At the moment, views not using the searchtools have a button group consisting of a search button and a clear button. See this example from com_contact:
This PR changes the behaviour of the searchtools to do the same:
Hmm after thinking more about it, it's perhaps not a good idea to change the current behaviour as the clear button also clear any selected filters from the searchtools
Hmm after thinking more about it, it's perhaps not a good idea to change the current behaviour as the clear button also clear any selected filters from the searchtools