[Bug]: Hyperlink labels lack space before their subsequent content, and URIs' parameters escape hyperlinkification, in `plasma-discover-6.4.4-1.fc42`.

[RokeJulianLockhart]

Prerequisites

1. Version

   "Version": "2.3.2"

2. Installation Method

   Using Plasma's "Add new widget" (KDE Store)

Description

1. Hyperlink labels lack space before their subsequent content.

2. URIs' parameters escape hyperlinkification.

Reproduction

#!/usr/bin/env sh
plasma-discover kns://wallpaperplugin.knsrc/2139746

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Observed Result

1. 

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Expected Result

Screenshots/Video

Environment

1. OS And DE

   Operating System: Fedora Linux 42
   KDE Plasma Version: 6.4.4
   KDE Frameworks Version: 6.17.0
   Qt Version: 6.9.1
   Kernel Version: 6.16.4-200.fc42.x86_64 (64-bit)
   Graphics Platform: Wayland

2. Discover

   Name         : plasma-discover
   Version      : 6.4.4
   Release      : 1.fc42
   Architecture : x86_64
   Install Date : Sun 10 Aug 2025 01:50:32 BST
   Size         : 2114878
   Signature    : RSA/SHA256, Fri 08 Aug 2025 19:42:18 BST, Key ID c8ac4916105ef944
   Source RPM   : plasma-discover-6.4.4-1.fc42.src.rpm
   Build Date   : Thu 07 Aug 2025 01:18:33 BST
   Build Host   : buildvm-x86-28.rdu3.fedoraproject.org
   Packager     : Fedora Project
   Vendor       : Fedora Project
   URL          : https://invent.kde.org/plasma/discover
   Bug URL      : https://bugz.fedoraproject.org/plasma-discover

Footnotes

1. gitlab.freedesktop.org/xdg/xdg-utils/-/issues/288 ↩

[RokeJulianLockhart]

Reproduction

I'd provide a URI to it, but Discover's clipboard duplication functionality is inoperative:

Consequently, the best that I am able to provide is:

Luckily, I've since ascertained that it's possible to provide:

Consequently, I've updated the issue.

[luisbocanegra]

The missing space is weird, if I go edit the product description there are spaces there:

Also the web itself didn't even render them as links https://store.kde.org/p/2139746 so I changed them use the BBCode [url=][/url] and that fixed it:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BBCode
https://forum.opendesktop.org/t/text-formatting-in-product-description/17672

[luisbocanegra]

Also, since discover/knewstuff are able to parse plain text links maybe both the missing spaces and the broken parameters should be reported to kde too.

[RokeJulianLockhart]

#154 (comment)

@luisbocanegra, so although the URI needed to be wrapped in BBCode [url]s, I believe that the _s not be automatically escaped when inside the url= parameter remains erroneous. I've mentioned this at forum.opendesktop.org/t/17672/12, although a new thread might be better.

#154 (comment)

It appears to be remediated, in plasma-discover-6.4.4-1.fc42.x86_64:

[luisbocanegra]

Oh, I didn't even notice that, at least the url works.

Also, the web version is rendered correctly:

So this is a problem with discover then?

[RokeJulianLockhart]

So this is a problem with discover then?

@luisbocanegra, I've asked discuss.kde.org/t/39561 too. Should have done that first, really. Apologies.