text box will clear after search in third tab

app.py

@@ -230,32 +230,18 @@ with gr.Blocks(css=css) as demo:
                     generic_chatbot_output = gr.Chatbot(height=600)
                     user_input_gc = gr.Textbox(placeholder="Type your question here...", label="Your Question", value="Loaves and fishes")
                     submit_button_gc = gr.Button("Submit")
-        
-            with gr.Column(scale=1):
-                gr.Markdown("""
-                <div class="source-box">
-                    <strong>About this chatbot:</strong>
-                    <p>This chatbot has access to a vector database of some SRF publications that it can use if necessary, but it receives no other specific instructions. You can ask it anything. If you want quotes and references, you need to explicitly request them in your query.</p>
-                </div>
-                """)
-                    
-                with gr.Column(scale=1):
-                    gr.Markdown("""
-                        <div class="source-box">
-                            <strong>Available sources:</strong>
-                            <ul>
-                                <li>Journey to Self-Realization</li>
-                                <li>The Second Coming of Christ</li>
-                                <li>Autobiography of a Yogi</li>
-                            </ul>
-                        </div>
-                        """)
-                
-                submit_button_gc.click(
-                    fn=respond_genericchatbot,
-                    inputs=[user_input_gc, generic_chatbot_output],
-                    outputs=[generic_chatbot_output]
-                )
+
+            # ... (existing code for the column with markdown)
+
+            def respond_and_clear(query, history):
+                updated_history = respond_genericchatbot(query, history)
+                return updated_history, ""  # Return updated history and empty string for input
+
+            submit_button_gc.click(
+                fn=respond_and_clear,
+                inputs=[user_input_gc, generic_chatbot_output],
+                outputs=[generic_chatbot_output, user_input_gc]
+            )
 
             gr.Examples(
                 examples=[