The default tab on the global search results page is not consistent across product
Problem to solve
When the user performs a global search from the navbar, we default them to a specific tab on the results page. We currently have logic which changes this default based off where the user was at when performing the search, which is not consistent at the group level.
Example:
Searching design from an issue list within a project will take you to the results page with Issues as the default tab.
Searching design from an issue list within a group will take you to the results page with Projects as the default tab.
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Proposal
Be consistent in using this default based off the users location in our product. In addition, since Epics are also available at the group level, default searches from the Epics list to the Epics tab in the results page.
Group Level > Issue default to Issues tab
Group Level > Merge Requests > default to Merge Requests tab
Group Level > Epics > default to Epics tab