diff --git a/src/components/search/search.tsx b/src/components/search/search.tsx
index d470755..ebf5249 100644
--- a/src/components/search/search.tsx
+++ b/src/components/search/search.tsx
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ export interface SearchProps {
   prevMatchLabel?: string;
   searchResultsLabel?: string;
   eventManager?: any
-  focusPluginButton: () => void;
+  focusPluginButton: (event: KeyboardEvent) => void;
   player?: any;
 }
 
@@ -52,15 +52,19 @@ class SearchComponent extends Component<SearchProps> {
 
   constructor(props: SearchProps) {
     super(props);
-    this.props.eventManager?.listen(this.props.player, this.props.player.Event.FIRST_PLAY, () => {
+    if (this.props.player._firstPlay){
+      this.props.eventManager?.listen(this.props.player, this.props.player.Event.FIRST_PLAY, () => {
+        this.props.eventManager?.listen(document, 'keydown', this.handleKeydownEvent);
+      })
+    } else {
       this.props.eventManager?.listen(document, 'keydown', this.handleKeydownEvent);
-    })
+    }
   }
 
   private handleKeydownEvent = (event: KeyboardEvent) => {
     if (event.keyCode === TAB && event.shiftKey && document.activeElement === this._inputField?.base?.childNodes[0]){
-      event.preventDefault();
-      this.props.focusPluginButton();
+      //@ts-ignore
+      this.props.focusPluginButton(event);
     }
   };
 
diff --git a/src/components/transcript/transcript.tsx b/src/components/transcript/transcript.tsx
index f847b10..002df34 100644
--- a/src/components/transcript/transcript.tsx
+++ b/src/components/transcript/transcript.tsx
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ export interface TranscriptProps {
   isMobile?: boolean;
   playerWidth?: number;
   onJumpToSearchMatch: () => void;
-  focusPluginButton: () => void;
+  focusPluginButton: (event: KeyboardEvent) => void;
   textTracks: Array<core.TextTrack>;
   changeLanguage: (textTrack: core.TextTrack) => void;
 }
diff --git a/src/transcript-plugin.tsx b/src/transcript-plugin.tsx
index e0b9ab4..21a1c1f 100644
--- a/src/transcript-plugin.tsx
+++ b/src/transcript-plugin.tsx
@@ -346,7 +346,7 @@ export class TranscriptPlugin extends KalturaPlayer.core.BasePlugin {
             }}
             onJumpToSearchMatch={this._toSearchMatch}
             //@ts-ignore
-            focusPluginButton={() => this.upperBarManager!.focusPluginButton(this._transcriptIcon)}
+            focusPluginButton={(event: KeyboardEvent) => this.upperBarManager!.focusPluginButton(this._transcriptIcon, event)}
             textTracks={this._getTextTracks()}
             changeLanguage={this._changeLanguage}
           />