diff --git a/src/main/java/appeng/client/ActionKey.java b/src/main/java/appeng/client/ActionKey.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1ef32dc48
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/appeng/client/ActionKey.java
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+
+package appeng.client;
+
+
+import org.lwjgl.input.Keyboard;
+
+
+public enum ActionKey
+{
+	TOGGLE_FOCUS( Keyboard.KEY_TAB );
+
+	private final int defaultKey;
+
+	private ActionKey( int defaultKey )
+	{
+		this.defaultKey = defaultKey;
+	}
+
+	public String getTranslationKey()
+	{
+		return "key." + this.name().toLowerCase() + ".desc";
+	}
+
+	public int getDefaultKey()
+	{
+		return this.defaultKey;
+	}
+}
diff --git a/src/main/java/appeng/client/ClientHelper.java b/src/main/java/appeng/client/ClientHelper.java
index ecda45076..2731555fb 100644
--- a/src/main/java/appeng/client/ClientHelper.java
+++ b/src/main/java/appeng/client/ClientHelper.java
@@ -21,11 +21,13 @@ package appeng.client;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.EnumMap;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Random;
 
 import net.minecraft.client.Minecraft;
 import net.minecraft.client.renderer.GlStateManager;
+import net.minecraft.client.settings.KeyBinding;
 import net.minecraft.entity.player.EntityPlayer;
 import net.minecraft.init.Items;
 import net.minecraft.tileentity.TileEntity;
@@ -40,6 +42,7 @@ import net.minecraftforge.client.model.ModelLoaderRegistry;
 import net.minecraftforge.common.ForgeModContainer;
 import net.minecraftforge.common.MinecraftForge;
 import net.minecraftforge.fml.client.FMLClientHandler;
+import net.minecraftforge.fml.client.registry.ClientRegistry;
 import net.minecraftforge.fml.client.registry.RenderingRegistry;
 import net.minecraftforge.fml.common.eventhandler.SubscribeEvent;
 
@@ -74,6 +77,9 @@ import appeng.util.Platform;
 
 public class ClientHelper extends ServerHelper
 {
+	private final static String KEY_CATEGORY = "key.appliedenergistics2.category";
+
+	private final EnumMap<ActionKey, KeyBinding> bindings = new EnumMap<>( ActionKey.class );
 
 	@Override
 	public void preinit()
@@ -92,6 +98,12 @@ public class ClientHelper extends ServerHelper
 	@Override
 	public void init()
 	{
+		for( ActionKey key : ActionKey.values() )
+		{
+			final KeyBinding binding = new KeyBinding( key.getTranslationKey(), key.getDefaultKey(), KEY_CATEGORY );
+			ClientRegistry.registerKeyBinding( binding );
+			this.bindings.put( key, binding );
+		}
 	}
 
 	@Override
@@ -332,4 +344,16 @@ public class ClientHelper extends ServerHelper
 		ParticleTextures.registerSprite( event );
 		InscriberTESR.registerTexture( event );
 	}
+
+	@Override
+	public boolean isKeyPressed( ActionKey key )
+	{
+		return this.bindings.get( key ).isPressed();
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public boolean isActionKey( ActionKey key, int pressedKeyCode )
+	{
+		return this.bindings.get( key ).isActiveAndMatches( pressedKeyCode );
+	}
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/main/java/appeng/client/gui/implementations/GuiMEMonitorable.java b/src/main/java/appeng/client/gui/implementations/GuiMEMonitorable.java
index 8f05d3080..97611d1d2 100644
--- a/src/main/java/appeng/client/gui/implementations/GuiMEMonitorable.java
+++ b/src/main/java/appeng/client/gui/implementations/GuiMEMonitorable.java
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ import appeng.api.storage.ITerminalHost;
 import appeng.api.storage.data.IAEItemStack;
 import appeng.api.util.IConfigManager;
 import appeng.api.util.IConfigurableObject;
+import appeng.client.ActionKey;
 import appeng.client.gui.AEBaseMEGui;
 import appeng.client.gui.widgets.GuiImgButton;
 import appeng.client.gui.widgets.GuiScrollbar;
@@ -54,6 +55,7 @@ import appeng.container.slot.SlotCraftingMatrix;
 import appeng.container.slot.SlotFakeCraftingMatrix;
 import appeng.core.AEConfig;
 import appeng.core.AELog;
+import appeng.core.AppEng;
 import appeng.core.localization.GuiText;
 import appeng.core.sync.GuiBridge;
 import appeng.core.sync.network.NetworkHandler;
@@ -481,7 +483,7 @@ public class GuiMEMonitorable extends AEBaseMEGui implements ISortSource, IConfi
 
 		if( !this.checkHotbarKeys( key ) )
 		{
-			if( key == Keyboard.KEY_TAB )
+			if( AppEng.proxy.isActionKey( ActionKey.TOGGLE_FOCUS, key ) )
 			{
 				this.searchField.setFocused( !this.searchField.isFocused() );
 				return;
diff --git a/src/main/java/appeng/core/AppEng.java b/src/main/java/appeng/core/AppEng.java
index 02b0f5f6d..705df7ea2 100644
--- a/src/main/java/appeng/core/AppEng.java
+++ b/src/main/java/appeng/core/AppEng.java
@@ -198,6 +198,8 @@ public final class AppEng
 		final Stopwatch start = Stopwatch.createStarted();
 		AELog.info( "Initialization ( started )" );
 
+		AppEng.proxy.init();
+
 		if( this.exportConfig.isExportingItemNamesEnabled() )
 		{
 			if( FMLCommonHandler.instance().getSide().isClient() )
diff --git a/src/main/java/appeng/core/CommonHelper.java b/src/main/java/appeng/core/CommonHelper.java
index 80bce3bf7..bb0322af9 100644
--- a/src/main/java/appeng/core/CommonHelper.java
+++ b/src/main/java/appeng/core/CommonHelper.java
@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@ package appeng.core;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Random;
 
+import javax.annotation.Nonnull;
+
 import net.minecraft.entity.player.EntityPlayer;
 import net.minecraft.tileentity.TileEntity;
 import net.minecraft.util.math.RayTraceResult;
@@ -29,6 +31,7 @@ import net.minecraft.world.World;
 
 import appeng.api.parts.CableRenderMode;
 import appeng.block.AEBaseBlock;
+import appeng.client.ActionKey;
 import appeng.client.EffectType;
 import appeng.core.sync.AppEngPacket;
 
@@ -62,4 +65,8 @@ public abstract class CommonHelper
 
 	public abstract void updateRenderMode( EntityPlayer player );
 
+	public abstract boolean isKeyPressed( @Nonnull final ActionKey key );
+
+	public abstract boolean isActionKey( @Nonnull final ActionKey key, int pressedKeyCode );
+
 }
diff --git a/src/main/java/appeng/server/ServerHelper.java b/src/main/java/appeng/server/ServerHelper.java
index cfc2935eb..3c9339374 100644
--- a/src/main/java/appeng/server/ServerHelper.java
+++ b/src/main/java/appeng/server/ServerHelper.java
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ import net.minecraftforge.fml.common.FMLCommonHandler;
 
 import appeng.api.parts.CableRenderMode;
 import appeng.block.AEBaseBlock;
+import appeng.client.ActionKey;
 import appeng.client.EffectType;
 import appeng.core.CommonHelper;
 import appeng.core.sync.AppEngPacket;
@@ -183,4 +184,16 @@ public class ServerHelper extends CommonHelper
 
 		return CableRenderMode.STANDARD;
 	}
+
+	@Override
+	public boolean isKeyPressed( ActionKey key )
+	{
+		return false;
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public boolean isActionKey( ActionKey key, int pressedKeyCode )
+	{
+		return false;
+	}
 }
diff --git a/src/main/resources/assets/appliedenergistics2/lang/en_us.lang b/src/main/resources/assets/appliedenergistics2/lang/en_us.lang
index f82ebf99f..d4972e52e 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/assets/appliedenergistics2/lang/en_us.lang
+++ b/src/main/resources/assets/appliedenergistics2/lang/en_us.lang
@@ -620,3 +620,7 @@ achievement.ae2.QNB.desc=Craft a Quantum Link
 stat.ae2.ItemsInserted=Items added to ME Storage
 stat.ae2.ItemsExtracted=Items extracted from ME Storage
 stat.ae2.TurnedCranks=Turned Cranks
+
+//Keys
+key.appliedenergistics2.category=Applied Energistics 2
+key.toggle_focus.desc=Toggle search box focus