diff --git a/apps/red-ui/src/app/screens/file/file-preview-screen/file-preview-screen.component.html b/apps/red-ui/src/app/screens/file/file-preview-screen/file-preview-screen.component.html
index 1c391c203..92fe4d1f8 100644
--- a/apps/red-ui/src/app/screens/file/file-preview-screen/file-preview-screen.component.html
+++ b/apps/red-ui/src/app/screens/file/file-preview-screen/file-preview-screen.component.html
@@ -126,7 +126,9 @@
       </div>
 
       <div class="right-content">
-        <div class="pages" [class.activePanel]="pagesPanelActive" #quickNavigation>
+        <div class="pages" [class.activePanel]="pagesPanelActive"
+             (keyup)="$event.preventDefault();"
+             #quickNavigation>
           <div class="page-number pointer"
                [ngClass]="{ active: pageNumber === activeViewerPage }"
                *ngFor="let pageNumber of displayedPages"
@@ -135,7 +137,9 @@
           </div>
         </div>
 
-        <div class="annotations" [class.activePanel]="!pagesPanelActive" #annotations>
+        <div class="annotations" [class.activePanel]="!pagesPanelActive" #annotations
+             (keyup)="$event.preventDefault();"
+        >
           <div *ngFor="let page of displayedPages">
             <div class="page-separator" attr.anotation-page-header="{{page}}">
               <span class="all-caps-label"><span translate="page"></span> {{page}}</span>
diff --git a/apps/red-ui/src/app/screens/file/file-preview-screen/file-preview-screen.component.ts b/apps/red-ui/src/app/screens/file/file-preview-screen/file-preview-screen.component.ts
index 5e23a6307..58371212b 100644
--- a/apps/red-ui/src/app/screens/file/file-preview-screen/file-preview-screen.component.ts
+++ b/apps/red-ui/src/app/screens/file/file-preview-screen/file-preview-screen.component.ts
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ export class FilePreviewScreenComponent implements OnInit {
 
   private projectId: string;
   private _activeViewer: 'ANNOTATED' | 'REDACTED' = 'ANNOTATED';
+  private instance: WebViewerInstance;
 
   @ViewChild(PdfViewerComponent) private _viewerComponent: PdfViewerComponent;
   @ViewChild('annotations') private _annotationsElement: ElementRef;
@@ -37,8 +38,7 @@ export class FilePreviewScreenComponent implements OnInit {
   public selectedAnnotation: Annotations.Annotation;
   public filters: AnnotationFilters;
   public expandedFilters: AnnotationFilters = {hint: false};
-  public pagesPanelActive = false;
-  private instance: WebViewerInstance;
+  public pagesPanelActive = true;
 
   constructor(
     public readonly appStateService: AppStateService,
@@ -272,8 +272,6 @@ export class FilePreviewScreenComponent implements OnInit {
 
   @HostListener('window:keyup', ['$event'])
   handleKeyEvent($event: KeyboardEvent) {
-    $event.preventDefault();
-
     if ($event.key === 'ArrowLeft' || $event.key === 'ArrowRight') {
       this.pagesPanelActive = !this.pagesPanelActive;
       this._changeDetectorRef.detectChanges();
diff --git a/apps/red-ui/src/app/screens/file/pdf-viewer/pdf-viewer.component.ts b/apps/red-ui/src/app/screens/file/pdf-viewer/pdf-viewer.component.ts
index 4d948502f..981d94634 100644
--- a/apps/red-ui/src/app/screens/file/pdf-viewer/pdf-viewer.component.ts
+++ b/apps/red-ui/src/app/screens/file/pdf-viewer/pdf-viewer.component.ts
@@ -184,14 +184,14 @@ export class PdfViewerComponent implements OnInit, AfterViewInit, OnChanges {
   public selectAnnotation(annotation: Annotations.Annotation) {
     this.instance.annotManager.deselectAllAnnotations();
     this.instance.annotManager.selectAnnotation(annotation);
-    this.instance.docViewer.displayPageLocation(
-      annotation.getPageNumber(),
-      0,
-      annotation.getY() - 100);
+    this.navigateToPage(annotation.getPageNumber());
   }
 
   public navigateToPage(pageNumber: number) {
-    this.instance.docViewer.displayPageLocation(pageNumber, 0, 0);
+    const activePage = this.instance.docViewer.getCurrentPage();
+    if (activePage !== pageNumber) {
+      this.instance.docViewer.displayPageLocation(pageNumber, 0, 0);
+    }
   }