fix: undo overeager new escape hatch

Author: serhalp

app/pages/search.vue

@@ -464,13 +464,6 @@ function focusSearchInput() {
 }
 
 function handleResultsKeydown(e: KeyboardEvent) {
-  // Escape returns focus to the search input from anywhere on the page
-  if (e.key === 'Escape') {
-    e.preventDefault()
-    focusSearchInput()
-    return
-  }
-
   // If the active element is an input, navigate to exact match or wait for results
   if (e.key === 'Enter' && document.activeElement?.tagName === 'INPUT') {
     // Get value directly from input (not from route query, which may be debounced)
@@ -530,7 +523,7 @@ function handleResultsKeydown(e: KeyboardEvent) {
   }
 }
 
-onKeyDown(['ArrowDown', 'ArrowUp', 'Enter', 'Escape'], handleResultsKeydown)
+onKeyDown(['ArrowDown', 'ArrowUp', 'Enter'], handleResultsKeydown)
 
 useSeoMeta({
   title: () =>

test/e2e/interactions.spec.ts

@@ -116,23 +116,6 @@ test.describe('Search Pages', () => {
     await expect(page.locator('input[type="search"]')).toBeFocused()
   })
 
-  test('/search?q=vue → Escape returns focus to search input', async ({ page, goto }) => {
-    await goto('/search?q=vue', { waitUntil: 'hydration' })
-
-    await expect(page.locator('text=/found \\d+|showing \\d+/i').first()).toBeVisible({
-      timeout: 15000,
-    })
-
-    // Navigate into results
-    await page.keyboard.press('ArrowDown')
-    await page.keyboard.press('ArrowDown')
-    await expect(page.locator('[data-result-index="1"]').first()).toBeFocused()
-
-    // Escape returns to the search input
-    await page.keyboard.press('Escape')
-    await expect(page.locator('input[type="search"]')).toBeFocused()
-  })
-
   test('/search?q=vue → "/" focuses the search input from results', async ({ page, goto }) => {
     await goto('/search?q=vue', { waitUntil: 'hydration' })