diff --git a/src/Avalonia.Controls/ComboBox.cs b/src/Avalonia.Controls/ComboBox.cs
index dd2109e6cd..89cfb5fa8f 100644
--- a/src/Avalonia.Controls/ComboBox.cs
+++ b/src/Avalonia.Controls/ComboBox.cs
@@ -77,14 +77,6 @@ namespace Avalonia.Controls
         public static readonly StyledProperty<VerticalAlignment> VerticalContentAlignmentProperty =
             ContentControl.VerticalContentAlignmentProperty.AddOwner<ComboBox>();
 
-        /// <summary>
-        /// Defines the <see cref="IsTextSearchEnabled"/> property.
-        /// </summary>
-        public static readonly StyledProperty<bool> IsTextSearchEnabledProperty =
-            AvaloniaProperty.Register<ComboBox, bool>(nameof(IsTextSearchEnabled), true);
-
-        private string _textSearchTerm = string.Empty;
-        private DispatcherTimer _textSearchTimer;
         private bool _isDropDownOpen;
         private Popup _popup;
         private object _selectionBoxItem;
@@ -173,15 +165,6 @@ namespace Avalonia.Controls
             set { SetValue(VerticalContentAlignmentProperty, value); }
         }
 
-        /// <summary>
-        /// Gets or sets a value that specifies whether a user can jump to a value by typing.
-        /// </summary>
-        public bool IsTextSearchEnabled
-        {
-            get { return GetValue(IsTextSearchEnabledProperty); }
-            set { SetValue(IsTextSearchEnabledProperty, value); }
-        }
-
         /// <inheritdoc/>
         protected override IItemContainerGenerator CreateItemContainerGenerator()
         {
@@ -247,32 +230,6 @@ namespace Avalonia.Controls
             }
         }
 
-        /// <inheritdoc />
-        protected override void OnTextInput(TextInputEventArgs e)
-        {
-            if (!IsTextSearchEnabled || e.Handled)
-                return;
-
-            StopTextSearchTimer();
-
-            _textSearchTerm += e.Text;
-
-            bool match(ItemContainerInfo info) => 
-                info.ContainerControl is IContentControl control &&
-                control.Content?.ToString()?.StartsWith(_textSearchTerm, StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase) == true;
-
-            var info = ItemContainerGenerator.Containers.FirstOrDefault(match);
-
-            if (info != null)
-            {
-                SelectedIndex = info.Index;
-            }
-
-            StartTextSearchTimer();
-
-            e.Handled = true;
-        }
-
         /// <inheritdoc/>
         protected override void OnPointerWheelChanged(PointerWheelEventArgs e)
         {
@@ -470,31 +427,5 @@ namespace Avalonia.Controls
 
             SelectedIndex = prev;
         }
-
-        private void StartTextSearchTimer()
-        {
-            _textSearchTimer = new DispatcherTimer { Interval = TimeSpan.FromSeconds(1) };
-            _textSearchTimer.Tick += TextSearchTimer_Tick;
-            _textSearchTimer.Start();
-        }
-
-        private void StopTextSearchTimer()
-        {
-            if (_textSearchTimer == null)
-            {
-                return;
-            }
-
-            _textSearchTimer.Stop();
-            _textSearchTimer.Tick -= TextSearchTimer_Tick;
-
-            _textSearchTimer = null;
-        }
-
-        private void TextSearchTimer_Tick(object sender, EventArgs e)
-        {
-            _textSearchTerm = string.Empty;
-            StopTextSearchTimer();
-        }
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/Avalonia.Controls/ItemsControl.cs b/src/Avalonia.Controls/ItemsControl.cs
index 20d032f597..55645d4dbb 100644
--- a/src/Avalonia.Controls/ItemsControl.cs
+++ b/src/Avalonia.Controls/ItemsControl.cs
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ using System;
 using System.Collections;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.Collections.Specialized;
+using System.Linq;
 using Avalonia.Collections;
 using Avalonia.Controls.Generators;
 using Avalonia.Controls.Metadata;
diff --git a/src/Avalonia.Controls/Primitives/SelectingItemsControl.cs b/src/Avalonia.Controls/Primitives/SelectingItemsControl.cs
index 34d3347434..2fd08ef77c 100644
--- a/src/Avalonia.Controls/Primitives/SelectingItemsControl.cs
+++ b/src/Avalonia.Controls/Primitives/SelectingItemsControl.cs
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ using Avalonia.Data;
 using Avalonia.Input;
 using Avalonia.Input.Platform;
 using Avalonia.Interactivity;
+using Avalonia.Threading;
 using Avalonia.VisualTree;
 
 #nullable enable
@@ -91,6 +92,12 @@ namespace Avalonia.Controls.Primitives
             AvaloniaProperty.Register<SelectingItemsControl, SelectionMode>(
                 nameof(SelectionMode));
 
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Defines the <see cref="IsTextSearchEnabled"/> property.
+        /// </summary>
+        public static readonly StyledProperty<bool> IsTextSearchEnabledProperty =
+            AvaloniaProperty.Register<ItemsControl, bool>(nameof(IsTextSearchEnabled), true);
+
         /// <summary>
         /// Event that should be raised by items that implement <see cref="ISelectable"/> to
         /// notify the parent <see cref="SelectingItemsControl"/> that their selection state
@@ -110,6 +117,8 @@ namespace Avalonia.Controls.Primitives
                 RoutingStrategies.Bubble);
 
         private static readonly IList Empty = Array.Empty<object>();
+        private string _textSearchTerm = string.Empty;
+        private DispatcherTimer? _textSearchTimer;
         private ISelectionModel? _selection;
         private int _oldSelectedIndex;
         private object? _oldSelectedItem;
@@ -305,6 +314,15 @@ namespace Avalonia.Controls.Primitives
             }
         }
 
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Gets or sets a value that specifies whether a user can jump to a value by typing.
+        /// </summary>
+        public bool IsTextSearchEnabled
+        {
+            get { return GetValue(IsTextSearchEnabledProperty); }
+            set { SetValue(IsTextSearchEnabledProperty, value); }
+        }
+
         /// <summary>
         /// Gets or sets the selection mode.
         /// </summary>
@@ -490,6 +508,36 @@ namespace Avalonia.Controls.Primitives
             }
         }
 
+        protected override void OnTextInput(TextInputEventArgs e)
+        {
+            if (!e.Handled)
+            {
+                if (!IsTextSearchEnabled)
+                    return;
+
+                StopTextSearchTimer();
+
+                _textSearchTerm += e.Text;
+
+                bool match(ItemContainerInfo info) =>
+                    info.ContainerControl is IContentControl control &&
+                    control.Content?.ToString()?.StartsWith(_textSearchTerm, StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase) == true;
+
+                var info = ItemContainerGenerator.Containers.FirstOrDefault(match);
+
+                if (info != null)
+                {
+                    SelectedIndex = info.Index;
+                }
+
+                StartTextSearchTimer();
+
+                e.Handled = true;
+            }
+
+            base.OnTextInput(e);
+        }
+
         protected override void OnKeyDown(KeyEventArgs e)
         {
             base.OnKeyDown(e);
@@ -962,6 +1010,32 @@ namespace Avalonia.Controls.Primitives
             }
         }
 
+        private void StartTextSearchTimer()
+        {
+            _textSearchTimer = new DispatcherTimer { Interval = TimeSpan.FromSeconds(1) };
+            _textSearchTimer.Tick += TextSearchTimer_Tick;
+            _textSearchTimer.Start();
+        }
+
+        private void StopTextSearchTimer()
+        {
+            if (_textSearchTimer == null)
+            {
+                return;
+            }
+
+            _textSearchTimer.Tick -= TextSearchTimer_Tick;
+            _textSearchTimer.Stop();
+
+            _textSearchTimer = null;
+        }
+
+        private void TextSearchTimer_Tick(object sender, EventArgs e)
+        {
+            _textSearchTerm = string.Empty;
+            StopTextSearchTimer();
+        }
+
         // When in a BeginInit..EndInit block, or when the DataContext is updating, we need to
         // defer changes to the selection model because we have no idea in which order properties
         // will be set. Consider: