SP Widget issue with ng-model on <input> tag

[xiaix]

Have this snippet of code in my HTML Template:

then a bit further down:

When someone types into the <input> field, the table rows show/hide perfectly, as expected.

However, when you click the close button that calls the cancelGroupSearch() function:

and the $scope.searchingForThisGroup gets set back to an empty string '', the table row data doesn't change to showing everything.

Why?

[xiaix]

So I just realized something...

Clicking the "X" is not clearing the value of the <input> field, even though it's ng-modeled to $scope.searchingForThisGroup.

Why isn't it clearing out the value of the <input> field?

[xiaix · Accepted solution]

Fixed. 

Using $scope.data.searchingForThisGroup fixed it.

Odd.