Component search button missing

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I know I’m late to the game, but I had the same issue (on Ubuntu 20.04). I lost my search bar and “Mine” directories after updating my system. I was able to fix it pretty easily after poking around for a little bit, and figured this could help somebody else.

Go to ~/Documents/Fritzing/bins

In there, there should be 2 documents “my_parts.fzb” and “search.fzb”. Open those two documents. If they are blank (which was the case on my end), this is what is causing the problem.

To fix it, copy the code below into “my_parts.fzb”:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<module fritzingVersion="0.4.3b.0.0" icon="Mine.png">
	<title>My Parts</title>
	<instances></instances>
</module>

Then copy the code below into “search.fzb”:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<module fritzingVersion="0.4.3b.0.0" icon="Search.png">
	<title>Search</title>
	<instances></instances>
</module>

Save both .fzb files then start fritzing again. Both should be at the bottom of the list of bins, then you should be able to move them up.

Good Luck everyone!`

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