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I agree with the above comments. Here is a suggestion for the UI of the clear button:

Remove the x that pops up in the Chrome <textarea>, then use a red Font Awesome X mark in a button with all styles overridden (you could just use an anchor too but this feature functions more like a button). I was able to center everything vertically by adding text-align: center to the .forum-bar .toolbar-left class. If you want, I can push these stylistic changes to your branch.

I think it would also be nice if that clear button is hidden and only appears when there is text in the text area, similar to how the clear filters button works.

Overall, great work, and I will do a more thorough review of code and functionality once all of the requested changes are addressed.

I tested the changes you made after the above comments, and I think this implementation is really solid. The new clear text button looks great and works well. Using the Enter key works as well and is much more intuitive. I was able to search and filter, and open threads all while keeping the search in the bar.

Overall, I think this is a definite upgrade over the current search function. Really good work on this PR!

Apologies for my original comment, I was reviewing an older branch and did not see that you had implemented more changes.

I have a few more UI things to comment on:
1. Search bar height: Prior to this PR, the search bar was the same height as the other buttons in the toolbar-left container:

It seems to have shrunk to its default size in this PR:

2. Button Visibility: I still think the clear button for the search bar should only be displayed when there is text inside of it. This behavior would keep it consistent with the Clear Filters button.

One more small change:

The clear text button should appear clickable on hover with something like:
cursor: pointer;