When searching “/”, and switching from popular to trending, the search field will be replaced with “?mode=trending”
https://scratch.mit.edu/search/projects?mode=trending (Result)
https://scratch.mit.edu/search/projects?q=%2F (/)
This should just search /, and not change the search field.
My browser / operating system: Windows NT 10.0, Firefox 114.0, No Flash version detected
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This shouldn’t be something to worry about, its more likely a quirk than a glitch.

TLONScratch wrote:

This shouldn’t be something to worry about, its more likely a quirk than a glitch.

Okay, thank you!