Alt+F2 should give feedback when it couldn't launch a command

Bug #863726 reported by Owais Lone
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This bug affects 2 people
Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
Unity
Triaged
Low
Unassigned
unity (Ubuntu)
Triaged
Low
Unassigned

Bug Description

To Reproduce:

    * Open Dash with Alt+F2
    * Search for "this is not a command"
    * Notice one result for "this is not a command" without any visual clue that it is unusable or does not exist.

IMO, if no results are found, the results section should hide.

Tags: oneiric
Omer Akram (om26er)
Changed in unity:
importance: Undecided → Medium
Changed in unity (Ubuntu):
importance: Undecided → Medium
Changed in unity:
status: New → Confirmed
Changed in unity (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
tags: added: oneiric
Revision history for this message
Didier Roche-Tolomelli (didrocks) wrote :

Hey Owais, this one is on purpose because there can be some commands we can't detect dynamically, having some feedback when nothing can be launched can be good though, I'll retitle the bug

summary: - Alt+F2 shows at least one result even when no matches are found
+ Alt+F2 should give feedback when it couldn't launch a command
Revision history for this message
Mikkel Kamstrup Erlandsen (kamstrup) wrote : Re: [Bug 863726] Re: Alt+F2 shows at least one result even when no matches are found

As with many related bugs I think the solution here is to add a "Run
in terminal" option.

Omer Akram (om26er)
Changed in unity:
status: Confirmed → Triaged
importance: Medium → Low
Changed in unity (Ubuntu):
importance: Medium → Low
status: Confirmed → Triaged
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