hopefully I got everything right this time!!

public/src/client/chats.js

@@ -549,7 +549,10 @@ define('forum/chats', ['components', 'string', 'sounds', 'forum/infinitescroll',
             		var username = components.get('chat/search').val();
             		var chatsListEl = $('[component="chat/search/list"]');
 
-            		if(username) {
+			if (!username) {
+    				return chatsListEl.empty();
+			}
+
 	            	socket.emit('user.search', {
 	    			query: username,
 	    			searchBy: 'username'
@@ -561,15 +564,14 @@ define('forum/chats', ['components', 'string', 'sounds', 'forum/infinitescroll',
 	                    	chatsListEl.empty();
 	                    
 	                    	if (data.users.length === 0) {
-	                    			chatsListEl.append('<li><div><span>No users found!</span></div></li>');
+	                    		chatsListEl.translateHtml('<li><div><span>[[users:no-users-found]]</span></div></li>');
 	                    	} else {
 		                    	data.users.forEach(function(userObj) {
 		        			function createUserImage() {
 							return (userObj.picture ?
 								'<img src="' +	userObj.picture + '" title="' +	userObj.username +'" />' :
 								'<div class="user-icon" style="background-color: ' + userObj['icon:bgColor'] + '">' + userObj['icon:text'] + '</div>') +
-									'<i class="fa fa-circle status ' + userObj.status + '"></i> ' +
-									userObj.username;
+								'<i class="fa fa-circle status ' + userObj.status + '"></i> ' + userObj.username;
 						}
 		        
 		        			var chatEl = $('<li component="chat/search/user" />')
@@ -594,9 +596,6 @@ define('forum/chats', ['components', 'string', 'sounds', 'forum/infinitescroll',
 		            	}
 	                    
 	        	});
-            		} else {
-            			chatsListEl.empty();
-            		}
         	}
 	};
 	return Chats;