From 511cdde91133875d875efa34d161834530ecfcff Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Daniel Arroyo <darroylat@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 6 Jul 2026 09:02:58 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] fix: prevent loadDir from clearing search state on every
 directory load

---
 web/src/pages/Files.tsx | 7 +++++--
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/web/src/pages/Files.tsx b/web/src/pages/Files.tsx
index 66857dd..50bf550 100644
--- a/web/src/pages/Files.tsx
+++ b/web/src/pages/Files.tsx
@@ -81,11 +81,14 @@ export default function Files() {
     }
   }, [currentPath]);
 
+  useEffect(() => {
+    setSearchResults([]);
+    setSearchQuery("");
+  }, [currentPath]);
+
   async function loadDir(path: string, pageNum: number) {
     setLoading(true);
     setError(null);
-    setSearchResults([]);
-    setSearchQuery("");
     try {
       const res = await api.listFiles(path, pageNum, LIMIT);
       const entries = res.entries ?? [];