diff -r 43f6de365ed4 -r 6e115a094858 src/js/widgets/playerWidget.js
--- a/src/js/widgets/playerWidget.js	Wed Oct 26 15:46:19 2011 +0200
+++ b/src/js/widgets/playerWidget.js	Wed Oct 26 16:20:17 2011 +0200
@@ -177,9 +177,14 @@
 /* this handler is called whenever the content of the search
    field changes */
 IriSP.PlayerWidget.prototype.searchHandler = function() {
-
   this._searchLastValue = this.selector.find("#LdtSearchInput").attr('value');
-  this._Popcorn.trigger("IriSP.search", this._searchLastValue);
+  
+  // do nothing if the search field is empty, instead of highlighting everything.
+  if (this._searchLastValue == "") {
+    this._Popcorn.trigger("IriSP.search.cleared");
+  } else {
+    this._Popcorn.trigger("IriSP.search", this._searchLastValue);
+  }
 };
 
 /*