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Vimeo: jump to search with the / key

Lets you instantly place the cursor in the search field by pressing the slash key.

Code to copy

// Press "/" to jump straight into the search box
document.addEventListener('keydown', function (e) {
  if (e.key !== '/') return;
  const tag = (e.target.tagName || '').toLowerCase();
  if (tag === 'input' || tag === 'textarea' || e.target.isContentEditable) return;
  const box = document.querySelector('input[type="search"], input[name="q"], [role="search"] input');
  if (box) { e.preventDefault(); box.focus(); }
});

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