User level: Level 1 (14 points)Clearing Finder’s search field leaves an empty view on 27.0.1; need to hit back button to see the contents of the folder. Same behavior in a external disk folder or the internal disk. The same test returns to folder contents on 26.6.2
Posted on Oct 7, 2026 4:17 AM
User level: Level 9 (72,871 points)Oct 7, 2026 7:29 PM in response to globalplayboy
globalplayboy wrote:
...have to click to go back to the se contents
Home with access to my Mac running Golden Gate. I do find that instead of moving the cursor to the back arrow in the toolbar and clicking it, simply pressing the Esc key returns you to the folder contents shown before you executed the search.
User level: Level 9 (72,871 points)Oct 8, 2026 5:49 AM in response to globalplayboy
globalplayboy wrote:
That is true, hitting Esc clears but that happens in Tahoe as well and the expected behavior of clearing the search bar.
Not my point. Yes, if the search bar is active (typing into it), then pressing Esc clears the text in the field. In that case, pressing Esc a second time returns you to the original folder contents. If you have executed the search (typed something then pressed return) then pressing Esc once returns you to the folder contents.
If you have interacted with the search results, then Esc doesn't send you back (in Golden Gate or Tahoe).
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Note that this may be an intentional change, i.e., Apple decided that after clearing a search field you are more likely to want to do another search than to go back to the folder contents. Either way, it's something only Apple can fix/change.
User level: Level 9 (77,942 points)Oct 7, 2026 9:26 AM in response to globalplayboy
I see the same behavior, but I can no longer test in Tahoe.
Whether this was a deliberate change or is a bug, I don't know.
You can use the feedback page to report it: https://www.apple.com/feedback
User level: Level 9 (72,871 points)Oct 7, 2026 9:54 AM in response to Luis Sequeira1
Luis Sequeira1 wrote:
I see the same behavior, but I can no longer test in Tahoe.
Conversely, I can't test in Golden Gate right now, I'm away from home and my Tahoe Mac is with me. But clearing the search field after a Finder search does return me to the folder contents in Tahoe.
User level: Level 1 (14 points)Oct 7, 2026 10:25 AM in response to neuroanatomist
Yes, this is the expected behavior, for some reason in Golden Gate we have this issue, it's annoying to clear the search and nothing happens and have to click to go back to the se contents, i have to search a lot for work and this is not good.
User level: Level 1 (14 points)Oct 7, 2026 9:47 AM in response to Luis Sequeira1
I think it's a bug, the normal behavior from ages is to go back to show all the contents in the folder.
User level: Level 1 (14 points)Oct 8, 2026 4:38 AM in response to neuroanatomist
That is true, hitting Esc clears but that happens in Tahoe as well and the expected behavior of clearing the search bar.
Originally posted at discussions.apple.com/thread/256371834