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Example: I press Supper button: menu opens. I write "fir": it shows Firefox, just like any launcher. I press Enter, it starts searching the whole system for files named "fir". I can avoid this by pressing down-arrow before Enter but I find this behavior odd and want to change it.

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    i don't think this is possible for now... but please place your question/suggestion here: github.com/linuxmint/mintmenu
    – DJCrashdummy
    Commented Jan 27, 2016 at 7:28
  • @DJCrashdummy - github.com/linuxmint/mintmenu/issues/149
    – user32012
    Commented Jan 27, 2016 at 9:20
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    in Linux Mint 18 (under the Other improvements section) this improvement was announced: "In mintmenu, pressing Enter after a search now launches the application placed at the top."
    – DJCrashdummy
    Commented Jun 10, 2016 at 18:01
  • @DJCrashdummy - I was expecting it to be fixed in LM 18 and I will add that to the answer.
    – user32012
    Commented Jun 14, 2016 at 8:29

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It was a bug that should be fixed by now.

It is yet present in Linux Mint 17.3, but was fixed in LM Mate 18 (here: "In mintmenu, pressing Enter after a search now launches the application placed at the top."), just like in Ubuntu Mate 16.04, which comes with mate-menu version 5.7.1.

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For those who haven't upgraded to Linux Mint Mate 18, there is a fix to have the menu select the top entry in the search form. This worked for me on Mint Mate 17.3.

First, find the applications.py file that corresponds to your Mint menu:

$ locate applications.py
/usr/lib/linuxmint/mintMenu/plugins/applications.py
/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/ufw/applications.py

On my system, the first result is the one.

Make a copy of this file to restore in case there are issues:

cd /usr/lib/linuxmint/mintMenu/plugins
sudo cp applications.py applications_backup.py

Next, find the following section in applications.py. For me, this started on line 862. 

        for i in self.categoriesBox.get_children():
            i.released()
            i.set_relief( Gtk.ReliefStyle.NONE )

        allButton = self.categoriesBox.get_children()[0];
        allButton.set_relief( Gtk.ReliefStyle.HALF )
        self.activeFilter = (0, text, widget)

Add shownList[0].grab_focus() after the loop:

        for i in self.categoriesBox.get_children():
            i.released()
            i.set_relief( Gtk.ReliefStyle.NONE )

        shownList[0].grab_focus()
        allButton = self.categoriesBox.get_children()[0];
        allButton.set_relief( Gtk.ReliefStyle.HALF )
        self.activeFilter = (0, text, widget)

Either reboot or reload the panel. Then typing into the search bar from the menu will cause the first entry to be selected automatically for when you press enter.

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