diff --git a/src/static/css/site.css b/src/static/css/site.css
index ed409930..6c853161 100644
--- a/src/static/css/site.css
+++ b/src/static/css/site.css
@@ -680,7 +680,8 @@ summary.underline-white > span:hover a:not(:hover) {
   border-bottom: 1px solid var(--dim-color);
 }
 
-.wiki-search-result:hover::before {
+.wiki-search-result:hover::before,
+.wiki-search-result:focus::before {
   display: block;
   background: var(--light-ghost-color);
 }
diff --git a/src/static/js/client/sidebar-search.js b/src/static/js/client/sidebar-search.js
index 9d2cae34..c79fb837 100644
--- a/src/static/js/client/sidebar-search.js
+++ b/src/static/js/client/sidebar-search.js
@@ -69,11 +69,15 @@ export const info = {
     tidiedSidebar: null,
     collapsedDetailsForTidiness: null,
 
+    currentValue: null,
+
     workerStatus: null,
     searchStage: null,
 
     stoppedTypingTimeout: null,
     stoppedScrollingTimeout: null,
+    focusFirstResultTimeout: null,
+    dismissChangeEventTimeout: null,
 
     indexDownloadStatuses: Object.create(null),
   },
@@ -102,6 +106,9 @@ export const info = {
     stoppedTypingDelay: 800,
     stoppedScrollingDelay: 200,
 
+    pressDownToFocusFirstResultLatency: 500,
+    dismissChangeEventAfterFocusingFirstResultLatency: 50,
+
     maxActiveResultsStorage: 100000,
   },
 };
@@ -304,9 +311,15 @@ export function addPageListeners() {
   if (!info.searchInput) return;
 
   info.searchInput.addEventListener('change', _domEvent => {
-    if (info.searchInput.value) {
-      activateSidebarSearch(info.searchInput.value);
+    const {state} = info;
+
+    if (state.dismissChangeEventTimeout) {
+      state.dismissChangeEventTimeout = null;
+      clearTimeout(state.dismissChangeEventTimeout);
+      return;
     }
+
+    activateSidebarSearch(info.searchInput.value);
   });
 
   info.searchInput.addEventListener('input', _domEvent => {
@@ -323,12 +336,55 @@ export function addPageListeners() {
 
     state.stoppedTypingTimeout =
       setTimeout(() => {
+        state.stoppedTypingTimeout = null;
         activateSidebarSearch(info.searchInput.value);
       }, settings.stoppedTypingDelay);
+
+    if (state.focusFirstResultTimeout) {
+      clearTimeout(state.focusFirstResultTimeout);
+      state.focusFirstResultTimeout = null;
+    }
   });
 
   info.searchInput.addEventListener('drop', handleDroppedIntoSearchInput);
 
+  info.searchInput.addEventListener('keydown', domEvent => {
+    const {settings, state} = info;
+
+    if (domEvent.key === 'ArrowUp' || domEvent.key === 'ArrowDown') {
+      domEvent.preventDefault();
+    }
+
+    if (domEvent.key === 'ArrowDown') {
+      if (state.stoppedTypingTimeout) {
+        clearTimeout(state.stoppedTypingTimeout);
+        state.stoppedTypingTimeout = null;
+
+        if (state.focusFirstResultTimeout) {
+          clearTimeout(state.focusFirstResultTimeout);
+        }
+
+        state.focusFirstResultTimeout =
+          setTimeout(() => {
+            state.focusFirstResultTimeout = null;
+          }, settings.pressDownToFocusFirstResultLatency);
+
+        activateSidebarSearch(info.searchInput.value);
+      } else {
+        focusFirstSidebarSearchResult();
+      }
+    }
+  });
+
+  document.addEventListener('selectionchange', _domEvent => {
+    const {state} = info;
+
+    if (state.focusFirstResultTimeout) {
+      clearTimeout(state.focusFirstResultTimeout);
+      state.focusFirstResultTimeout = null;
+    }
+  });
+
   info.endSearchLink.addEventListener('click', domEvent => {
     domEvent.preventDefault();
     clearSidebarSearch();
@@ -449,6 +505,12 @@ async function activateSidebarSearch(query) {
   session.resultsScrollOffset = 0;
 
   showSidebarSearchResults(results);
+
+  if (state.focusFirstResultTimeout) {
+    clearTimeout(state.focusFirstResultTimeout);
+    state.focusFirstResultTimeout = null;
+    focusFirstSidebarSearchResult();
+  }
 }
 
 function clearSidebarSearch() {
@@ -775,6 +837,24 @@ function generateSidebarSearchResultTemplate(slots) {
     saveSidebarSearchResultsScrollOffset();
   });
 
+  link.addEventListener('keydown', domEvent => {
+    if (domEvent.key === 'ArrowDown') {
+      const elem = link.nextElementSibling;
+      if (elem) {
+        domEvent.preventDefault();
+        elem.focus({focusVisible: true});
+      }
+    } else if (domEvent.key === 'ArrowUp') {
+      domEvent.preventDefault();
+      const elem = link.previousElementSibling;
+      if (elem) {
+        elem.focus({focusVisible: true});
+      } else {
+        info.searchInput.focus();
+      }
+    }
+  });
+
   return link;
 }
 
@@ -790,6 +870,26 @@ function hideSidebarSearchResults() {
   cssProp(info.endSearchLine, 'display', 'none');
 }
 
+function focusFirstSidebarSearchResult() {
+  const {settings, state} = info;
+
+  const elem = info.results.firstChild;
+  if (!elem?.classList.contains('wiki-search-result')) {
+    return;
+  }
+
+  if (state.dismissChangeEventTimeout) {
+    clearTimeout(state.dismissChangeEventTimeout);
+  }
+
+  state.dismissChangeEventTimeout =
+    setTimeout(() => {
+      state.dismissChangeEventTimeout = null;
+    }, settings.dismissChangeEventAfterFocusingFirstResultLatency);
+
+  elem.focus({focusVisible: true});
+}
+
 function saveSidebarSearchResultsScrollOffset() {
   const {session} = info;