Hello,
This small plugin displays the search field in the home of your gallery. You don't need to click on "search" anymore.
Unzip it and install it through the plugin manager.
added the package to our download section at sourceforge.net: https://sourceforge.net/projects/coppermine/files/Plugins/1.4.x/cpg1.4.x_plugin_searchbox_v1.0.zip/download
I'm not very fond though about what the plugin does - the database modifications appear tricky to me. Thanks for the contribution, but I can not recommend this plugin: the way you manipulate "the content of the main page" needs to be reviewed...
this doesnt work with 1.5x does it? if not is there one that does?