Added shortcut to focus all search tags apart from the top nav search

CHANGELOG

@@ -222,6 +222,7 @@ v 8.9.0
   - Add rake task 'gitlab:db:configure' for conditionally seeding or migrating the database
   - Changed the Slack build message to use the singular duration if necessary (Aran Koning)
   - Fix race condition on merge when build succeeds
+  - Added shortcut to focus filter search fields and added documentation #18120
   - Links from a wiki page to other wiki pages should be rewritten as expected
   - Add option to project to only allow merge requests to be merged if the build succeeds (Rui Santos)
   - Added navigation shortcuts to the project pipelines, milestones, builds and forks page. !4393

app/assets/javascripts/issuable.js.coffee

@@ -32,13 +32,11 @@ issuable_created = false
           $search = $('#issue_search')
           $form = $('.js-filter-form')
           $input = $("input[name='#{$search.attr('name')}']", $form)
-
           if $input.length is 0
             $form.append "<input type='hidden' name='#{$search.attr('name')}' value='#{_.escape($search.val())}'/>"
           else
             $input.val $search.val()
-
-          Issuable.filterResults $form
+          Issuable.filterResults $form if $search.val() isnt ''
         , 500)
 
   initLabelFilterRemove: ->

app/assets/javascripts/projects_list.js.coffee

@@ -5,13 +5,12 @@
     this.initPagination()
 
   initSearch: ->
-    @timer = null
-    $(".projects-list-filter").on('keyup', ->
-      clearTimeout(@timer)
-      @timer = setTimeout(ProjectsList.filterResults, 500)
-    )
+    projectsListFilter = $('.projects-list-filter')
+    projectsListFilter.on 'keyup', (e) =>
+      clearTimeout(@timer) if @timer
+      @timer = setTimeout(ProjectsList.filterResults, 500) if projectsListFilter.val() isnt ''
 
-  filterResults: =>
+  filterResults: ->
     $('.projects-list-holder').fadeTo(250, 0.5)
 
     form = null

app/assets/javascripts/shortcuts.js.coffee

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ class @Shortcuts
     Mousetrap.reset() if not skipResetBindings
     Mousetrap.bind('?', @onToggleHelp)
     Mousetrap.bind('s', Shortcuts.focusSearch)
+    Mousetrap.bind 'f', @focusFilter
     Mousetrap.bind(['ctrl+shift+p', 'command+shift+p'], @toggleMarkdownPreview)
     Mousetrap.bind('t', -> Turbolinks.visit(findFileURL)) if findFileURL?
 
@@ -32,10 +33,15 @@ class @Shortcuts
           $('.js-more-help-button').remove()
     )
 
+  focusFilter: (e) ->
+    $('input[type=search]', '.nav-controls .block-controls').focus()
+    e.preventDefault()
+
   @focusSearch: (e) ->
     $('#search').focus()
     e.preventDefault()
 
+
 $(document).on 'click.more_help', '.js-more-help-button', (e) ->
   $(@).remove()
   $('.hidden-shortcut').show()

app/views/help/_shortcuts.html.haml

@@ -20,6 +20,10 @@
                 %td Focus Search
               %tr
                 %td.shortcut
+                  .key f
+                %td Focus Filter
+              %tr
+                %td.shortcut
                   .key ?
                 %td Show/hide this dialog
               %tr