diff --git a/src/widgets/FunctionsWidget.cpp b/src/widgets/FunctionsWidget.cpp
index 325adcbc..d3398963 100644
--- a/src/widgets/FunctionsWidget.cpp
+++ b/src/widgets/FunctionsWidget.cpp
@@ -333,12 +333,12 @@ FunctionsWidget::FunctionsWidget(MainWindow *main, QWidget *parent) :
     //ui->filterLineEdit->setVisible(false);
 
     // Ctrl-F to show/hide the filter entry
-    QShortcut *search_shortcut = new QShortcut(QKeySequence(Qt::CTRL + Qt::Key_F), this);
+    QShortcut *search_shortcut = new QShortcut(QKeySequence::Find, this);
     connect(search_shortcut, &QShortcut::activated, ui->quickFilterView, &QuickFilterView::showFilter);
     search_shortcut->setContext(Qt::WidgetWithChildrenShortcut);
 
     // Esc to clear the filter entry
-    QShortcut *clear_shortcut = new QShortcut(QKeySequence(Qt::Key_Escape), this);
+    QShortcut *clear_shortcut = new QShortcut(QKeySequence::Cancel, this);
     connect(clear_shortcut, &QShortcut::activated, ui->quickFilterView, &QuickFilterView::clearFilter);
     clear_shortcut->setContext(Qt::WidgetWithChildrenShortcut);
 
diff --git a/src/widgets/StringsWidget.cpp b/src/widgets/StringsWidget.cpp
index 6c112500..830300af 100644
--- a/src/widgets/StringsWidget.cpp
+++ b/src/widgets/StringsWidget.cpp
@@ -126,11 +126,24 @@ StringsWidget::StringsWidget(QWidget *parent) :
 
     qhelpers::setVerticalScrollMode(ui->stringsTreeView);
 
+    // Ctrl-F to show/hide the filter entry
+    QShortcut *search_shortcut = new QShortcut(QKeySequence::Find, this);
+    connect(search_shortcut, &QShortcut::activated, ui->quickFilterView, &QuickFilterView::showFilter);
+    search_shortcut->setContext(Qt::WidgetWithChildrenShortcut);
+
+    // Esc to clear the filter entry
+    QShortcut *clear_shortcut = new QShortcut(QKeySequence::Cancel, this);
+    connect(clear_shortcut, &QShortcut::activated, ui->quickFilterView, &QuickFilterView::clearFilter);
+    clear_shortcut->setContext(Qt::WidgetWithChildrenShortcut);
+
     model = new StringsModel(&strings, this);
     proxy_model = new StringsSortFilterProxyModel(model, this);
     ui->stringsTreeView->setModel(proxy_model);
     ui->stringsTreeView->sortByColumn(StringsModel::OFFSET, Qt::AscendingOrder);
 
+    connect(ui->quickFilterView, SIGNAL(filterTextChanged(const QString &)), proxy_model, SLOT(setFilterWildcard(const QString &)));
+    connect(ui->quickFilterView, SIGNAL(filterClosed()), ui->stringsTreeView, SLOT(setFocus()));
+
     connect(Core(), SIGNAL(refreshAll()), this, SLOT(refreshStrings()));
 }
 
diff --git a/src/widgets/StringsWidget.ui b/src/widgets/StringsWidget.ui
index bacc1817..7622b983 100644
--- a/src/widgets/StringsWidget.ui
+++ b/src/widgets/StringsWidget.ui
@@ -15,6 +15,9 @@
   </property>
   <widget class="QWidget" name="dockWidgetContents">
    <layout class="QVBoxLayout" name="verticalLayout">
+    <property name="spacing">
+     <number>0</number>
+    </property>
     <property name="leftMargin">
      <number>0</number>
     </property>
@@ -56,9 +59,27 @@
       </property>
      </widget>
     </item>
+    <item>
+     <widget class="QuickFilterView" name="quickFilterView" native="true">
+      <property name="sizePolicy">
+       <sizepolicy hsizetype="Preferred" vsizetype="Maximum">
+        <horstretch>0</horstretch>
+        <verstretch>0</verstretch>
+       </sizepolicy>
+      </property>
+     </widget>
+    </item>
    </layout>
   </widget>
  </widget>
+ <customwidgets>
+  <customwidget>
+   <class>QuickFilterView</class>
+   <extends>QWidget</extends>
+   <header>widgets/QuickFilterView.h</header>
+   <container>1</container>
+  </customwidget>
+ </customwidgets>
  <resources/>
  <connections/>
 </ui>