fix(search): dock the search header after results arrive

apps/sim/app/o/[organizationId]/search/search.test.tsx

@@ -220,3 +220,48 @@ describe('organization Search query navigation', () => {
     expectVisibleQuery('Orion')
   })
 })
+
+describe('organization Search header placement', () => {
+  it.each([
+    ['pending', { isPending: true, isFetching: true }],
+    ['failed', { isError: true, isPending: false }],
+    ['empty', { data: { results: [], retrieval: { status: 'complete', timedOutLegs: [] } } }],
+    [
+      'timed out',
+      { data: { results: [], retrieval: { status: 'partial', timedOutLegs: ['vector'] } } },
+    ],
+  ])('keeps the initial %s search in the centered layout', async (_state, response) => {
+    mocks.search.mockReturnValue(response)
+    await render('?q=Orion')
+    expect(container.querySelector('h1')?.textContent).toBe('Search Acme')
+    expect(container.querySelector('[aria-label="Search results"]')).toBeNull()
+    expect(document.activeElement).toBe(searchInput())
+  })
+
+  it('docks only when results arrive without replacing the field or losing a draft', async () => {
+    const completed = mocks.search(scope, 'Orion')
+    mocks.search.mockReturnValue({ isPending: true, isFetching: true })
+    await render('?q=Orion')
+    const input = searchInput()
+    const filters = container.querySelector('[aria-label="Search filters"]')
+    await editDraft('Unsubmitted draft')
+    mocks.search.mockReturnValue(completed)
+    await render('?q=Orion')
+    expect(container.querySelector('h1')).toBeNull()
+    expect(searchInput()).toBe(input)
+    expect(input.value).toBe('Unsubmitted draft')
+    expect(document.activeElement).toBe(input)
+    expect(container.querySelector('[aria-label="Search filters"]')).toBe(filters)
+
+    mocks.search.mockReturnValue({
+      data: { results: [], retrieval: { status: 'complete', timedOutLegs: [] } },
+    })
+    await render('?q=Orion')
+    expect(container.querySelector('h1')).toBeNull()
+    expect(searchInput()).toBe(input)
+
+    await render('?q=Vega')
+    expect(container.querySelector('h1')?.textContent).toBe('Search Acme')
+    expect(searchInput().value).toBe('Vega')
+  })
+})

apps/sim/app/o/[organizationId]/search/search.tsx

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 'use client'
 
-import { useEffect, useRef, useState } from 'react'
+import { type ReactNode, useEffect, useRef, useState } from 'react'
 import { Button, cn, scrollFadeAttributes, scrollFadeClass, useScrollEdges } from '@sim/emcn'
 import { ArrowUp, Search } from '@sim/emcn/icons'
 import { useRouter } from 'next/navigation'
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ function SearchField({
 
 /**
  * Sim Search over the organization's sources. Empty, it is the greeting over the
- * query field, centered like Home; once a query is submitted the field docks at
+ * query field, centered like Home; once results arrive the field docks at
  * the top of the page — where every other organization page's title sits — and
  * the results scroll beneath it under the sidebar's edge fade. The submitted
  * query lives in the URL; the field holds the draft until the next submit.
@@ -141,10 +141,6 @@ function OrganizationSearchContent() {
   const query = q.trim()
   const scope: ResourceScope = { kind: 'organization', organizationId: organization.id }
 
-  const scrollContainerRef = useRef<HTMLDivElement>(null)
-  const scrollContentRef = useRef<HTMLDivElement>(null)
-  const scrollEdges = useScrollEdges(scrollContainerRef, { contentRef: scrollContentRef })
-
   const summarize = (message: string, assistantSearch: WorkspaceSearchFilters) => {
     MothershipHandoffStorage.store(
       { message, assistantSearch },
@@ -159,49 +155,95 @@ function OrganizationSearchContent() {
     void setParams({ q: next })
   }
 
-  const searching = query.length > 0
+  const renderLayout = (results: ReactNode, docked: boolean) => (
+    <SearchLayout query={q} onSubmit={submit} docked={docked}>
+      {results}
+    </SearchLayout>
+  )
+
+  return query ? (
+    <KnowledgeSearchResults
+      scope={scope}
+      query={query}
+      onSummarize={summarize}
+      renderLayout={renderLayout}
+    />
+  ) : (
+    renderLayout(null, false)
+  )
+}
+
+interface SearchLayoutProps {
+  query: string
+  onSubmit: (draft: string) => void
+  docked: boolean
+  children: ReactNode
+}
+
+function SearchLayout({ query, onSubmit, docked, children }: SearchLayoutProps) {
+  const { organization } = useOrganizationContext()
+  const scrollContainerRef = useRef<HTMLDivElement>(null)
+  const scrollContentRef = useRef<HTMLDivElement>(null)
+  const scrollEdges = useScrollEdges(scrollContainerRef, { contentRef: scrollContentRef })
 
   return (
     <div className='flex h-full min-h-0 flex-col bg-[var(--bg)]'>
-      {/* Reserved even while empty so the field docks where the page header sits. */}
       <div className={PAGE_HEADER_BAR}>
         <div className={HEADER_ACTION_CLUSTER} />
       </div>
-      {searching ? (
-        <>
-          <div className={cn(PAGE_COLUMN_CLASS, SIDEBAR_DIVIDER_PAD_ABOVE_CLASS, 'shrink-0 pt-8')}>
-            <SearchField key={q} initialValue={q} onSubmit={submit} docked focusOnMount />
+      <div
+        className={cn(
+          'flex min-h-0 flex-1 flex-col',
+          !docked && 'overflow-y-auto [scrollbar-gutter:stable_both-edges]'
+        )}
+      >
+        <div
+          className={cn(
+            'flex min-h-0 flex-col',
+            docked ? 'flex-1' : 'min-h-full items-center justify-center px-6 pt-[2vh] pb-[22vh]'
+          )}
+        >
+          <div
+            className={cn(
+              'shrink-0',
+              docked
+                ? cn(PAGE_COLUMN_CLASS, SIDEBAR_DIVIDER_PAD_ABOVE_CLASS, 'pt-8')
+                : 'w-full max-w-chat'
+            )}
+          >
+            {!docked && (
+              <h1 className='mb-7 text-balance text-center font-season text-[26px] text-[var(--text-primary)] leading-[1.15] tracking-[-0.01em] sm:text-[28px]'>
+                Search {organization.name}
+              </h1>
+            )}
+            <SearchField
+              key={query}
+              initialValue={query}
+              onSubmit={onSubmit}
+              docked={docked}
+              focusOnMount
+            />
           </div>
           <div
             ref={scrollContainerRef}
             className={cn(
-              SIDEBAR_DIVIDER_PAD_BELOW_CLASS,
-              SIDEBAR_DIVIDER_PAD_ABOVE_CLASS,
-              scrollFadeClass,
-              'min-h-0 flex-1 overflow-y-auto [scrollbar-gutter:stable_both-edges]'
+              docked
+                ? cn(
+                    SIDEBAR_DIVIDER_PAD_BELOW_CLASS,
+                    SIDEBAR_DIVIDER_PAD_ABOVE_CLASS,
+                    scrollFadeClass,
+                    'min-h-0 flex-1 overflow-y-auto [scrollbar-gutter:stable_both-edges]'
+                  )
+                : 'w-full max-w-chat'
             )}
             {...scrollFadeAttributes(scrollEdges)}
           >
-            {/* The rows carry their own `px-2`; this gutter brings each row's mark under the
-                field's own search glyph, so results read as a column hanging from the field. */}
-            <div ref={scrollContentRef} className={cn(PAGE_COLUMN_CLASS, 'px-8')}>
-              <KnowledgeSearchResults scope={scope} query={query} onSummarize={summarize} />
-            </div>
-          </div>
-        </>
-      ) : (
-        <div className='min-h-0 flex-1 overflow-y-auto [scrollbar-gutter:stable_both-edges]'>
-          {/* Asymmetric padding biases the group up so heading and field sit at the optical center, as on Home */}
-          <div className='flex min-h-full flex-col items-center justify-center px-6 pt-[2vh] pb-[22vh]'>
-            <h1 className='mb-7 max-w-chat text-balance font-season text-[26px] text-[var(--text-primary)] leading-[1.15] tracking-[-0.01em] sm:text-[28px]'>
-              Search {organization.name}
-            </h1>
-            <div className='w-full max-w-chat'>
-              <SearchField key={q} initialValue={q} onSubmit={submit} focusOnMount />
+            <div ref={scrollContentRef} className={docked ? cn(PAGE_COLUMN_CLASS, 'px-8') : 'px-2'}>
+              {children}
             </div>
           </div>
         </div>
-      )}
+      </div>
     </div>
   )
 }

apps/sim/app/workspace/[workspaceId]/home/components/knowledge-search-results/knowledge-search-results.test.tsx

@@ -87,6 +87,9 @@ describe('incomplete search coverage', () => {
   it.each([false, true])(
     'distinguishes incomplete retrieval and permits retry (hasResults=%s)',
     async (hasResults) => {
+      mocks.overview.mockReturnValue({
+        data: { providers: [{ connectorType: 'gmail', isSyncing: true }] },
+      })
       mocks.search.mockReturnValue({
         data: {
           query: 'launch',
@@ -118,9 +121,10 @@ describe('incomplete search coverage', () => {
       expect(container.textContent).not.toContain('Search couldn’t run')
       expect(container.textContent).not.toContain('No documents')
       expect(container.textContent).toContain(
-        hasResults ? '1 document · some results may be missing.' : 'Search didn’t finish.'
+        hasResults ? '1 document · some results may be missing.' : 'Search timed out.'
       )
       expect(container.textContent).not.toContain('Search found no results.')
+      expect(container.textContent).not.toContain('Still indexing')
       if (hasResults) expect(container.textContent).toContain('Release plan')
       const retry = [...container.querySelectorAll('button')].find(
         (button) => button.textContent === 'Try again'

apps/sim/app/workspace/[workspaceId]/home/components/knowledge-search-results/knowledge-search-results.tsx

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 'use client'
 
-import { useState } from 'react'
+import { type ReactNode, useState } from 'react'
 import { Chip, ChipLink, cn } from '@sim/emcn'
 import { useQueryStates } from 'nuqs'
 import { ActivityStatus } from '@/components/ui/activity-status'
@@ -94,6 +94,8 @@ type KnowledgeSearchResultsProps = (
   | { scope: ResourceScope; workspaceId?: never }
 ) & {
   query: string
+  /** Lets the page dock its header after this query has displayed results. */
+  renderLayout?: (results: ReactNode, hasDisplayedResults: boolean) => ReactNode
   /** Binds the Assistant turn to the selected canonical document. */
   onSummarize: (prompt: string, filters: WorkspaceSearchFilters) => void
 }
@@ -104,6 +106,7 @@ export function KnowledgeSearchResults({
   scope: suppliedScope,
   query,
   onSummarize,
+  renderLayout,
 }: KnowledgeSearchResultsProps) {
   const scope: ResourceScope = suppliedScope ?? { kind: 'workspace', workspaceId: workspaceId! }
   const { data: session } = useSession()
@@ -114,6 +117,7 @@ export function KnowledgeSearchResults({
       scope={scope}
       query={trimmed}
       onSummarize={onSummarize}
+      renderLayout={renderLayout}
     />
   )
 }
@@ -122,9 +126,11 @@ interface SearchResultsProps {
   scope: ResourceScope
   query: string
   onSummarize: KnowledgeSearchResultsProps['onSummarize']
+  renderLayout: KnowledgeSearchResultsProps['renderLayout']
 }
 
-function SearchResults({ scope, query, onSummarize }: SearchResultsProps) {
+function SearchResults({ scope, query, onSummarize, renderLayout }: SearchResultsProps) {
+  const [hasDisplayedResults, setHasDisplayedResults] = useState(false)
   const [searchedAt] = useState(Date.now)
   const {
     data: index,
@@ -168,28 +174,28 @@ function SearchResults({ scope, query, onSummarize }: SearchResultsProps) {
   const partial = search?.retrieval.status === 'partial'
   const documentCount = documents.length === 1 ? '1 document' : `${documents.length} documents`
 
-  if (noSources) {
-    return (
-      <div className='flex items-center gap-2 px-2 py-2'>
-        <p className='text-[var(--text-muted)] text-caption'>No sources are set up yet.</p>
-        <ChipLink
-          href={
-            scope.kind === 'organization'
-              ? `/o/${scope.organizationId}/integrations`
-              : `/workspace/${scope.workspaceId}/knowledge`
-          }
-        >
-          View sources
-        </ChipLink>
-      </div>
-    )
-  }
   const indexingNote =
     indexing.length > 0
       ? `Still indexing ${indexing.join(', ')}; results grow as documents land.`
       : null
 
-  return (
+  const showResults = !noSources && !failed && !basesPending && documents.length > 0
+  if (showResults && !hasDisplayedResults) setHasDisplayedResults(true)
+
+  const content = noSources ? (
+    <div className='flex items-center gap-2 px-2 py-2'>
+      <p className='text-[var(--text-muted)] text-caption'>No sources are set up yet.</p>
+      <ChipLink
+        href={
+          scope.kind === 'organization'
+            ? `/o/${scope.organizationId}/integrations`
+            : `/workspace/${scope.workspaceId}/knowledge`
+        }
+      >
+        View sources
+      </ChipLink>
+    </div>
+  ) : (
     <div className='flex flex-col'>
       <div className='flex items-center gap-2 px-2 py-2'>
         <div className='min-w-0 flex-1'>
@@ -201,14 +207,14 @@ function SearchResults({ scope, query, onSummarize }: SearchResultsProps) {
                 ? 'Search couldn’t run.'
                 : partial
                   ? documents.length === 0
-                    ? 'Search didn’t finish.'
+                    ? 'Search timed out.'
                     : `${documentCount} · some results may be missing.`
                   : documents.length === 0
                     ? 'Search found no results.'
                     : `${documentCount} · searched as you`}
             </p>
           )}
-          {indexingNote && !failed && (
+          {indexingNote && !failed && !partial && (
             <p className='text-[var(--text-muted)] text-caption'>{indexingNote}</p>
           )}
         </div>
@@ -259,7 +265,7 @@ function SearchResults({ scope, query, onSummarize }: SearchResultsProps) {
           </Chip>
         ))}
       </div>
-      {!failed && !basesPending && documents.length > 0 && (
+      {showResults && (
         <div
           role='region'
           aria-label='Search results'
@@ -290,4 +296,5 @@ function SearchResults({ scope, query, onSummarize }: SearchResultsProps) {
       )}
     </div>
   )
+  return renderLayout ? renderLayout(content, hasDisplayedResults || showResults) : content
 }