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Differentiate Ctrl + F timeline search option between desktop and web
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Description
### Your use case
#### What would you like to do?
When using a desktop client I want to use ctrl + f to search the timeline however there are good reasons I might not want this on the web client but it doesn't seem possible to have this as the option is sync'd.
#### Why would you like to do it?
Ctrl + F is standard behaviour to search for something, especially in a desktop app and I genuinely thought something was either broken or missing when ctrl + f wasn't working for me but either way, nothing else is using that combination.
In a browser the in-built search can sometimes interfere (or I may want to use that in preference to Element search) so it may well the the case I prefer to have the option not activated.
#### How would you like to achieve it?
The desktop client should *always* have that option ticked and greyed out. The web client should have it selectable and the setting should not sync between them.
### Have you considered any alternatives?
_No response_
### Additional context
Just in case people are confused, it is this setting contained in `Preferences` that this is regarding.

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