diff --git a/app/ui/src/main/java/de/mm20/launcher2/ui/launcher/scaffold/LauncherScaffold.kt b/app/ui/src/main/java/de/mm20/launcher2/ui/launcher/scaffold/LauncherScaffold.kt
index f43c8cd2e..4ee10e18a 100644
--- a/app/ui/src/main/java/de/mm20/launcher2/ui/launcher/scaffold/LauncherScaffold.kt
+++ b/app/ui/src/main/java/de/mm20/launcher2/ui/launcher/scaffold/LauncherScaffold.kt
@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@ import androidx.compose.runtime.rememberCoroutineScope
 import androidx.compose.runtime.saveable.listSaver
 import androidx.compose.runtime.saveable.rememberSaveable
 import androidx.compose.runtime.setValue
+import androidx.compose.runtime.withFrameNanos
 import androidx.compose.ui.Alignment
 import androidx.compose.ui.Modifier
 import androidx.compose.ui.composed
@@ -79,6 +80,7 @@ import androidx.compose.ui.input.nestedscroll.NestedScrollSource
 import androidx.compose.ui.input.nestedscroll.nestedScroll
 import androidx.compose.ui.input.pointer.pointerInput
 import androidx.compose.ui.platform.LocalDensity
+import androidx.compose.ui.platform.LocalFocusManager
 import androidx.compose.ui.platform.LocalHapticFeedback
 import androidx.compose.ui.platform.LocalView
 import androidx.compose.ui.platform.LocalViewConfiguration
@@ -988,6 +990,7 @@ internal fun LauncherScaffold(
     val lifecycleOwner = LocalLifecycleOwner.current
     val activity = LocalActivity.current as AppCompatActivity
     val view = LocalView.current
+    val focusManager = LocalFocusManager.current
 
     val wallpaperManager = remember(activity) { WallpaperManager.getInstance(activity) }
 
@@ -1136,10 +1139,27 @@ internal fun LauncherScaffold(
                         // The search does not survive leaving the launcher, not even for a short app
                         // switch: coming back should always show a fresh search.
                         if (!state.isLocked) {
+                            // Clear the query first: the page transition below animates and must not
+                            // be what keeps a stale query around.
+                            searchVM.reset()
                             if (state.currentComponent?.survivesPause != true) {
                                 state.reset()
                             }
-                            searchVM.reset()
+                        }
+                    }
+                    // The framework hands the keyboard focus - and with it the on-screen keyboard -
+                    // back to the search bar's text field whenever the launcher's window regains
+                    // focus, even though no search is open. The home screen would then sit behind an
+                    // on-screen keyboard and the physical keyboard would type into the search bar
+                    // without the search results ever opening, because the characters are delivered
+                    // to the focused text field instead of the key event handler. Give that focus up
+                    // again, one frame after the resume, so that it also works when the framework
+                    // grants the focus while the window is coming back.
+                    if (activity.pauseTime > 0L) {
+                        withFrameNanos { }
+                        if (state.currentComponent !is SearchComponent) {
+                            focusManager.clearFocus()
+                            activity.hideSoftKeyboard()
                         }
                     }
                     awaitCancellation()
@@ -1409,8 +1429,11 @@ internal fun LauncherScaffold(
                             // as usual from now on.
                             state.isTypingSearch = false
                             scope.launch { state.onSearchBarTap() }
-                            state.isSearchBarFocused = true
                         }
+                        // Keep this in sync with the real focus state. It must go back to false when
+                        // the text field loses focus, otherwise the launcher keeps asking for it
+                        // (LauncherSearchBar requests focus whenever this is true).
+                        state.isSearchBarFocused = it
                     },
                     onKeyboardActionGo = if (launchOnEnter) {
                         { searchVM.launchBestMatchOrAction(activity) }