Steps to Reproduce the Bug

Select the Search bar.
Press E.

Expected Behavior

Pressing E should not close the inventory while searching.

Actual Behavior

The inventory closes whenever the button is pressed, regardless of searching.

Mod Pack URL (Optional)

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Mod Pack Version (Optional)

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Extra Notes (Optional)

I am playing with a custom modpack, I have not had the time to troubleshoot this on my own, and the log files are not giving me much information. I have also ran into a bug that results in the search bar being selected automatically whenever a key is pressed within an inventory.

latest.log

https://gist.github.com/PenumbraStar/3eca1a7828151cfa59ee3ba63b97a972

I'm running into the same problem

It appears that this is caused by a conflict with the patch for MC-147605 in the Debugify mod and is not a problem on JEI's side. Ref: isXander/Debugify#74
I can confirm that going into the Debugify settings page inside Minecraft and disabling the patch for MC-147605 resolves the problem for me.

It appears that this is caused by a conflict with the patch for MC-147605 in the Debugify mod and is not a problem on JEI's side. Ref: W-OVERFLOW/Debugify#74 I can confirm that going into the Debugify settings page inside Minecraft and disabling the patch for MC-147605 resolves the problem for me.

You are right, this bug was fixed in newest versions