ampersand search behavior

[rileymichael]

Context

version: 0.0.15
docker image: zensical/zensical@sha256:1c45b66146c792d526d5075ddd18eb1536ec3b439822ef5ed66437f331d05871

Bug description

if searching for &, the shown character is the escaped ampersand. additionally, any subsequent inputs for a short period are also replaced with the escaped ampersand value

example repro where backspaces insert values (this is also reproducible on https://zensical.org/):

CleanShot.2026-01-14.at.10.47.54.mp4

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Reproduction

repro.zip

Steps to reproduce

1. open search
2. input &
3. type other characters

Browser

Chrome

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[squidfunk]

Thanks for reporting. Moving to the UI repository. Also, providing a reproduction makes it possible for us to fix the bug faster. Yes, it's reproducible on our docs, but by helping us with a minimal reproduction, we can fix it quicker ☺️

[rileymichael]

ahh thanks for transferring to the correct repo. i've gone ahead and added a small reproduction zip to the issue

[squidfunk]

Fixed in 0a78e7e.

[squidfunk]

Released as part of v0.0.4, which will be part of Zensical v0.0.16 that will be released later this day.