Search provider of gnome-terminal does not work in gnome-shell
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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gnome-shell (Ubuntu) |
Invalid
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Undecided
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Unassigned | ||
gnome-terminal (Ubuntu) |
Invalid
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Undecided
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
Steps:
1. Make sure the search provider of Terminal is turned on in Settings -> Search
2. Press the super key to open Activities
3. Search for top
Expected behaviour:
Result from Terminal appears among the search results
Current behaviour:
Terminal provides no result
Other:
An old bug #1390224 to enable gnome-shell search provider
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.04
Package: gnome-terminal 3.28.2-
ProcVersionSign
Uname: Linux 4.15.0-43-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.9-0ubuntu7.5
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
Date: Fri Jan 18 12:07:59 2019
InstallationDate: Installed on 2018-11-29 (49 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 18.04.1 LTS "Bionic Beaver" - Release amd64 (20180725)
SourcePackage: gnome-terminal
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
I believe the Terminal search provider only allows searching the titles of open terminals and command line prompts and maybe a bit more.
It is not a generic tool to search for command-line utilities like top.
Therefore, I am closing this bug.