diff --git a/frontend/src/components/submission_notes/toolbars/AnnotatedSubmissionBottomToolbar.vue b/frontend/src/components/submission_notes/toolbars/AnnotatedSubmissionBottomToolbar.vue
index b9765e1f73eb2351478b56f16add0cdf9fb0231f..e7c6459cf8087ef68d8d33e8dbc145f47e50f7f3 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/submission_notes/toolbars/AnnotatedSubmissionBottomToolbar.vue
+++ b/frontend/src/components/submission_notes/toolbars/AnnotatedSubmissionBottomToolbar.vue
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
           <v-flex xs5 class="score-flex">
             <span class="mr-2">Score:</span>
             <input class="score-text-field"
+            v-shortkey="'numeric'" @shortkey="handleKeypress"
             id="score-input"
             type="number"
             step="0.5"
@@ -172,6 +173,18 @@ export default {
       } else {
         throw new Error("Can't skip submission when skippable is false for AnnotatedSubmissionBottomToolbar.")
       }
+    },
+    handleKeypress (event) {
+      // only handle keypress if nothing is focused
+      if (document.activeElement.tagName === "BODY") {
+        if (this.score === undefined) {
+          this.score = event.key
+        }
+
+        const scoreInput = document.getElementById('score-input')
+        scoreInput.scrollIntoView()
+        scoreInput.focus()
+      }
     }
   }
 }
diff --git a/frontend/src/main.ts b/frontend/src/main.ts
index 9d0d55248bd2c02d8ed2b2589bd810a4772a8f11..3db3c59dfe98207cbefa09ad6b829798074f7c2f 100644
--- a/frontend/src/main.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/main.ts
@@ -9,10 +9,11 @@ import Vuetify from 'vuetify'
 import Notifications from 'vue-notification'
 import Clipboard from 'v-clipboard'
 
-
 import 'vuetify/dist/vuetify.min.css'
 import 'highlight.js/styles/atom-one-light.css'
 
+import "@/util/shortkeys"
+
 Vue.use(Vuetify)
 Vue.use(Clipboard)
 Vue.use(Notifications)
diff --git a/frontend/src/util/shortkeys.ts b/frontend/src/util/shortkeys.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..a1cf61f5744b5c73d1e7d29a899de5b242ba0ba3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/frontend/src/util/shortkeys.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+import Vue from "vue";
+
+const shortkeyTypes = {
+  numeric: (key: string) => { return Number(key) >= 0 && Number(key) <= 9 }
+}
+
+const handlerFunc = (el: any, bind: any) => {
+  return (event: KeyboardEvent) => {
+    // handle numeric key press
+    if (bind.value === "numeric" && shortkeyTypes["numeric"](event.key)) {
+      const e = new KeyboardEvent('shortkey', { bubbles: false, key: event.key })
+      el.dispatchEvent(e)
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+// add the v-shortkey directive to Vue
+// usage: <tag v-shortkey="<shortkeyType>" @shortkey="<handlerFunc>"></tag>
+Vue.directive('shortkey', {
+  bind: (el, bind) => {
+    window.addEventListener("keypress", handlerFunc(el, bind))
+  },
+  unbind: (el, bind) => {
+    window.removeEventListener("keypress", handlerFunc(el, bind))
+  }
+})
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