kmenu search / find ability

[sevenseeker]

I recently switched from OpenSuse 10.2 and one of the things I really miss in KDE is the menu search ability. Is this an add on that I could install myself?

It is very handy to find that lost application from time to time.

[SheeEttin]

Re: kmenu search / find ability

Mmm... I don't know of anything that will do what I think you're describing, but you can hit Alt+Space to launch Katapult, which you can type into and it will match your typing against a word in a menu entry. (i.e. I have an entry "VMware Server Console" in my menu, but Katapult also matches things in your home, so I type "cons", and it matches "console".)
Of course, this is only helpful if you can recall at least one word of the name.

[Fenyx]

Re: kmenu search / find ability

What he is describing is SUSE's Kickoff menu, their K Menu replacement, using it's K Menu mode. So yes, it's basically something SUSE-only. But there are Kubuntu packages for it floating around in http://www.kde-apps.org or http://www.kde-look.org so better check.

[b0uncyfr0]

Re: kmenu search / find ability

You might want to give KBFX a go . Its easy and pretty awesome when working right. http://www.kbfx.org/

[Fintan]

Re: kmenu search / find ability

I use tasty menu. It is in the repos. Install it and add it to your panel. It is nicely configurable and quick.

[sevenseeker]

Re: kmenu search / find ability

I didn't find tasty in the repos but KBFX looks great.

Thanks for the recommendations.