diff --git a/packages/node_modules/@node-red/editor-client/src/js/ui/search.js b/packages/node_modules/@node-red/editor-client/src/js/ui/search.js
index d8035908a..7d147bde9 100644
--- a/packages/node_modules/@node-red/editor-client/src/js/ui/search.js
+++ b/packages/node_modules/@node-red/editor-client/src/js/ui/search.js
@@ -125,8 +125,8 @@ RED.search = (function() {
     }
 
     function search(val) {
-        var results = [];
-        var flags = {};
+        const results = [];
+        const flags = {};
         val = extractFlag(val,"invalid",flags);
         val = extractFlag(val,"unused",flags);
         val = extractFlag(val,"config",flags);
@@ -137,7 +137,8 @@ RED.search = (function() {
         val = extractValue(val,"uses",flags);// uses:<node-id>
         val = extractType(val,flags);// uses:<node-id>
         val = val.trim();
-        var hasFlags = Object.keys(flags).length > 0;
+        const hasFlags = Object.keys(flags).length > 0;
+        const hasTypeFilter = flags.type && flags.type.length > 0
         if (flags.flow && flags.flow.indexOf("current") >= 0) {
             let idx = flags.flow.indexOf("current");
             flags.flow[idx] = RED.workspaces.active();//convert 'current' to active flow ID
@@ -145,13 +146,12 @@ RED.search = (function() {
         if (flags.flow && flags.flow.length) {
             flags.flow = [ ...new Set(flags.flow) ]; //deduplicate
         }
-        const hasTypeFilter = flags.type && flags.type.length > 0
         if (val.length > 0 || hasFlags) {
             val = val.toLowerCase();
-            var i;
-            var j;
-            var list = [];
-            var nodes = {};
+            let i;
+            let j;
+            let list = [];
+            const nodes = {};
             let keys = [];
             if (flags.uses) {
                 keys = flags.uses;
@@ -159,10 +159,10 @@ RED.search = (function() {
                 keys = Object.keys(index);
             }
             for (i=0;i<keys.length;i++) {
-                var key = keys[i];
-                var kpos = val ? keys[i].indexOf(val) : -1;
-                if (kpos > -1 || (val === "" && hasTypeFilter)) {
-                    var ids = Object.keys(index[key]||{});
+                const key = keys[i];
+                const kpos = val ? keys[i].indexOf(val) : -1;
+                if (kpos > -1 || (val === "" && hasFlags)) {
+                    const ids = Object.keys(index[key]||{});
                     for (j=0;j<ids.length;j++) {
                         var node = index[key][ids[j]];
                         var isConfigNode = node.node._def.category === "config" && node.node.type !== 'group';
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@ RED.search = (function() {
                             continue;
                         }
                         if (flags.hasOwnProperty("invalid")) {
-                            var nodeIsValid = !node.node.hasOwnProperty("valid") || node.node.valid;
+                            const nodeIsValid = !node.node.hasOwnProperty("valid") || node.node.valid;
                             if (flags.invalid === nodeIsValid) {
                                 continue;
                             }
@@ -200,7 +200,7 @@ RED.search = (function() {
                             }
                         }
                         if (flags.hasOwnProperty("unused")) {
-                            var isUnused = (node.node.type === 'subflow' && node.node.instances.length === 0) ||
+                            const isUnused = (node.node.type === 'subflow' && node.node.instances.length === 0) ||
                                            (isConfigNode && node.node.users.length === 0 && node.node._def.hasUsers !== false)
                             if (flags.unused !== isUnused) {
                                 continue;