Index: src/report.c
==================================================================
--- src/report.c
+++ src/report.c
@@ -27,10 +27,19 @@
 
 #ifndef SQLITE_RECURSIVE
 #  define SQLITE_RECURSIVE            33
 #endif
 
+/* Settings that can be used to control ticket reports */
+/*
+** SETTING: ticket-search-empty-report-number    width=10 default=0
+**
+** If this setting has an integer value of N, then when the ticket
+** search page query is blank, the report with rn=N is shown.
+** If N is zero, then no report is shown.
+*/
+
 /*
 ** WEBPAGE: reportlist
 **
 ** Main menu for Tickets.
 */
@@ -982,12 +991,23 @@
 ** corresponding to REPORTFMT.RN.  If the tablist query parameter exists,
 ** then the output consists of lines of tab-separated fields instead of
 ** an HTML table.
 */
 void rptview_page(void){
+  rptview_page_content(0, 1, 1);
+}
+
+/*
+** Render a report.
+*/
+void rptview_page_content(
+  int rn, /* Report number. If 0, retrieve from rn query parameter. */
+  int pageWrap, /* If true, render full page; otherwise, just the report */
+  int redirectMissing /* If true and report not found, go to reportlist */
+){
   int count = 0;
-  int rn, rc;
+  int rc;
   char *zSql;
   char *zTitle;
   char *zOwner;
   char *zClrKey;
   int tabs;
@@ -996,13 +1016,16 @@
   char *zErr2 = 0;
 
   login_check_credentials();
   if( !g.perm.RdTkt ){ login_needed(g.anon.RdTkt); return; }
   tabs = P("tablist")!=0;
+  if ( rn==0 ) {
+    rn = atoi(PD("rn","0"));
+  }
   db_prepare(&q,
     "SELECT title, sqlcode, owner, cols, rn FROM reportfmt WHERE rn=%d",
-     atoi(PD("rn","0")));
+     rn);
   rc = db_step(&q);
   if( rc!=SQLITE_ROW ){
     db_finalize(&q);
     db_prepare(&q,
       "SELECT title, sqlcode, owner, cols, rn FROM reportfmt WHERE title GLOB %Q",
@@ -1009,11 +1032,13 @@
       P("title"));
     rc = db_step(&q);
   }
   if( rc!=SQLITE_ROW ){
     db_finalize(&q);
-    cgi_redirect("reportlist");
+    if (redirectMissing) {
+      cgi_redirect("reportlist");
+    }
     return;
   }
   zTitle = db_column_malloc(&q, 0);
   zSql = db_column_malloc(&q, 1);
   zOwner = db_column_malloc(&q, 2);
@@ -1041,29 +1066,31 @@
     struct GenerateHTML sState = { 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0 };
     const char *zQS = PD("QUERY_STRING","");
 
     db_multi_exec("PRAGMA empty_result_callbacks=ON");
     style_set_current_feature("report");
-    /* style_finish_page() should provide escaping via %h formatting */
-    if( zQS[0] ){
-      style_submenu_element("Raw","%R/%s?tablist=1&%s",g.zPath,zQS);
-      style_submenu_element("Reports","%R/reportlist?%s",zQS);
-    } else {
-      style_submenu_element("Raw","%R/%s?tablist=1",g.zPath);
-      style_submenu_element("Reports","%R/reportlist");
-    }
-    if( g.perm.Admin
-       || (g.perm.TktFmt && g.zLogin && fossil_strcmp(g.zLogin,zOwner)==0) ){
-      style_submenu_element("Edit", "rptedit?rn=%d", rn);
-    }
-    if( g.perm.TktFmt ){
-      style_submenu_element("SQL", "rptsql?rn=%d",rn);
-    }
-    if( g.perm.NewTkt ){
-      style_submenu_element("New Ticket", "%R/tktnew");
-    }
-    style_header("%s", zTitle);
+    if ( pageWrap ) {
+      /* style_finish_page() should provide escaping via %h formatting */
+      if( zQS[0] ){
+        style_submenu_element("Raw","%R/%s?tablist=1&%s",g.zPath,zQS);
+        style_submenu_element("Reports","%R/reportlist?%s",zQS);
+      } else {
+        style_submenu_element("Raw","%R/%s?tablist=1",g.zPath);
+        style_submenu_element("Reports","%R/reportlist");
+      }
+      if( g.perm.Admin
+        || (g.perm.TktFmt && g.zLogin && fossil_strcmp(g.zLogin,zOwner)==0) ){
+        style_submenu_element("Edit", "rptedit?rn=%d", rn);
+      }
+      if( g.perm.TktFmt ){
+        style_submenu_element("SQL", "rptsql?rn=%d",rn);
+      }
+      if( g.perm.NewTkt ){
+        style_submenu_element("New Ticket", "%R/tktnew");
+      }
+      style_header("%s", zTitle);
+    }
     output_color_key(zClrKey, 1,
         "border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"3\" cellspacing=\"0\" class=\"report\"");
     @ <table border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" class="report sortable"
     @  data-column-types='' data-init-sort='0'>
     sState.rn = rn;
@@ -1076,11 +1103,13 @@
       @ <p class="reportError">Error: %h(zErr1)</p>
     }else if( zErr2 ){
       @ <p class="reportError">Error: %h(zErr2)</p>
     }
     style_table_sorter();
-    style_finish_page();
+    if ( pageWrap ) {
+      style_finish_page();
+    }
   }else{
     report_restrict_sql(&zErr1);
     db_exec_readonly(g.db, zSql, output_tab_separated, &count, &zErr2);
     report_unrestrict_sql();
     cgi_set_content_type("text/plain");

Index: src/tkt.c
==================================================================
--- src/tkt.c
+++ src/tkt.c
@@ -1636,12 +1636,18 @@
 ** Usage:  /tktsrch?s=PATTERN
 **
 ** Full-text search of all current tickets
 */
 void tkt_srchpage(void){
+  int rn;
   login_check_credentials();
   style_set_current_feature("tkt");
   style_header("Ticket Search");
   ticket_standard_submenu(T_ALL_BUT(T_SRCH));
-  search_screen(SRCH_TKT, 0);
+  if ( !search_screen(SRCH_TKT, 0) ) {
+    rn = db_get_int("ticket-search-empty-report-number",0);
+    if ( rn ) {
+      rptview_page_content(rn, 0, 0);
+    }
+  }
   style_finish_page();
 }

Index: test/tester.tcl
==================================================================
--- test/tester.tcl
+++ test/tester.tcl
@@ -351,10 +351,11 @@
       ssl-ca-location \
       ssl-identity \
       tclsh \
       th1-setup \
       th1-uri-regexp \
+      ticket-search-empty-report-number \
       user-color-map \
       uv-sync \
       web-browser]
 
   fossil test-th-eval "hasfeature legacyMvRm"