1 files changed, 10 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/src/app.js b/src/app.js
index e6e6843..b7580e5 100644
--- a/src/app.js
+++ b/src/app.js
@@ -3082,9 +3082,17 @@ function headerSearch() {
     onKeydown: (e) => { if (e.key === 'Enter' && !e.isComposing && e.target.value.trim()) { e.preventDefault(); featureHook('userSearchSubmit', e.target.value); e.target.blur(); } },
   });
 }
+// Typing in the header field: whatever page is open steps aside for the
+// results, but the search itself (its query and rows) stays. It used to do
+// nothing once a search existed, so a profile opened from the results kept
+// covering them while a new query was typed (Adam, 2026-11-14).
 function clearFeatureNavKeepSearch() {
-  if (ui.userSearch) return; // already on the search page: just the query moves
-  clearFeatureNav(); ui.screen = 'wallet';
+  const s = ui.userSearch;
+  clearFeatureNav();
+  // a visitor has no wallet screen to land on (it derived addresses from no
+  // seed: "Invalid mnemonic"); their search page draws over the front door
+  if (wallet.loaded) ui.screen = 'wallet';
+  ui.userSearch = s;
 }
 
 function searchBtn() {