zed-industries/zed · error

button

Error message

button

What it means

An assertion in buffer_search bar rendering that a required button element exists; it fires when the button expected by the current search-bar state (e.g. close or find-in-results control) was not built, indicating a render-state inconsistency.

Source

Thrown at crates/search/src/buffer_search.rs:375

            .when(find_in_results, |el| {
                el.child(render_action_button(
                    "buffer-search",
                    IconName::Close,
                    Default::default(),
                    "Close Search Bar",
                    &Dismiss,
                    focus_handle.clone(),
                ))
            });

        let has_collapse_button = collapse_expand_button.is_some();

        let search_line = h_flex()
            .w_full()
            .gap_2()
            .when(find_in_results, |el| el.child(alignment_element()))
            .when(!find_in_results && has_collapse_button, |el| {
                el.pl_0p5().child(collapse_expand_button.expect("button"))
            })
            .child(query_column)
            .child(mode_column);

        let replace_line = should_show_replace_input.then(|| {
            let replace_column = input_base_styles(replacement_border).child(
                div()
                    .flex_1()
                    .py_1()
                    .child(render_text_input(&self.replacement_editor, None, cx)),
            );
            let focus_handle = self.replacement_editor.read(cx).focus_handle(cx);

            let replace_actions = h_flex()
                .min_w_64()
                .gap_1()
                .child(render_action_button(
                    "buffer-search-replace-button",

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Solutions

1. Verify the state flags (find_in_results, has_collapse_button) used to conditionally add children
2. Ensure the button is added in every branch where it is asserted later
3. Render defensively and hide the control rather than asserting

When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at crates/search/src/buffer_search.rs:375 when the library encounters an invalid state.

Common situations: See trigger scenarios.

AI-assisted analysis of zed-industries/zed@f4178619ac (2026-08-20). Data as JSON: /api/errors/f94c0c76811c40b7. Report an issue: GitHub.