From 475d7302ae24ed145061ab60371a463c4455ec96 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: GabrielDuf <gabrielduf@hotmail.com>
Date: Thu, 23 Jul 2026 13:46:12 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] Add clear (x) button to title bar search box

---
 src/UniGetUI.Avalonia/Views/MainWindow.axaml  | 23 ++++++++++++++++++-
 .../Views/MainWindow.axaml.cs                 |  6 +++++
 2 files changed, 28 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/UniGetUI.Avalonia/Views/MainWindow.axaml b/src/UniGetUI.Avalonia/Views/MainWindow.axaml
index 810ab88d69..57630932e8 100644
--- a/src/UniGetUI.Avalonia/Views/MainWindow.axaml
+++ b/src/UniGetUI.Avalonia/Views/MainWindow.axaml
@@ -505,7 +505,7 @@
                                  CornerRadius="0"
                                  BorderThickness="0"
                                  VerticalContentAlignment="Center"
-                                 Padding="12,0,4,0"
+                                 Padding="12,0,30,0"
                                  Background="Transparent"
                                  PlaceholderForeground="{DynamicResource SearchBoxPlaceholderForeground}"
                                  PlaceholderText="{Binding GlobalSearchPlaceholder}"
@@ -527,6 +527,27 @@
                                 <x:Double x:Key="TextControlPlaceholderOpacity">1</x:Double>
                             </TextBox.Resources>
                         </TextBox>
+                        <!-- Clear (✕): overlays the right edge of the text column, shown only when
+                             the box has text; the TextBox's right padding reserves room for it. -->
+                        <Button Grid.Column="0"
+                                x:Name="ClearSearchButton"
+                                HorizontalAlignment="Right"
+                                VerticalAlignment="Center"
+                                Width="24"
+                                Height="24"
+                                Margin="0,0,3,3"
+                                Padding="0"
+                                CornerRadius="4"
+                                BorderThickness="0"
+                                Background="Transparent"
+                                IsVisible="{Binding GlobalSearchText, Converter={x:Static StringConverters.IsNotNullOrEmpty}}"
+                                automation:AutomationProperties.Name="{t:Translate Clear search}"
+                                ToolTip.Tip="{t:Translate Clear search}"
+                                Click="ClearSearchBox_Click">
+                            <controls:SvgIcon Path="avares://UniGetUI/Assets/Symbols/cross.svg"
+                                              Width="12"
+                                              Height="12"/>
+                        </Button>
                         <Button Grid.Column="1"
                                 HorizontalAlignment="Stretch"
                                 VerticalAlignment="Stretch"
diff --git a/src/UniGetUI.Avalonia/Views/MainWindow.axaml.cs b/src/UniGetUI.Avalonia/Views/MainWindow.axaml.cs
index acffd36d58..86a929e4fb 100644
--- a/src/UniGetUI.Avalonia/Views/MainWindow.axaml.cs
+++ b/src/UniGetUI.Avalonia/Views/MainWindow.axaml.cs
@@ -1412,6 +1412,12 @@ private void SearchBox_KeyDown(object? sender, KeyEventArgs e)
         }
     }
 
+    private void ClearSearchBox_Click(object? sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
+    {
+        ViewModel.GlobalSearchText = "";
+        GlobalSearchBox.Focus();
+    }
+
     private void SuggestionsList_Tapped(object? sender, TappedEventArgs e)
     {
         if (SuggestionsList.SelectedItem is SettingsSearchResult result)

From e8960f9b07d0ddf0e9555e9cd4674a2654e4b452 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: GabrielDuf <gabrielduf@hotmail.com>
Date: Thu, 23 Jul 2026 14:10:23 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] Register "Clear search" string in English localization
 source

---
 src/Languages/lang_en.json | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/src/Languages/lang_en.json b/src/Languages/lang_en.json
index 4114be383e..e90e125b27 100644
--- a/src/Languages/lang_en.json
+++ b/src/Languages/lang_en.json
@@ -386,6 +386,7 @@
   "Toggle navigation panel": "Toggle navigation panel",
   "Minimize": "Minimize",
   "Maximize": "Maximize",
+  "Clear search": "Clear search",
   "UniGetUI by Devolutions": "UniGetUI by Devolutions",
   "UniGetUI is an application that makes managing your software easier, by providing an all-in-one graphical interface for your command-line package managers.": "UniGetUI is an application that makes managing your software easier, by providing an all-in-one graphical interface for your command-line package managers.",
   "Useful links": "Useful links",