’t really see why anyone would want that anyway), not even in the config file ~/.config/krunnerrc. Can this be fixed? Are there other “runner” applications that works more like I want them to work, always with an empty field, or maybe with the previous search text BUT SELECTED, so that you can just start to type?

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What you are experiencing is most likely the result of the chosen hotkey for invoking krunner. On my system here, I have set the hotkeys for krunner to Alt+F2 and Meta+Space respectively, and I’m not seeing the same thing you are. :man_shrugging:

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Nope, still the same with META + space, and I even removed my custom hotkey and used the default one, and it is still the same!?

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Try… :arrow_down:

rm -rf ~/.cache/krunner/*

It might be some corruption in your cache.

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Sorry, still the same problem…I wasn’t sure I wanted to use it anyway, so I guess I’ll just won’t use it. Is it safe to uninstall?

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Have you tried logging out and back in again?

It’s part of the kf5, the KDE Frameworks. I wouldn’t try removing it.

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Nope, I can’t do that right now, I have a major file copying operation going for another hour or so. As soon as that is completed, I will reboot the machine completely, because I have some other issues as well…

Then I will not :slight_smile:

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Also, if problem still persists, create new user, log in and check how KRunner behaive. If it works ok, then it’s an issue with your local settings.

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Thank you @edkirin, I will try that too, if a reboot doesn’t solve the problem.

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A reboot solved both my problems:

  • KRunner now works as expected, the previous search text is shown and is now selected. Great!
  • Last boot every application had “Keep above” set as default, that has now disappeared as well.

If it stays that way, KDE is looking a lot like my new home (coming from Cinnamon)…:slight_smile:

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