From 081d73d850f1cf679207a2a2e1efa5b96133421e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Mitchell Hashimoto <m@mitchellh.com>
Date: Tue, 25 Nov 2025 12:26:52 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] macos: changes to SearchState trigger calls to internals

---
 macos/Sources/Ghostty/SurfaceView_AppKit.swift | 12 +++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/macos/Sources/Ghostty/SurfaceView_AppKit.swift b/macos/Sources/Ghostty/SurfaceView_AppKit.swift
index 19054b6c3..50b0e8597 100644
--- a/macos/Sources/Ghostty/SurfaceView_AppKit.swift
+++ b/macos/Sources/Ghostty/SurfaceView_AppKit.swift
@@ -65,7 +65,17 @@ extension Ghostty {
         @Published var keySequence: [KeyboardShortcut] = []
 
         // The current search state. When non-nil, the search overlay should be shown.
-        @Published var searchState: SearchState? = nil
+        @Published var searchState: SearchState? = nil {
+            didSet {
+                // If the search state becomes nil, we need to make sure we're stopping
+                // the search internally.
+                if searchState == nil {
+                    guard let surface = self.surface else { return }
+                    let action = "search:"
+                    ghostty_surface_binding_action(surface, action, UInt(action.count))
+                }
+            }
+        }
 
         // The time this surface last became focused. This is a ContinuousClock.Instant
         // on supported platforms.