diff --git a/explorer.qmd b/explorer.qmd
index c0b5c9e4..1bfc7c7b 100644
--- a/explorer.qmd
+++ b/explorer.qmd
@@ -2156,9 +2156,27 @@ tableView = {
function summaryText() {
if (totalRows == null) return 'Counting samples...';
- if (totalRows === 0) return 'No samples match the current filters.';
+ // Honesty fix (#247): when a free-text search is committed, the
+ // table still reflects ONLY the viewport + source/facet filters —
+ // the search term is NOT a table predicate (pre-A1; see #234 Step
+ // 4 / axis A1). Disclose that explicitly and point to the side
+ // panel, instead of claiming these rows "match the current filters"
+ // (which after a search-fly can be e.g. 43,803 GEOME mollusks for a
+ // "bucchero" search). `__explorerActiveSearch` is maintained by
+ // doSearch; null when no search is committed. setMeta uses
+ // textContent, so the term needs no HTML-escaping here.
+ const activeSearch = (typeof window !== 'undefined') ? window.__explorerActiveSearch : null;
+ if (totalRows === 0) {
+ return activeSearch
+ ? `No samples in this map view and current non-search filters. Search results for "${activeSearch}" are shown in the panel →`
+ : 'No samples match the current filters.';
+ }
const total = totalRows.toLocaleString();
- return `${total} sample${totalRows === 1 ? '' : 's'} match the current filters.`;
+ const plural = totalRows === 1 ? '' : 's';
+ if (activeSearch) {
+ return `${total} sample${plural} in this map view and current non-search filters. Search results for "${activeSearch}" are shown in the panel →`;
+ }
+ return `${total} sample${plural} match the current filters.`;
}
async function refreshAll() {
@@ -3846,12 +3864,41 @@ zoomWatcher = {
const term = searchInput.value.trim();
if (!term || term.length < 2) {
searchResults.textContent = 'Type at least 2 characters';
+ // Honesty fix (#247): the samples-table meta line keys off this
+ // flag. An empty / too-short submit means no committed search, so
+ // clear it and refresh the table to revert to the plain "match
+ // the current filters" copy.
+ if (typeof window !== 'undefined') {
+ window.__explorerActiveSearch = null;
+ window.refreshSamplesTable?.();
+ }
writeQueryState();
persistSearchScope(effectiveScope);
return;
}
writeQueryState();
persistSearchScope(effectiveScope);
+ // Honesty fix (#247): record the committed search term so the
+ // samples-table meta line can disclose that the table reflects the
+ // map view + source/facet filters only — NOT this search. Free-text
+ // search is not yet a table/globe predicate (pre-A1; see #234 Step
+ // 4). Set at fire-time (independent of result success) so the meta is
+ // honest the moment the search commits.
+ if (typeof window !== 'undefined') window.__explorerActiveSearch = term;
+ // Refresh the table now so the meta copy updates immediately. World-
+ // scope searches fly the camera (moveEnd → refreshAll covers it), but
+ // area-scope searches do NOT move the camera, so without this nudge
+ // the meta would stay stale until the next interaction. Triggers the
+ // SAME refreshAll that moveEnd/filter-change already use (no new query
+ // shape); pageGen dedups against the fly-triggered refresh.
+ if (typeof window !== 'undefined') window.refreshSamplesTable?.();
+ // Shared, prominent + sticky search-results heading, reused by the
+ // success / zero-result / error paths so the side panel ALWAYS
+ // reflects the committed search the table meta points at ("…shown in
+ // the panel →"). z-index keeps it above scrolled rows. term is the
+ // user's own input, rendered as-is to match the prior heading.
+ const searchHeadingHTML = (suffix) =>
+ `Search results: "${term}"${suffix}
`;
searchResults.textContent = effectiveScope === 'area'
? 'Searching selected areas...'
: 'Searching entire world...';
@@ -4021,6 +4068,13 @@ zoomWatcher = {
resultsCount = results.length;
if (results.length === 0) {
searchResults.textContent = `No results for "${term}"`;
+ // Honesty fix (#247): the table meta points "→ panel", so the
+ // panel must reflect THIS (empty) search rather than whatever
+ // it showed before. Without this, a zero-result search left
+ // stale prior content under a pointer claiming otherwise.
+ const sampEl0 = document.getElementById('samplesSection');
+ if (sampEl0) sampEl0.innerHTML = searchHeadingHTML(' (0)')
+ + 'No samples matched this search.
';
return;
}
@@ -4039,7 +4093,9 @@ zoomWatcher = {
// Show results in the samples panel
const sampEl = document.getElementById('samplesSection');
if (sampEl) {
- let h = `Search: "${term}" (${results.length})
`;
+ // Prominent + sticky heading via the shared helper (see its
+ // definition above). No page/camera scroll — heading only.
+ let h = searchHeadingHTML(` (${results.length})`);
for (const s of results) {
const color = SOURCE_COLORS[s.source] || '#666';
const name = SOURCE_NAMES[s.source] || s.source;
@@ -4217,6 +4273,12 @@ zoomWatcher = {
console.error("Search failed:", err);
searchResults.textContent = `Search error: ${err.message}`;
errorMessage = err.message || String(err);
+ // Honesty fix (#247): keep the side panel consistent with the
+ // table meta's "→ panel" pointer on failure too, instead of
+ // leaving stale results under a pointer that now lies.
+ const sampElErr = document.getElementById('samplesSection');
+ if (sampElErr) sampElErr.innerHTML = searchHeadingHTML('')
+ + 'Search failed — please try again.
';
}
} finally {
performance.mark(markEnd);