diff --git a/sphinx/themes/basic/static/doctools.js b/sphinx/themes/basic/static/doctools.js_t
similarity index 96%
rename from sphinx/themes/basic/static/doctools.js
rename to sphinx/themes/basic/static/doctools.js_t
index ed24a2da3..1700e33bf 100644
--- a/sphinx/themes/basic/static/doctools.js
+++ b/sphinx/themes/basic/static/doctools.js_t
@@ -124,7 +124,9 @@ var Documentation = {
     this.fixFirefoxAnchorBug();
     this.highlightSearchWords();
     this.initIndexTable();
+    {% if not theme_nonavigationwithkeys|tobool %}
     this.initOnKeyListeners();
+    {% endif %}
   },
 
   /**
@@ -255,26 +257,24 @@ var Documentation = {
     return path.substring(url.lastIndexOf('/') + 1, path.length - 1);
   },
 
-  /**
-   * init onKeyListernes (for navigation)
-   */
   initOnKeyListeners: function() {
     $(document).keyup(function(event) {
-      var activeElementType = $(document.activeElement).prop('tagName');
-      if (activeElementType !== 'TEXTAREA' && activeElementType !== 'INPUT') { // don't navigate when in search box or textarea
+      var activeElementType = document.activeElement.tagName;
+      // don't navigate when in search box or textarea
+      if (activeElementType !== 'TEXTAREA' && activeElementType !== 'INPUT' && activeElementType !== 'SELECT') {
         switch (event.keyCode) {
           case 37: // left
             var prevHref = $('link[rel="prev"]').prop('href');
             if (prevHref) {
               window.location.href = prevHref;
+              return false;
             }
-            return false;
           case 39: // right
             var nextHref = $('link[rel="next"]').prop('href');
             if (nextHref) {
               window.location.href = nextHref;
+              return false;
             }
-            return false;
         }
       }
     });
diff --git a/sphinx/themes/basic/theme.conf b/sphinx/themes/basic/theme.conf
index f7283730b..f25e0e2a9 100644
--- a/sphinx/themes/basic/theme.conf
+++ b/sphinx/themes/basic/theme.conf
@@ -5,4 +5,5 @@ pygments_style = none
 
 [options]
 nosidebar = false
-sidebarwidth = 230
\ No newline at end of file
+sidebarwidth = 230
+nonavigationwithkeys = false
\ No newline at end of file