{"id":18732387,"date":"2025-11-25T18:27:29","date_gmt":"2025-11-25T18:27:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/support\/topic\/search-block-add-field-clearing-option\/"},"modified":"2025-11-25T18:28:07","modified_gmt":"2025-11-25T18:28:07","slug":"search-block-add-field-clearing-option","status":"publish","type":"topic","link":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/support\/topic\/search-block-add-field-clearing-option\/","title":{"rendered":"SEARCH BLOCK &#8211; Add field clearing option"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This is a simple request:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the Search Block (as it is in Twenty Twenty Five theme) add an option to CLEAR the search textfield when it&#8217;s activated by the magnifying glass button.  A simple checkbox, so people who prefer it not clear would be preferred to just changing the functionality.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">UX if checkbox for &#8220;Clear Search Field&#8221; is checked ON:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol>\n<li>Click magnifying glass button<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>It opens the search field (assuming it&#8217;s been configured to hide it)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The search field <strong>clears <\/strong>any existing text that had been typed in from previous use.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">UX if checkbox for &#8220;Clear Search Field&#8221; is checked OFF:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">(Same as it currently is)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol>\n<li>Click magnifying glass button<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>It opens the search field (assuming it&#8217;s been configured to hide it)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The search field <strong>retains <\/strong>any existing text that had been typed in from previous use.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Thanks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-18732387","topic","type-topic","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topic\/18732387","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topic"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/topic"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topic\/18732387\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18732388,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topic\/18732387\/revisions\/18732388"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18732387"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}