Add the Search Icon or add a shortcut.

I use an iPhone 15 Pro, so a typical screen size. Depending on what page you are on it is the same number of screen touches. e.g.

if already on the items screen than 1st touch is reachability, 2nd touch is the search bar or x to clear.

Anywhere else it is 3 screen touches.

All of the current workflows are significantly more error prone because they require precise presses/gestures it also creates an awkward workflow.

Where as before you could quickly double tab the search icon to achieve the same result and maintaining the same number of screen taps.

Can you help me understand why this functionality was removed? Were users having a poor experience because they were double tapping when they didn’t mean to? Was the functionality somehow confusing?

Could there not be another icon added? Was 4 icons really too many? Do users use watchtower more than search? Wouldn’t watchtower primarily used when a user signs up and goes through and changes all re-used or weak passwords? Than occasionally to see if a password was has been part of a data leak? Could both of those be part of the tutorials than optional notifications for data leaks? Or could watchtower be a tile on the Home Screen?

Could the 3rd icon be a customized option? Default is watchtower? And search icon is another that is a user preference? When double pressed it highlights the current text in the search bar or if empty places the cursor there.

I am all for streamlining an experience. I am also in disbelief that the previous experience with the search icon was so dysfunctional it had to be removed.