The first object in the search pane should be automatically selected so that pressing enter either opens that object or creates it through the ‘Create Object’ button that appears if an object with that name doesn’t already exist. This just makes it so either the arrow keys or mouse don’t have to be used when you know the title of the object you’re looking for.
Thanks for posting! You are describing another specific cade of this issue:
As I don’t know from the top of my head, if you search and press enter, is the first search hit still still selected? So, is it just a visual issue, or is the first hit actually no selected st all?