Nice catch, submitting a fix now.

And yes, when searching initially you won't get the advanced search stuff. 

Edit: fixed

k00b

https://stacker.news/search

Also, is it expected that the search bar does not immediately show up the extended search features?

It only shows them when I already searched for something, like when I clicked on a example search you provided:

SN release: search and top refinements

If I go to https://stacker.news/search, I get 500 and a cute image

Also, is it expected that the search bar does not immediately show up the extended search features?

[![2022-10-26-003019-1920x1080-scrot.png](https://i.postimg.cc/9XvtLMR3/2022-10-26-003019-1920x1080-scrot.png)](https://postimg.cc/4nQ9dXQw)

It only shows them when I already searched for something, like when I clicked on a example search you provided:

[![2022-10-26-003049-1920x1080-scrot.png](https://i.postimg.cc/yNQ0cY4b/2022-10-26-003049-1920x1080-scrot.png)](https://postimg.cc/4KcKTG36)