# ctrl-F behaviour

**URL:** <https://discourse.jabref.org/t/ctrl-f-behaviour/408>\
**Category:** Features\
**Tags:** ui\
**Created:** [January 2, 2017, 3:58am UTC](https://discourse.jabref.org/t/ctrl-f-behaviour/408 "2017-01-02T03:58:38Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![jdpipe](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/discourse.jabref.org/jdpipe/32/33_2.png) [@jdpipe](https://discourse.jabref.org/u/jdpipe)\
**Post date:** [January 2, 2017, 3:58am UTC](https://discourse.jabref.org/t/ctrl-f-behaviour/408/1 "2017-01-02T03:58:38Z")

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When searching in JabRef, it would be nice if the ‘ctrl-F’ keystroke automatically caused the text in the search box to be selected/highlighted and focussed. That way, one could immediately start typing a new query, instead of having to delete the previous query text as currently.

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Please vote if you support this proposal:

_Poll ([view on site](https://discourse.jabref.org/t/ctrl-f-behaviour/408/1))_

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**Author:** ![tobiasdiez](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/discourse.jabref.org/tobiasdiez/32/340_2.png) [@tobiasdiez](https://discourse.jabref.org/u/tobiasdiez)\
**Post date:** [January 12, 2017, 11:27am UTC](https://discourse.jabref.org/t/ctrl-f-behaviour/408/2 "2017-01-12T11:27:37Z")

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Christian Bartsch just implemented the desired behavior so that it should work as expected in the next version. Until the release you could use the development version from [http://builds.jabref.org/master/](http://builds.jabref.org/master/).  
[https://github.com/JabRef/jabref/pull/2457](https://github.com/JabRef/jabref/pull/2457)

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**Author:** ![jdpipe](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/discourse.jabref.org/jdpipe/32/33_2.png) [@jdpipe](https://discourse.jabref.org/u/jdpipe)\
**Post date:** [January 21, 2017, 3:04am UTC](https://discourse.jabref.org/t/ctrl-f-behaviour/408/3 "2017-01-21T03:04:59Z")

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hey Tobias! Thanks very much!!