Quick tip that might help: pressing / or Shift + F will bring up the search instantly, already focused, so no need to click the search icon.

Hope that helps!

Thanks ​@futureproof, The Cntrl-F function you suggested searches the single individual message that is showing only, not all of the global emails from my inbox. The previous search bar that showed before the app update searched all inbox messages. I have been a long and loyal customer but omitting the ability to easily search messages would cause me to look for another email solution. ​@Front Developer please review and put back the search bar by default or allow users to add it if needed. 

Just to clarify, Shift+F and / (forward slash) both open Front's global search that searches your entire inbox, not just the current message like Ctrl+F does. Sounds like you might have accidentally tried Ctrl+F instead of Shift+F.

Hope that helps!

the keyboard shortcut is certainly beneficial, but this re-design is just another massive miss by an app that tries to reimagine something that doesn’t need to be redesigned.  I can’t wait for my organization to ditch it.