Created attachment 9156 screenshot of unhighlighted item When i hit the superkey and start typing the name of an application to run, such as GIMP, the first item in the list is not highlighted as it finds applications. Please see attached screenshot. if I hit enter, the first item in the list runs, but because it's not highlighted, the natural thing to do is hit the down arrow in order to highlight it and run it. what ends up happening, though, is that the second item is highlighted instead, causing me to run the wrong application, or if I notice the second item highlighted, I then have to press the up arrow to select the first item.
I'm not experiencing this issue -- not on Arch nor on Ubuntu. My panel is at the top of the screen, maybe it's related?
I can't recreate this issue either, and my panel is at the bottom of the screen.
I think that's a theming issue. I've noticed that with a few themes - the one in your screenshot is one of them. Try the default theme.
I am using Manjaro 18.1.0 and I have seen this on 2 separate computers. I see this happening on the default theme that comes with Manjaro.
Perhaps this is something specific with Manjaro. Please let me know if you are unable to duplicate the issue with Manjaro, and I will see if I can submit a bug with them.
It's safe to say that the culprit in this case is the Matcha theme, which is the default for Manjaro. No issues with Greybird (the default theme for xfce) or Adwaita (GTK). I tested the Matcha theme yesterday and can confirm this issue. If you wanna use Matcha and file a bug report there is a github page I'd try first. Manjaro used to use Adapta which is currently not maintained so they switched to Matcha.
Thank you very much for the update. I will try using some different themes to see what works for me. I will also submit a bug report here: https://github.com/vinceliuice/matcha/issues
Keyboard focus is now shown on the first item when you press the arrow key. Fixed in commit 2ab1c5.
Thank you very much!