if search is blank, page rendered improperly

[flynneva]

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I've found a bug and checked that ...

• ... the problem doesn't occur with the mkdocs or readthedocs themes
• ... the problem persists when all overrides are removed, i.e. custom_dir, extra_javascript and extra_css
• ... the documentation does not mention anything about my problem
• ... there are no open or closed issues that are related to my problem

Description

when search query is blank in URL page is rendered with html character codes

Expected behaviour

page is rendered without html character codes visible to end user

Actual behaviour

symbols replaced with html character codes (i.e. ' replaced with ')

Steps to reproduce

check it out live on the mkdocs-material site

Package versions

NA but can fill it out if desired

• Python: python --version
• MkDocs: mkdocs --version
• Material: pip show mkdocs-material | grep -E ^Version

Configuration

https://squidfunk.github.io/mkdocs-material/creating-your-site/?h=

System information

NA

[squidfunk]

Fixed in 15f74d8.