Text searches persist across sequences and clips, causing unexpected jumps around timeline

@kit.kohler,

I'd upvote this, but I'm not sure how it would work. When you do 3-point editing, you may go back and forth between Source and Sequence views, or one Source and another. Some users will want to keep the search active. One option would be a toggle between the current behavior and one where the search box clears as soon as you change to another clip or to Sequence view?

The workaround is to "x" out the search.

@Ryan Fritzsche,

I agree there are times when your workaround can help. But sooner or later, you will switch to the Sequence view, or another Source clip - and when you do, the search will still be there.

Stan

This was driving me nuts for a while too. Then I discovered... there's actually a setting to toggle this behavior.  If you notice the 2 icons and checkbox at the bottom of the text panel: one icon selects source/preview panel, one selects program/timeline panel(s). The default is the "Follow active monitor" checkbox which switches between the two as you change focus, and is resulting in the behavior you're describing.  But if you un-check the "follow active monitor" checkbox, and select the source switch, the text panel will remain focused on the source panel and not jump around your timeline (searching for words) when you switch focus to the timeline.