fix(searchbar): cancel icon aligns with back button

core/src/components/searchbar/searchbar.md.scss

@@ -34,7 +34,13 @@
 // -----------------------------------------
 
 .searchbar-cancel-button {
-  @include position(0, null, null, 5px);
+  /**
+   * The left edge of the cancel button
+   * should align with the left edge
+   * of the back button if the searchbar
+   * is used in a toolbar.
+   */
+  @include position(0, null, null, 9px);
 
   background-color: $searchbar-md-cancel-button-background-color;
 

core/src/components/searchbar/searchbar.md.vars.scss

@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ $searchbar-md-cancel-button-color:               $text-color-step-100 !default;
 $searchbar-md-cancel-button-background-color:    transparent !default;
 
 /// @prop - Font size of the searchbar cancel button
-$searchbar-md-cancel-button-font-size:           1.6em !default;
+$searchbar-md-cancel-button-font-size:           1.5em !default;
 
 /// @prop - Color of the searchbar input search icon
 $searchbar-md-input-search-icon-color:           $text-color-step-400 !default;

core/src/components/searchbar/test/basic/searchbar.e2e.ts

@@ -198,3 +198,33 @@ configs({ modes: ['ios'], directions: ['ltr'] }).forEach(({ title, screenshot, c
     });
   });
 });
+
+configs({ modes: ['md'], directions: ['ltr'] }).forEach(({ title, screenshot, config }) => {
+  test.describe(title('searchbar: cancel button alignment'), () => {
+    test('should align with the back button when used in a toolbar', async ({ page }, testInfo) => {
+      testInfo.annotations.push({
+        type: 'issue',
+        description: 'https://github.com/ionic-team/ionic-framework/issues/28468',
+      });
+      await page.setContent(
+        `
+        <ion-header>
+          <ion-toolbar>
+            <ion-buttons slot="start">
+              <ion-back-button default-href="#"></ion-back-button>
+            </ion-buttons>
+            <ion-title>Test</ion-title>
+          </ion-toolbar>
+          <ion-toolbar>
+            <ion-searchbar show-cancel-button="always"></ion-searchbar>
+          </ion-toolbar>
+        </ion-header>
+      `,
+        config
+      );
+
+      const header = page.locator('ion-header');
+      await expect(header).toHaveScreenshot(screenshot(`searchbar-back-button-align`));
+    });
+  });
+});