diff --git a/platform/commonUI/browse/res/templates/browse.html b/platform/commonUI/browse/res/templates/browse.html
index c897b4272d..d926044f7e 100644
--- a/platform/commonUI/browse/res/templates/browse.html
+++ b/platform/commonUI/browse/res/templates/browse.html
@@ -28,13 +28,14 @@
                 >
                 <mct-representation key="'create-button'" mct-object="navigatedObject">
                 </mct-representation>
-                <div class='search-holder'>
+                <div class='holder search-holder abs'>
                     <mct-include key="'search'"
                                  mct-object="domainObject"
                                  ng-model="treeModel">
                     </mct-include>
                 </div>
-                <div class='holder tree-holder abs'>
+                <div class='holder tree-holder abs'
+                     ng-hide="treeModel.filter">
                     <mct-representation key="'tree'"
                                         mct-object="domainObject"
                                         ng-model="treeModel">
diff --git a/platform/features/search/res/templates/search.html b/platform/features/search/res/templates/search.html
index d3d7fc26d6..977a3619f8 100644
--- a/platform/features/search/res/templates/search.html
+++ b/platform/features/search/res/templates/search.html
@@ -23,15 +23,14 @@
       ng-controller="SearchController as controller">
     <!-- Search bar input -->
     <div>
-        <!--input class="search-input"
+        <input class="search-input"
                id="searchbarinput" 
                type="text" 
                value=""
-               ng-keyup="controller.search('searchbarinput')" /-->
-        a
-        <mct-control key="searchbar"
+               ng-keyup="controller.search('searchbarinput')" />
+        <!--mct-control key="searchbar"
                      ng-keyup="controller.search('searchbarinput')">asdf
-        </mct-control>
+        </mct-control-->
     </div>
     
     <!-- This div exists to determine scroll bar location -->
diff --git a/platform/features/search/src/controllers/SearchController.js b/platform/features/search/src/controllers/SearchController.js
index 95019b2ed7..335687add7 100644
--- a/platform/features/search/src/controllers/SearchController.js
+++ b/platform/features/search/src/controllers/SearchController.js
@@ -56,6 +56,13 @@ define(function () {
                     // We got the latest results now (and done loading)
                     loading = false;
                     $scope.results = searchService.getLatestResults(0, numResults);
+                    
+                    // Update whether the file tree should be displayed 
+                    if ($scope.results.length === 0) {
+                        $scope.ngModel.filter = false;
+                    } else {
+                        $scope.ngModel.filter = true;
+                    }
                 }
             }
             waitForLatest();