diff --git a/src/components/plugin-button/plugin-button.tsx b/src/components/plugin-button/plugin-button.tsx
index 2745e53..3499ef3 100644
--- a/src/components/plugin-button/plugin-button.tsx
+++ b/src/components/plugin-button/plugin-button.tsx
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ export const PluginButton = ({isActive, label, id, icon, dataTestId, setRef}: Pl
               setRef(node);
             }
           }}
+          tabIndex={0}
           type="button"
           aria-label={label}
           className={[ui.style.upperBarIcon, styles.pluginButton, isActive ? styles.active : ''].join(' ')}
diff --git a/src/components/search/search.tsx b/src/components/search/search.tsx
index 091addd..6f8ff53 100644
--- a/src/components/search/search.tsx
+++ b/src/components/search/search.tsx
@@ -1,7 +1,12 @@
 import {h, Component} from 'preact';
 import {InputField} from '@playkit-js/common/dist/components/input-field';
+import {core} from '@playkit-js/kaltura-player-js';
 
+const {Utils} = core;
+const {withEventManager} = KalturaPlayer.ui.Event;
+const {TAB} = KalturaPlayer.ui.utils.KeyMap;
 const {withText, Text} = KalturaPlayer.ui.preacti18n;
+
 const translates = ({activeSearchIndex, totalSearchResults}: SearchProps) => ({
   searchLabel: <Text id="transcript.search">Search in Transcript</Text>,
   clearSearchLabel: <Text id="transcript.clear_search">Clear search</Text>,
@@ -34,11 +39,26 @@ export interface SearchProps {
   nextMatchLabel?: string;
   prevMatchLabel?: string;
   searchResultsLabel?: string;
+  eventManager?: any
+  focusPluginButton: () => void;
 }
 
+@withEventManager
 class SearchComponent extends Component<SearchProps> {
   private _inputField: InputField | null = null;
 
+  constructor(props: SearchProps) {
+    super(props);
+    this.props.eventManager?.listen(document, 'keydown', this.handleKeydownEvent);
+  }
+
+  private handleKeydownEvent = (event: KeyboardEvent) => {
+    if (event.keyCode === TAB && event.shiftKey && this._inputField?.base?.contains(document.activeElement)){
+      event.preventDefault();
+      this.props.focusPluginButton();
+    }
+  };
+
   shouldComponentUpdate(nextProps: Readonly<SearchProps>) {
     const {value, activeSearchIndex, totalSearchResults, kitchenSinkActive} = this.props;
     if (
diff --git a/src/components/transcript/transcript.tsx b/src/components/transcript/transcript.tsx
index d4008b1..a3c30b9 100644
--- a/src/components/transcript/transcript.tsx
+++ b/src/components/transcript/transcript.tsx
@@ -70,6 +70,7 @@ export interface TranscriptProps {
   isMobile?: boolean;
   playerWidth?: number;
   onJumpToSearchMatch: () => void;
+  focusPluginButton: () => void;
 }
 
 interface TranscriptState {
@@ -325,6 +326,7 @@ export class Transcript extends Component<TranscriptProps, TranscriptState> {
           totalSearchResults={totalSearchResults}
           toggledWithEnter={toggledWithEnter}
           kitchenSinkActive={kitchenSinkActive}
+          focusPluginButton={this.props.focusPluginButton}
         />
         {this._renderJumpToSearchButton()}
         <TranscriptMenu {...{downloadDisabled, onDownload, printDisabled, onPrint, isLoading, detachMenuItem, kitchenSinkDetached}} />
diff --git a/src/transcript-plugin.tsx b/src/transcript-plugin.tsx
index 3498745..fdd2768 100644
--- a/src/transcript-plugin.tsx
+++ b/src/transcript-plugin.tsx
@@ -335,6 +335,8 @@ export class TranscriptPlugin extends KalturaPlayer.core.BasePlugin {
               this._handleAttach(CloseDetachTypes.arrow);
             }}
             onJumpToSearchMatch={this._toSearchMatch}
+            //@ts-ignore
+            focusPluginButton={() => this.upperBarManager!.focusPluginButton(this._transcriptIcon)}
           />
         ) as any;
       },