diff --git a/src/vs/base/browser/ui/tree/abstractTree.ts b/src/vs/base/browser/ui/tree/abstractTree.ts
index 8fd8083638516e973f100c84bb76497ab7b331f5..389461aab55e7643f11a4e3f068b5b92698e8658 100644
--- a/src/vs/base/browser/ui/tree/abstractTree.ts
+++ b/src/vs/base/browser/ui/tree/abstractTree.ts
@@ -657,7 +657,7 @@ class TypeFilterController<T, TFilterData> implements IDisposable {
 
 		const onKeyDown = Event.chain(domEvent(this.view.getHTMLElement(), 'keydown'))
 			.filter(e => !isInputElement(e.target as HTMLElement) || e.target === this.filterOnTypeDomNode)
-			.filter(e => e.key !== 'Dead')
+			.filter(e => e.key !== 'Dead' && !/^Media/.test(e.key))
 			.map(e => new StandardKeyboardEvent(e))
 			.filter(this.keyboardNavigationEventFilter || (() => true))
 			.filter(() => this.automaticKeyboardNavigation || this.triggered)