[search]: "/" hotkey to focus on search input
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- Dominant language
- TypeScript
- Stars
- 142
- Forks
- 230
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Description
See https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/.
Pressing the "/" key jumps to the search box and that can be quite convenient.
Investigate adding this feature, as well as communicating it.
Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start by reviewing the site's search input and existing keyboard handling, using the linked MDN reference for the expected slash-key behavior. Done means pressing "/" focuses the search box and the shortcut is communicated to users.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- typescript
- Domain
- frontend, search
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 42/100