diff --git a/frontend/src/App.vue b/frontend/src/App.vue
index 5bac627..54ecd38 100644
--- a/frontend/src/App.vue
+++ b/frontend/src/App.vue
@@ -119,8 +119,12 @@ const globalShortcutHandler = (event: KeyboardEvent) => {
   else if (!keyup && event.key === 'f' && (event.ctrlKey || event.metaKey)) {
     headerMain.value!.toggleSearchInput()
   }
-  // Search also on / (UNIX style)
-  else if (!input && keyup && event.key === '/') {
+  // Search also on / (UNIX style) - use code to support any keyboard layout
+  else if (!input && keyup && event.code === 'Slash') {
+    // Record the actual character for display (varies by keyboard layout)
+    if (event.key.length === 1 && event.key !== store.prefs.searchHotkey) {
+      store.prefs.searchHotkey = event.key
+    }
     headerMain.value!.toggleSearchInput()
   }
   // Globally close search, clear errors on Escape
@@ -170,7 +174,7 @@ const globalShortcutHandler = (event: KeyboardEvent) => {
   if (arrow && !keyup) {
     const focusSearch = () => (document.querySelector('.headermain input[type="search"]') as HTMLElement)?.focus()
     const focusBreadcrumb = () => (document.querySelector('.breadcrumb') as HTMLElement)?.focus()
-    
+
     if (inBreadcrumb) {
       // Breadcrumb: up→header (no repeat), down→files (with repeat)
       if (arrow === 'up') { focusSearch(); f = null }
diff --git a/frontend/src/components/HeaderMain.vue b/frontend/src/components/HeaderMain.vue
index 14791ef..42495d7 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/HeaderMain.vue
+++ b/frontend/src/components/HeaderMain.vue
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
         @input="updateSearch"
         @keydown.escape="clearSearch"
       />
-      <span v-if="!query" class="search-hint" @click="focusSearch">/</span>
+      <span v-if="!query" class="search-hint" @click="focusSearch">{{ store.prefs.searchHotkey }}</span>
     </div>
     <div class="spacer smallgap"></div>
     <DiskSpace v-if="store.space.disk" />
diff --git a/frontend/src/stores/main.ts b/frontend/src/stores/main.ts
index 01f917b..0266d74 100644
--- a/frontend/src/stores/main.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/stores/main.ts
@@ -87,6 +87,7 @@ export const useMainStore = defineStore('main', {
       gallery: false,
       sortListing: '' as SortOrder,
       sortFiltered: '' as SortOrder,
+      searchHotkey: '/',  // Character shown for search hotkey (Slash key)
     },
     user: {
       username: '' as string,