From d61bff732108a778975d9d8cef57564a47f5916c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Andy Smith <andy@37signals.com>
Date: Fri, 21 Nov 2025 15:17:17 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] Ability to close search when input is empty

---
 app/javascript/controllers/bar_controller.js | 8 ++++++--
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/app/javascript/controllers/bar_controller.js b/app/javascript/controllers/bar_controller.js
index 941b791f6..a1fb7e144 100644
--- a/app/javascript/controllers/bar_controller.js
+++ b/app/javascript/controllers/bar_controller.js
@@ -23,8 +23,12 @@ export default class extends Controller {
   }
 
   clearInput() {
-    this.searchInputTarget.value = ""
-    this.searchInputTarget.focus()
+    if (this.searchInputTarget.value) {
+      this.searchInputTarget.value = ""
+      this.searchInputTarget.focus()
+    } else {
+      this.reset()
+    }
   }
 
   showModalAndSubmit(event) {