[sdc] 1710 rebase code

Change-Id: Icedeac71c0a9d27518969effcd5d5519de9955a6
Signed-off-by: Michael Lando <ml636r@att.com>

1 files changed, 4 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/catalog-ui/src/app/ng2/shared/search-bar/search-bar.component.ts b/catalog-ui/src/app/ng2/shared/search-bar/search-bar.component.ts
index 2835d20ba4..08bdf2030f 100644
--- a/catalog-ui/src/app/ng2/shared/search-bar/search-bar.component.ts
+++ b/catalog-ui/src/app/ng2/shared/search-bar/search-bar.component.ts
@@ -15,7 +15,9 @@ export class SearchBarComponent {
     @Output() searchButtonClicked: EventEmitter<string> = new EventEmitter<string>();
 
     searchButtonClick = (): void => {
-        this.searchButtonClicked.emit(this.searchQuery);
+        if (this.searchQuery) { //do not allow empty search
+            this.searchButtonClicked.emit(this.searchQuery);
+        }
     }
 
     searchQueryChange = ($event): void => {
@@ -24,7 +26,7 @@ export class SearchBarComponent {
 
     private clearSearchQuery = (): void => {
         this.searchQuery = "";
-        this.searchButtonClick();
+        this.searchButtonClicked.emit(this.searchQuery);
     }
 }