Chrome JavaScript Console autoselecting the search bar? - google-chrome-devtools

Whenever I open the JavaScript developer console in Google Chrome, it automatically selects a search bar that appears at the top of the window. I don't know how to disable the search bar, or otherwise make sure that it isn't automatically selected when I open it. I'd rather have the actual console preselected instead of the search bar. How can I fix this?
Thank you!

I figured it out; at some point I had enabled the filter by clicking on its button to do it (next to the "Clear Console" button). Just disabled it and it's all good now.
In the below image, the filter button is the second from the left (in between the "Clear Console" button and the "top" dropdown for Chome extensions).

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Just in case anyone else has the same problem here is how I resolved my issue. I won't bore you with how I discovered the solution.
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See screenshot
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