diff --git a/shared/common-adapters/plain-input.d.ts b/shared/common-adapters/plain-input.d.ts
index eb59d90d6bb1..45d5ce06f9f3 100644
--- a/shared/common-adapters/plain-input.d.ts
+++ b/shared/common-adapters/plain-input.d.ts
@@ -98,6 +98,7 @@ export type Props = {
   onKeyDown?: (event: React.KeyboardEvent) => void
   onKeyUp?: (event: React.KeyboardEvent) => void
   spellCheck?: boolean
+  tabIndex?: number // desktop only
   // Mobile only
   children?: React.ReactNode
   allowFontScaling?: boolean
diff --git a/shared/common-adapters/plain-input.desktop.tsx b/shared/common-adapters/plain-input.desktop.tsx
index acbffba61cbc..2ee05c107220 100644
--- a/shared/common-adapters/plain-input.desktop.tsx
+++ b/shared/common-adapters/plain-input.desktop.tsx
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ const PlainInput = React.memo(
     const {growAndScroll, multiline, onFocus: _onFocus, selectTextOnFocus, onChangeText} = p
     const {maxBytes, globalCaptureKeypress, onBlur, onClick, style, resize, maxLength} = p
     const {rowsMin, rowsMax, textType, padding, flexable = true, type} = p
-    const {autoFocus, allowKeyboardEvents, placeholder, spellCheck, disabled, value, className} = p
+    const {autoFocus, allowKeyboardEvents, placeholder, spellCheck, disabled, value, className, tabIndex} = p
     const inputRef = React.useRef<NativeTextRef>(null)
     const isComposingIMERef = React.useRef(false)
     const mountedRef = React.useRef(true)
@@ -216,6 +216,7 @@ const PlainInput = React.memo(
         placeholder,
         ref: inputRef,
         spellCheck,
+        tabIndex,
         value,
         ...(maxLength ? {maxLength} : {}),
         ...(disabled ? {readOnly: true} : {}),
diff --git a/shared/common-adapters/search-filter.tsx b/shared/common-adapters/search-filter.tsx
index 0590aedf9182..44ba9eeebb52 100644
--- a/shared/common-adapters/search-filter.tsx
+++ b/shared/common-adapters/search-filter.tsx
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ type Props = {
   onKeyDown?: (event: React.KeyboardEvent) => void
   onKeyUp?: (event: React.KeyboardEvent) => void
   onKeyPress?: (event: NativeSyntheticEvent<{key: string}>) => void
+  tabIndex?: number // desktop only
   measureRef?: React.RefObject<MeasureRef | null>
 }
 
@@ -201,6 +202,7 @@ const SearchFilter = React.forwardRef<SearchFilterRef, Props>(function SearchFil
         onKeyUp={props.onKeyUp}
         onKeyPress={props.onKeyPress}
         onEnterKeyDown={props.onEnterKeyDown}
+        tabIndex={props.tabIndex}
         ref={inputRef}
         hideBorder={true}
         containerStyle={styles.inputContainer}