Users report that the search dropdown in the header doesn’t toggle like the hamburger and user icons do on desktop, which feels inconsistent. manuel notes this is especially noticeable because abandoning a search currently requires browser navigation, unlike the other panels. Richie agrees it’s more of a UX issue than a strict bug, but supports making behavior consistent across all three elements. manuel also questions mobile UX: while hamburger and user icons slide in without changing page location, search opens a new URL — suggesting all three could slide in from the left for predictability. sam confirms the issue and tags pmusaraj, who acknowledges noticing it before and confirms it’s now fixed in PR #13781.
Clicking the hamburger and user header icons toggle their dropdowns on desktop view. The search dropdown currently doesn’t.
On mobile I’m not sure what the intended behavior should be. But to abandon a search, one could only use the browser to navigate back.
Clicking anywhere outside of the search modal will close it.
Not sure if this is technically a bug, it might be more of a ux issue.
I agree though, it should be consistent across all three elements 
Yes, on desktop. I still think it’s a small bug/glitch on desktop, because why shouldn’t the panel toggle on click, just as with the other two panels.
On mobile, I didn’t intend to report a bug. But just ask what’s the ux idea on mobile. The hamburger and the user icons open a slide-in-panel. It can be swiped back and my location on the page didn’t change. Search directs to a new url and I’d need to navigate away from it. To me, it would make the ux more predictable if there’d be a consistent result for all three icons as well. E.g. they could just all slide in from the left.
Confirmed, @pmusaraj has been working in this area. Maybe he has some ideas?
Thanks @manuel, I had noticed this a while ago as well and noted it but then forgot. It’s now fixed in FIX: Toggle search menu when clicking the same button by pmusaraj · Pull Request #13781 · discourse/discourse · GitHub
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