diff --git a/src/app/shared/form/builder/ds-dynamic-form-ui/models/scrollable-dropdown/dynamic-scrollable-dropdown.component.html b/src/app/shared/form/builder/ds-dynamic-form-ui/models/scrollable-dropdown/dynamic-scrollable-dropdown.component.html
index 1ac38e9943..60fba04687 100644
--- a/src/app/shared/form/builder/ds-dynamic-form-ui/models/scrollable-dropdown/dynamic-scrollable-dropdown.component.html
+++ b/src/app/shared/form/builder/ds-dynamic-form-ui/models/scrollable-dropdown/dynamic-scrollable-dropdown.component.html
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
            (keydown)="selectOnKeyDown($event, sdRef)">
   </div>
 
-  <div ngbDropdownMenu
+  <div #dropdownMenu ngbDropdownMenu
        class="dropdown-menu scrollable-dropdown-menu w-100"
        aria-haspopup="true"
        aria-expanded="false"
@@ -42,7 +42,8 @@
          [scrollWindow]="false">
 
       <button class="dropdown-item disabled" *ngIf="optionsList && optionsList.length == 0">{{'form.no-results' | translate}}</button>
-      <button class="dropdown-item collection-item text-truncate" *ngFor="let listEntry of optionsList"
+      <button class="dropdown-item collection-item text-truncate" *ngFor="let listEntry of optionsList; let i = index"
+              [class.active]="i === selectedIndex"
               (keydown.enter)="onSelect(listEntry); sdRef.close()" (mousedown)="onSelect(listEntry); sdRef.close()"
               title="{{ listEntry.display }}" role="option"
               [attr.id]="listEntry.display == (currentValue|async) ? ('combobox_' + id + '_selected') : null">
diff --git a/src/app/shared/form/builder/ds-dynamic-form-ui/models/scrollable-dropdown/dynamic-scrollable-dropdown.component.ts b/src/app/shared/form/builder/ds-dynamic-form-ui/models/scrollable-dropdown/dynamic-scrollable-dropdown.component.ts
index ce481351fd..5e0538a171 100644
--- a/src/app/shared/form/builder/ds-dynamic-form-ui/models/scrollable-dropdown/dynamic-scrollable-dropdown.component.ts
+++ b/src/app/shared/form/builder/ds-dynamic-form-ui/models/scrollable-dropdown/dynamic-scrollable-dropdown.component.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,13 @@
-import { ChangeDetectorRef, Component, EventEmitter, Input, OnInit, Output } from '@angular/core';
+import {
+  ChangeDetectorRef,
+  Component,
+  EventEmitter,
+  Input,
+  OnInit,
+  Output,
+  ViewChild,
+  ElementRef
+} from '@angular/core';
 import { UntypedFormGroup } from '@angular/forms';
 
 import { Observable, of as observableOf } from 'rxjs';
@@ -28,6 +37,8 @@ import { FormFieldMetadataValueObject } from '../../../models/form-field-metadat
   templateUrl: './dynamic-scrollable-dropdown.component.html'
 })
 export class DsDynamicScrollableDropdownComponent extends DsDynamicVocabularyComponent implements OnInit {
+  @ViewChild('dropdownMenu', { read: ElementRef }) dropdownMenu: ElementRef;
+
   @Input() bindId = true;
   @Input() group: UntypedFormGroup;
   @Input() model: DynamicScrollableDropdownModel;
@@ -41,6 +52,7 @@ export class DsDynamicScrollableDropdownComponent extends DsDynamicVocabularyCom
   public pageInfo: PageInfo;
   public optionsList: any;
   public inputText: string = null;
+  public selectedIndex = 0;
   public acceptableKeys = ['Space', 'NumpadMultiply', 'NumpadAdd', 'NumpadSubtract', 'NumpadDecimal', 'Semicolon', 'Equal', 'Comma', 'Minus', 'Period', 'Quote', 'Backquote'];
 
   constructor(protected vocabularyService: VocabularyService,
@@ -73,6 +85,7 @@ export class DsDynamicScrollableDropdownComponent extends DsDynamicVocabularyCom
         list.pageInfo.totalElements,
         list.pageInfo.totalPages
       );
+      this.selectedIndex = 0;
       this.cdr.detectChanges();
     });
   }
@@ -96,6 +109,23 @@ export class DsDynamicScrollableDropdownComponent extends DsDynamicVocabularyCom
     }
   }
 
+  navigateDropdown(event: KeyboardEvent) {
+    if (event.key === 'ArrowDown') {
+      this.selectedIndex = Math.min(this.selectedIndex + 1, this.optionsList.length - 1);
+    } else if (event.key === 'ArrowUp') {
+      this.selectedIndex = Math.max(this.selectedIndex - 1, 0);
+    }
+    this.scrollToSelected();
+  }
+
+  scrollToSelected() {
+    const dropdownItems = this.dropdownMenu.nativeElement.querySelectorAll('.dropdown-item');
+    const selectedItem = dropdownItems[this.selectedIndex];
+    if (selectedItem) {
+      selectedItem.scrollIntoView({ block: 'nearest' });
+    }
+  }
+
   /**
    * KeyDown handler to allow toggling the dropdown via keyboard
    * @param event KeyboardEvent
@@ -104,12 +134,19 @@ export class DsDynamicScrollableDropdownComponent extends DsDynamicVocabularyCom
   selectOnKeyDown(event: KeyboardEvent, sdRef: NgbDropdown) {
     const keyName = event.key;
 
-    if (keyName === ' ' || keyName === 'Enter') {
+    if (keyName === 'Enter') {
       event.preventDefault();
       event.stopPropagation();
-      sdRef.toggle();
+      if (sdRef.isOpen()) {
+        this.onSelect(this.optionsList[this.selectedIndex]);
+        sdRef.close();
+      } else {
+        sdRef.open();
+      }
     } else if (keyName === 'ArrowDown' || keyName === 'ArrowUp') {
-      this.openDropdown(sdRef);
+      event.preventDefault();
+      event.stopPropagation();
+      this.navigateDropdown(event);
     } else if (keyName === 'Backspace') {
       this.removeKeyFromInput();
     } else if (this.isAcceptableKey(keyName)) {