rerank model

pages/Multimodal_Conversational_Search.py

@@ -161,8 +161,6 @@ def handle_input():
     print("Question: "+st.session_state.input_query)
     print("-----------")
     print("\n\n")
-    if(st.session_state.input_query==''):
-        return ""
     inputs = {}
     for key in st.session_state:
         if key.startswith('input_'):
@@ -342,7 +340,7 @@ if play:
 
 placeholder = st.empty()
 with placeholder.container():
-    if st.session_state.trigger_search:
+    if st.session_state.trigger_search and st.session_state.input_query != "":
         with st.spinner("Running search..."):
             handle_input()
             render_all()