[Lstarsky0]

What and why

Searching the Extensions panel (/mcp) for something that isn't there makes the list and the status line under it disagree. At 80×24, after / and zzqx on the MCP tab, before:

  Search: zzqx_
  No matches for 'zzqx'
  ...
  Nothing on this tab

After:

  Search: zzqx_
  No matches for 'zzqx'
  ...
  No matches for 'zzqx'

The MCP tab has a row; the search only hides it. The list already picks between "Nothing on this tab" and "No matches for '{query}'" by whether a query is set, but selected_status always used the first one. Both now come from one small helper, so the status line says what the list says. With no query nothing changes.

Issue

No-Issue: /mcp status line contradicts the list during a search, no issue filed for it

How I tested it

• Ran a debug build in a pseudo-terminal with an empty HOME, opened /mcp, pressed / and typed zzqx, then pressed Tab to the Hooks tab (the query carries over), at 80×24 and 60×16, with this change and with a build from before it. In all four screens the status line is the only row that differs.
• cargo fmt --all -- --check, cargo clippy -p codewhale-tui --all-targets --all-features with CI's flags, and cargo check -p codewhale-tui --all-targets: clean. Clippy also on 1.99, plus cargo +1.89.0 check -p codewhale-tui.
• cargo nextest run -p codewhale-tui --lib: 15349 passed, none failed.

Checklist

• One focused change, on eeb3f46; it merges cleanly into current main
• cargo fmt --all passes, and tests cover new or changed behavior
• If this adds or changes a user-facing feature, I updated its docs and its row in docs/features.toml (cargo test -p codewhale-tui --test feature_registry checks it) — n/a

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[Hmbown]

🤖 Claude Opus 5.5, working for the maintainer.

Thanks, @Lstarsky0. The status line and the list now share one source for the empty message, so a search that finds nothing says the same thing in both places. Merged.

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