How to implement JSF text input down-arrow key = next record navigation?

Hi All,
I've got a small query which you experts might be able to help me through. I would not be surprised if such questions would already have been raised in this forum.
Formerly, I've created an Oracle Form that allow user to quickly insert data in bulk. It only has three 3 fields - first name, second name and address. Because of the flexibility of the Oracle Form, by pressing the down arrow key, user is able to create record when the last record is detected. And vice versa by hitting the up arrow key, it will move to the previous record when the current record is not the first record. So basically, the form is very 'key-driven' and without the use of the mouse, a lot of data can be inserted very quickly and efficiently.
I've successfully converted such form to an ADF BC JSF page using the JHeadstart toolkit. But when I showed it to my users for comment, they were really disappointed with the number of mouse interactions they need to click every time to navigate between records as well as creating new records. My question is can I build some sort of ADF JSF event handler on any of the text items to perform the following tasks:
1.) When 'down arrow key' is pressed AND not the last record THEN
Go to the next record.
2.) When 'down arrow key' is pressed AND is the last record THEN
Go to the next blank record.
3.) When 'up arrow key' is pressed AND not the first record THEN
Go to the previous record.
4.) When 'up arrow key' is pressed AND is the first record THEN
Do nothing.
If all the four above tasks are achievable in ADF JSF, can you please guide and brief me on the steps to implement them. Or these functionalities are already available somewhere in other open source toolkits. Your help is much appreciated. Thank you and have a nice day.
Kind Regards,
John

Hi Steven,
I've tried to incoporated attached link's codes with the JHeadstart generated code inside the jspx but I still cannot get it to work. There is a lot of Javascript error and is impossible to debug.
Regards,
John

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