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Press "/" to focus the list search

Pressing the "/" key moves the cursor to the search field above the posts, pages or media table.

Code to copy

document.addEventListener('keydown', function (e) {
  if (e.key !== '/' || e.ctrlKey || e.metaKey || e.altKey) return;
  var tag = (document.activeElement && document.activeElement.tagName) || '';
  if (tag === 'INPUT' || tag === 'TEXTAREA' || tag === 'SELECT') return;
  var box = document.querySelector('.search-box input[type="search"]');
  if (box) {
    e.preventDefault();
    box.focus();
    box.select();
  }
}, false);

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  2. Install JustZix (2 minutes) and open the extension on the target page.
  3. Add a new rule matching that page.
  4. Paste the code into the rule's JavaScript panel and save — it runs on every page visit.

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