# 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:** [June 25, 2014, 9:04pm 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:** ![Lid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/2bfe46/32.png) [@Lid](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Lid)\
**Post date:** [July 8, 2014, 6:45am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/options-to-disable-hijack-of-cmd-f-ctrl-f-and-keys-for-search/16875/22 "2014-07-08T06:45:00Z")

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You can technically “escape” the hijack by hitting CTRL+F twice  
tested in chrome and firefox

but do be prepare for some bugs (tested on chrome) with native find capabilities  
for example you **can’t** use Enter to go to the next match all the time because it triggered the “quote reply”  
which closes the native search.

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