Bugfix/issue#1512

[SundeepChand]

Fixes #1512

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[catarak]

Thanks for working on this! In reviewing your code, I ended up wanting to try a different way to approach this. Want to test and confirm it works @SundeepChand?

[SundeepChand]

@catarak Yeah, this approach also works. I had also thought of doing the same but was a bit apprehensive about removing some pre-written code.

[SundeepChand]

On examining a little further, I found the function handleSearchEnter() to be redundant. So I made this commit.

[catarak]

@SundeepChand makes sense! Originally when I had worked on this with @raclim we left it in because it didn't seem harmful, but maybe it's good to remove it for the sake of future confusion.