diff --git a/extension/src/popup/components/item-detail.ts b/extension/src/popup/components/item-detail.ts
index 54957ba..e00f121 100644
--- a/extension/src/popup/components/item-detail.ts
+++ b/extension/src/popup/components/item-detail.ts
@@ -207,7 +207,13 @@ function renderLogin(app: HTMLElement, item: Item): void {
 
   // --- Keyboard shortcuts ---
   const handler = async (e: KeyboardEvent) => {
-    if ((e.target as HTMLElement).tagName === 'INPUT') return;
+    // Bail if the user is typing into any editable field — don't steal
+    // printable keystrokes meant for an input/textarea/contenteditable element.
+    const t = e.target;
+    if (t instanceof HTMLElement) {
+      const tag = t.tagName;
+      if (tag === 'INPUT' || tag === 'TEXTAREA' || tag === 'SELECT' || t.isContentEditable) return;
+    }
 
     switch (e.key) {
       case 'Escape':
diff --git a/extension/src/popup/components/item-list.ts b/extension/src/popup/components/item-list.ts
index 8e3a569..db62bd7 100644
--- a/extension/src/popup/components/item-list.ts
+++ b/extension/src/popup/components/item-list.ts
@@ -97,6 +97,7 @@ export function renderItemList(app: HTMLElement): void {
   rows.forEach(row => {
     row.addEventListener('click', async () => {
       const id = (row as HTMLElement).dataset.id!;
+      document.removeEventListener('keydown', handleListKeydown);
       await openItem(id);
     });
   });
@@ -141,11 +142,35 @@ function getFilteredEntries(): Array<[ItemId, ManifestEntry]> {
   return filtered;
 }
 
+/// True if the event target is an editable field (input/textarea/contenteditable).
+/// Global shortcut handlers should bail when the user is typing into a field —
+/// otherwise printable characters like "/" and "+" get eaten by the shortcut
+/// routing and never reach the input.
+function isEditableTarget(target: EventTarget | null): boolean {
+  if (!(target instanceof HTMLElement)) return false;
+  const tag = target.tagName;
+  if (tag === 'INPUT' || tag === 'TEXTAREA' || tag === 'SELECT') return true;
+  if (target.isContentEditable) return true;
+  return false;
+}
+
 function handleListKeydown(e: KeyboardEvent): void {
   const state = getState();
   const target = e.target as HTMLElement;
   const isSearch = target.id === 'search-input';
 
+  // If the user is typing into any input/textarea (other than the list's own
+  // search field, which we want to focus on "/" even from outside it), let the
+  // keystroke through. The "/" shortcut below is specifically "jump to search
+  // from the list," not "steal printable characters while typing."
+  if (isEditableTarget(target) && !isSearch) {
+    if (e.key === 'Escape') {
+      document.removeEventListener('keydown', handleListKeydown);
+      window.close();
+    }
+    return;
+  }
+
   if (e.key === '/' && !isSearch) {
     e.preventDefault();
     (document.getElementById('search-input') as HTMLInputElement | null)?.focus();