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[Jim Ross <840821@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I noticed this by accident a little earlier today and looked into it a
bit.  Originally I thought it was a bug, but after looking into  it a
little bit I think its just a feature.

When you start a Unity desktop, Nautilus gets started with the -n
parameter to manage the desktop.  This "feature" allows you do do a
quick search for desktop items.  This is where the little search box
comes from.  If you kill nautilus then this search bar will not come up
any more.

I'm adding a screenshot to demonstrate how it works. If you don't have
any files or folders on your desktop - add a few to play around with it.
Then, click on the background(make sure "Desktop" is in focus) and start
typing.  It does a quick search on any of the files/folders that you
have on your desktop.

** Attachment added: "Searching for "test" on my desktop"
   https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/compiz/+bug/840821/+attachment/2813035/+files/TypingOnDesktop.png

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  Typing on the desktop brings up a search window in the lower right
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