From 15cecc9748dab07b2752fa476e98958fa077a598 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: David Heinemeier Hansson <david@hey.com>
Date: Fri, 31 Jul 2026 20:22:05 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Rank apps matching a whole word of the query above exact menu
 entries

Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
---
 shell/plugins/menu/MenuModel.js | 3 +++
 test/shell.d/menu-test.sh       | 9 ++++++++-
 2 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/shell/plugins/menu/MenuModel.js b/shell/plugins/menu/MenuModel.js
index b26822ed..e6bd990b 100644
--- a/shell/plugins/menu/MenuModel.js
+++ b/shell/plugins/menu/MenuModel.js
@@ -313,6 +313,9 @@ function searchScore(items, entry, query) {
   var score = 80
 
   if (label === needle) score = entry.parent === "root" ? 2 : 0
+  // An installed app whose name contains the query as a whole word ("zen"
+  // for Zen Browser) beats exact-labeled menu entries like Install > Zen.
+  else if (entry.kind === "app" && label.split(/\s+/).indexOf(needle) >= 0) score = 0
   else if (label.indexOf(needle) === 0) score = 10
   else if (label.indexOf(needle) >= 0) score = 30
   else if (nameText.indexOf(needle) >= 0) score = 40
diff --git a/test/shell.d/menu-test.sh b/test/shell.d/menu-test.sh
index 312bffd6..6ff4f015 100644
--- a/test/shell.d/menu-test.sh
+++ b/test/shell.d/menu-test.sh
@@ -115,7 +115,8 @@ const defaultById = Object.fromEntries(defaultItems.map(item => [item.id, item])
 const rankBase = menu.mergeMenuSources(defaultItems, [])
 const ranked = menu.mergeAppRows(rankBase.items, rankBase.itemOrder, [
   { id: 'apps.brave', parent: 'apps', kind: 'app', label: 'Brave', description: '', aliases: [] },
-  { id: 'apps.fontforge', parent: 'apps', kind: 'app', label: 'FontForge', description: '', aliases: [] }
+  { id: 'apps.fontforge', parent: 'apps', kind: 'app', label: 'FontForge', description: '', aliases: [] },
+  { id: 'apps.zen', parent: 'apps', kind: 'app', label: 'Zen Browser', description: '', aliases: [] }
 ])
 const rankScore = (id, query) => menu.searchScore(ranked.items, ranked.items[id], query)
 assert(
@@ -124,6 +125,12 @@ assert(
   ),
   'menu ranks an installed app above menu entries matching the query equally well'
 )
+assert(
+  ['install.browser.zen', 'remove.browser.zen', 'setup.default.browser.zen'].every(
+    id => rankScore('apps.zen', 'zen') < rankScore(id, 'zen')
+  ),
+  'menu ranks an app matching the query as a whole word above exact-labeled menu entries'
+)
 assert(
   rankScore('style.font', 'font') < rankScore('apps.fontforge', 'font'),
   'menu keeps a better-matching menu entry above a weaker app match'