From 56c48ee90b99becbe91727d6ef1c96424830da83 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: c4pp4
Date: Wed, 4 Mar 2026 21:05:28 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 1/1] Remove all code related to online search

Signed-off-by: c4pp4
---
 launcher/BFBLauncherIcon.cpp   |  1 -
 unity-shared/UnitySettings.cpp | 30 ------------------------------
 unity-shared/UnitySettings.h   |  1 -
 3 files changed, 32 deletions(-)

diff --git a/launcher/BFBLauncherIcon.cpp b/launcher/BFBLauncherIcon.cpp
index eece73a..e509587 100644
--- a/launcher/BFBLauncherIcon.cpp
+++ b/launcher/BFBLauncherIcon.cpp
@@ -45,7 +45,6 @@ BFBLauncherIcon::BFBLauncherIcon()
   UpdateDefaultSearchText();
 
   theme::Settings::Get()->theme.changed.connect(sigc::hide(sigc::mem_fun(this, &BFBLauncherIcon::UpdateIcon)));
-  Settings::Instance().remote_content.changed.connect(sigc::hide(sigc::mem_fun(this, &BFBLauncherIcon::UpdateDefaultSearchText)));
 
   mouse_enter.connect([this](int m) { ubus_manager_.SendMessage(UBUS_DASH_ABOUT_TO_SHOW, NULL); });
   ubus_manager_.RegisterInterest(UBUS_OVERLAY_SHOWN, sigc::bind(sigc::mem_fun(this, &BFBLauncherIcon::OnOverlayShown), true));
diff --git a/unity-shared/UnitySettings.cpp b/unity-shared/UnitySettings.cpp
index df6a5c9..a82aba0 100644
--- a/unity-shared/UnitySettings.cpp
+++ b/unity-shared/UnitySettings.cpp
@@ -69,9 +69,6 @@ const std::string DESKTOP_CURSOR_SIZE = "cursor-size";
 const std::string DESKTOP_SCALE_FACTOR = "scaling-factor";
 const std::string DESKTOP_TEXT_SCALE_FACTOR = "text-scaling-factor";
 
-const std::string REMOTE_CONTENT_SETTINGS = "com.canonical.Unity.Lenses";
-const std::string REMOTE_CONTENT_KEY = "remote-content-search";
-
 const std::string GESTURES_SETTINGS = "com.canonical.Unity.Gestures";
 const std::string LAUNCHER_DRAG = "launcher-drag";
 const std::string DASH_TAP = "dash-tap";
@@ -113,5 +110,4 @@ public:
     , ubuntu_ui_settings_(g_settings_new(UBUNTU_UI_SETTINGS.c_str()))
     , desktop_ui_settings_(g_settings_new(UBUNTU_DESKTOP_UI_SETTINGS.c_str()))
-    , remote_content_settings_(g_settings_new(REMOTE_CONTENT_SETTINGS.c_str()))
     , launcher_sizes_(monitors::MAX, DEFAULT_LAUNCHER_SIZE)
     , cached_launcher_position_(LauncherPosition::LEFT)
@@ -119,5 +115,4 @@ public:
     , cursor_scale_(1.0)
     , cached_double_click_activate_(true)
-    , remote_content_enabled_(true)
   {
     InitializeLowGfx();
@@ -126,7 +121,6 @@ public:
     parent_->form_factor.SetGetterFunction(sigc::mem_fun(this, &Impl::GetFormFactor));
     parent_->form_factor.SetSetterFunction(sigc::mem_fun(this, &Impl::SetFormFactor));
     parent_->double_click_activate.SetGetterFunction(sigc::mem_fun(this, &Impl::GetDoubleClickActivate));
-    parent_->remote_content.SetGetterFunction(sigc::mem_fun(this, &Impl::GetRemoteContentEnabled));
     parent_->launcher_position.SetGetterFunction(sigc::mem_fun(this, &Impl::GetLauncherPosition));
     parent_->launcher_position.SetSetterFunction(sigc::mem_fun(this, &Impl::SetLauncherPosition));
     parent_->desktop_type.SetGetterFunction(sigc::mem_fun(this, &Impl::GetDesktopType));
@@ -195,10 +189,6 @@ public:
       UpdateGesturesSetting();
     });
 
-    signals_.Add<void, GSettings*, const gchar*>(remote_content_settings_, "changed::" + REMOTE_CONTENT_KEY, [this] (GSettings*, const gchar* t) {
-      UpdateRemoteContentSearch();
-    });
-
     UScreen::GetDefault()->changed.connect(sigc::hide(sigc::hide(sigc::mem_fun(this, &Impl::UpdateDPI))));
 
     // The order is important here, DPI is the last thing to be updated
@@ -210,7 +200,6 @@ public:
 
     CacheFormFactor();
     CacheDoubleClickActivate();
-    UpdateRemoteContentSearch();
     CacheLauncherPosition();
   }
 
@@ -501,21 +490,4 @@ public:
       return false;
     }, glib::Source::Priority::LOW));
-  }
-
-  void UpdateRemoteContentSearch()
-  {
-    glib::String remote_content(g_settings_get_string(remote_content_settings_, REMOTE_CONTENT_KEY.c_str()));
-    bool remote_content_enabled = ((remote_content.Str() == "all") ? true : false);
-
-    if (remote_content_enabled != remote_content_enabled_)
-    {
-      remote_content_enabled_ = remote_content_enabled;
-      parent_->remote_content.changed.emit(remote_content_enabled_);
-    }
-  }
-
-  bool GetRemoteContentEnabled() const
-  {
-    return remote_content_enabled_;
   }
 
@@ -564,7 +536,6 @@ public:
   glib::Object<GSettings> ui_settings_;
   glib::Object<GSettings> ubuntu_ui_settings_;
   glib::Object<GSettings> desktop_ui_settings_;
-  glib::Object<GSettings> remote_content_settings_;
   glib::Source::UniquePtr changing_desktop_settings_timeout_;
   glib::SignalManager signals_;
   std::vector<EMConverter::Ptr> em_converters_;
@@ -573,7 +544,6 @@ public:
   FormFactor cached_form_factor_;
   double cursor_scale_;
   bool cached_double_click_activate_;
-  bool remote_content_enabled_;
 };
 
 //
diff --git a/unity-shared/UnitySettings.h b/unity-shared/UnitySettings.h
index 36f19f0..1162c67 100644
--- a/unity-shared/UnitySettings.h
+++ b/unity-shared/UnitySettings.h
@@ -70,7 +70,6 @@ public:
   nux::Property<unsigned> lim_double_click_wait;
   nux::Property<bool> lim_unfocused_popup;
   nux::Property<double> font_scaling;
-  nux::ROProperty<bool> remote_content;
   nux::RWProperty<LauncherPosition> launcher_position;
   nux::Property<bool> gestures_launcher_drag;
   nux::Property<bool> gestures_dash_tap;
-- 
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