Merge pull request #5666 from dalthviz/fixes_issue_5661

PR: Set focus for filter line when doing symbol search

spyder/widgets/fileswitcher.py

@@ -760,6 +760,10 @@ def setup_symbol_list(self, filter_text, current_path):
         # To adjust the delegate layout for KDE themes
         self.list.files_list = False
 
+        # Select edit line when using symbol search initially.
+        # See issue 5661
+        self.edit.setFocus()
+
         # Move selected item in list accordingly
         # NOTE: Doing this is causing two problems:
         # 1. It makes the cursor to auto-jump to the last selected