From 9043c1872511d3aaac221667ab669659c564a9e7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: John Preston <johnprestonmail@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 3 Jun 2024 22:26:59 +0400
Subject: [PATCH] Don't drop search on non-empty backspace.

---
 Telegram/SourceFiles/dialogs/dialogs_widget.cpp | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/Telegram/SourceFiles/dialogs/dialogs_widget.cpp b/Telegram/SourceFiles/dialogs/dialogs_widget.cpp
index 9965c2ac43..7ff4207040 100644
--- a/Telegram/SourceFiles/dialogs/dialogs_widget.cpp
+++ b/Telegram/SourceFiles/dialogs/dialogs_widget.cpp
@@ -3425,7 +3425,8 @@ void Widget::keyPressEvent(QKeyEvent *e) {
 		//}
 	} else if ((e->key() == Qt::Key_Backspace || e->key() == Qt::Key_Tab)
 		&& _searchHasFocus
-		&& !_searchState.inChat) {
+		&& !_searchState.inChat
+		&& _searchState.query.isEmpty()) {
 		escape();
 	} else if (e->key() == Qt::Key_Return || e->key() == Qt::Key_Enter) {
 		submit();