diff --git a/packages/app/src/Hooks/useKeyboardShortcut.ts b/packages/app/src/Hooks/useKeyboardShortcut.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..2f30d88c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/app/src/Hooks/useKeyboardShortcut.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+import { useCallback, useEffect, useLayoutEffect, useRef } from "react";
+
+export default function useKeyboardShortcut(key: string, callback: (event: KeyboardEvent) => void, node = null) {
+  // implement the callback ref pattern
+  const callbackRef = useRef(callback);
+  useLayoutEffect(() => {
+    callbackRef.current = callback;
+  });
+
+  // handle what happens on key press
+  const handleKeyPress = useCallback(
+    (event: KeyboardEvent) => {
+      // check if one of the key is part of the ones we want
+      if (event.key === key) {
+        callbackRef.current(event);
+      }
+    },
+    [key],
+  );
+
+  useEffect(() => {
+    // target is either the provided node or the document
+    const targetNode = node ?? document;
+    // attach the event listener
+    targetNode && targetNode.addEventListener("keydown", handleKeyPress);
+
+    // remove the event listener
+    return () => targetNode && targetNode.removeEventListener("keydown", handleKeyPress);
+  }, [handleKeyPress, node]);
+}
diff --git a/packages/app/src/Pages/Layout.tsx b/packages/app/src/Pages/Layout.tsx
index c543f200..c9d52f46 100644
--- a/packages/app/src/Pages/Layout.tsx
+++ b/packages/app/src/Pages/Layout.tsx
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import "./Layout.css";
-import { useEffect, useMemo, useState } from "react";
+import { useEffect, useMemo, useRef, useState } from "react";
 import { Link, Outlet, useLocation, useNavigate } from "react-router-dom";
 import { FormattedMessage, useIntl } from "react-intl";
 import { useUserProfile } from "@snort/system-react";
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ import { NoteCreator } from "Element/Event/NoteCreator";
 import { mapPlanName } from "./subscribe";
 import useLogin from "Hooks/useLogin";
 import Avatar from "Element/User/Avatar";
-import { profileLink } from "SnortUtils";
+import { isFormElement, profileLink } from "SnortUtils";
 import { getCurrentSubscription } from "Subscription";
 import Toaster from "Toaster";
 import Spinner from "Icons/Spinner";
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ import { useTheme } from "Hooks/useTheme";
 import { useLoginRelays } from "Hooks/useLoginRelays";
 import { useNoteCreator } from "State/NoteCreator";
 import { LoginUnlock } from "Element/PinPrompt";
+import useKeyboardShortcut from "Hooks/useKeyboardShortcut";
 import { LoginStore } from "Login";
 
 export default function Layout() {
@@ -32,6 +33,16 @@ export default function Layout() {
   useLoginFeed();
   useTheme();
   useLoginRelays();
+  useKeyboardShortcut(".", event => {
+    // if event happened in a form element, do nothing, otherwise focus on search input
+    if (event.target && !isFormElement(event.target as HTMLElement)) {
+      event.preventDefault();
+      window.scrollTo({
+        top: 0,
+        behavior: "smooth",
+      });
+    }
+  });
 
   const shouldHideHeader = useMemo(() => {
     const hideOn = ["/login", "/new"];
@@ -78,10 +89,21 @@ export default function Layout() {
 }
 
 const NoteCreatorButton = () => {
+  const buttonRef = useRef<HTMLButtonElement>(null);
   const location = useLocation();
   const { readonly } = useLogin(s => ({ readonly: s.readonly }));
   const { show, replyTo, update } = useNoteCreator(v => ({ show: v.show, replyTo: v.replyTo, update: v.update }));
 
+  useKeyboardShortcut("n", event => {
+    // if event happened in a form element, do nothing, otherwise focus on search input
+    if (event.target && !isFormElement(event.target as HTMLElement)) {
+      event.preventDefault();
+      if (buttonRef.current) {
+        buttonRef.current.click();
+      }
+    }
+  });
+
   const shouldHideNoteCreator = useMemo(() => {
     const isReplyNoteCreatorShowing = replyTo && show;
     const hideOn = ["/settings", "/messages", "/new", "/login", "/donate", "/e", "/subscribe"];
@@ -92,6 +114,7 @@ const NoteCreatorButton = () => {
   return (
     <>
       <button
+        ref={buttonRef}
         className="primary note-create-button"
         onClick={() =>
           update(v => {
@@ -110,6 +133,14 @@ const AccountHeader = () => {
   const navigate = useNavigate();
   const { formatMessage } = useIntl();
 
+  useKeyboardShortcut("/", event => {
+    // if event happened in a form element, do nothing, otherwise focus on search input
+    if (event.target && !isFormElement(event.target as HTMLElement)) {
+      event.preventDefault();
+      document.querySelector<HTMLInputElement>(".search input")?.focus();
+    }
+  });
+
   const { publicKey, latestNotification, readNotifications, readonly } = useLogin(s => ({
     publicKey: s.publicKey,
     latestNotification: s.latestNotification,
diff --git a/packages/app/src/SnortUtils/index.ts b/packages/app/src/SnortUtils/index.ts
index 307cae16..ba8578f6 100644
--- a/packages/app/src/SnortUtils/index.ts
+++ b/packages/app/src/SnortUtils/index.ts
@@ -504,3 +504,11 @@ export function kvToObject<T>(o: string, sep?: string) {
 export function defaultAvatar(input: string) {
   return `https://robohash.v0l.io/${input}.png`;
 }
+
+export function isFormElement(target: HTMLElement): boolean {
+  if (target instanceof HTMLInputElement || target instanceof HTMLTextAreaElement) {
+    return true;
+  }
+
+  return false;
+}