When searching the top matching entry should get highlighted

[mdirik]

I'm copying the original bug report (solus-project/brisk-menu#97) in verbatim:

When searching using the textbox the top matching entry in the list of applications should get highlighted to make obvious which app will be run if you press enter.

How it is currently:

What I think would be better (forced by hovering the mouse):

This violates the principle of least astonishment. Users expect it to be selected and and if nothing is selected you'll be subconsciously assuming the focus is somewhere else and pressing enter won't launch the first item.

[zeehio]

I've been for years typing Super (to open the menu) followed by the first characters of what I wanted to open and then pressing the down-arrow key to highlight the first entry followed by enter to open it.

After considering reporting this today, I've experimented a bit (and I found your fantastic issue). Here is what I learnt, in case someone else arrives here:

• Pressing the down-arrow key highlights the first entry, but doing that you lose the textbox focus, so you can't keep typing or correcting your entry. I never needed to correct my entries so far, because I never press the down-arrow unless I see what I want.
• I do not need to press the down-arrow to execute the first option. Even if I do not type anything, Super followed by Enter will execute the first app in the list. In my case that's Firefox, and that's convenient.

The original issue (linked) mentioned that highlighting the first result would impact the performance. I don't know how this works internally so I can't evaluate that assessment. I will re-train my memory muscle so I start avoiding pressing the down-arrow key.