I am using Fedora Stable KDE 41. Sometimes, when I type a certain keyword in the application launcher menu, I get some suggestions under the category “Command Line” pointing to a terminal saying “run [some command]”. However, clicking on it does nothing, as opposed to actually running that command on a terminal. For example, if I type “paper” on the launcher, there is an option to “Run paper”. I click on it, nothing happens. An actual “paper” command just outputs the size of an A4 paper. What is the point of these options if they do nothing, or have I broken them somehow?
I’m seeing the same behavior. When testing with vim on where left-clicking on “Run vim” doesn’t do anything. But, if I right-click on it, an option for “Run in Terminal Window” does open up a Konsole terminal with vim running.
I’m checking to see if the behavior is the same on other distros that run KDE to verify if it’s a KDE thing or a Fedora KDE thing.
I have replicated the same behavior in KDE neon 6.2 (KDE Plasma 6.2.5, KDE Frameworks 6.9.0, and Qt 6.8.1), which is basically a reference KDE experience.
Also getting the same behavior from Kubuntu 24.10 with KDE Plasma 6.1.5 and Debian testing with KDE Plasma 6.2.4.
So, am I right in assuming that clicking on them was “intended” to run them on terminal and this is a bug?
It seems like it should run the command with a normal click and not require a right-click.
I wonder if a bug has been reported to the upstream KDE bug tracking system.