Keep search menu open

[Colin Scott]

> Huh? The next thing you do after switching to GC is type the search 
> term. Save even more time by using ctrl-tab (Linux) or alt-tab 
> (MSWin) to switch back to GC, then ctrl-F to search. You're going 
> to have to type at some point to enter your search parameters.

The real value of keeping the search panel open lies in the ability it
would offer to iteratively refine a previous (possibly multi-term) search
without having to type it all in from scratch each time around ...

Colin