Search UX improvement request
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Sanelle Bosch
Currently, when clicking the magnifying glass (search icon), a shortcut/command popup appears and the cursor is not immediately active in a text input field. This requires an additional click before typing.
This creates unnecessary friction during clinical workflow.
Requested behaviour: Clicking the search icon should immediately place the cursor in an active text input field, allowing the user to start typing without any additional clicks.
Ideally, search should function as a single-step interaction: click → type immediately
Similar to standard UX patterns (e.g. Google search or Ctrl+K command search).
This change would significantly improve speed and reduce cognitive interruption during high-volume clinical use.
Heidi Team
Thanks for taking the time to write this up — the click → type immediately point is super clear, and we agree that extra clicks add real friction in a busy clinical workflow.
We’ll share this with the team as a UX improvement request for Desktop search focus behavior.
Quick clarifier so we capture it accurately: when you click the magnifying glass, is the popup you’re seeing the Ctrl+K-style command palette, or a different search surface (e.g., consult search)? If you can share a screenshot of the popup, that’d help us pinpoint the exact interaction.