From 90340f71a3ad9581e3969c973eb3d0fcbd48d38b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Lemmy <studio@quadbyte.net>
Date: Fri, 23 Jan 2026 12:01:02 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] fuzzy-sort/launcher: no more insane threshold, default to
 0.35. gives a +1 boost to apps. to ensure they get on top.

---
 Commons/FuzzySort.qml                                      | 2 +-
 Modules/Panels/Launcher/Launcher.qml                       | 1 -
 Modules/Panels/Launcher/Providers/ApplicationsProvider.qml | 3 +--
 Modules/Panels/Launcher/Providers/SettingsProvider.qml     | 1 -
 Modules/Panels/Settings/SettingsContent.qml                | 1 -
 Modules/Panels/Settings/Tabs/Plugins/AvailableSubTab.qml   | 1 -
 Widgets/NSearchableComboBox.qml                            | 1 -
 7 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Commons/FuzzySort.qml b/Commons/FuzzySort.qml
index fdf335975..d729e2ac3 100644
--- a/Commons/FuzzySort.qml
+++ b/Commons/FuzzySort.qml
@@ -708,7 +708,7 @@ Singleton {
     var searchBitflags = preparedSearch.bitflags;
     var containsSpace = preparedSearch.containsSpace;
 
-    var threshold = _denormalizeScore(options?.threshold || 0);
+    var threshold = _denormalizeScore(options?.threshold ?? 0.35);
     var limit = options?.limit || _INFINITY;
 
     var resultsLen = 0;
diff --git a/Modules/Panels/Launcher/Launcher.qml b/Modules/Panels/Launcher/Launcher.qml
index 4ebb834e9..f9aae8e55 100644
--- a/Modules/Panels/Launcher/Launcher.qml
+++ b/Modules/Panels/Launcher/Launcher.qml
@@ -443,7 +443,6 @@ SmartPanel {
             // Use fuzzy search to filter commands
             const fuzzyResults = FuzzySort.go(query, allCommands, {
                                                 "keys": ["name"],
-                                                "threshold": -1000,
                                                 "limit": 50
                                               });
 
diff --git a/Modules/Panels/Launcher/Providers/ApplicationsProvider.qml b/Modules/Panels/Launcher/Providers/ApplicationsProvider.qml
index 45c1c7693..12a7b4e52 100644
--- a/Modules/Panels/Launcher/Providers/ApplicationsProvider.qml
+++ b/Modules/Panels/Launcher/Providers/ApplicationsProvider.qml
@@ -478,7 +478,6 @@ Item {
     if (typeof FuzzySort !== 'undefined') {
       const fuzzyResults = FuzzySort.go(query, filteredEntries, {
                                           "keys": ["name", "comment", "genericName", "executableName"],
-                                          "threshold": -1000,
                                           "limit": 20
                                         });
 
@@ -538,7 +537,7 @@ Item {
       "description": app.genericName || app.comment || "",
       "icon": app.icon || "application-x-executable",
       "isImage": false,
-      "_score": score !== undefined ? score : 0,
+      "_score": (score !== undefined ? score : 0) + 1,
       "provider": root,
       "onActivate": function () {
         // Close the launcher/SmartPanel immediately without any animations.
diff --git a/Modules/Panels/Launcher/Providers/SettingsProvider.qml b/Modules/Panels/Launcher/Providers/SettingsProvider.qml
index 1c023d633..8c01b9ce9 100644
--- a/Modules/Panels/Launcher/Providers/SettingsProvider.qml
+++ b/Modules/Panels/Launcher/Providers/SettingsProvider.qml
@@ -62,7 +62,6 @@ Item {
 
     const results = FuzzySort.go(trimmed, items, {
                                    "keys": ["label", "subTabName", "description"],
-                                   "threshold": 0.35,
                                    "limit": 3,
                                    "scoreFn": function (r) {
                                      const labelScore = r[0].score;
diff --git a/Modules/Panels/Settings/SettingsContent.qml b/Modules/Panels/Settings/SettingsContent.qml
index a4d28c939..ba8469595 100644
--- a/Modules/Panels/Settings/SettingsContent.qml
+++ b/Modules/Panels/Settings/SettingsContent.qml
@@ -125,7 +125,6 @@ Item {
 
     const results = FuzzySort.go(searchText.trim(), items, {
                                    "keys": ["label", "subTabName", "description"],
-                                   "threshold": 0.35,
                                    "limit": 20,
                                    "scoreFn": function (r) {
                                      // r[0]=label, r[1]=subTabName, r[2]=description
diff --git a/Modules/Panels/Settings/Tabs/Plugins/AvailableSubTab.qml b/Modules/Panels/Settings/Tabs/Plugins/AvailableSubTab.qml
index 6f1ffaddc..6e3529cb1 100644
--- a/Modules/Panels/Settings/Tabs/Plugins/AvailableSubTab.qml
+++ b/Modules/Panels/Settings/Tabs/Plugins/AvailableSubTab.qml
@@ -133,7 +133,6 @@ ColumnLayout {
         if (query !== "") {
           var results = FuzzySort.go(query, filtered, {
                                        "keys": ["name", "description"],
-                                       "threshold": 0.35,
                                        "limit": 50
                                      });
           filtered = [];
diff --git a/Widgets/NSearchableComboBox.qml b/Widgets/NSearchableComboBox.qml
index 4080f1482..9200d3c35 100644
--- a/Widgets/NSearchableComboBox.qml
+++ b/Widgets/NSearchableComboBox.qml
@@ -133,7 +133,6 @@ RowLayout {
     if (typeof FuzzySort !== 'undefined') {
       var fuzzyResults = FuzzySort.go(query, items, {
                                         "key": "name",
-                                        "threshold": -1000,
                                         "limit": 50
                                       });