diff --git a/src/js/07-search.js b/src/js/07-search.js
index dbc1bc8..209d84f 100644
--- a/src/js/07-search.js
+++ b/src/js/07-search.js
@@ -4,16 +4,54 @@
   function openSearchPopover () {
     document.getElementById('search-background').style.display = 'block'
     document.getElementById('search').style.display = 'block'
+
     // focus the textbox after popover appears
+    focusSearchInput()
+    // add eventlisteners after popover appears
+    addNavigationToSearch()
+  }
+
+  function closeSearchPopover () {
+    document.getElementById('search-background').style.display = 'none'
+    document.getElementById('search').style.display = 'none'
+  }
+
+  function focusSearchInput () {
     var searchInput = document.querySelector('.pagefind-modular-input')
     if (searchInput) {
       searchInput.focus()
     }
   }
 
-  function closeSearchPopover () {
-    document.getElementById('search-background').style.display = 'none'
-    document.getElementById('search').style.display = 'none'
+  function addNavigationToSearch () {
+    // focus the first search result when pressing enter in search input
+    document.getElementById('pfmod-input-0').addEventListener('keydown', goToSearchResultsOnEnter)
+  }
+
+  function goToSearchResultsOnEnter (event) {
+    var searchResults = document.getElementById('search-results')
+    if (event.key === 'Enter' && searchResults.childElementCount > 0) {
+      searchResults.firstChild.querySelector('a').focus()
+      searchResults.addEventListener('keydown', addNavigationInSearchResults)
+    }
+  }
+
+  function addNavigationInSearchResults (event) {
+    if (event.key === 'ArrowDown' && document.activeElement.classList.contains('pagefind-modular-list-link')) {
+      event.preventDefault() // prevent page scrolling
+      var nextSibling = document.activeElement.parentElement.parentElement.parentElement.nextElementSibling
+      if (nextSibling) {
+        nextSibling.querySelector('a').focus()
+      }
+    }
+
+    if (event.key === 'ArrowUp' && document.activeElement.classList.contains('pagefind-modular-list-link')) {
+      event.preventDefault() // prevent page scrolling
+      var previousSibling = document.activeElement.parentElement.parentElement.parentElement.previousElementSibling
+      if (previousSibling) {
+        previousSibling.querySelector('a').focus()
+      }
+    }
   }
 
   // open the popover when clicking the magnifying glass search icon
@@ -28,20 +66,26 @@
   // close functionality when clicking the background
   var searchBackground = document.getElementById('search-background')
   if (searchBackground) {
-    searchBackground.addEventListener('click', function (e) {
-      e.stopPropagation() // trap event
+    searchBackground.addEventListener('click', function (event) {
+      event.stopPropagation() // trap event
       closeSearchPopover()
     })
   }
 
-  // open/close with keyboard
   document.addEventListener('keydown', function (event) {
+    // open search with keyboard
     if (event.ctrlKey && event.key === 'k') {
       event.preventDefault() // prevent focussing the URL bar in the browser
       openSearchPopover()
     }
+    // close search with keyboard
     if (event.key === 'Escape') {
       closeSearchPopover()
     }
+    // focus the search input when pressing / while search popover is open
+    if (event.key === '/') {
+      event.preventDefault() // prevent opening the browser search dialog
+      focusSearchInput()
+    }
   })
 })()