This patch allows the user to clear the search bar with an Escape keypress. This should help with keyboard-only navigation.

svn path=/trunk/KDE/kdebase/apps/; revision=948807

1 files changed, 5 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/src/dolphinsearchbox.cpp b/src/dolphinsearchbox.cpp
index cc305599f..d27b08014 100644
--- a/src/dolphinsearchbox.cpp
+++ b/src/dolphinsearchbox.cpp
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
 #include <kiconloader.h>
 
 #include <QEvent>
+#include <QKeyEvent>
 #include <QHBoxLayout>
 #include <QToolButton>
 
@@ -63,6 +64,10 @@ bool DolphinSearchBox::event(QEvent* event)
 {
     if (event->type() == QEvent::Polish) {
         m_searchInput->setFont(KGlobalSettings::generalFont());
+    } else if (event->type() == QEvent::KeyPress) {
+        if (static_cast<QKeyEvent *>(event)->key() == Qt::Key_Escape) {
+            m_searchInput->clear();
+        }
     }
     return QWidget::event(event);
 }