@jhobs Can you grab this please, it is pretty ugly and it is seen by all users when they create a collection.

If you're busy let us know on the task and somebody else will catch it (it is at the top of the column so it is high priority for the PO I think)

@Jhernandez feel free to work on it. Jeff released it due to some zero Wikipedia commitments.

Change 210737 had a related patch set uploaded (by Jhernandez):
Empty search suggests searching instead of /no results/

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/210737

Screenshots of how it looks now:

New collection without anything:

Click on the search box or the "Start a new search..." and you get:

Search for something that doesn't bring results:

Sending this to code review, but pinging @Jdlrobson and @KHammerstein because maybe there is some feedback just with the screenshots.

@Jhernandez How do you create a collection with no members?

@KHammerstein visit the list of your collections: http://en.m.wikipedia.beta.wmflabs.org/wiki/Special:Gather/by/Jhernandez/ but with your username at the end, or go through the menu item Collections, and then at the bottom of the list you will see a "Create new collection" button.

The messages/flow also applies if you create a collection from a page but remove that page and leave an empty collection (which you can edit later).

Basically, if the search input has nothing, this shows the "Start a new search..." instead of the "OHGODNORESULTSTRYAGAIN" (which doesn't make sense if you didn't search for anything).

BTW, this is one the fastest times somebody has ever answered to a ping I've made. Huge props and thank you very much.

Change 210737 merged by jenkins-bot:
Empty search suggests searching instead of /no results/

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/210737

@KHammerstein, @Jhernandez Sorry for getting to this late, but the current implementation is also confusing. Will file another ticket, as I think no message at all should be shown....

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