diff --git a/objdiff-gui/src/hotkeys.rs b/objdiff-gui/src/hotkeys.rs
index ba2e660..723e4a3 100644
--- a/objdiff-gui/src/hotkeys.rs
+++ b/objdiff-gui/src/hotkeys.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-use egui::{style::ScrollAnimation, vec2, Context, Key, PointerButton};
+use egui::{style::ScrollAnimation, vec2, Context, Key, Modifiers, PointerButton};
 
 pub fn enter_pressed(ctx: &Context) -> bool {
     ctx.input_mut(|i| i.key_pressed(Key::Enter) || i.pointer.button_pressed(PointerButton::Extra2))
@@ -26,11 +26,11 @@ pub fn home_pressed(ctx: &Context) -> bool { ctx.input_mut(|i| i.key_pressed(Key
 
 pub fn end_pressed(ctx: &Context) -> bool { ctx.input_mut(|i| i.key_pressed(Key::End)) }
 
-pub fn check_scroll_hotkeys(ui: &mut egui::Ui) {
+pub fn check_scroll_hotkeys(ui: &mut egui::Ui, include_small_increments: bool) {
     let ui_height = ui.available_rect_before_wrap().height();
-    if up_pressed(ui.ctx()) {
+    if up_pressed(ui.ctx()) && include_small_increments {
         ui.scroll_with_delta_animation(vec2(0.0, ui_height / 10.0), ScrollAnimation::none());
-    } else if down_pressed(ui.ctx()) {
+    } else if down_pressed(ui.ctx()) && include_small_increments {
         ui.scroll_with_delta_animation(vec2(0.0, -ui_height / 10.0), ScrollAnimation::none());
     } else if page_up_pressed(ui.ctx()) {
         ui.scroll_with_delta_animation(vec2(0.0, ui_height), ScrollAnimation::none());
@@ -42,3 +42,15 @@ pub fn check_scroll_hotkeys(ui: &mut egui::Ui) {
         ui.scroll_with_delta_animation(vec2(0.0, -f32::INFINITY), ScrollAnimation::none());
     }
 }
+
+pub fn consume_up_key(ctx: &Context) -> bool {
+    ctx.input_mut(|i| {
+        i.consume_key(Modifiers::NONE, Key::ArrowUp) || i.consume_key(Modifiers::NONE, Key::W)
+    })
+}
+
+pub fn consume_down_key(ctx: &Context) -> bool {
+    ctx.input_mut(|i| {
+        i.consume_key(Modifiers::NONE, Key::ArrowDown) || i.consume_key(Modifiers::NONE, Key::S)
+    })
+}
diff --git a/objdiff-gui/src/views/data_diff.rs b/objdiff-gui/src/views/data_diff.rs
index c08e415..37f2a6c 100644
--- a/objdiff-gui/src/views/data_diff.rs
+++ b/objdiff-gui/src/views/data_diff.rs
@@ -179,7 +179,7 @@ fn data_table_ui(
     let left_diffs = left_section.map(|(_, section)| split_diffs(&section.data_diff));
     let right_diffs = right_section.map(|(_, section)| split_diffs(&section.data_diff));
 
-    hotkeys::check_scroll_hotkeys(ui);
+    hotkeys::check_scroll_hotkeys(ui, true);
 
     render_table(ui, available_width, 2, config.code_font.size, total_rows, |row, column| {
         let i = row.index();
diff --git a/objdiff-gui/src/views/extab_diff.rs b/objdiff-gui/src/views/extab_diff.rs
index db391e0..5d99117 100644
--- a/objdiff-gui/src/views/extab_diff.rs
+++ b/objdiff-gui/src/views/extab_diff.rs
@@ -235,7 +235,7 @@ pub fn extab_diff_ui(
         }
     });
 
-    hotkeys::check_scroll_hotkeys(ui);
+    hotkeys::check_scroll_hotkeys(ui, true);
 
     // Table
     render_strips(ui, available_width, 2, |ui, column| {
diff --git a/objdiff-gui/src/views/function_diff.rs b/objdiff-gui/src/views/function_diff.rs
index 1df1152..67ea175 100644
--- a/objdiff-gui/src/views/function_diff.rs
+++ b/objdiff-gui/src/views/function_diff.rs
@@ -435,7 +435,7 @@ fn asm_table_ui(
     };
     if left_len.is_some() && right_len.is_some() {
         // Joint view
-        hotkeys::check_scroll_hotkeys(ui);
+        hotkeys::check_scroll_hotkeys(ui, true);
         render_table(
             ui,
             available_width,
diff --git a/objdiff-gui/src/views/symbol_diff.rs b/objdiff-gui/src/views/symbol_diff.rs
index 7fa185f..eed3bbd 100644
--- a/objdiff-gui/src/views/symbol_diff.rs
+++ b/objdiff-gui/src/views/symbol_diff.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-use std::{collections::BTreeMap, mem::take};
+use std::{collections::BTreeMap, mem::take, ops::Bound};
 
 use egui::{
     text::LayoutJob, CollapsingHeader, Color32, Id, OpenUrl, ScrollArea, SelectableLabel, TextEdit,
@@ -649,7 +649,55 @@ pub fn symbol_list_ui(
             }
         }
 
-        hotkeys::check_scroll_hotkeys(ui);
+        hotkeys::check_scroll_hotkeys(ui, false);
+
+        let mut new_key_value_to_highlight = None;
+        if let Some(sym_ref) =
+            if column == 0 { state.highlighted_symbol.0 } else { state.highlighted_symbol.1 }
+        {
+            let up = if hotkeys::consume_up_key(ui.ctx()) {
+                Some(true)
+            } else if hotkeys::consume_down_key(ui.ctx()) {
+                Some(false)
+            } else {
+                None
+            };
+            if let Some(mut up) = up {
+                if state.reverse_fn_order {
+                    up = !up;
+                }
+                new_key_value_to_highlight = if up {
+                    mapping.range(..sym_ref).next_back()
+                } else {
+                    mapping.range((Bound::Excluded(sym_ref), Bound::Unbounded)).next()
+                };
+            };
+        } else {
+            // No symbol is highlighted in this column. Select the topmost symbol instead.
+            // Note that we intentionally do not consume the up/down key presses in this case, but
+            // we do when a symbol is highlighted. This is so that if only one column has a symbol
+            // highlighted, that one takes precedence over the one with nothing highlighted.
+            if hotkeys::up_pressed(ui.ctx()) || hotkeys::down_pressed(ui.ctx()) {
+                new_key_value_to_highlight = if state.reverse_fn_order {
+                    mapping.last_key_value()
+                } else {
+                    mapping.first_key_value()
+                };
+            }
+        }
+        if let Some((new_sym_ref, new_symbol_diff)) = new_key_value_to_highlight {
+            ret = Some(if column == 0 {
+                DiffViewAction::SetSymbolHighlight(
+                    Some(*new_sym_ref),
+                    new_symbol_diff.target_symbol,
+                )
+            } else {
+                DiffViewAction::SetSymbolHighlight(
+                    new_symbol_diff.target_symbol,
+                    Some(*new_sym_ref),
+                )
+            });
+        }
 
         ui.scope(|ui| {
             ui.style_mut().override_text_style = Some(egui::TextStyle::Monospace);