diff --git a/app/soapbox/components/scrollable_list.tsx b/app/soapbox/components/scrollable_list.tsx
index c2497547b..3cd3f5132 100644
--- a/app/soapbox/components/scrollable_list.tsx
+++ b/app/soapbox/components/scrollable_list.tsx
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ interface IScrollableList extends VirtuosoProps<any, any> {
   onRefresh?: () => Promise<any>,
   className?: string,
   itemClassName?: string,
+  id?: string,
   style?: React.CSSProperties,
   useWindowScroll?: boolean
 }
@@ -60,6 +61,7 @@ const ScrollableList = React.forwardRef<VirtuosoHandle, IScrollableList>(({
   onLoadMore,
   className,
   itemClassName,
+  id,
   hasMore,
   placeholderComponent: Placeholder,
   placeholderCount = 0,
@@ -133,6 +135,7 @@ const ScrollableList = React.forwardRef<VirtuosoHandle, IScrollableList>(({
   const renderFeed = (): JSX.Element => (
     <Virtuoso
       ref={ref}
+      id={id}
       useWindowScroll={useWindowScroll}
       className={className}
       data={data}
diff --git a/app/soapbox/components/status.tsx b/app/soapbox/components/status.tsx
index 3396b2d76..9bcc772ee 100644
--- a/app/soapbox/components/status.tsx
+++ b/app/soapbox/components/status.tsx
@@ -282,13 +282,11 @@ class Status extends ImmutablePureComponent<IStatus, IStatusState> {
   }
 
   handleHotkeyMoveUp = (e?: KeyboardEvent): void => {
-    // FIXME: what's going on here?
-    // this.props.onMoveUp(this.props.status.id, e?.target?.getAttribute('data-featured'));
+    this.props.onMoveUp(this.props.status.id, this.props.featured);
   }
 
   handleHotkeyMoveDown = (e?: KeyboardEvent): void => {
-    // FIXME: what's going on here?
-    // this.props.onMoveDown(this.props.status.id, e?.target?.getAttribute('data-featured'));
+    this.props.onMoveDown(this.props.status.id, this.props.featured);
   }
 
   handleHotkeyToggleHidden = (): void => {
@@ -601,7 +599,7 @@ class Status extends ImmutablePureComponent<IStatus, IStatusState> {
     return (
       <HotKeys handlers={handlers} data-testid='status'>
         <div
-          className='status cursor-pointer'
+          className={classNames('status cursor-pointer', { focusable: this.props.focusable })}
           tabIndex={this.props.focusable && !this.props.muted ? 0 : undefined}
           data-featured={featured ? 'true' : null}
           aria-label={textForScreenReader(intl, status, rebloggedByText)}
diff --git a/app/soapbox/components/status_list.js b/app/soapbox/components/status_list.js
index 7df03f365..bfc90869e 100644
--- a/app/soapbox/components/status_list.js
+++ b/app/soapbox/components/status_list.js
@@ -77,18 +77,18 @@ export default class StatusList extends ImmutablePureComponent {
     this.props.onLoadMore(loadMoreID);
   }, 300, { leading: true })
 
-  _selectChild(index, align_top) {
-    const container = this.node.node;
-    const element = container.querySelector(`article:nth-of-type(${index + 1}) .focusable`);
+  _selectChild(index) {
+    this.node.scrollIntoView({
+      index,
+      behavior: 'smooth',
+      done: () => {
+        const element = document.querySelector(`#status-list [data-index="${index}"] .focusable`);
 
-    if (element) {
-      if (align_top && container.scrollTop > element.offsetTop) {
-        element.scrollIntoView(true);
-      } else if (!align_top && container.scrollTop + container.clientHeight < element.offsetTop + element.offsetHeight) {
-        element.scrollIntoView(false);
-      }
-      element.focus();
-    }
+        if (element) {
+          element.focus();
+        }
+      },
+    });
   }
 
   handleDequeueTimeline = () => {
@@ -216,6 +216,7 @@ export default class StatusList extends ImmutablePureComponent {
         message={messages.queue}
       />,
       <ScrollableList
+        id='status-list'
         key='scrollable-list'
         isLoading={isLoading}
         showLoading={isLoading && statusIds.size === 0}
diff --git a/app/soapbox/features/conversations/components/conversations_list.js b/app/soapbox/features/conversations/components/conversations_list.js
index 95629045d..6e2f751a9 100644
--- a/app/soapbox/features/conversations/components/conversations_list.js
+++ b/app/soapbox/features/conversations/components/conversations_list.js
@@ -20,26 +20,26 @@ export default class ConversationsList extends ImmutablePureComponent {
 
   handleMoveUp = id => {
     const elementIndex = this.getCurrentIndex(id) - 1;
-    this._selectChild(elementIndex, true);
+    this._selectChild(elementIndex);
   }
 
   handleMoveDown = id => {
     const elementIndex = this.getCurrentIndex(id) + 1;
-    this._selectChild(elementIndex, false);
+    this._selectChild(elementIndex);
   }
 
-  _selectChild(index, align_top) {
-    const container = this.node.node;
-    const element = container.querySelector(`article:nth-of-type(${index + 1}) .focusable`);
+  _selectChild(index) {
+    this.node.scrollIntoView({
+      index,
+      behavior: 'smooth',
+      done: () => {
+        const element = document.querySelector(`#direct-list [data-index="${index}"] .focusable`);
 
-    if (element) {
-      if (align_top && container.scrollTop > element.offsetTop) {
-        element.scrollIntoView(true);
-      } else if (!align_top && container.scrollTop + container.clientHeight < element.offsetTop + element.offsetHeight) {
-        element.scrollIntoView(false);
-      }
-      element.focus();
-    }
+        if (element) {
+          element.focus();
+        }
+      },
+    });
   }
 
   setRef = c => {
@@ -58,7 +58,9 @@ export default class ConversationsList extends ImmutablePureComponent {
       <ScrollableList
         {...other}
         onLoadMore={onLoadMore && this.handleLoadOlder}
-        scrollKey='direct' ref={this.setRef}
+        id='direct-list'
+        scrollKey='direct'
+        ref={this.setRef}
         isLoading={isLoading}
         showLoading={isLoading && conversations.size === 0}
       >
diff --git a/app/soapbox/features/notifications/index.js b/app/soapbox/features/notifications/index.js
index 69c18799e..05fed79a7 100644
--- a/app/soapbox/features/notifications/index.js
+++ b/app/soapbox/features/notifications/index.js
@@ -111,32 +111,37 @@ class Notifications extends React.PureComponent {
     this.props.dispatch(scrollTopNotifications(false));
   }, 100);
 
+  setRef = c => {
+    this.node = c;
+  }
+
   setColumnRef = c => {
     this.column = c;
   }
 
   handleMoveUp = id => {
     const elementIndex = this.props.notifications.findIndex(item => item !== null && item.get('id') === id) - 1;
-    this._selectChild(elementIndex, true);
+    this._selectChild(elementIndex);
   }
 
   handleMoveDown = id => {
     const elementIndex = this.props.notifications.findIndex(item => item !== null && item.get('id') === id) + 1;
-    this._selectChild(elementIndex, false);
+    this._selectChild(elementIndex);
   }
 
-  _selectChild(index, align_top) {
-    const container = this.column;
-    const element = container.querySelector(`article:nth-of-type(${index + 1}) .focusable`);
+  _selectChild(index) {
+    this.node.scrollIntoView({
+      index,
+      behavior: 'smooth',
+      done: () => {
+        const container = this.column;
+        const element = container.querySelector(`[data-index="${index}"] .focusable`);
 
-    if (element) {
-      if (align_top && container.scrollTop > element.offsetTop) {
-        element.scrollIntoView(true);
-      } else if (!align_top && container.scrollTop + container.clientHeight < element.offsetTop + element.offsetHeight) {
-        element.scrollIntoView(false);
-      }
-      element.focus();
-    }
+        if (element) {
+          element.focus();
+        }
+      },
+    });
   }
 
   handleDequeueNotifications = () => {
@@ -161,6 +166,7 @@ class Notifications extends React.PureComponent {
     const scrollContainer  = (
       <PullToRefresh onRefresh={this.handleRefresh}>
         <Virtuoso
+          ref={this.setRef}
           useWindowScroll
           data={showLoading ? Array(20).fill() : notifications.toArray()}
           startReached={this.handleScrollToTop}
diff --git a/app/soapbox/features/status/index.tsx b/app/soapbox/features/status/index.tsx
index f30f69335..ed762b7b5 100644
--- a/app/soapbox/features/status/index.tsx
+++ b/app/soapbox/features/status/index.tsx
@@ -715,7 +715,7 @@ class Status extends ImmutablePureComponent<IStatus, IStatusState> {
         <HotKeys handlers={handlers}>
           <div
             ref={this.setStatusRef}
-            className={classNames('detailed-status__wrapper')}
+            className='detailed-status__wrapper focusable'
             tabIndex={0}
             // FIXME: no "reblogged by" text is added for the screen reader
             aria-label={textForScreenReader(intl, status)}