[UX] Admin bar: allow search results to be selected via keyboard up/down buttons.

The goal is to start typing a search string and once the desired result is among the returned results, use the up/down keyboard arrows to move to that and finally press enter to go to the link.

jquery - Javascript - How to change focus on links in a list with keyboard arrow keys - Stack Overflow

GitHub Link:

https://github.com/backdrop/backdrop-issues/issues/1850

GitHub Issue #:

1850

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