From 2523740bdc8919b95c6b175885027a9bbd61479d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Samuel Newman <mozzius@protonmail.com>
Date: Mon, 3 Feb 2025 11:38:36 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] change search cancel behaviour (#7624)

---
 src/view/screens/Search/Search.tsx | 10 ++++++++--
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/view/screens/Search/Search.tsx b/src/view/screens/Search/Search.tsx
index b11bb0510a..a32fbdbd99 100644
--- a/src/view/screens/Search/Search.tsx
+++ b/src/view/screens/Search/Search.tsx
@@ -741,8 +741,14 @@ export function SearchScreen(
     scrollToTopWeb()
     textInput.current?.blur()
     setShowAutocomplete(false)
-    setSearchText(queryParam)
-  }, [setShowAutocomplete, setSearchText, queryParam])
+    if (isWeb) {
+      // Empty params resets the URL to be /search rather than /search?q=
+      navigation.replace('Search', {})
+    } else {
+      setSearchText('')
+      navigation.setParams({q: ''})
+    }
+  }, [setShowAutocomplete, setSearchText, navigation])
 
   const onSubmit = React.useCallback(() => {
     navigateToItem(searchText)