The hide_search variable doesn't initially hide the search bar area, as seen in the image. When using a key for key_hide_search it gets properly removed and resized.
Any update of this? I am facing the same problem - I would like to fully hide the search bar, without having unnecessary empty space there instead. I also can't seem to get this to work using key_hide_search either?
This was fixed in e59e3f58117b but hasn't been in a versioned release. v1.4.1 has a broken
hide_search
option but workingkey_hide_search
. What version are you on?