fix: light dismiss for header menu/search overlays (outside tap closes, never activates)

public/search-client.js

@@ -104,6 +104,20 @@
       const a = e.target.closest && e.target.closest('a');
       remember((a && a.dataset.q) || input.value);
     });
+    // Dropdown dismiss (opt-in — /search keeps its results list). A suggestion
+    // list is a NON-MODAL combobox popup (ARIA combobox pattern): interacting
+    // outside the field+list closes it but the interaction is NOT swallowed —
+    // unlike the modal header panels, which scrim-dismiss in Base.astro.
+    if (opts.dismiss) {
+      const box = input.closest('form') || input.parentElement;
+      const hide = () => { clearTimeout(timer); list.innerHTML = ''; status.textContent = ''; };
+      document.addEventListener('pointerdown', (e) => { if (list.firstChild && !box.contains(e.target)) hide(); });
+      // relatedTarget may be null mid-click on our own links — pointerdown covers that path
+      box.addEventListener('focusout', (e) => { if (e.relatedTarget && !box.contains(e.relatedTarget)) hide(); });
+      input.addEventListener('keydown', (e) => {
+        if (e.key === 'Escape' && list.firstChild) { hide(); e.stopPropagation(); } // panel Escape stays a second step
+      });
+    }
     return run; // callers may run() immediately (e.g. /search?q=…)
   };
 })();