3 files changed, 30 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/src/kitemviews/kitemlistkeyboardsearchmanager.cpp b/src/kitemviews/kitemlistkeyboardsearchmanager.cpp
index 1ff60d09c..f4dc1a547 100644
--- a/src/kitemviews/kitemlistkeyboardsearchmanager.cpp
+++ b/src/kitemviews/kitemlistkeyboardsearchmanager.cpp
@@ -28,7 +28,8 @@
 #include <KDebug>
 
 KItemListKeyboardSearchManager::KItemListKeyboardSearchManager(QObject* parent) :
-    QObject(parent)
+    QObject(parent),
+    m_timeout(5000)
 {
     m_keyboardInputTime.invalidate();
 }
@@ -41,8 +42,7 @@ void KItemListKeyboardSearchManager::addKeys(const QString& keys)
 {
     const bool keyboardTimeWasValid = m_keyboardInputTime.isValid();
     const qint64 keyboardInputTimeElapsed = m_keyboardInputTime.restart();
-    const qint64 timeout = 5000;
-    if (keyboardInputTimeElapsed > timeout || !keyboardTimeWasValid || keys.isEmpty()) {
+    if (keyboardInputTimeElapsed > m_timeout || !keyboardTimeWasValid || keys.isEmpty()) {
         m_searchedString.clear();
     }
 
@@ -65,3 +65,14 @@ void KItemListKeyboardSearchManager::addKeys(const QString& keys)
     }
     m_keyboardInputTime.start();
 }
+
+void KItemListKeyboardSearchManager::setTimeout(qint64 milliseconds)
+{
+    m_timeout = milliseconds;
+}
+
+qint64 KItemListKeyboardSearchManager::timeout() const
+{
+    return m_timeout;
+}
+
diff --git a/src/kitemviews/kitemlistkeyboardsearchmanager_p.h b/src/kitemviews/kitemlistkeyboardsearchmanager_p.h
index 05de76a8c..d6a6686db 100644
--- a/src/kitemviews/kitemlistkeyboardsearchmanager_p.h
+++ b/src/kitemviews/kitemlistkeyboardsearchmanager_p.h
@@ -49,6 +49,15 @@ public:
      */
     void addKeys(const QString& keys);
 
+    /**
+     * Sets the delay after which the search is cancelled to \a milliseconds.
+     * If the time interval between two calls of addKeys(const QString&) is
+     * larger than this, the second call will start a new search, rather than
+     * combining the keys received from both calls to a single search string.
+     */
+    void setTimeout(qint64 milliseconds);
+    qint64 timeout() const;
+
 signals:
     /**
      * Is emitted if the current item should be changed corresponding
@@ -64,6 +73,7 @@ signals:
 private:
     QString m_searchedString;
     QElapsedTimer m_keyboardInputTime;
+    qint64 m_timeout;
 };
 
 #endif
diff --git a/src/tests/kitemlistkeyboardsearchmanagertest.cpp b/src/tests/kitemlistkeyboardsearchmanagertest.cpp
index 14a09a31c..aeca1f779 100644
--- a/src/tests/kitemlistkeyboardsearchmanagertest.cpp
+++ b/src/tests/kitemlistkeyboardsearchmanagertest.cpp
@@ -65,6 +65,10 @@ void KItemListKeyboardSearchManagerTest::testBasicKeyboardSearch()
 
 void KItemListKeyboardSearchManagerTest::testAbortedKeyboardSearch()
 {
+    // Set the timeout to a small value (the default is 5000 milliseconds)
+    // to save time when running this test.
+    m_keyboardSearchManager.setTimeout(100);
+
     QSignalSpy spy(&m_keyboardSearchManager, SIGNAL(changeCurrentItem(QString,bool)));
 
     m_keyboardSearchManager.addKeys("f");
@@ -75,9 +79,9 @@ void KItemListKeyboardSearchManagerTest::testAbortedKeyboardSearch()
     QCOMPARE(spy.count(), 1);
     QCOMPARE(spy.takeFirst(), QList<QVariant>() << "fi" << false);
 
-    // If the delay between two key presses is larger than 5000 milliseconds,
+    // If the delay between two key presses is larger than the chosen timeout,
     // a new search is started. We add a small safety margin to avoid race conditions.
-    QTest::qWait(5000 + 10);
+    QTest::qWait(m_keyboardSearchManager.timeout() + 10);
 
     m_keyboardSearchManager.addKeys("l");
     QCOMPARE(spy.count(), 1);