From bc2ef66756bf9605c1b6ab176798a1c1613a0eb0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: dankan1890 <mewuidev2@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 10 Feb 2016 22:25:43 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] simpleselgame: The zeroing of the search does not require a
 reload. nw

---
 src/emu/ui/simpleselgame.cpp | 4 ++--
 src/emu/ui/simpleselgame.h   | 1 +
 2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/emu/ui/simpleselgame.cpp b/src/emu/ui/simpleselgame.cpp
index 8f5ada60071..0c0705e8414 100644
--- a/src/emu/ui/simpleselgame.cpp
+++ b/src/emu/ui/simpleselgame.cpp
@@ -181,8 +181,8 @@ void ui_simple_menu_select_game::inkey_cancel(const ui_menu_event *menu_event)
 	// escape pressed with non-empty text clears the text
 	if (m_search[0] != 0)
 	{
-		// since we have already been popped, we must recreate ourself from scratch
-		ui_menu::stack_push(global_alloc_clear<ui_simple_menu_select_game>(machine(), container, nullptr));
+		m_search[0] = '\0';
+		reset(UI_MENU_RESET_SELECT_FIRST);
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/src/emu/ui/simpleselgame.h b/src/emu/ui/simpleselgame.h
index 50fcf10a432..316e3747b2f 100644
--- a/src/emu/ui/simpleselgame.h
+++ b/src/emu/ui/simpleselgame.h
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ public:
 	// force game select menu
 	static void force_game_select(running_machine &machine, render_container *container);
 
+	virtual bool menu_has_search_active() override { return (m_search[0] != 0); }
 private:
 	// internal state
 	enum { VISIBLE_GAMES_IN_LIST = 15 };