[Bug]: "Search everywhere" returns no result if search term is short

[Summon528]

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• This is a bug, not a question or a configuration/webserver/proxy issue.
• This issue is not already reported on Github OR Nextcloud Community Forum (I've searched it).
• Nextcloud Server is up to date. See Maintenance and Release Schedule for supported versions.
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Bug description

When the search term is short (< 3 char), the search everywhere page (/apps/files/search?query=xx) shows no result instead of a good error feedback. This can cause very confusing behavior.

Take this screen recording from the demo site for example,

1. User searched for "ne" => got result => good
2. User clicked "search everywhere", probably expect to get more result => instead, saw a "no result" screen
3. User enter more chars and the result behave normally

Recording.2025-12-04.191929.mp4

Steps to reproduce

1. Navigate to /apps/files/search?query=xx and observe that it will never return a result no matter what the query is

Expected behavior

Not really sure,
Maybe we should show another error message, but it will still be confusing consider that clicking "search everywhere" erase the result.
Or maybe we should just search anyway

Additional info

I discovered this issue because I'm dealing with CJK characters, I also noticed that an PR #21777 a while ago reduced search limit to 2 chars, is there any reason that this page has the 3-char limit?

As for the env, It's reproducible on the demo site, so the env is whatever that env is.

[Summon528]

A solution could be

• Hide the "Search everywhere" button if the search term is 1 char
• Allow searching for 2 char in the "Search everywhere" page

[szaimen]

Hi, which nc version did you test this on?

[Summon528]

I'm personally on NC 32.0.2, but the recording is from https://demo1.nextcloud.com/, not sure what version that's on