diff --git a/src/beta/components/search/SearchResultList/SearchResultList.jsx b/src/beta/components/search/SearchResultList/SearchResultList.jsx
index 9da0a2a..29453d1 100644
--- a/src/beta/components/search/SearchResultList/SearchResultList.jsx
+++ b/src/beta/components/search/SearchResultList/SearchResultList.jsx
@@ -1,16 +1,27 @@
-import React from "react";
+import React, { useEffect } from "react";
 import { Divider, Stack, styled } from "@mui/material";
 import { getLogEntryGroupId } from "components/Properties";
 import { SearchResultGroupItem } from "./SearchResultGroupItem/SearchResultGroupItem";
 import { SearchResultSingleItem } from "./SearchResultSingleItem";
 import { sortByCreatedDate } from "components/log/sort";
+import { useKeyPress } from "hooks/useKeyPress";
+import { updateCurrentLogEntry, useCurrentLogEntry } from "features/currentLogEntryReducer";
+import { useDispatch } from "react-redux";
+import useBetaNavigate from "hooks/useBetaNavigate";
 
-export const SearchResultList = styled(({logs, dateDescending, selectedId, onRowClick, className}) => {
+export const SearchResultList = styled(({ logs, dateDescending, className }) => {
+  const dispatch = useDispatch();
+  const navigate = useBetaNavigate();
+
+  const currentLogEntry = useCurrentLogEntry();
+  const currentLogEntryId = Number(currentLogEntry?.id);
+  const arrowUpPressed = useKeyPress('ArrowUp');
+  const arrowDownPressed = useKeyPress('ArrowDown');
 
   const removeSubsequentReplies = (logs) => {
     const visitedGroups = []
     return logs.reduce((res, log) => {
-      if(log.groupId && visitedGroups.includes(log.groupId)) {
+      if (log.groupId && visitedGroups.includes(log.groupId)) {
         return [...res];
       } else {
         visitedGroups.push(log.groupId);
@@ -18,26 +29,58 @@ export const SearchResultList = styled(({logs, dateDescending, selectedId, onRow
       }
     }, []);
   }
+  const logsAndReplies = logs.map(log => ({
+    ...log,
+    groupId: getLogEntryGroupId(log.properties)
+  })).toSorted(sortByCreatedDate(dateDescending))
 
-  const transformedLogs = removeSubsequentReplies(
-    logs.map(log => ({
-      ...log, 
-      groupId: getLogEntryGroupId(log.properties)
-    }))
-    .toSorted(sortByCreatedDate(dateDescending))
+  const logsNoReplies = removeSubsequentReplies(
+    logsAndReplies
   );
 
+  const navigateToEntry = (log) => {
+    dispatch(updateCurrentLogEntry(log));
+    navigate(`/logs/${log.id}`);
+  }
+
+  const keyboardNavigate = (nextEntryId) => {
+    const nextEntry = logsAndReplies.find(log => log.id === nextEntryId);
+    if (nextEntry) {
+      navigateToEntry(nextEntry);
+    }
+  }
+
+  const setDefaultLogEntry = () => {
+    if (!currentLogEntryId) {
+      dispatch(updateCurrentLogEntry(logsNoReplies[0]));
+    }
+  }
+
+  useEffect(() => {
+    if (arrowUpPressed) {
+      setDefaultLogEntry();
+      keyboardNavigate(currentLogEntryId + 1);
+    }
+  }, [arrowUpPressed]);
+
+  useEffect(() => {
+    if (arrowDownPressed) {
+      setDefaultLogEntry();
+      keyboardNavigate(currentLogEntryId - 1);
+    }
+  }, [arrowDownPressed]);
+
   return (
     <Stack
       overflow="scroll"
       className={`SearchResultList ${className}`}
       divider={<Divider flexItem />}
     >
-      {transformedLogs?.map(log => {
-        if(log.groupId) {
-          return <SearchResultGroupItem key={log.id} log={log} selectedId={selectedId} onClick={onRowClick} dateDescending={dateDescending} />
+      {logsNoReplies?.map(log => {
+        if (log.groupId) {
+          return <SearchResultGroupItem key={log.id} log={log} selectedId={currentLogEntryId} onClick={navigateToEntry} dateDescending={dateDescending} />
         } else {
-          return <SearchResultSingleItem key={log.id} log={log} selected={`${selectedId}` === `${log.id}`} onClick={onRowClick} />
+          return <SearchResultSingleItem key={log.id} log={log} selected={`${currentLogEntryId}` === `${log.id}`} onClick={navigateToEntry} />
         }
       })}
     </Stack>
diff --git a/src/beta/components/search/SearchResults.js b/src/beta/components/search/SearchResults.js
index 7003dcc..5fa019f 100644
--- a/src/beta/components/search/SearchResults.js
+++ b/src/beta/components/search/SearchResults.js
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 import { Alert, Badge, Box, IconButton, LinearProgress, Stack, TablePagination, Typography, styled } from "@mui/material";
 import { ologApi, removeEmptyKeys } from "api/ologApi";
 import customization from "config/customization";
-import { updateCurrentLogEntry, useCurrentLogEntry } from "features/currentLogEntryReducer";
 import { updateSearchPageParams, useSearchPageParams } from "features/searchPageParamsReducer";
 import { updateSearchParams, useSearchParams } from "features/searchParamsReducer";
 import React, { useEffect, useMemo, useState } from "react";
@@ -14,15 +13,12 @@ import { SearchParamsBadges } from "./SearchParamsBadges";
 import { AdvancedSearchDrawer } from "./SearchResultList/AdvancedSearchDrawer";
 import { useAdvancedSearch } from "features/advancedSearchReducer";
 import { withCacheBust } from "hooks/useSanitizedSearchParams";
-import useBetaNavigate from "hooks/useBetaNavigate";
 
 export const SearchResults = styled(({ className }) => {
 
   const dispatch = useDispatch();
-  const navigate = useBetaNavigate();
 
   const { active: advancedSearchActive, fieldCount: advancedSearchFieldCount } = useAdvancedSearch();
-  const currentLogEntry = useCurrentLogEntry();
   const searchParams = useSearchParams();
   const searchPageParams = useSearchPageParams();
   const rowsPerPageOptions = customization.defaultRowsPerPageOptions;
@@ -86,11 +82,6 @@ export const SearchResults = styled(({ className }) => {
 
   const count = searchResults?.hitCount ?? 0;
 
-  const onRowClick = (log) => {
-    dispatch(updateCurrentLogEntry(log));
-    navigate(`/logs/${log.id}`);
-  }
-
   const onPageChange = (event, page) => {
     setPage(page);
   };
@@ -159,8 +150,6 @@ export const SearchResults = styled(({ className }) => {
         ? <SearchResultList
           logs={searchResults.logs}
           dateDescending={searchPageParams?.dateDescending}
-          selectedId={currentLogEntry?.id}
-          onRowClick={onRowClick}
         />
         : <Box >
           <Typography>No records found</Typography>
diff --git a/src/hooks/useKeyPress.js b/src/hooks/useKeyPress.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4ba8236
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/hooks/useKeyPress.js
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+import { useEffect, useState } from "react";
+export const useKeyPress = (targetKey) => {
+  const [keyPressed, setKeyPressed] = useState(false);
+
+  useEffect(() => {
+    const downHandler = ({ key }) => {
+      if (key === targetKey) {
+        setKeyPressed(true);
+      }
+    };
+
+    const upHandler = ({ key }) => {
+      if (key === targetKey) {
+        setKeyPressed(false);
+      }
+    };
+
+    window.addEventListener('keydown', downHandler);
+    window.addEventListener('keyup', upHandler);
+
+    return () => {
+      window.removeEventListener('keydown', downHandler);
+      window.removeEventListener('keyup', upHandler);
+    };
+  }, [targetKey]);
+
+  return keyPressed;
+};
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