I am not sure if this is possible or difficult, but I just wanted to raise it as something that would be a huge quality of life improvement for the live preview mode.
I often use the search panel while writing to find the address of a tree that I want to link to. Then I start typing, and while I'm typing, part of the page refreshes (naturally) and this causes the search panel to go away and I lose the thing I was copying. I wonder if it is possible to keep the search panel alive during and after the refresh somehow?
Feel free to close this ticket if it opens a big can of worms 😃
I implemented a crude solution that just avoids refreshing when the search modal is open, let me have a think about how to do what you actually asked for.