Search Box Close Options

With one of recent update the search box close function changed. Now the search box hides itself every time I click into the text box. It used to kind of annoy me when I had to close the box using the X, but I realize that I used it much more to do finds and replaces and I prefer it to close the box myself. I’m in editing mode and I need the box to remain open and please let me close it manually. In writing mode, perhaps it would be better to close it automatically. I found myself typing an extra 10000 words just during editing, just by having to retype my search terms, especially with full project edits. Auto-closing is really slowing me down. Perhaps there should be an option in settings to close the search box automatically or manually.