From a2b5bf0b73bb95607e3b3ef8e5b8961ddc7445f8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jay Kamat <jaygkamat@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 1 Mar 2018 16:15:38 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Clear old search results on webkit

Fixes an issue with #3626
---
 qutebrowser/browser/webkit/webkittab.py | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/qutebrowser/browser/webkit/webkittab.py b/qutebrowser/browser/webkit/webkittab.py
index 48c479171..ce80678f1 100644
--- a/qutebrowser/browser/webkit/webkittab.py
+++ b/qutebrowser/browser/webkit/webkittab.py
@@ -153,6 +153,9 @@ class WebKitSearch(browsertab.AbstractSearch):
                               " for {}".format(text))
             return
 
+        # Clear old search results, this is done automatically on other backends
+        self.clear()
+
         self.text = text
         self.search_displayed = True
         self._flags = QWebPage.FindWrapsAroundDocument