Search Menu can only be closed by clicking on the map

[JulianDietzel]

What is the bug or the crash?

When using the search bar at the bottom left the "dropdown" that opens can only be closed by either clicking somewhere outside of QGIS or on the map. No other place to click inside QGIS has worked for me. This has confused me multiple times now to the point that I thought there was simply no way to close the menu again. It simply runs counter-intuitive to every other dropdown style menu I have ever used.

Additionally this causes an issue if the user is in edit mode for a layer. Then the only way to close the menu is by editing the map which really isn't desirable.

I am talking about this "dropdown":

Steps to reproduce the issue

1. Klick on the search bar in the bottom left
2. Try closing the dropdown by clicking anywhere but the map

Versions

QGIS version	3.40.3-Bratislava
QGIS code branch	Release 3.40
Libraries
Qt version	5.15.15
Python version	3.12.9 (Compiled) 3.12.11 (Running)
GDAL/OGR version	3.10.1 (Compiled) 3.10.2 (Running)
PROJ version	9.5.1
EPSG Registry database version	v11.022 (2024-11-05)
GEOS version	3.13.0-CAPI-1.19.0
SQLite version	3.48.0 (Compiled) 3.50.2 (Running)
PDAL version	2.8.4
PostgreSQL client version	unknown
SpatiaLite version	5.1.0
QWT version	6.3.0
QScintilla2 version	2.14.1
OS version	Ubuntu 24.04.2 LTS
Active Python plugins
pyqgis_resource_browser	0.3.0
plugin_reloader	0.18
gispro	0.3.3
MetaSearch	0.3.6
grassprovider	2.12.99
db_manager	0.1.20
processing	2.12.99

Supported QGIS version

• I'm running a supported QGIS version according to the roadmap.

New profile

• I tried with a new QGIS profile

Additional context

I'd expect for the "dropdown" to close if the user clicks anywhere other than the dropdown itself.

[DelazJ]

When using the search bar at the bottom left the "dropdown" that opens can only be closed by either clicking somewhere outside of QGIS or on the map

@JulianDietzel Doesn't ESC close it?

[JulianDietzel]

It does, now that I tried it. But it didn't occur to me to press escape until you said it. Seems like something perhaps obvious to a long time user but very hard to discovery for newer users. I've never in my life closed a dropdown by pressing escape.

Note: I just tried this with my colleague and his first intuition was actually to press ESC. So perhaps different users just come at this with different expectations / previous experiences - he says that he generally likes to do as much with the keyboard as he can instead of with the mouse.

So I think my conclusion would be that both should be possible: Clicking anywhere else than the dropdown itself and pressing escape.