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@Pesala
Well, obviously I know the search field can be cleared, otherwise I'd be under the silly impression that the user can only ever do one search in Vivaldi before the search field is irreversibly occupied for the rest of eternity.
I'm basically saying, "We shouldn't have to clear the field before using it", and your response is essentially, "You can clear the field before using it."
As for your hypothetical scenario, it's really hard to judge things like this because people's workflows and browser habits are so idiosyncratic. I can't dismiss the possibility that there are some people who actually like that the search field retains text, but I'm inclined to doubt it. Still, if that is true, it would merely mean that the feature request instead should be to add an option to have the search field clear after changing/closing the panel. That's kinda Vivaldi's whole thing, y'know.
By the way, the find bar as an analogy actually serves my point: it has the good sense to at least highlight the text field automatically, meaning you can type ctrl+f and immediately start typing without having to clear anything.
