diff --git a/src/apprt/gtk/class/surface.zig b/src/apprt/gtk/class/surface.zig
index 8d9e1bcf0..8ce9ac1d1 100644
--- a/src/apprt/gtk/class/surface.zig
+++ b/src/apprt/gtk/class/surface.zig
@@ -823,10 +823,11 @@ pub const Surface = extern struct {
     /// should be applied to the surface
     fn closureShouldUnfocusedSplitBeShown(
         _: *Self,
+        search_active: c_int,
         focused: c_int,
         is_split: c_int,
     ) callconv(.c) c_int {
-        return @intFromBool(focused == 0 and is_split != 0);
+        return @intFromBool(search_active == 0 and focused == 0 and is_split != 0);
     }
 
     pub fn toggleFullscreen(self: *Self) void {
diff --git a/src/apprt/gtk/ui/1.2/surface.blp b/src/apprt/gtk/ui/1.2/surface.blp
index 55c54531c..794ea1801 100644
--- a/src/apprt/gtk/ui/1.2/surface.blp
+++ b/src/apprt/gtk/ui/1.2/surface.blp
@@ -203,7 +203,7 @@ Overlay terminal_page {
   // Apply unfocused-split-fill and unfocused-split-opacity to current surface
   // this is only applied when a tab has more than one surface
   Revealer {
-    reveal-child: bind $should_unfocused_split_be_shown(template.focused, template.is-split) as <bool>;
+    reveal-child: bind $should_unfocused_split_be_shown(search_overlay.active, template.focused, template.is-split) as <bool>;
     transition-duration: 0;
     // This is all necessary so that the Revealer itself doesn't override
     // any input events from the other overlays. Namely, if you don't have