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KRunner is the KDE 4 Plasma Workspaces task/application launcher.

KRunner is the launcher built into the Plasma desktop. While its basic function is to launch programs from a sort of mini-command-line, its functionality can be extended by "runners" to assist the user to accomplish a lot of tasks.

Source: KDE

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Kubuntu Alt+F2 broken after 20.04 upgrade

After upgrade from Kubuntu 19.10 to 20.04, Alt+F2 does nothing. If I run runner from CLI then I have the launcher pop up.
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Delete Krunner history

I often use Krunner to quickly access often used files. Lately I changed my storage partition mount point, from /storage/ to /mount/storage/, but Krunner didn't record the change. It stills provides me a link to the old location, making it…
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krunner - like solution in non kde environment

Good evening everyone. I am currently running KDE on my laptop and I would like to know if there is something with the same capabilities of krunner for unity DE. What I really need is a good file index capability plus application control, just like…
Marco Ciarambino
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Kickoff and Krunner to search with less than 3 chars in search field?

Both Krunner and Kickoff in Kubuntu return a list of found items after the user has entered at least three characters in the search field. Usage on Synapse shows that returning a list after one character onwards is faster and efficient. I would like…
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KDE - Krunner on Multimonitorsetup

I'm on a two monitor setup. Its very annoying that when I type Alt+F2 to start krunner it always is displayed on the left upper corner of the left monitor. My main monitor is the right monitor and if I'm on a program on this montitor and run…
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Are there any alternatives to KRunner for Kubuntu?

The one feature/program I really admired in OSX was Alfred: a smart application/file launcher. Alfred returned incredibly relevant results after only typing a single character - for example, 'C' always matched Chrome as it was the most used…
Lawrence Wagerfield
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krunner doesn't find some files

I have installed kubuntu 19.10 and krunner doesn't find many files, however baloosearch find these files as expected. And of course I have enabled the desktop search in the settings of plasma search. By example: I have a folder plenty of PDFs and…
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Is there a way to force to krunner to run any string in konsole?

I have Kubuntu 19.04 installed. Is there a way to force krunner to execute a string in konsole. I'm trying to execute the string "jupyter lab" lo launch jupyter but the option to be run in konsole doesn't appear. Of course I can just open a console…
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Is there an alternative task switcher to KRunner which is focused exclusively on window switching?

Currently on KDE 5 the KRunner dialogue brought up by Alt-F2 key, is not focused solely on desktop windows. It brings shortcuts to programs, search results etc, as well as the active desktop windows. Other some alternative programs focused…
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Using the find command in Krunner

I am a big fan of krunner. But eversince I came across it I have been disappointed by its search function. When I am searching for a specific expression I normally use: find . -iname '*heavymetal*' The find-command ist very useful on my view. I…
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krunner high CPU load

For quite some time I've been having issue with krunner that it causes high ~95%) CPU load. I have indexing turned off as it also was an issue but that didn't help eventually. Any ideas on how to analyze the issue? Regards, Artur
Artur Stępniak
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Search fields respond slowly to input on Plasma KDE desktop

I'm on a upgraded version of Kubuntu, from 16.04 to 17.04 and then to 17.10. When trying to type something in krunner or in a search field of the application menu - the letters just don't appear as typed. Sometimes letters appear after having typed…
Robert Navado
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Kubuntu Krunner invisible after undocking

I'm running Kubuntu 16.04 LTS 64-bit on a docked PC with 2 external monitors, 3 total. When I boot up in the dock everything works perfectly well, but when I undock Krunner turns invisible. With that I mean that I can still type something and hit…
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The 'Run Command' dialog has corrupted graphics. Any ideas on fixing this?

I'm using KDE, and whenever I open the 'Run Command' dialog (e.g. with Alt+F2), the dialog is filled with corrupted graphics. Sometimes it's possible to see enough of the dialog to use it, but usually it's too messed up to use. Closing it and…
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Essential KRunner plugins I should need for text searching

I like KRunner (been using similar for Mac called Spotlight) but it has an overload of plugins and does not always find what I need which is mostly text searches. Basically what I would like is to be able to find all files that contain text (E.g.…
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