# 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:** [2014年六月25日 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:** ![mcwumbly](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/mcwumbly/32/103861_2.png) [@mcwumbly](https://meta.discourse.org/u/mcwumbly)\
**Post date:** [2014年六月25日 21:24 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/options-to-disable-hijack-of-cmd-f-ctrl-f-and-keys-for-search/16875/2 "2014-06-25T21:24:03Z")

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see also:

> [@Discourse taking over Ctrl-F](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-taking-over-ctrl-f/16190):
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> Ctrl-F is for searching the page, for example specific text in a conversation (huge use case). Discourse seems to think it knows better and wants to search other conversations for the text. Thus leaving one no way to search the actual page you’re on for text. Taking over and changing browser functionality is very bad. This is happening on Chrome.

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