quick search can sometimes activate wrong results in dash

[Lennart Weller]

When I try to start a program via the ALT+F2 combo:
1. If i insert the complete name and hit enter before unities search through its application index isn't finished yet it starts the last called application.
2. If i insert the complete name and hit enter and there are similar named applications like gajim and gajim-history-manager and i type gajim it actually starts the history manager. To start gajim i may only insert gaji before submitting.

see the two attached videos below to understand the problem.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
Package: unity 4.12.0-0ubuntu2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-9.15-generic 3.0.3
Uname: Linux 3.0.0-9-generic x86_64
Architecture: amd64
CompizPlugins: [core,bailer,detection,composite,opengl,compiztoolbox,decor,imgpng,move,grid,vpswitch,snap,copytex,mousepoll,place,shift,regex,resize,gnomecompat,unitymtgrabhandles,session,animation,wall,expo,workarounds,ezoom,fade,switcher,scale,unityshell]
Date: Sun Sep 4 20:50:12 2011
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Beta amd64 (20110330)
ProcEnviron:
 SHELL=/usr/bin/zsh
 PATH=(custom, user)
 LC_MESSAGES=de_DE.UTF-8
 LANG=de_DE.UTF-8
 LANGUAGE=de:en
SourcePackage: unity
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to oneiric on 2011-07-14 (52 days ago)

[Omer Akram (om26er)]

i have attached these two videos to show the problem

[Omer Akram (om26er)]

quite similar to bug 749428 which @Kamstrup fixed last cycle.

[Lennart Weller (lhw)]

And here is a screencast for the application with the same substring problem

[amay82 (andimayer82-deactivatedaccount)]

Can confirm this bug. Very annoying because I use Alt+F2 often. First I used "xkill", then I wanted to start "opera" but it started xkill and after my next click somewhere an application was closed.

[daniele.tampieri (daniele-tampieri)]

I have taken two pictures of my desktop illustrating part two of the bug. I tried to start evince by using the keystroke Alt+F2 and typing the program name in the search bar. As you can see, if I type its command name without the last letter "e", I always see the program within the results found by Unity: as I add the last letter forming the complete name, the program disappears within the results found (see my next comment to see this last image).

[daniele.tampieri (daniele-tampieri)]

Included the second image related to my previous comment.