From 50b91f14b61cb007c3b39c3c3c372c317de20186 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: bbedward <bbedward@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 22 Feb 2026 22:34:26 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] launcher: fix frecency ranking in search results fixes #1799

---
 quickshell/Modals/DankLauncherV2/Controller.qml | 13 ++++---------
 quickshell/Modals/DankLauncherV2/Scorer.js      |  6 +++---
 quickshell/Services/AppSearchService.qml        |  4 ++--
 3 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)

diff --git a/quickshell/Modals/DankLauncherV2/Controller.qml b/quickshell/Modals/DankLauncherV2/Controller.qml
index 3b0882cf..c730fb93 100644
--- a/quickshell/Modals/DankLauncherV2/Controller.qml
+++ b/quickshell/Modals/DankLauncherV2/Controller.qml
@@ -676,8 +676,6 @@ Item {
 
         var apps = searchApps(searchQuery);
         for (var i = 0; i < apps.length; i++) {
-            if (searchQuery)
-                apps[i]._preScored = 11000 - i;
             allItems.push(apps[i]);
         }
 
@@ -685,14 +683,11 @@ Item {
             if (searchQuery && searchQuery.length >= 2) {
                 _pluginPhasePending = true;
                 _phase1Items = allItems.slice();
+                _pluginPhaseForceFirst = shouldResetSelection;
                 pluginPhaseTimer.restart();
-                if (allItems.length === 0) {
-                    _pluginPhaseForceFirst = shouldResetSelection;
-                    isSearching = true;
-                    searchCompleted();
-                    return;
-                }
-                _pluginPhaseForceFirst = false;
+                isSearching = true;
+                searchCompleted();
+                return;
             } else if (!searchQuery) {
                 var emptyTriggerOrdered = getEmptyTriggerPluginsOrdered();
                 for (var i = 0; i < emptyTriggerOrdered.length; i++) {
diff --git a/quickshell/Modals/DankLauncherV2/Scorer.js b/quickshell/Modals/DankLauncherV2/Scorer.js
index affc1ad7..17d5783b 100644
--- a/quickshell/Modals/DankLauncherV2/Scorer.js
+++ b/quickshell/Modals/DankLauncherV2/Scorer.js
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 const Weights = {
     exactMatch: 10000,
     prefixMatch: 5000,
-    wordBoundary: 1000,
+    wordBoundary: 3000,
     substring: 500,
     fuzzy: 100,
     frecency: 2000,
@@ -99,8 +99,8 @@ function getTimeBucketWeight(daysSinceUsed) {
 function calculateTextScore(name, query) {
     if (name === query) return Weights.exactMatch
     if (name.startsWith(query)) return Weights.prefixMatch
-    if (name.includes(query)) return Weights.substring
     if (hasWordBoundaryMatch(name, query)) return Weights.wordBoundary
+    if (name.includes(query)) return Weights.substring
 
     if (query.length >= 3) {
         var fs = fuzzyScore(name, query)
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ function score(item, query, frecencyData) {
 
     if (textScore === 0) return 0
 
-    var usageBonus = frecencyData ? Math.min(frecencyData.usageCount * 10, Weights.frecency) : 0
+    var usageBonus = frecencyData ? Math.min(frecencyData.usageCount * 50, Weights.frecency) : 0
 
     return textScore + usageBonus + typeBonus
 }
diff --git a/quickshell/Services/AppSearchService.qml b/quickshell/Services/AppSearchService.qml
index 2329f8c1..c6b4913a 100644
--- a/quickshell/Services/AppSearchService.qml
+++ b/quickshell/Services/AppSearchService.qml
@@ -494,7 +494,7 @@ Singleton {
                 textScore = 5000;
                 matchType = "prefix";
             } else if (wordBoundaryMatch(name, queryLower)) {
-                textScore = 1000;
+                textScore = 3000;
                 matchType = "word_boundary";
             } else if (name.includes(queryLower)) {
                 textScore = 500;
@@ -551,7 +551,7 @@ Singleton {
         }
 
         for (const result of results) {
-            const frecencyBonus = result.frecency > 0 ? Math.min(result.frecency / 10, 2000) : 0;
+            const frecencyBonus = result.frecency > 0 ? Math.min(result.frecency, 2000) : 0;
             const recencyBonus = result.daysSinceUsed < 1 ? 1500 : result.daysSinceUsed < 7 ? 1000 : result.daysSinceUsed < 30 ? 500 : 0;
 
             const finalScore = result.textScore + frecencyBonus + recencyBonus;