Autoclear search box?

[Ed1]

I am using FF129.02. Previously, when conducting a search using the separate search box dragged onto the main toolbar, the box itself would clear the entered terms when the search results appeared.

Now, the search terms are not automatically cleared, requiring the user to use the backspace key to clear out the box.

Is there a way to get the autoclear behavior back?

[therube]

(115 ESR behaves the same, the search term is retained.
That said, I have no idea if it every behaved differently as I've never used the Search Box before.)

[semigeek]

I think this behavior changed quite some time ago. It's just a cosmetic problem; if you click the box again, the old text is selected so you can just type something else to overwrite it (no need to backspace). So my approach was to write CSS to make it invisible when the cursor isn't in the box.

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#searchbar:not(:focus-within):not(:hover) *|input {opacity: 0 !important;}

[Ed1]

OK, thanks, everyone. I'll try that code.

[Ed1]

Thanks, @semigeek . That code works to clear the search box after a search. But when clicking back in the box to do another search, the prior search text appears again and is highlighted in blue. Typing a space or a letter clears it again, but that is what happens anyway without the code.

[dickvl]

That CSS code only hides the content from viewing (changes the opacity from 1 to 0) and doesn't clear the content what would require JavaScript and is no longer possible.

[semigeek]

...when clicking back in the box to do another search, the prior search text appears again and is highlighted in blue. Typing a space or a letter clears it again, but that is what happens anyway without the code.

Yes, that's what I said. You can't actually get rid of it with css, but you can hide it, and it's not an obstacle to entering new text.

[Agent virtuel]

Hello

Maybe? and, of course, if you'd like to try
https://github.com/Endor8/userChrome.js ... Term.uc.js
Copy/paste the code (e.g.) into Notepad
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ucjs_ClearSearchTerm.uc.js

Take a look at https://mozhelp.ddnss.de/dateien/forum/ ... kripte.mp4
https://github.com/Endor8/userChrome.js ... me#hinweis download and unpack the ZIP file

Demonstration with Mozilla Firefox, Portable Edition
https://portableapps.com/apps/internet/firefox_portable



https://www.youtube.com/embed/DGs75LGMpvk