diff --git a/plugins/base/frontend/src/main/components/search/dokkaSearchAnchor.tsx b/plugins/base/frontend/src/main/components/search/dokkaSearchAnchor.tsx
index a502f5895b..a22dc77dbe 100644
--- a/plugins/base/frontend/src/main/components/search/dokkaSearchAnchor.tsx
+++ b/plugins/base/frontend/src/main/components/search/dokkaSearchAnchor.tsx
@@ -1,12 +1,27 @@
 import React from "react";
+import Tooltip from '@jetbrains/ring-ui/components/tooltip/tooltip';
 import SearchIcon from 'react-svg-loader!../assets/searchIcon.svg';
+import {CustomAnchorProps} from "./types";
+import {Hotkey} from "../utils/hotkey";
+
+const HOTKEY_LETTER = 'k'
+const HOTKEY_TOOLTIP_DISPLAY_DELAY = 0.5 * 1000 // seconds
+
+export const DokkaSearchAnchor = ({wrapperProps, buttonProps, popup}: CustomAnchorProps) => {
+    const hotkeys = new Hotkey()
+    hotkeys.registerHotkeyWithAccel(buttonProps.onClick, HOTKEY_LETTER)
 
-export const DokkaSearchAnchor = ({wrapperProps, buttonProps, popup}: any) => {
     return (
         <span {...wrapperProps}>
-            <button type="button" {...buttonProps}>
-                <SearchIcon />
-            </button>
+            <Tooltip
+                title={`${hotkeys.getOsAccelKeyName()} + ${HOTKEY_LETTER.toUpperCase()}`}
+                delay={HOTKEY_TOOLTIP_DISPLAY_DELAY}
+                popupProps={{className: "search-hotkey-popup"}}
+            >
+                <button type="button" {...buttonProps}>
+                    <SearchIcon/>
+                </button>
+            </Tooltip>
             {popup}
         </span>
     )
diff --git a/plugins/base/frontend/src/main/components/search/search.scss b/plugins/base/frontend/src/main/components/search/search.scss
index 24ad509fb5..780ea6b3bd 100644
--- a/plugins/base/frontend/src/main/components/search/search.scss
+++ b/plugins/base/frontend/src/main/components/search/search.scss
@@ -18,6 +18,11 @@ $secondary-font-color: hsla(0, 0%, 100%, 0.6);
   }
 }
 
+.search-hotkey-popup{
+  background-color: var(--background-color) !important;
+  padding: 4px;
+}
+
 .popup-wrapper {
   min-width: calc(100% - 322px) !important;
 
diff --git a/plugins/base/frontend/src/main/components/search/search.tsx b/plugins/base/frontend/src/main/components/search/search.tsx
index dfdcd462f2..d4e406bfd7 100644
--- a/plugins/base/frontend/src/main/components/search/search.tsx
+++ b/plugins/base/frontend/src/main/components/search/search.tsx
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import List from '@jetbrains/ring-ui/components/list/list';
 import Select from '@jetbrains/ring-ui/components/select/select';
 import '@jetbrains/ring-ui/components/input-size/input-size.css';
 import './search.scss';
-import { IWindow, Option, Props } from "./types";
+import {CustomAnchorProps, IWindow, Option, Props} from "./types";
 import { DokkaSearchAnchor } from "./dokkaSearchAnchor";
 import { DokkaFuzzyFilterComponent } from "./dokkaFuzzyFilter";
 import { relativizeUrlForRequest } from '../utils/requests';
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ const WithFuzzySearchFilterComponent: React.FC<Props> = ({ data }: Props) => {
                     data={data}
                     popupClassName={"popup-wrapper"}
                     onSelect={onChangeSelected}
-                    customAnchor={({ wrapperProps, buttonProps, popup }) =>
+                    customAnchor={({ wrapperProps, buttonProps, popup }: CustomAnchorProps) =>
                         <DokkaSearchAnchor wrapperProps={wrapperProps} buttonProps={buttonProps} popup={popup} />
                     }
                 />
diff --git a/plugins/base/frontend/src/main/components/search/types.ts b/plugins/base/frontend/src/main/components/search/types.ts
index 84e5539937..57e7e16952 100644
--- a/plugins/base/frontend/src/main/components/search/types.ts
+++ b/plugins/base/frontend/src/main/components/search/types.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import React from "react";
+import React, {ButtonHTMLAttributes, HTMLAttributes, ReactNode, RefCallback} from "react";
 
 export type Page = {
     name: string;
@@ -37,3 +37,15 @@ export type OptionWithHighlightComponent = Option & {
 export type SearchProps = {
     searchResult: OptionWithSearchResult,
 }
+
+export interface DataTestProps {
+    'data-test'?: string | null | undefined
+}
+
+export interface CustomAnchorProps {
+    wrapperProps: HTMLAttributes<HTMLElement> & DataTestProps & {ref: RefCallback<HTMLElement>}
+    buttonProps: Pick<ButtonHTMLAttributes<HTMLButtonElement>, 'id' | 'disabled' | 'children'> &
+        {onClick: () => void} &
+        DataTestProps,
+    popup: ReactNode
+}
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diff --git a/plugins/base/frontend/src/main/components/utils/hotkey.ts b/plugins/base/frontend/src/main/components/utils/hotkey.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8ba47ab5b6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/base/frontend/src/main/components/utils/hotkey.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+import {detectOsKind, OsKind} from "./os";
+
+type ModifierKey = {
+    name: string
+    keyArg: string
+}
+
+class ModifierKeys {
+    static metaKey: ModifierKey = {name: "Command", keyArg: "Meta"}
+    static ctrlKey: ModifierKey = {name: "Ctrl", keyArg: "Control"}
+    static altKey: ModifierKey = {name: "Alt", keyArg: "Alt"}
+    static shiftKey: ModifierKey = {name: "Shift", keyArg: "Shift"}
+}
+
+const setOfKeys = [ModifierKeys.altKey, ModifierKeys.shiftKey, ModifierKeys.ctrlKey, ModifierKeys.metaKey]
+
+export class Hotkey {
+    private readonly osKind: OsKind;
+
+    constructor() {
+        this.osKind = detectOsKind()
+    }
+
+    public getOsAccelKeyName() {
+        return this.getOsAccelKey().name
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Register a hotkey of combination Accel key (Cmd/Ctrl depending on OS).
+     * The method also checks that other modifiers key is not pressed to avoid shortcuts intersection.
+     * E.g. don't trigger [Ctrl+K] if [Ctrl + Shift + K] pressed
+     */
+    public registerHotkeyWithAccel = (event: () => void, letter: string) => {
+        const osMetaKey = this.getOsAccelKey()
+        document.onkeydown = (keyDownEvent) => {
+            const isMetaKeyPressed = keyDownEvent.getModifierState(osMetaKey.keyArg)
+            const isOtherModifierKeyPressed = setOfKeys
+                .filter(key => key !== osMetaKey)
+                .map((otherKeys: ModifierKey) => keyDownEvent.getModifierState(otherKeys.keyArg))
+                .some(value => value)
+
+            if (isMetaKeyPressed && !isOtherModifierKeyPressed && keyDownEvent.key === letter) {
+                keyDownEvent.preventDefault()
+                event()
+            }
+        };
+    }
+
+    private getOsAccelKey(): ModifierKey {
+        switch (this.osKind) {
+            case OsKind.MACOS:
+                return ModifierKeys.metaKey
+            default:
+                return ModifierKeys.ctrlKey
+        }
+    }
+}
+
diff --git a/plugins/base/frontend/src/main/components/utils/os.ts b/plugins/base/frontend/src/main/components/utils/os.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3005245c32
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/base/frontend/src/main/components/utils/os.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+export enum OsKind{
+    WINDOWS,
+    MACOS,
+    LINUX,
+    OTHER
+}
+
+export const detectOsKind = (): OsKind => {
+    const userAgent = navigator.userAgent
+    if(userAgent.includes("Mac")) return OsKind.MACOS
+    else if (userAgent.includes("Win")) return OsKind.WINDOWS
+    else if (userAgent.includes("Linux")) return OsKind.LINUX
+    else return OsKind.OTHER
+}
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diff --git a/plugins/base/frontend/src/main/types/@jetbrains/index.d.ts b/plugins/base/frontend/src/main/types/@jetbrains/index.d.ts
index 3d2096574e..a1e9f1c13c 100644
--- a/plugins/base/frontend/src/main/types/@jetbrains/index.d.ts
+++ b/plugins/base/frontend/src/main/types/@jetbrains/index.d.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 declare module '@jetbrains/ring-ui' {
+    export const Tooltip: any;
     export const Select: any;
     export const List: any;
 }