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I think there used to be a button there in the left of the search field, like an 'x' with a circle around it. It seems to have gone walkabout. Any ideas on what might cause that?

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It will be there if there is something present to erase. If there's nothing entered or there from "last time", you won't see it. – vasa1 Jul 24 '12 at 10:50
Right.. but have a look at teh screen shot. I think the behavior is that it shows a magnifying glass when nothing is typed, and then the (x) erase icon when something is typed. In the screen shot that I provided above, I started typing 'screen' yet no icon button appears. I already tried reinstallign Unity, and using MyUnity to select 'Default Settings' but this makes no difference. – Han Cnx Jul 25 '12 at 4:45
Sorry about that! I was viewing with images off! Have you tried unity --reset? – vasa1 Jul 25 '12 at 6:48
Hmm. get a whole bunch of warnings, all settings are back to the default (launcher icons the size of beer coasters ;) ), it then hangs at unity.glib.dbusproxy GLibDBusProxy.cpp:283 Calling method "GlobalSearch" on object path: "/net/launchpad/lens/photo" failed: Timeout was reached -- but the icon is still missing. I wonder if the icon file somehow disappeared, because when I click in the empty space, it does actually still work to erase typed text. – Han Cnx Jul 25 '12 at 9:17
Note: In Unity 2D the icons show as normal. – Han Cnx Jul 26 '12 at 5:26
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