diff --git a/apps/web/__e2e__/keyboard-list-navigation.test.ts b/apps/web/__e2e__/keyboard-list-navigation.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1cc15be11
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/web/__e2e__/keyboard-list-navigation.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,233 @@
+/*
+This file is part of the Notesnook project (https://notesnook.com/)
+
+Copyright (C) 2022 Streetwriters (Private) Limited
+
+This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+(at your option) any later version.
+
+This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+GNU General Public License for more details.
+
+You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+*/
+
+import { expect, Page, test } from "@playwright/test";
+import { AppModel } from "./models/app.model";
+import { NoteItemModel } from "./models/note-item.model";
+
+async function populateList(page: Page, count = 5) {
+  const app = new AppModel(page);
+  await app.goto();
+  const notes = await app.goToNotes();
+  const notesList: NoteItemModel[] = [];
+  for (let i = 0; i < count; ++i) {
+    const note = await notes.createNote({
+      title: `Test note ${i}`
+      // content: `Test note ${i}`.repeat(10)
+    });
+    if (!note) continue;
+    notesList.push(note);
+  }
+  return { notes, app, notesList: notesList.reverse() };
+}
+
+test("ctrl+a should select all notes", async ({ page }) => {
+  const { notesList, notes } = await populateList(page);
+  await notes.focus();
+
+  await notes.press("Control+a");
+
+  for (const note of notesList) {
+    expect(await note.isSelected()).toBeTruthy();
+  }
+});
+
+test("pressing Escape should deselect all items", async ({ page }) => {
+  const { notesList, notes } = await populateList(page);
+  await notes.focus();
+  await notes.press("Control+a");
+
+  await notes.press("Escape");
+
+  let selected = 0;
+  for (const note of notesList) {
+    if (await note.isSelected()) ++selected;
+  }
+  expect(selected).toBeLessThanOrEqual(1);
+});
+
+test("pressing ArrowDown should focus next note", async ({ page }) => {
+  const { notesList, notes } = await populateList(page);
+  await notes.focus();
+
+  await notes.press("ArrowDown");
+
+  expect(await notesList[1].isFocused()).toBeTruthy();
+});
+
+test("pressing ArrowUp should focus prev note", async ({ page }) => {
+  const { notesList, notes } = await populateList(page);
+  await notes.focus();
+  await notes.press("ArrowDown");
+  await notes.press("ArrowDown");
+
+  await notes.press("ArrowUp");
+
+  expect(await notesList[1].isFocused()).toBeTruthy();
+});
+
+test("pressing Space should open focused note", async ({ page }) => {
+  const { notesList, notes } = await populateList(page);
+  await notes.focus();
+  await notes.press("ArrowDown");
+  await notes.press("ArrowDown");
+
+  await notes.press("Space");
+
+  expect(await notes.editor.getTitle()).toBe(await notesList[2].getTitle());
+});
+
+test("pressing Enter should open focused note", async ({ page }) => {
+  const { notesList, notes } = await populateList(page);
+  await notes.focus();
+  await notes.press("ArrowDown");
+  await notes.press("ArrowDown");
+
+  await notes.press("Enter");
+
+  expect(await notes.editor.getTitle()).toBe(await notesList[2].getTitle());
+});
+
+test("pressing Shift+ArrowDown should select next note", async ({ page }) => {
+  const { notesList, notes } = await populateList(page);
+  await notes.focus();
+
+  await notes.press("Shift+ArrowDown");
+  await notes.press("Shift+ArrowDown");
+
+  expect(await notesList[0].isSelected()).toBeTruthy();
+  expect(await notesList[1].isSelected()).toBeTruthy();
+  expect(await notesList[2].isSelected()).toBeTruthy();
+  expect(await notesList[3].isSelected()).toBeFalsy();
+});
+
+test("pressing Shift+ArrowUp should select previous note", async ({ page }) => {
+  const { notesList, notes } = await populateList(page);
+  await notes.focus();
+  await notes.press("ArrowDown");
+  await notes.press("ArrowDown");
+
+  await notes.press("Shift+ArrowUp");
+  await notes.press("Shift+ArrowUp");
+  await notes.press("Shift+ArrowUp");
+
+  expect(await notesList[0].isSelected()).toBeTruthy();
+  expect(await notesList[1].isSelected()).toBeTruthy();
+  expect(await notesList[2].isSelected()).toBeTruthy();
+  expect(await notesList[3].isSelected()).toBeFalsy();
+});
+
+test("use Shift+ArrowUp & Shift+ArrowDown for note selection", async ({
+  page
+}) => {
+  const { notesList, notes } = await populateList(page, 10);
+  await notes.focus();
+  // move focus 5 items down
+  for (let i = 0; i < 5; ++i) {
+    await notes.press("ArrowDown");
+  }
+
+  // select 5 items in the upward direction
+  for (let i = 0; i < 5; ++i) {
+    await notes.press("Shift+ArrowUp");
+  }
+
+  // ensure the first 5 items are selected
+  for (let i = 0; i <= 5; ++i) {
+    expect(await notesList[i].isSelected()).toBeTruthy();
+  }
+
+  // deselect 5 items downward
+  for (let i = 0; i <= 5; ++i) {
+    await notes.press("Shift+ArrowDown");
+  }
+
+  // ensure the first 4 items are deselected (5th item is the anchor)
+  for (let i = 0; i < 5; ++i) {
+    expect(await notesList[i].isSelected()).toBeFalsy();
+  }
+
+  // select 5 items downward
+  for (let i = 0; i <= 5; ++i) {
+    await notes.press("Shift+ArrowDown");
+  }
+
+  // ensure the last 5 items are selected
+  for (let i = 5; i < 10; ++i) {
+    expect(await notesList[i].isSelected()).toBeTruthy();
+  }
+
+  // deselect the last 5 items upward
+  for (let i = 0; i <= 5; ++i) {
+    await notes.press("Shift+ArrowUp");
+  }
+
+  // ensure the last 4 items were deselected (5th is anchor)
+  for (let i = 6; i < 10; ++i) {
+    expect(await notesList[i].isSelected()).toBeFalsy();
+  }
+  expect(await notesList[5].isSelected()).toBeTruthy();
+});
+
+test("select notes using Control+Click", async ({ page }) => {
+  const { notesList, notes } = await populateList(page, 10);
+  await notes.focus();
+
+  await page.keyboard.down("Control");
+  for (let i = 2; i < 10; i += 2) {
+    await notesList[i].click();
+  }
+  await page.keyboard.up("Control");
+
+  for (let i = 2; i < 10; i += 2) {
+    expect(await notesList[i].isSelected()).toBeTruthy();
+  }
+});
+
+test("select notes using Shift+Click downwards", async ({ page }) => {
+  const { notesList, notes } = await populateList(page, 10);
+  await notes.focus();
+
+  await page.keyboard.down("Shift");
+  await notesList[5].click();
+  await page.keyboard.up("Shift");
+
+  for (let i = 0; i <= 5; i++) {
+    expect(await notesList[i].isSelected()).toBeTruthy();
+  }
+  expect(await notesList[5].isFocused()).toBeTruthy();
+});
+
+test("select notes using Shift+Click upwards", async ({ page }) => {
+  const { notesList, notes } = await populateList(page, 10);
+  await notes.focus();
+
+  for (let i = 0; i < 5; ++i) {
+    await notes.press("ArrowDown");
+  }
+
+  await page.keyboard.down("Shift");
+  await notesList[0].click();
+  await page.keyboard.up("Shift");
+
+  for (let i = 0; i <= 5; i++) {
+    expect(await notesList[i].isSelected()).toBeTruthy();
+  }
+  expect(await notesList[0].isFocused()).toBeTruthy();
+});
diff --git a/apps/web/__e2e__/models/base-item.model.ts b/apps/web/__e2e__/models/base-item.model.ts
index f9b866441..ba1506fb4 100644
--- a/apps/web/__e2e__/models/base-item.model.ts
+++ b/apps/web/__e2e__/models/base-item.model.ts
@@ -31,6 +31,19 @@ export class BaseItemModel {
     this.descriptionText = this.locator.locator(getTestId(`description`));
   }
 
+  async isSelected() {
+    return (await this.locator.getAttribute("class"))?.includes("selected");
+  }
+
+  async isFocused() {
+    return await this.locator.evaluate((el) => el === document.activeElement);
+  }
+
+  async click() {
+    await this.locator.scrollIntoViewIfNeeded();
+    await this.locator.click();
+  }
+
   async getId() {
     return await this.locator.getAttribute("id");
   }
diff --git a/apps/web/__e2e__/models/base-view.model.ts b/apps/web/__e2e__/models/base-view.model.ts
index 85e961fc1..5039b84d7 100644
--- a/apps/web/__e2e__/models/base-view.model.ts
+++ b/apps/web/__e2e__/models/base-view.model.ts
@@ -72,4 +72,26 @@ export class BaseViewModel {
       await this.list.waitFor();
     }
   }
+
+  async focus() {
+    const items = this.list.locator(
+      `${getTestId(`virtuoso-item-list`)} >> ${getTestId("list-item")}`
+    );
+    await items.nth(0).click();
+    await items.nth(0).click();
+  }
+
+  // async selectAll() {
+  //   await this.press("Control+a");
+  // }
+
+  // async selectNext() {
+  //   await this.press("ArrowDown");
+  // }
+
+  async press(key: string) {
+    const itemList = this.list.locator(getTestId(`virtuoso-item-list`));
+    await itemList.press(key);
+    await this.page.waitForTimeout(300);
+  }
 }
diff --git a/apps/web/__e2e__/models/note-item.model.ts b/apps/web/__e2e__/models/note-item.model.ts
index 094e56215..3ef9f48aa 100644
--- a/apps/web/__e2e__/models/note-item.model.ts
+++ b/apps/web/__e2e__/models/note-item.model.ts
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ export class NoteItemModel extends BaseItemModel {
   }
 
   async openNote() {
-    await this.locator.click();
+    await this.click();
     const title = await this.getTitle();
     const description = await this.getDescription();