diff --git a/NzbDrone.Web/NzbDrone.Web.csproj b/NzbDrone.Web/NzbDrone.Web.csproj
index 730223fa2..eb9b2c41a 100644
--- a/NzbDrone.Web/NzbDrone.Web.csproj
+++ b/NzbDrone.Web/NzbDrone.Web.csproj
@@ -677,6 +677,7 @@
     <Content Include="Scripts\2011.2.712\telerik.treeview.min.js" />
     <Content Include="Scripts\2011.2.712\telerik.upload.min.js" />
     <Content Include="Scripts\2011.2.712\telerik.window.min.js" />
+    <Content Include="Scripts\jquery.hotkeys.js" />
     <Content Include="Scripts\jquery.validate-vsdoc.js" />
     <Content Include="Scripts\jquery.validate.js" />
     <Content Include="Scripts\jquery.validate.min.js" />
diff --git a/NzbDrone.Web/Scripts/NzbDrone/slider.js b/NzbDrone.Web/Scripts/NzbDrone/slider.js
index 637a58378..5a34e1d45 100644
--- a/NzbDrone.Web/Scripts/NzbDrone/slider.js
+++ b/NzbDrone.Web/Scripts/NzbDrone/slider.js
@@ -14,6 +14,9 @@ function sliderToggle(sliderButton) {
     //Change the slider Image
     $(sliderButton).children('.sliderImage').toggleClass('sliderOpened sliderClosed');
 
+    //Clear the search box
+    $(sliderContent).children('.localSeriesLookup').val('');
+    
     //Focus in the search box
     $(sliderContent).children('.localSeriesLookup').focus();
 
@@ -33,4 +36,11 @@ function hideSliders(newlyOpenedSlider) {
         if (id != newlyOpenedSliderId)
             $(this).slideUp();
     });
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
+
+//Hide slider when text box loses focus
+$('.localSeriesLookup').live('blur', function () {
+    $('.sliderContent').each(function (index, value) {
+         $(this).slideUp();
+    });
+});
diff --git a/NzbDrone.Web/Scripts/jquery.hotkeys.js b/NzbDrone.Web/Scripts/jquery.hotkeys.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..fbd71c71e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/NzbDrone.Web/Scripts/jquery.hotkeys.js
@@ -0,0 +1,99 @@
+/*
+ * jQuery Hotkeys Plugin
+ * Copyright 2010, John Resig
+ * Dual licensed under the MIT or GPL Version 2 licenses.
+ *
+ * Based upon the plugin by Tzury Bar Yochay:
+ * http://github.com/tzuryby/hotkeys
+ *
+ * Original idea by:
+ * Binny V A, http://www.openjs.com/scripts/events/keyboard_shortcuts/
+*/
+
+(function(jQuery){
+	
+	jQuery.hotkeys = {
+		version: "0.8",
+
+		specialKeys: {
+			8: "backspace", 9: "tab", 13: "return", 16: "shift", 17: "ctrl", 18: "alt", 19: "pause",
+			20: "capslock", 27: "esc", 32: "space", 33: "pageup", 34: "pagedown", 35: "end", 36: "home",
+			37: "left", 38: "up", 39: "right", 40: "down", 45: "insert", 46: "del", 
+			96: "0", 97: "1", 98: "2", 99: "3", 100: "4", 101: "5", 102: "6", 103: "7",
+			104: "8", 105: "9", 106: "*", 107: "+", 109: "-", 110: ".", 111 : "/", 
+			112: "f1", 113: "f2", 114: "f3", 115: "f4", 116: "f5", 117: "f6", 118: "f7", 119: "f8", 
+			120: "f9", 121: "f10", 122: "f11", 123: "f12", 144: "numlock", 145: "scroll", 191: "/", 224: "meta"
+		},
+	
+		shiftNums: {
+			"`": "~", "1": "!", "2": "@", "3": "#", "4": "$", "5": "%", "6": "^", "7": "&", 
+			"8": "*", "9": "(", "0": ")", "-": "_", "=": "+", ";": ": ", "'": "\"", ",": "<", 
+			".": ">",  "/": "?",  "\\": "|"
+		}
+	};
+
+	function keyHandler( handleObj ) {
+		// Only care when a possible input has been specified
+		if ( typeof handleObj.data !== "string" ) {
+			return;
+		}
+		
+		var origHandler = handleObj.handler,
+			keys = handleObj.data.toLowerCase().split(" ");
+	
+		handleObj.handler = function( event ) {
+			// Don't fire in text-accepting inputs that we didn't directly bind to
+			if ( this !== event.target && (/textarea|select/i.test( event.target.nodeName ) ||
+				 event.target.type === "text") ) {
+				return;
+			}
+			
+			// Keypress represents characters, not special keys
+			var special = event.type !== "keypress" && jQuery.hotkeys.specialKeys[ event.which ],
+				character = String.fromCharCode( event.which ).toLowerCase(),
+				key, modif = "", possible = {};
+
+			// check combinations (alt|ctrl|shift+anything)
+			if ( event.altKey && special !== "alt" ) {
+				modif += "alt+";
+			}
+
+			if ( event.ctrlKey && special !== "ctrl" ) {
+				modif += "ctrl+";
+			}
+			
+			// TODO: Need to make sure this works consistently across platforms
+			if ( event.metaKey && !event.ctrlKey && special !== "meta" ) {
+				modif += "meta+";
+			}
+
+			if ( event.shiftKey && special !== "shift" ) {
+				modif += "shift+";
+			}
+
+			if ( special ) {
+				possible[ modif + special ] = true;
+
+			} else {
+				possible[ modif + character ] = true;
+				possible[ modif + jQuery.hotkeys.shiftNums[ character ] ] = true;
+
+				// "$" can be triggered as "Shift+4" or "Shift+$" or just "$"
+				if ( modif === "shift+" ) {
+					possible[ jQuery.hotkeys.shiftNums[ character ] ] = true;
+				}
+			}
+
+			for ( var i = 0, l = keys.length; i < l; i++ ) {
+				if ( possible[ keys[i] ] ) {
+					return origHandler.apply( this, arguments );
+				}
+			}
+		};
+	}
+
+	jQuery.each([ "keydown", "keyup", "keypress" ], function() {
+		jQuery.event.special[ this ] = { add: keyHandler };
+	});
+
+})( jQuery );
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/NzbDrone.Web/Views/Shared/LocalSearch.cshtml b/NzbDrone.Web/Views/Shared/LocalSearch.cshtml
index fc71b200d..3f29e5913 100644
--- a/NzbDrone.Web/Views/Shared/LocalSearch.cshtml
+++ b/NzbDrone.Web/Views/Shared/LocalSearch.cshtml
@@ -24,4 +24,16 @@
     <div class="sliderButton">
         Search<div class="sliderImage sliderClosed"></div>
     </div>
-</div>
\ No newline at end of file
+</div>
+
+<script type="text/javascript">
+    //Ctrl+Shift+F to open the slider
+    $(document).bind('keydown', 'ctrl+shift+f', function () {
+        $('#localSeriesSlider').children('.sliderButton').click();
+    });
+
+    //Use ESC to close the slider
+    $('.localSeriesLookup').bind('keydown', 'esc', function () {
+        $(this).parent('.sliderContent').slideUp();
+    });
+</script>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/NzbDrone.Web/Views/Shared/_Layout.cshtml b/NzbDrone.Web/Views/Shared/_Layout.cshtml
index 2a53825f2..39c53d802 100644
--- a/NzbDrone.Web/Views/Shared/_Layout.cshtml
+++ b/NzbDrone.Web/Views/Shared/_Layout.cshtml
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
     <script type="text/javascript" src="../../Scripts/jquery.form.js"></script>
     <script type="text/javascript" src="../../Scripts/jquery-tgc-countdown-1.0.js"></script>
     <script type="text/javascript" src="../../Scripts/jquery.watermark.min.js"></script>
+    <script type="text/javascript" src="../../Scripts/jquery.hotkeys.js"></script>
     <script type="text/javascript" src="../../Scripts/doTimeout.js"></script>
     <script type="text/javascript" src="../../Scripts/NzbDrone/episodeSearch.js"></script>
     <script type="text/javascript" src="../../Scripts/NzbDrone/AutoComplete.js"></script>