Dash displays "nothing that matches your search" before beginning a search

Bug #1490170 reported by Casey
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This bug affects 4 people
Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
Unity
Triaged
Low
Unassigned
unity (Ubuntu)
Triaged
Low
Unassigned

Bug Description

The Dash currently displays "Sorry, there is nothing that matches your search" before the user has entered a query. A screenshot of this is attached. This negative feedback conveys the inaccurate impression that the user's search has failed. Instead, it would seem to me more appropriate to initially present either a blank slate or a message with a more neutral tone, such as "Results will appear here."

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Casey (casey-jao) wrote :
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Seth Johnson (sethj) wrote :

Steps to reproduce: Under System Settings -> Privacy disable file and application recording and clear all usage data (in the "Files and Application" tab) and disable online dash results from the "Search" tab.

The dash will now claim there is nothing to match your unprovided "search".

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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

Changed in unity (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
Seth Johnson (sethj)
tags: added: desktop-bugscrub-triaged
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Philipp Kiemle (philipp-kiemle) wrote :

As part of the big bug review for 16.04 LTS I have tested this on 15.10 and the bug is still there.

Andrea Azzarone (azzar1)
Changed in unity:
status: New → Triaged
Changed in unity (Ubuntu):
status: Confirmed → Triaged
Changed in unity:
importance: Undecided → Medium
Changed in unity (Ubuntu):
importance: Undecided → Medium
Changed in unity:
importance: Medium → Low
Changed in unity (Ubuntu):
importance: Medium → Low
tags: added: rls-w-incoming
tags: added: rls-x-incoming
removed: rls-w-incoming
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