This ("Entering a search query should not clear the selected 'department' but instead, it should norrow down the results within that specific department") has been fixed as part of OTA10 with introduction of filters and search semantics changes. Closing.
** Changed in: unity-scopes-shell (Ubuntu) Status: New => Fix Released -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1429214 Title: [Scopes] Departments not behaving consistently when navigating too/from a Scope To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu-ux/+bug/1429214/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs