# Options to disable hijack of CMD+F / CTRL+F and "/" keys for search?

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/options-to-disable-hijack-of-cmd-f-ctrl-f-and-keys-for-search/16875
**Category:** Feature
**Tags:** keyboard-shortcuts
**Created:** [25 juni 2014 om 21:04 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/options-to-disable-hijack-of-cmd-f-ctrl-f-and-keys-for-search/16875 "2014-06-25T21:04:48Z")
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### Author: ![brpc](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/brpc/32/114370_2.png) [@brpc](https://meta.discourse.org/u/brpc)
#### Post date: [25 juni 2014 om 21:04 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/options-to-disable-hijack-of-cmd-f-ctrl-f-and-keys-for-search/16875/1 "2014-06-25T21:04:48Z")

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I’m not sure why anyone thought it was a good idea to hijack the universally accepted “Find” functionality of the browser to open the search box… it’s nothing but frustrating when you’re trying to find text on the page. I noticed whoever implemented also decided they would be clever by also hijacking the less common “/” (vi-style) key shortcut for this as well.

Please at least offer a user-configurable option to disable and an admin-configurable default setting.

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