improve search flow

apps/weblibre/lib/features/geckoview/features/browser/presentation/widgets/tab_view/tab_preview.dart

@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@ import 'package:flutter/material.dart';
 import 'package:flutter_hooks/flutter_hooks.dart';
 import 'package:flutter_material_design_icons/flutter_material_design_icons.dart';
 import 'package:hooks_riverpod/hooks_riverpod.dart';
-import 'package:nullability/nullability.dart';
 import 'package:weblibre/core/design/app_colors.dart';
 import 'package:weblibre/features/geckoview/domain/entities/states/tab.dart';
 import 'package:weblibre/features/geckoview/domain/providers/tab_state.dart';
@@ -844,16 +843,27 @@ class SingleGridTabPreview extends HookConsumerWidget {
           depth: depth,
           onTap: () async {
             if (tabId != activeTabId) {
+              // Offer to locate the match within the page instead of opening
+              // Find in Page unprompted (see #421). Shown before onClose so it
+              // surfaces on the root messenger and survives the tray closing.
+              final query = sourceSearchQuery;
+              if (query != null &&
+                  query.isNotEmpty &&
+                  ref.read(findInPageControllerProvider(tabId)) ==
+                      FindInPageState.hidden()) {
+                final findController = ref.read(
+                  findInPageControllerProvider(tabId).notifier,
+                );
+                ui_helper.showFindInPageSuggestion(
+                  context,
+                  query: query,
+                  onFind: () => findController.findAll(text: query),
+                );
+              }
+
               //Close first to avoid rebuilds
               onClose();
               await ref.read(tabRepositoryProvider.notifier).selectTab(tabId);
-              if (sourceSearchQuery.isNotEmpty &&
-                  ref.read(findInPageControllerProvider(tabId)) ==
-                      FindInPageState.hidden()) {
-                await ref
-                    .read(findInPageControllerProvider(tabId).notifier)
-                    .findAll(text: sourceSearchQuery!);
-              }
             } else {
               onClose();
             }
@@ -989,16 +999,27 @@ class SingleListTabPreview extends HookConsumerWidget {
           depth: depth,
           onTap: () async {
             if (tabId != activeTabId) {
+              // Offer to locate the match within the page instead of opening
+              // Find in Page unprompted (see #421). Shown before onClose so it
+              // surfaces on the root messenger and survives the tray closing.
+              final query = sourceSearchQuery;
+              if (query != null &&
+                  query.isNotEmpty &&
+                  ref.read(findInPageControllerProvider(tabId)) ==
+                      FindInPageState.hidden()) {
+                final findController = ref.read(
+                  findInPageControllerProvider(tabId).notifier,
+                );
+                ui_helper.showFindInPageSuggestion(
+                  context,
+                  query: query,
+                  onFind: () => findController.findAll(text: query),
+                );
+              }
+
               //Close first to avoid rebuilds
               onClose();
               await ref.read(tabRepositoryProvider.notifier).selectTab(tabId);
-              if (sourceSearchQuery.isNotEmpty &&
-                  ref.read(findInPageControllerProvider(tabId)) ==
-                      FindInPageState.hidden()) {
-                await ref
-                    .read(findInPageControllerProvider(tabId).notifier)
-                    .findAll(text: sourceSearchQuery!);
-              }
             } else {
               onClose();
             }

apps/weblibre/lib/features/geckoview/features/browser/presentation/widgets/tab_view/tab_view_header.dart

@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
  * You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
  * along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
  */
+import 'dart:async';
 import 'dart:convert';
 
 import 'package:collection/collection.dart';
@@ -268,6 +269,28 @@ class TabViewHeader extends HookConsumerWidget {
       return null;
     }, [tabsReorderable, canManualReorder]);
 
+    // Keep the in-place tab filter in lockstep with the search field. The
+    // preview query lives in a provider whose lifetime is independent of this
+    // header and of [searchMode], so it can outlive the search UI and leave the
+    // tab list filtered with no visible search box (#421). Whenever we are not
+    // searching, drop any lingering query so all tabs are shown again.
+    useEffect(() {
+      if (!searchMode.value &&
+          ref.exists(
+            tabSearchRepositoryProvider(TabSearchPartition.preview),
+          )) {
+        unawaited(
+          ref
+              .read(
+                tabSearchRepositoryProvider(TabSearchPartition.preview).notifier,
+              )
+              .addQuery(''),
+        );
+      }
+
+      return null;
+    }, [searchMode.value]);
+
     useOnListenableChange(searchTextController, () async {
       if (ref.exists(tabSearchRepositoryProvider(TabSearchPartition.preview))) {
         await ref

apps/weblibre/lib/features/geckoview/features/search/presentation/widgets/search_modules/tab_search.dart

@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ import 'package:weblibre/presentation/widgets/safe_raw_image.dart';
 import 'package:weblibre/presentation/widgets/uri_breadcrumb.dart';
 import 'package:weblibre/presentation/widgets/url_icon.dart';
 import 'package:weblibre/utils/text_highlight.dart';
+import 'package:weblibre/utils/ui_helper.dart' as ui_helper;
 
 class TabSearch extends HookConsumerWidget {
   static const _matchPrefix = '***';
@@ -247,14 +248,23 @@ class TabSearch extends HookConsumerWidget {
                       await ref
                           .read(tabRepositoryProvider.notifier)
                           .selectTab(result.id);
-                      if (result.sourceSearchQuery.isNotEmpty &&
+
+                      // Offer to locate the match within the page instead of
+                      // opening Find in Page unprompted (see #421).
+                      final query = result.sourceSearchQuery;
+                      if (query != null &&
+                          query.isNotEmpty &&
                           ref.read(findInPageControllerProvider(result.id)) ==
-                              FindInPageState.hidden()) {
+                              FindInPageState.hidden() &&
-                        await ref
+                          context.mounted) {
-                            .read(
+                        final findController = ref.read(
-                              findInPageControllerProvider(result.id).notifier,
+                          findInPageControllerProvider(result.id).notifier,
-                            )
+                        );
-                            .findAll(text: result.sourceSearchQuery!);
+                        ui_helper.showFindInPageSuggestion(
+                          context,
+                          query: query,
+                          onFind: () => findController.findAll(text: query),
+                        );
                       }
 
                       if (context.mounted) {

apps/weblibre/lib/utils/ui_helper.dart

@@ -101,6 +101,27 @@ void showInfoMessage(
   ScaffoldMessenger.of(context).showSnackBar(snackBar);
 }
 
+void showFindInPageSuggestion(
+  BuildContext context, {
+  required String query,
+  required VoidCallback onFind,
+  Duration duration = const Duration(seconds: 5),
+  bool persist = false,
+}) {
+  final snackBar = _createFloatingSnackBar(
+    content: Text(
+      'Find "${_truncateForSnackBar(query)}" on this page?',
+      maxLines: 2,
+      overflow: TextOverflow.ellipsis,
+    ),
+    action: SnackBarAction(label: 'Find', onPressed: onFind),
+    duration: duration,
+    persist: persist,
+  );
+
+  ScaffoldMessenger.of(context).showSnackBar(snackBar);
+}
+
 void showOpenedTabsFromAnotherDeviceMessage(
   BuildContext context,
   int openedTabs, {