# GitHub: Prevent search hijacking

> GitHub overrides the slash key to focus its search box. This extension restores the default Firefox behavior to pop up the Find bar.

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/github-no-search-hijacking](https://chrome-stats.com/d/github-no-search-hijacking)

## Overview

- **ID:** `github-no-search-hijacking`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Yuri Khan
- **Category:** search-tools,appearance
- **Daily users:** 14
- **Rating:** 5.00 / 5 (1 ratings)
- **Version:** 0.3resigned1
- **Last updated:** 2024-04-25
- **First published:** 2018-06-06
- **Size:** 8.52 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-11
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/github-no-search-hijacking/)
- **Website:** [https://github.com/yurikhan/firefox-github-prevent-search-hijacking](https://github.com/yurikhan/firefox-github-prevent-search-hijacking)

## Description

GitHub: Prevent search hijacking is a Firefox add-on that restores the default Firefox behavior of popping up the Find bar instead of focusing on GitHub's search box when the slash key is pressed.

## Rankings

- #28,661 — Overall
- #20 — prevent
- #109 — github
- #127 — override
- #136 — tracking
- #168 — event

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `*://github.com/*`

### Content script matches

- `github.com`

## Safety

- **Risk impact:** Moderate risk impact
- **Risk likelihood:** Low risk likelihood

### Analysis details

- Request access to the following domains: github.com
- This extension has low user count. Unpopular extensions may not be stable or safe.

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