Finder's Search Function unintuitive

Command-F brings up the search window with the blinking insertion point in the text field and none of the three columns are highlighted.
I pull down the Kind button to Name. That changes the Any button to 'matches' and creates a new entry field but the blinking is gone. Neither text field shows an insertion point. I enter text in either field and the search results show up as they should. But none of the three columns are highlighted and I can not sort the results.
I must do another Cmd-F, Cmd-O, or click on any window other than the search window to make one of the columns highlight, enabling column selection and sorting.

Start with http://www.pinkmutant.com/articles/Leopard/leospot.html and http://www.thexlab.com/faqs/stopspotlightindex.html then my mod to Finder's Find at http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20080229204517495 for what you can change so you can find stuff excluded by the default structure.

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