diff --git a/addons/web/static/src/js/views/control_panel/control_panel_controller.js b/addons/web/static/src/js/views/control_panel/control_panel_controller.js
index 3d6e62f4bf9..10413e725ab 100644
--- a/addons/web/static/src/js/views/control_panel/control_panel_controller.js
+++ b/addons/web/static/src/js/views/control_panel/control_panel_controller.js
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ var ControlPanelController = mvc.Controller.extend({
         new_groupBy: '_onNewGroupBy',
         activate_time_range: '_onActivateTimeRange',
         autocompletion_filter: '_onAutoCompletionFilter',
+        reload: '_onReload',
     },
 
     /**
@@ -229,6 +230,14 @@ var ControlPanelController = mvc.Controller.extend({
         this.model.createNewGroupBy(ev.data);
         this._reportNewQueryAndRender();
     },
+    /**
+     * @private
+     * @param {OdooEvent} ev
+     */
+    _onReload: function (ev) {
+        ev.stopPropagation();
+        this.trigger_up('search', this.model.getQuery());
+    },
 });
 
 return ControlPanelController;
diff --git a/addons/web/static/src/js/views/control_panel/search/search_bar.js b/addons/web/static/src/js/views/control_panel/search/search_bar.js
index f9fa15fe67d..7f0feda4516 100644
--- a/addons/web/static/src/js/views/control_panel/search/search_bar.js
+++ b/addons/web/static/src/js/views/control_panel/search/search_bar.js
@@ -216,6 +216,11 @@ var SearchBar = Widget.extend({
                     this.trigger_up('facet_removed');
                 }
                 break;
+            case $.ui.keyCode.ENTER:
+                if (this.$input.val() === '') {
+                    this.trigger_up('reload');
+                }
+                break;
         }
     },
 });
diff --git a/addons/web/static/src/js/widgets/auto_complete.js b/addons/web/static/src/js/widgets/auto_complete.js
index a25dc0150f5..33405aa4196 100644
--- a/addons/web/static/src/js/widgets/auto_complete.js
+++ b/addons/web/static/src/js/widgets/auto_complete.js
@@ -55,7 +55,10 @@ return Widget.extend({
             }
         });
         this.$input.on('keypress', function (ev) {
-            self.search_string = self.search_string + String.fromCharCode(ev.which);
+            if (ev.which > 31 && ev.which !== 127) {
+                // we filter control character out of the search string
+                self.search_string = self.search_string + String.fromCharCode(ev.which);
+            }
             if (self.search_string.length) {
                 self.searching = true;
                 var search_string = self.search_string;
diff --git a/addons/web/static/tests/chrome/action_manager_tests.js b/addons/web/static/tests/chrome/action_manager_tests.js
index 990c166a419..291084402a9 100644
--- a/addons/web/static/tests/chrome/action_manager_tests.js
+++ b/addons/web/static/tests/chrome/action_manager_tests.js
@@ -3807,6 +3807,7 @@ QUnit.module('ActionManager', {
         actionManager.doAction(3);
 
         var $searchInput = $('.o_searchview input');
+        $searchInput.val('m');
         $searchInput.trigger($.Event('keypress', {key: 'm', which: 109, keyCode: 109}));
         $searchInput.trigger($.Event('keydown', {key: 'Enter', which: 13, keyCode: 13}));
 
@@ -3815,6 +3816,7 @@ QUnit.module('ActionManager', {
 
         // Triggering the do_search above will kill the current searchview Input
         $searchInput = $('.o_searchview input');
+        $searchInput.val('o');
         $searchInput.trigger($.Event('keypress', {key: 'o', which: 111, keyCode: 111}));
 
         // We have something in the input of the search view. Making the search_read
diff --git a/addons/web/static/tests/views/search_view_tests.js b/addons/web/static/tests/views/search_view_tests.js
index 0714a5157e5..53f02f9e6cc 100644
--- a/addons/web/static/tests/views/search_view_tests.js
+++ b/addons/web/static/tests/views/search_view_tests.js
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ odoo.define('web.search_view_tests', function (require) {
 "use strict";
 
 var FormView = require('web.FormView');
-var ListView = require('web.ListView');
 var testUtils = require('web.test_utils');
 
 var createActionManager = testUtils.createActionManager;
@@ -1027,6 +1026,7 @@ QUnit.module('Search View', {
         assert.strictEqual(searchRead, 1, "there should be 1 search_read");
 
         // 'r' key to filter on bar "First Record"
+        $('.o_searchview_input').val('r');
         $('.o_searchview_input').trigger($.Event('keypress', { which: 82, keyCode: 82 }));
         $('.o_searchview_input').trigger($.Event('keydown', { which: $.ui.keyCode.DOWN, keyCode: $.ui.keyCode.DOWN }));
         $('.o_searchview_input').trigger($.Event('keydown', { which: $.ui.keyCode.RIGHT, keyCode: $.ui.keyCode.RIGHT }));
@@ -1038,6 +1038,7 @@ QUnit.module('Search View', {
         assert.strictEqual(searchRead, 2, "there should be 2 search_read");
 
         // 'r' key to filter on bar "Second Record"
+        $('.o_searchview_input').val('r');
         $('.o_searchview_input').trigger($.Event('keypress', { which: 82, keyCode: 82 }));
         $('.o_searchview_input').trigger($.Event('keydown', { which: $.ui.keyCode.DOWN, keyCode: $.ui.keyCode.DOWN }));
         $('.o_searchview_input').trigger($.Event('keydown', { which: $.ui.keyCode.RIGHT, keyCode: $.ui.keyCode.RIGHT }));
@@ -1052,6 +1053,36 @@ QUnit.module('Search View', {
         actionManager.destroy();
     });
 
+    QUnit.test('no search text triggers a reload', function (assert) {
+        assert.expect(2);
+        var rpcs = 0;
+        var actionManager = createActionManager({
+            actions: this.actions,
+            archs: this.archs,
+            data: this.data,
+            mockRPC: function () {
+                rpcs++;
+                return this._super.apply(this, arguments);
+            },
+        });
+
+        actionManager.doAction(10);
+        rpcs = 0;
+        $('.o_searchview_input').trigger($.Event('keydown', {
+            which: $.ui.keyCode.ENTER,
+            keyCode: $.ui.keyCode.ENTER,
+        }));
+        $('.o_searchview_input').trigger($.Event('keyup', {
+            which: $.ui.keyCode.ENTER,
+            keyCode: $.ui.keyCode.ENTER,
+        }));
+
+        assert.containsNone(actionManager, '.o_searchview_facet_label');
+        assert.strictEqual(rpcs, 2, "should have reloaded");
+
+        actionManager.destroy();
+    });
+
     QUnit.module('TimeRangeMenu');
 
     QUnit.test('time range menu stays hidden', function (assert) {