Find bar X clears the query instead of closing the bar

The X was redundant with the top-bar search icon (both closed the bar).
Now the X empties the query and results but leaves the bar open; closing
is the search icon's toggle.

- editor: new findClear (empties query/matches, bumps Gen so an in-flight
  scan of the old query is dropped, disarms the settle) and FindClear
  handler; the X icon now runs FindClear.
- main: mirrors the logic-side clear into the main-owned widget input
  (frame.FindQuery=="" while the widget still has text -> SetText("")).
- tests: unit findClear (stays open, supersedes in-flight scan); e2e X
  clears but keeps the bar open and focus, close now via ToggleFind.
- doc: spec updated (clear button vs icon toggle).

cmd/pad/main.go

@@ -218,6 +218,13 @@ func run(w *app.Window) error {
 			// The logic goroutine handles filtering and triggers a new frame.
 			newQuery := searchEditor.Text()
 			sendQuery := newQuery != frame.Query
+			// The find bar's X button (editor.FindClear) empties the LOGIC-side
+			// query; the main-owned widget still shows the old text, so mirror
+			// the clear into it before the change comparison below (which then
+			// sees "" == "" and forwards nothing).
+			if frame.FindQuery == "" && findEditor.Text() != "" {
+				findEditor.SetText("")
+			}
 			newFind := findEditor.Text()
 			sendFind := newFind != frame.FindQuery
 			events := renderer.CheckGestures(e.Source, gtx.Metric)

doc/spec.md

@@ -75,9 +75,12 @@ elsewhere.
   selection is highlighted in the editor and pushed to the IME. (Shift state
   is tracked by the app, since Gio's Android bridge drops modifier keys —
   architecture.md §2.1.)
-- **In-file search:** a find icon on the top bar (right side) opens a find
-  bar directly below it, with a text input, an "N / M" counter, next/prev
-  navigation, and a close button. The query is a plain substring,
+- **In-file search:** a find icon on the top bar (right side) toggles a
+  find bar directly below it, with a text input, an "N / M" counter,
+  next/prev navigation, and a clear (X) button. The X empties the query and
+  the results but leaves the bar open; the top-bar icon closes it (and
+  re-opens it). Opening the bar moves key focus to the search input and
+  raises the soft keyboard. The query is a plain substring,
   case-insensitive, no regex; each change is scanned over the entire
   in-memory content by a worker (`Search` task), so typing never blocks the
   UI and stale scans are dropped by generation. Next/prev select and scroll

internal/editor/search.go

@@ -66,8 +66,12 @@ func FindNext(data any) { findStep(1) }
 
 func FindPrev(data any) { findStep(-1) }
 
-// FindClose is the tap handler of the find bar's close button.
-func FindClose(data any) { TheState.Editor.findClose() }
+// FindClear is the tap handler of the find bar's X button: it empties the
+// query (and the results) but leaves the bar open. Closing the bar is the
+// search icon's toggle (ToggleFind). The main-owned widget's text is
+// mirrored to empty by the main loop (frame.FindQuery == "" while the
+// widget still has text, see cmd/pad/main.go).
+func FindClear(data any) { TheState.Editor.findClear() }
 
 // findShow opens the find bar. The text input is main-owned, so logic takes
 // key focus off the editor (FocusedElementID) and, if a previous query has
@@ -82,6 +86,18 @@ func (e *EditorState) findShow() {
 	}
 }
 
+// findClear empties the query and the results (find bar X button). Gen is
+// bumped so an in-flight scan of the old query is dropped when it lands.
+func (e *EditorState) findClear() {
+	f := &e.Find
+	f.Query = ""
+	f.Matches = nil
+	f.Cur = -1
+	f.Scanning = false
+	f.Gen++
+	f.SettleByte = -1
+}
+
 // findClose hides the find bar. The query is kept so re-opening shows it
 // (the main-owned widget keeps its text); matches are dropped — the next
 // show re-scans, so they are never stale.

internal/editor/search_test.go

@@ -193,3 +193,28 @@ func TestFindReset_SupersedesInflight(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Fatal("superseded result was applied")
 	}
 }
+
+func TestFindClear_EmptiesQueryKeepsBarOpen(t *testing.T) {
+	findTestState()
+	e := &TheState.Editor
+	e.Find.Scanning = true // a scan of the old query is in flight
+	e.Find.SettleByte = 5
+	oldGen := e.Find.Gen
+
+	e.findClear()
+
+	if !e.Find.Visible {
+		t.Fatal("findClear closed the bar; it must stay open")
+	}
+	if e.Find.Query != "" || len(e.Find.Matches) != 0 || e.Find.Cur != -1 || e.Find.Scanning || e.Find.SettleByte != -1 {
+		t.Fatalf("state after clear: %+v", e.Find)
+	}
+	if e.Find.Gen != oldGen+1 {
+		t.Fatalf("gen %d, want %d (in-flight scan must be superseded)", e.Find.Gen, oldGen+1)
+	}
+	// The in-flight scan of the old query must now be dropped.
+	e.applySearchResult(pool.Result{TaskType: pool.TypeSearch, Success: true, Data: pool.SearchData{Gen: oldGen, Matches: [][2]int{{0, 1}}}})
+	if len(e.Find.Matches) != 0 {
+		t.Fatal("cleared query's in-flight scan was applied")
+	}
+}

internal/editor/state.go

@@ -1862,7 +1862,7 @@ func markDirty() {
 const FindBarHeight = ui.Dp(40)
 
 // buildFindBar lays out the in-file search bar: [input][counter][prev][next]
-// [close], full screen width, directly below the margin-free top bar (the
+// [clear-X], full screen width, directly below the margin-free top bar (the
 // bars merge, so this one does too; inner content keeps the margin). The
 // input is a MAIN-owned GioEditor registered as "find_bar" (the browser
 // "search_bar" precedent, architecture.md §1); the counter and buttons are
@@ -1873,7 +1873,7 @@ func buildFindBar(screenWidth ui.Dp) ui.Element {
 	h := FindBarHeight
 	topY := ui.Dp(32) // top bar height (see EditorLayout)
 
-	// Right-hand button column: prev, next, close.
+	// Right-hand button column: prev, next, clear (X).
 	iconW := ui.IconSize
 	closeX := screenWidth - margin - iconW
 	nextX := closeX - gap - iconW
@@ -1904,7 +1904,7 @@ func buildFindBar(screenWidth ui.Dp) ui.Element {
 			ui.NewIcon("chevron_down", ui.Region{X: nextX, Y: ui.Dp(8), W: iconW, H: iconW}, 0,
 				[]ui.Interaction{{Gesture: ui.Tap, Handler: FindNext}}),
 			ui.NewIcon("close", ui.Region{X: closeX, Y: ui.Dp(8), W: iconW, H: iconW}, 0,
-				[]ui.Interaction{{Gesture: ui.Tap, Handler: FindClose}}),
+				[]ui.Interaction{{Gesture: ui.Tap, Handler: FindClear}}),
 		},
 	)
 }

internal/test/e2e/find_test.go

@@ -177,13 +177,26 @@ func TestRealFile_FindBarAndNavigation(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Fatalf("cur %d, want last (wrapped)", cur)
 	}
 
+	// The X button clears the query but LEAVES the bar open (closing is the
+	// top-bar icon's toggle).
+	h.SendInput([]ui.InputEvent{{Handler: editor.FindClear, Data: ui.Point{}}})
+	if !frameHasFindBar(h) {
+		t.Fatal("find bar closed by the clear button; it should stay open")
+	}
+	clear, _ := h.Inspect(func(st *editor.State) any {
+		return [3]any{st.Editor.Find.Query, len(st.Editor.Find.Matches), st.FocusedElementID}
+	})
+	if clear.([3]any) != [3]any{"", 0, "find_bar"} {
+		t.Fatalf("after clear: query/matches/focus = %v, want \"\"/0/find_bar", clear)
+	}
+
 	// A query with no hits reports zero matches.
 	h.Logic().FindQueryChan() <- "no-such-text"
 	waitForFindMatches(t, h, 0)
 
-	// Close the find bar: it leaves the frame and focus returns to the
-	// editor.
-	h.SendInput([]ui.InputEvent{{Handler: editor.FindClose, Data: ui.Point{}}})
+	// Close the find bar via the top-bar icon toggle: it leaves the frame
+	// and focus returns to the editor.
+	h.SendInput([]ui.InputEvent{{Handler: editor.ToggleFind, Data: ui.Point{}}})
 	if _, err := h.WaitForFrameCount(h.FrameCount()+1, 5*time.Second); err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("wait for close frame: %v", err)
 	}