diff --git a/res/css/views/dialogs/_ForwardDialog.pcss b/res/css/views/dialogs/_ForwardDialog.pcss
index e6c322a77c..69c9bafc89 100644
--- a/res/css/views/dialogs/_ForwardDialog.pcss
+++ b/res/css/views/dialogs/_ForwardDialog.pcss
@@ -96,7 +96,8 @@ limitations under the License.
                 padding: 6px;
                 border-radius: 8px;
 
-                &:hover {
+                &:hover,
+                &.mx_ForwardList_entry_active {
                     background-color: $spacePanel-bg-color;
                 }
 
diff --git a/src/accessibility/RovingTabIndex.tsx b/src/accessibility/RovingTabIndex.tsx
index 5f3901a391..9a2a855242 100644
--- a/src/accessibility/RovingTabIndex.tsx
+++ b/src/accessibility/RovingTabIndex.tsx
@@ -175,6 +175,8 @@ interface IProps {
     handleHomeEnd?: boolean;
     handleUpDown?: boolean;
     handleLeftRight?: boolean;
+    handleInputFields?: boolean;
+    scrollIntoView?: boolean | ScrollIntoViewOptions;
     children(renderProps: { onKeyDownHandler(ev: React.KeyboardEvent): void; onDragEndHandler(): void }): ReactNode;
     onKeyDown?(ev: React.KeyboardEvent, state: IState, dispatch: Dispatch<IAction>): void;
 }
@@ -212,6 +214,8 @@ export const RovingTabIndexProvider: React.FC<IProps> = ({
     handleUpDown,
     handleLeftRight,
     handleLoop,
+    handleInputFields,
+    scrollIntoView,
     onKeyDown,
 }) => {
     const [state, dispatch] = useReducer<Reducer<IState, Action>>(reducer, {
@@ -234,7 +238,7 @@ export const RovingTabIndexProvider: React.FC<IProps> = ({
             let focusRef: RefObject<HTMLElement> | undefined;
             // Don't interfere with input default keydown behaviour
             // but allow people to move focus from it with Tab.
-            if (checkInputableElement(ev.target as HTMLElement)) {
+            if (!handleInputFields && checkInputableElement(ev.target as HTMLElement)) {
                 switch (action) {
                     case KeyBindingAction.Tab:
                         handled = true;
@@ -311,9 +315,21 @@ export const RovingTabIndexProvider: React.FC<IProps> = ({
                         ref: focusRef,
                     },
                 });
+                if (scrollIntoView) {
+                    focusRef.current?.scrollIntoView(scrollIntoView);
+                }
             }
         },
-        [context, onKeyDown, handleHomeEnd, handleUpDown, handleLeftRight, handleLoop],
+        [
+            context,
+            onKeyDown,
+            handleHomeEnd,
+            handleUpDown,
+            handleLeftRight,
+            handleLoop,
+            handleInputFields,
+            scrollIntoView,
+        ],
     );
 
     const onDragEndHandler = useCallback(() => {
diff --git a/src/components/views/dialogs/ForwardDialog.tsx b/src/components/views/dialogs/ForwardDialog.tsx
index a21acd7b71..fe73738629 100644
--- a/src/components/views/dialogs/ForwardDialog.tsx
+++ b/src/components/views/dialogs/ForwardDialog.tsx
@@ -57,6 +57,15 @@ import { isLocationEvent } from "../../../utils/EventUtils";
 import { isSelfLocation, locationEventGeoUri } from "../../../utils/location";
 import { RoomContextDetails } from "../rooms/RoomContextDetails";
 import { filterBoolean } from "../../../utils/arrays";
+import {
+    IState,
+    RovingTabIndexContext,
+    RovingTabIndexProvider,
+    Type,
+    useRovingTabIndex,
+} from "../../../accessibility/RovingTabIndex";
+import { getKeyBindingsManager } from "../../../KeyBindingsManager";
+import { KeyBindingAction } from "../../../accessibility/KeyboardShortcuts";
 
 const AVATAR_SIZE = 30;
 
@@ -87,6 +96,7 @@ enum SendState {
 
 const Entry: React.FC<IEntryProps> = ({ room, type, content, matrixClient: cli, onFinished }) => {
     const [sendState, setSendState] = useState<SendState>(SendState.CanSend);
+    const [onFocus, isActive, ref] = useRovingTabIndex<HTMLDivElement>();
 
     const jumpToRoom = (ev: ButtonEvent): void => {
         dis.dispatch<ViewRoomPayload>({
@@ -134,16 +144,30 @@ const Entry: React.FC<IEntryProps> = ({ room, type, content, matrixClient: cli,
         icon = <NotificationBadge notification={StaticNotificationState.RED_EXCLAMATION} />;
     }
 
+    const id = `mx_ForwardDialog_entry_${room.roomId}`;
     return (
-        <div className="mx_ForwardList_entry">
+        <div
+            className={classnames("mx_ForwardList_entry", {
+                mx_ForwardList_entry_active: isActive,
+            })}
+            aria-labelledby={`${id}_name`}
+            aria-describedby={`${id}_send`}
+            role="listitem"
+            ref={ref}
+            onFocus={onFocus}
+            id={id}
+        >
             <AccessibleTooltipButton
                 className="mx_ForwardList_roomButton"
                 onClick={jumpToRoom}
                 title={_t("forward|open_room")}
                 alignment={Alignment.Top}
+                tabIndex={isActive ? 0 : -1}
             >
-                <DecoratedRoomAvatar room={room} size="32px" />
-                <span className="mx_ForwardList_entry_name">{room.name}</span>
+                <DecoratedRoomAvatar room={room} size="32px" tooltipProps={{ tabIndex: isActive ? 0 : -1 }} />
+                <span className="mx_ForwardList_entry_name" id={`${id}_name`}>
+                    {room.name}
+                </span>
                 <RoomContextDetails component="span" className="mx_ForwardList_entry_detail" room={room} />
             </AccessibleTooltipButton>
             <AccessibleTooltipButton
@@ -153,6 +177,8 @@ const Entry: React.FC<IEntryProps> = ({ room, type, content, matrixClient: cli,
                 disabled={disabled}
                 title={title}
                 alignment={Alignment.Top}
+                tabIndex={isActive ? 0 : -1}
+                id={`${id}_send`}
             >
                 <div className="mx_ForwardList_sendLabel">{_t("forward|send_label")}</div>
                 {icon}
@@ -270,6 +296,26 @@ const ForwardDialog: React.FC<IProps> = ({ matrixClient: cli, event, permalinkCr
         );
     }
 
+    const onKeyDown = (ev: React.KeyboardEvent, state: IState): void => {
+        let handled = true;
+
+        const action = getKeyBindingsManager().getAccessibilityAction(ev);
+        switch (action) {
+            case KeyBindingAction.Enter: {
+                state.activeRef?.current?.querySelector<HTMLButtonElement>(".mx_ForwardList_sendButton")?.click();
+                break;
+            }
+
+            default:
+                handled = false;
+        }
+
+        if (handled) {
+            ev.preventDefault();
+            ev.stopPropagation();
+        }
+    };
+
     return (
         <BaseDialog
             title={_t("common|forward_message")}
@@ -293,42 +339,73 @@ const ForwardDialog: React.FC<IProps> = ({ matrixClient: cli, event, permalinkCr
                 />
             </div>
             <hr />
-            <div className="mx_ForwardList" id="mx_ForwardList">
-                <SearchBox
-                    className="mx_textinput_icon mx_textinput_search"
-                    placeholder={_t("forward|filter_placeholder")}
-                    onSearch={setQuery}
-                    autoFocus={true}
-                />
-                <AutoHideScrollbar className="mx_ForwardList_content">
-                    {rooms.length > 0 ? (
-                        <div className="mx_ForwardList_results">
-                            <TruncatedList
-                                className="mx_ForwardList_resultsList"
-                                truncateAt={truncateAt}
-                                createOverflowElement={overflowTile}
-                                getChildren={(start, end) =>
-                                    rooms
-                                        .slice(start, end)
-                                        .map((room) => (
-                                            <Entry
-                                                key={room.roomId}
-                                                room={room}
-                                                type={type}
-                                                content={content}
-                                                matrixClient={cli}
-                                                onFinished={onFinished}
-                                            />
-                                        ))
-                                }
-                                getChildCount={() => rooms.length}
-                            />
-                        </div>
-                    ) : (
-                        <span className="mx_ForwardList_noResults">{_t("common|no_results")}</span>
-                    )}
-                </AutoHideScrollbar>
-            </div>
+            <RovingTabIndexProvider
+                handleUpDown
+                handleInputFields
+                onKeyDown={onKeyDown}
+                scrollIntoView={{ block: "center" }}
+            >
+                {({ onKeyDownHandler }) => (
+                    <div className="mx_ForwardList" id="mx_ForwardList">
+                        <RovingTabIndexContext.Consumer>
+                            {(context) => (
+                                <SearchBox
+                                    className="mx_textinput_icon mx_textinput_search"
+                                    placeholder={_t("forward|filter_placeholder")}
+                                    onSearch={(query: string): void => {
+                                        setQuery(query);
+                                        setImmediate(() => {
+                                            const ref = context.state.refs[0];
+                                            if (ref) {
+                                                context.dispatch({
+                                                    type: Type.SetFocus,
+                                                    payload: { ref },
+                                                });
+                                                ref.current?.scrollIntoView?.({
+                                                    block: "nearest",
+                                                });
+                                            }
+                                        });
+                                    }}
+                                    autoFocus={true}
+                                    onKeyDown={onKeyDownHandler}
+                                    aria-activedescendant={context.state.activeRef?.current?.id}
+                                    aria-owns="mx_ForwardDialog_resultsList"
+                                />
+                            )}
+                        </RovingTabIndexContext.Consumer>
+                        <AutoHideScrollbar className="mx_ForwardList_content">
+                            {rooms.length > 0 ? (
+                                <div className="mx_ForwardList_results">
+                                    <TruncatedList
+                                        id="mx_ForwardDialog_resultsList"
+                                        className="mx_ForwardList_resultsList"
+                                        truncateAt={truncateAt}
+                                        createOverflowElement={overflowTile}
+                                        getChildren={(start, end) =>
+                                            rooms
+                                                .slice(start, end)
+                                                .map((room) => (
+                                                    <Entry
+                                                        key={room.roomId}
+                                                        room={room}
+                                                        type={type}
+                                                        content={content}
+                                                        matrixClient={cli}
+                                                        onFinished={onFinished}
+                                                    />
+                                                ))
+                                        }
+                                        getChildCount={() => rooms.length}
+                                    />
+                                </div>
+                            ) : (
+                                <span className="mx_ForwardList_noResults">{_t("common|no_results")}</span>
+                            )}
+                        </AutoHideScrollbar>
+                    </div>
+                )}
+            </RovingTabIndexProvider>
         </BaseDialog>
     );
 };
diff --git a/src/components/views/elements/TruncatedList.tsx b/src/components/views/elements/TruncatedList.tsx
index 074df5bfb2..4c6979832d 100644
--- a/src/components/views/elements/TruncatedList.tsx
+++ b/src/components/views/elements/TruncatedList.tsx
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ interface IProps {
     // This will be inserted after the children.
     createOverflowElement: (overflowCount: number, totalCount: number) => React.ReactNode;
     children?: ReactNode;
+    id?: string;
 }
 
 export default class TruncatedList extends React.Component<IProps> {
@@ -86,7 +87,7 @@ export default class TruncatedList extends React.Component<IProps> {
         const childNodes = this.getChildren(0, upperBound);
 
         return (
-            <div className={this.props.className}>
+            <div className={this.props.className} role="list" id={this.props.id}>
                 {childNodes}
                 {overflowNode}
             </div>
diff --git a/test/accessibility/RovingTabIndex-test.tsx b/test/accessibility/RovingTabIndex-test.tsx
index 4a2e67fece..c2d5fbf0a8 100644
--- a/test/accessibility/RovingTabIndex-test.tsx
+++ b/test/accessibility/RovingTabIndex-test.tsx
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ limitations under the License.
 
 import React, { HTMLAttributes } from "react";
 import { render } from "@testing-library/react";
+import userEvent from "@testing-library/user-event";
 
 import {
     IState,
@@ -364,4 +365,61 @@ describe("RovingTabIndex", () => {
             });
         });
     });
+
+    describe("handles arrow keys", () => {
+        it("should handle up/down arrow keys work when handleUpDown=true", async () => {
+            const { container } = render(
+                <RovingTabIndexProvider handleUpDown>
+                    {({ onKeyDownHandler }) => (
+                        <div onKeyDown={onKeyDownHandler}>
+                            {button1}
+                            {button2}
+                            {button3}
+                        </div>
+                    )}
+                </RovingTabIndexProvider>,
+            );
+
+            container.querySelectorAll("button")[0].focus();
+            checkTabIndexes(container.querySelectorAll("button"), [0, -1, -1]);
+
+            await userEvent.keyboard("[ArrowDown]");
+            checkTabIndexes(container.querySelectorAll("button"), [-1, 0, -1]);
+
+            await userEvent.keyboard("[ArrowDown]");
+            checkTabIndexes(container.querySelectorAll("button"), [-1, -1, 0]);
+
+            await userEvent.keyboard("[ArrowUp]");
+            checkTabIndexes(container.querySelectorAll("button"), [-1, 0, -1]);
+
+            await userEvent.keyboard("[ArrowUp]");
+            checkTabIndexes(container.querySelectorAll("button"), [0, -1, -1]);
+
+            // Does not loop without
+            await userEvent.keyboard("[ArrowUp]");
+            checkTabIndexes(container.querySelectorAll("button"), [0, -1, -1]);
+        });
+
+        it("should call scrollIntoView if specified", async () => {
+            const { container } = render(
+                <RovingTabIndexProvider handleUpDown scrollIntoView>
+                    {({ onKeyDownHandler }) => (
+                        <div onKeyDown={onKeyDownHandler}>
+                            {button1}
+                            {button2}
+                            {button3}
+                        </div>
+                    )}
+                </RovingTabIndexProvider>,
+            );
+
+            container.querySelectorAll("button")[0].focus();
+            checkTabIndexes(container.querySelectorAll("button"), [0, -1, -1]);
+
+            const button = container.querySelectorAll("button")[1];
+            const mock = jest.spyOn(button, "scrollIntoView");
+            await userEvent.keyboard("[ArrowDown]");
+            expect(mock).toHaveBeenCalled();
+        });
+    });
 });
diff --git a/test/components/views/dialogs/ForwardDialog-test.tsx b/test/components/views/dialogs/ForwardDialog-test.tsx
index 1147a8ac93..6206087ab8 100644
--- a/test/components/views/dialogs/ForwardDialog-test.tsx
+++ b/test/components/views/dialogs/ForwardDialog-test.tsx
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ import {
     M_TIMESTAMP,
     M_TEXT,
 } from "matrix-js-sdk/src/matrix";
-import { act, fireEvent, getByTestId, render, RenderResult, screen } from "@testing-library/react";
+import { act, fireEvent, getByTestId, render, RenderResult, screen, waitFor } from "@testing-library/react";
 import userEvent from "@testing-library/user-event";
 
 import { MatrixClientPeg } from "../../../../src/MatrixClientPeg";
@@ -44,6 +44,13 @@ import {
 import { TILE_SERVER_WK_KEY } from "../../../../src/utils/WellKnownUtils";
 import SettingsStore from "../../../../src/settings/SettingsStore";
 
+// mock offsetParent
+Object.defineProperty(HTMLElement.prototype, "offsetParent", {
+    get() {
+        return this.parentNode;
+    },
+});
+
 describe("ForwardDialog", () => {
     const sourceRoom = "!111111111111111111:example.org";
     const aliceId = "@alice:example.org";
@@ -128,6 +135,37 @@ describe("ForwardDialog", () => {
         expect(container.querySelectorAll(".mx_ForwardList_entry")).toHaveLength(3);
     });
 
+    it("should be navigable using arrow keys", async () => {
+        const { container } = mountForwardDialog();
+
+        const searchBox = getByTestId(container, "searchbox-input");
+        searchBox.focus();
+        await waitFor(() =>
+            expect(container.querySelectorAll(".mx_ForwardList_entry")[0]).toHaveClass("mx_ForwardList_entry_active"),
+        );
+
+        await userEvent.keyboard("[ArrowDown]");
+        await waitFor(() =>
+            expect(container.querySelectorAll(".mx_ForwardList_entry")[1]).toHaveClass("mx_ForwardList_entry_active"),
+        );
+
+        await userEvent.keyboard("[ArrowDown]");
+        await waitFor(() =>
+            expect(container.querySelectorAll(".mx_ForwardList_entry")[2]).toHaveClass("mx_ForwardList_entry_active"),
+        );
+
+        await userEvent.keyboard("[ArrowUp]");
+        await waitFor(() =>
+            expect(container.querySelectorAll(".mx_ForwardList_entry")[1]).toHaveClass("mx_ForwardList_entry_active"),
+        );
+
+        await userEvent.keyboard("[Enter]");
+        expect(mockClient.sendEvent).toHaveBeenCalledWith("A", "m.room.message", {
+            body: "Hello world!",
+            msgtype: "m.text",
+        });
+    });
+
     it("tracks message sending progress across multiple rooms", async () => {
         mockPlatformPeg();
         const { container } = mountForwardDialog();