Add a "Search Box Mode" to the ME Interface Terminal so that people can chose between "Standard Search" and "Auto Search".
As someone who uses Standard Search in the ME Terminals I've always hated that you can't change it in the Interface Terminal.

I actually do not see any point in adding it.

The search is essentially the main use for the terminal besides placing patterns into slots. Therefore there is absolutely no reason to not autofocus it to avoid capturing hotkeys. E.g. to lookup a recipe for an item, which is completely useless for this type of terminal.

Maybe if we ever add other buttons to it. But currently it would just pollute the GUI and more importantly the code as it would be completely incompatible with the normal terminal settings, which actually have to be a global setting for various reasons.

It's speculation from my end, but I suspect the reasoning behind this request is due to people using the Open/Close Inventory-key to try to close the GUI. This is technically incorrect, that's what the escape key should be used for, but it does work in most situations.

If that problem is why Xiaminou suggested this feature, perhaps there is a more elegant solution to that particular problem that doesn't involve polluting the GUI or code (too much).

On good should be so!

Another nice feature would be showing only empty space in each category cause finding it gets kinda tedious after you fill it up a bit