diff --git a/assets/js/hotkeys.js b/assets/js/hotkeys.js
index 806061a..dc383e8 100644
--- a/assets/js/hotkeys.js
+++ b/assets/js/hotkeys.js
@@ -35,21 +35,23 @@ function getOS() {
 }
 
 document.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded", function () {
-  const searchIcon = document.querySelector('button.search__toggle');
+  const searchIcon = document.querySelector("button.search__toggle");
   if (!searchIcon) {
-    console.log('searchIcon is not found');
+    console.log("searchIcon is not found");
     return false;
-  };
-  searchIcon.setAttribute('tooltip', 'cmd/ctrl + k to open, esc to close');
-  searchIcon.setAttribute('tooltip-position', 'left');
+  }
+  searchIcon.setAttribute("tooltip", "cmd/ctrl + k to open, esc to close");
+  searchIcon.setAttribute("tooltip-position", "left");
 
-  const openSearchForm = () => {
-    const isSearchOpen = document
-      .querySelector(".search-content")
-      .classList.contains("is--visible");
+  const isSearchOpen = () => {
+    return document
+    .querySelector(".search-content")
+    ?.classList.contains("is--visible");
+  }
 
+  const openSearchForm = () => {
     // If the search form is already open, do nothing
-    if (isSearchOpen) {
+    if (isSearchOpen()) {
       return false;
     }
 
@@ -65,4 +67,86 @@ document.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded", function () {
   } else {
     hotkeys("ctrl+k", openSearchForm);
   }
+
+  let focusedItemIndex = null;
+  // default index is null
+  // increment index by 1 when this function is called
+  // argument is the length of the list
+  const incrementIndex = (listLength) => {
+    // if current index is the last index of the list, does not increment
+    if (focusedItemIndex === null) {
+      focusedItemIndex = 0;
+    } else if (focusedItemIndex !== listLength - 1) {
+      focusedItemIndex++;
+    }
+  }
+
+  const decrementIndex = (listLength) => {
+    // if current index is the first index of the list, does not decrement
+    if (focusedItemIndex !== null && focusedItemIndex !== 0) {
+      focusedItemIndex--;
+    }
+  }
+
+  // setup
+  const entriesLists = document.querySelectorAll(".entries-list");
+  // If the entries list is not found, do nothing
+  if (entriesLists.length === 0) {
+    return false;
+  }
+
+  const listItemLinks = [];
+  entriesLists.forEach((list) => {
+    list.querySelectorAll(".list__item h2 > a").forEach((item) => {
+      listItemLinks.push(item);
+    });
+  });
+
+  console.log(listItemLinks);
+
+  listItemLinks.forEach((link, index) => {
+    link.addEventListener("focusout", (_event) => {
+      if (focusedItemIndex === index) {
+        focusedItemIndex = null;
+      }
+      console.log(`listItem link ${index} is unfocused`);
+      console.log(`focusedItemIndex is ${focusedItemIndex}`);
+    });
+  });
+
+  const focusListItem = () => {
+    if (isSearchOpen()) {
+      return false;
+    }
+
+    listItemLinks[focusedItemIndex].focus();
+    console.log(focusedItemIndex);
+
+    return false;
+  };
+
+  const moveFocusToNextItem = () => {
+    if (isSearchOpen()) {
+      return false;
+    }
+
+    incrementIndex(listItemLinks.length);
+    focusListItem();
+
+    return false;
+  };
+
+  const moveFocusToPreviousItem = () => {
+    if (isSearchOpen()) {
+      return false;
+    }
+
+    decrementIndex(listItemLinks.length);
+    focusListItem();
+
+    return false;
+  };
+
+  hotkeys("j", moveFocusToNextItem);
+  hotkeys("k", moveFocusToPreviousItem);
 });