elprice7345 may be sounding like a stuck record, but I support the request.
I use this approach,
a lot.
I would typically filter down using panes, then treat the search bar as one, final, temporary filter level, and tada, there's what I'm looking for...
I've been trying to retrain myself, but that's not going so well..., I'm old
It's been this way since build 14...
24.0.14 (4/12/2018)
2. Fixed: Opening a drop down pane when there was a search with no results could crash. Now search resets the drop down pane selection.
Search is actually resetting
any kind of pane selection, regular or drop down.
I didn't mention it before as my gut told me we were just going to have to get used to it this way, but, if it could be made to not reset regular panes, that would be wonderful.
-marko.