diff --git a/changes/changelog.d/576.enhancement b/changes/changelog.d/576.enhancement
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ee6087a73
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changes/changelog.d/576.enhancement
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Improved keyboard accessibility on player, queue and various controls (#576)
diff --git a/front/src/App.vue b/front/src/App.vue
index 16154b130..946a0621e 100644
--- a/front/src/App.vue
+++ b/front/src/App.vue
@@ -359,6 +359,13 @@ html, body {
   cursor: pointer;
 }
 
+.ui.really.basic.button {
+  &:not(:focus) {
+    box-shadow: none !important;
+    background-color: none !important;
+  }
+}
+
 .floated.buttons .button ~ .dropdown {
   border-left: none;
 }
@@ -380,4 +387,27 @@ a {
   display: none;
 }
 
+button.reset {
+  border: none;
+  margin: 0;
+  padding: 0;
+  width: auto;
+  overflow: visible;
+
+  background: transparent;
+
+  /* inherit font & color from ancestor */
+  color: inherit;
+  font: inherit;
+
+  /* Normalize `line-height`. Cannot be changed from `normal` in Firefox 4+. */
+  line-height: normal;
+
+  /* Corrects font smoothing for webkit */
+  -webkit-font-smoothing: inherit;
+  -moz-osx-font-smoothing: inherit;
+    /* Corrects inability to style clickable `input` types in iOS */
+  -webkit-appearance: none;
+  text-align: inherit;
+}
 </style>
diff --git a/front/src/components/Pagination.vue b/front/src/components/Pagination.vue
index cc5f17164..bdc20b53d 100644
--- a/front/src/components/Pagination.vue
+++ b/front/src/components/Pagination.vue
@@ -1,25 +1,25 @@
 <template>
   <div class="ui pagination menu">
-    <div
+    <a href
       :disabled="current - 1 < 1"
-      @click="selectPage(current - 1)"
-      :class="[{'disabled': current - 1 < 1}, 'item']"><i class="angle left icon"></i></div>
+      @click.prevent.stop="selectPage(current - 1)"
+      :class="[{'disabled': current - 1 < 1}, 'item']"><i class="angle left icon"></i></a>
     <template v-if="!compact">
-      <div
+      <a href
         v-if="page !== 'skip'"
         v-for="page in pages"
-        @click="selectPage(page)"
+        @click.prevent.stop="selectPage(page)"
         :class="[{'active': page === current}, 'item']">
         {{ page }}
-      </div>
+      </a href>
       <div v-else class="disabled item">
         ...
       </div>
     </template>
-    <div
+    <a href
       :disabled="current + 1 > maxPage"
-      @click="selectPage(current + 1)"
-      :class="[{'disabled': current + 1 > maxPage}, 'item']"><i class="angle right icon"></i></div>
+      @click.prevent.stop="selectPage(current + 1)"
+      :class="[{'disabled': current + 1 > maxPage}, 'item']"><i class="angle right icon"></i></a>
   </div>
 </template>
 
@@ -90,4 +90,3 @@ export default {
     cursor: pointer;
 }
 </style>
-
diff --git a/front/src/components/Sidebar.vue b/front/src/components/Sidebar.vue
index efd6f416c..8702f8051 100644
--- a/front/src/components/Sidebar.vue
+++ b/front/src/components/Sidebar.vue
@@ -16,8 +16,8 @@
 
   <div class="menu-area">
     <div class="ui compact fluid two item inverted menu">
-      <a class="active item" @click="selectedTab = 'library'" data-tab="library"><translate>Browse</translate></a>
-      <a class="item" @click="selectedTab = 'queue'" data-tab="queue">
+      <a class="active item" href @click.prevent.stop="selectedTab = 'library'" data-tab="library"><translate>Browse</translate></a>
+      <a class="item" href @click.prevent.stop="selectedTab = 'queue'" data-tab="queue">
         <translate>Queue</translate>&nbsp;
          <template v-if="queue.tracks.length === 0">
            <translate>(empty)</translate>
@@ -128,8 +128,10 @@
                   <img class="ui mini image" v-else src="../assets/audio/default-cover.png">
               </td>
               <td colspan="4">
-                  <strong>{{ track.title }}</strong><br />
-                  {{ track.artist.name }}
+                  <button class="title reset ellipsis">
+                    <strong>{{ track.title }}</strong><br />
+                    {{ track.artist.name }}
+                  </button>
               </td>
               <td>
                 <template v-if="$store.getters['favorites/isFavorite'](track.id)">
@@ -137,7 +139,9 @@
                 </template>
               </td>
               <td>
-                  <i @click.stop="cleanTrack(index)" class="circular trash icon"></i>
+                  <button @click.stop="cleanTrack(index)" :class="['ui', {'inverted': index != queue.currentIndex}, 'really', 'tiny', 'basic', 'circular', 'icon', 'button']">
+                    <i class="trash icon"></i>
+                  </button>
               </td>
             </tr>
           </draggable>
@@ -428,4 +432,8 @@ $sidebar-color: #3d3e3f;
   top: -0.5em;
   width: 3em;
 }
+
+:not(.active) button.title {
+  outline-color: white;
+}
 </style>
diff --git a/front/src/components/audio/PlayButton.vue b/front/src/components/audio/PlayButton.vue
index 600d3de4c..dcb1c507e 100644
--- a/front/src/components/audio/PlayButton.vue
+++ b/front/src/components/audio/PlayButton.vue
@@ -12,9 +12,9 @@
     <div v-if="!discrete && !iconOnly" :class="['ui', {disabled: !playable}, 'floating', 'dropdown', {'icon': !dropdownOnly}, {'button': !dropdownOnly}]">
       <i :class="dropdownIconClasses.concat(['icon'])"></i>
       <div class="menu">
-        <div class="item" :disabled="!playable" @click="add" :title="labels.addToQueue"><i class="plus icon"></i><translate>Add to queue</translate></div>
-        <div class="item" :disabled="!playable" @click="addNext()" :title="labels.playNext"><i class="step forward icon"></i><translate>Play next</translate></div>
-        <div class="item" :disabled="!playable" @click="addNext(true)" :title="labels.playNow"><i class="play icon"></i><translate>Play now</translate></div>
+        <button class="item basic" ref="add" data-ref="add" :disabled="!playable" @click.stop.prevent="add" :title="labels.addToQueue"><i class="plus icon"></i><translate>Add to queue</translate></button>
+        <button class="item basic" ref="addNext" data-ref="addNext" :disabled="!playable" @click.stop.prevent="addNext()" :title="labels.playNext"><i class="step forward icon"></i><translate>Play next</translate></button>
+        <button class="item basic" ref="playNow" data-ref="playNow" :disabled="!playable" @click.stop.prevent="addNext(true)" :title="labels.playNow"><i class="play icon"></i><translate>Play now</translate></button>
       </div>
     </div>
   </span>
@@ -46,7 +46,16 @@ export default {
     }
   },
   mounted () {
-    jQuery(this.$el).find('.ui.dropdown').dropdown()
+    let self = this
+    jQuery(this.$el).find('.ui.dropdown').dropdown({
+      selectOnKeydown: false,
+      action: function (text, value, $el) {
+        // used ton ensure focusing the dropdown and clicking via keyboard
+        // works as expected
+        self.$refs[$el.data('ref')].click()
+        jQuery(self.$el).find('.ui.dropdown').dropdown('hide')
+      }
+    })
   },
   computed: {
     labels () {
@@ -139,6 +148,7 @@ export default {
       this.getPlayableTracks().then((tracks) => {
         self.$store.dispatch('queue/appendMany', {tracks: tracks}).then(() => self.addMessage(tracks))
       })
+      jQuery(self.$el).find('.ui.dropdown').dropdown('hide')
     },
     addNext (next) {
       let self = this
@@ -150,6 +160,7 @@ export default {
           self.$store.dispatch('queue/next')
         }
       })
+      jQuery(self.$el).find('.ui.dropdown').dropdown('hide')
     },
     addMessage (tracks) {
       if (tracks.length < 1) {
@@ -170,4 +181,8 @@ export default {
 i {
   cursor: pointer;
 }
+button.item {
+  background-color: white;
+  width: 100%;
+}
 </style>
diff --git a/front/src/components/audio/Player.vue b/front/src/components/audio/Player.vue
index 9c918a5fa..5387d02b7 100644
--- a/front/src/components/audio/Player.vue
+++ b/front/src/components/audio/Player.vue
@@ -31,9 +31,11 @@
             <div class="description">
               <track-favorite-icon
                 v-if="$store.state.auth.authenticated"
+                :class="{'inverted': !$store.getters['favorites/isFavorite'](currentTrack.id)}"
                 :track="currentTrack"></track-favorite-icon>
               <track-playlist-icon
                 v-if="$store.state.auth.authenticated"
+                :class="['inverted']"
                 :track="currentTrack"></track-playlist-icon>
             </div>
           </div>
@@ -55,44 +57,71 @@
       </div>
 
       <div class="two wide column controls ui grid">
-        <div
+        <a
+          href
           :title="labels.previousTrack"
+          :aria-label="labels.previousTrack"
           class="two wide column control"
+          @click.prevent.stop="previous"
           :disabled="emptyQueue">
-            <i @click="previous" :class="['ui', 'backward', {'disabled': emptyQueue}, 'secondary', 'icon']"></i>
-        </div>
-        <div
+            <i :class="['ui', 'backward', {'disabled': emptyQueue}, 'secondary', 'icon']"></i>
+        </a>
+        <a
+          href
           v-if="!playing"
           :title="labels.play"
+          :aria-label="labels.play"
+          @click.prevent.stop="togglePlay"
           class="two wide column control">
-            <i @click="togglePlay" :class="['ui', 'play', {'disabled': !currentTrack}, 'secondary', 'icon']"></i>
-        </div>
-        <div
+            <i :class="['ui', 'play', {'disabled': !currentTrack}, 'secondary', 'icon']"></i>
+        </a>
+        <a
+          href
           v-else
           :title="labels.pause"
+          :aria-label="labels.pause"
+          @click.prevent.stop="togglePlay"
           class="two wide column control">
-            <i @click="togglePlay" :class="['ui', 'pause', {'disabled': !currentTrack}, 'secondary', 'icon']"></i>
-        </div>
-        <div
+            <i :class="['ui', 'pause', {'disabled': !currentTrack}, 'secondary', 'icon']"></i>
+        </a>
+        <a
+          href
           :title="labels.next"
+          :aria-label="labels.next"
           class="two wide column control"
+          @click.prevent.stop="next"
           :disabled="!hasNext">
-            <i @click="next" :class="['ui', {'disabled': !hasNext}, 'step', 'forward', 'secondary', 'icon']" ></i>
-        </div>
+            <i :class="['ui', {'disabled': !hasNext}, 'step', 'forward', 'secondary', 'icon']" ></i>
+        </a>
         <div
           class="wide column control volume-control"
           v-on:mouseover="showVolume = true"
           v-on:mouseleave="showVolume = false"
           v-bind:class="{ active : showVolume }">
-          <i
+          <a
+            href
+            v-if="volume === 0"
             :title="labels.unmute"
-            @click="unmute" v-if="volume === 0" class="volume off secondary icon"></i>
-          <i
+            :aria-label="labels.unmute"
+            @click.prevent.stop="unmute">
+            <i class="volume off secondary icon"></i>
+          </a>
+          <a
+            href
+            v-else-if="volume < 0.5"
             :title="labels.mute"
-            @click="mute" v-else-if="volume < 0.5" class="volume down secondary icon"></i>
-          <i
+            :aria-label="labels.mute"
+            @click.prevent.stop="mute">
+            <i class="volume down secondary icon"></i>
+          </a>
+          <a
+            href
+            v-else
             :title="labels.mute"
-            @click="mute" v-else class="volume up secondary icon"></i>
+            :aria-label="labels.mute"
+            @click.prevent.stop="mute">
+            <i class="volume up secondary icon"></i>
+          </a>
           <input
             type="range"
             step="0.05"
@@ -102,44 +131,61 @@
             v-if="showVolume" />
         </div>
         <div class="two wide column control looping" v-if="!showVolume">
-          <i
-            :title="labels.loopingDisabled"
+          <a
+            href
             v-if="looping === 0"
-            @click="$store.commit('player/looping', 1)"
-            :disabled="!currentTrack"
-            :class="['ui', {'disabled': !currentTrack}, 'step', 'repeat', 'secondary', 'icon']"></i>
-          <i
+            :title="labels.loopingDisabled"
+            :aria-label="labels.loopingDisabled"
+            @click.prevent.stop="$store.commit('player/looping', 1)"
+            :disabled="!currentTrack">
+            <i :class="['ui', {'disabled': !currentTrack}, 'step', 'repeat', 'secondary', 'icon']"></i>
+          </a>
+          <a
+            href
+            @click.prevent.stop="$store.commit('player/looping', 2)"
             :title="labels.loopingSingle"
+            :aria-label="labels.loopingSingle"
             v-if="looping === 1"
-            @click="$store.commit('player/looping', 2)"
-            :disabled="!currentTrack"
-            class="repeat secondary icon">
-            <span class="ui circular tiny orange label">1</span>
-          </i>
-          <i
+            :disabled="!currentTrack">
+            <i
+              class="repeat secondary icon">
+              <span class="ui circular tiny orange label">1</span>
+            </i>
+          </a>
+          <a
+            href
             :title="labels.loopingWhole"
+            :aria-label="labels.loopingWhole"
             v-if="looping === 2"
-            @click="$store.commit('player/looping', 0)"
             :disabled="!currentTrack"
-            class="repeat orange secondary icon">
-          </i>
+            @click.prevent.stop="$store.commit('player/looping', 0)">
+            <i
+              class="repeat orange secondary icon">
+            </i>
+          </a>
         </div>
-        <div
+        <a
+          href
           :disabled="queue.tracks.length === 0"
           :title="labels.shuffle"
+          :aria-label="labels.shuffle"
           v-if="!showVolume"
+          @click.prevent.stop="shuffle()"
           class="two wide column control">
           <div v-if="isShuffling" class="ui inline shuffling inverted tiny active loader"></div>
-          <i v-else @click="shuffle()" :class="['ui', 'random', 'secondary', {'disabled': queue.tracks.length === 0}, 'icon']" ></i>
-        </div>
+          <i v-else :class="['ui', 'random', 'secondary', {'disabled': queue.tracks.length === 0}, 'icon']" ></i>
+        </a>
         <div class="one wide column" v-if="!showVolume"></div>
-        <div
+        <a
+          href
           :disabled="queue.tracks.length === 0"
           :title="labels.clear"
+          :aria-label="labels.clear"
           v-if="!showVolume"
+          @click.prevent.stop="clean()"
           class="two wide column control">
-          <i @click="clean()" :class="['ui', 'trash', 'secondary', {'disabled': queue.tracks.length === 0}, 'icon']" ></i>
-        </div>
+          <i :class="['ui', 'trash', 'secondary', {'disabled': queue.tracks.length === 0}, 'icon']" ></i>
+        </a>
       </div>
       <GlobalEvents
         @keydown.space.prevent.exact="togglePlay"
@@ -147,7 +193,6 @@
         @keydown.ctrl.right.prevent.exact="next"
         @keydown.ctrl.down.prevent.exact="$store.commit('player/incrementVolume', -0.1)"
         @keydown.ctrl.up.prevent.exact="$store.commit('player/incrementVolume', 0.1)"
-        @keydown.f.prevent.exact="$store.dispatch('favorites/toggle', currentTrack.id)"
         @keydown.l.prevent.exact="$store.commit('player/toggleLooping')"
         @keydown.s.prevent.exact="shuffle"
         />
@@ -370,6 +415,9 @@ export default {
     color: white !important;
   }
 }
+.controls a {
+  color: white;
+}
 
 .controls .icon.big {
   cursor: pointer;
diff --git a/front/src/components/audio/album/Widget.vue b/front/src/components/audio/album/Widget.vue
index 73bf0d226..ccef49295 100644
--- a/front/src/components/audio/album/Widget.vue
+++ b/front/src/components/audio/album/Widget.vue
@@ -3,10 +3,8 @@
     <h3 class="ui header">
       <slot name="title"></slot>
     </h3>
-    <i @click="fetchData(previousPage)" :disabled="!previousPage" :class="['ui', {disabled: !previousPage}, 'circular', 'medium', 'angle left', 'icon']">
-    </i>
-    <i @click="fetchData(nextPage)" :disabled="!nextPage" :class="['ui', {disabled: !nextPage}, 'circular', 'medium', 'angle right', 'icon']">
-    </i>
+    <button :disabled="!previousPage" @click="fetchData(previousPage)" :class="['ui', {disabled: !previousPage}, 'circular', 'icon', 'basic', 'button']"><i :class="['ui', 'angle left', 'icon']"></i></button>
+    <button :disabled="!nextPage" @click="fetchData(nextPage)" :class="['ui', {disabled: !nextPage}, 'circular', 'icon', 'basic', 'button']"><i :class="['ui', 'angle right', 'icon']"></i></button>
     <div class="ui hidden divider"></div>
     <div class="ui five cards">
       <div v-if="isLoading" class="ui inverted active dimmer">
diff --git a/front/src/components/audio/track/Row.vue b/front/src/components/audio/track/Row.vue
index 2dce036eb..b17cf1170 100644
--- a/front/src/components/audio/track/Row.vue
+++ b/front/src/components/audio/track/Row.vue
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
     <td colspan="4" v-else>
       <translate>N/A</translate>
     </td>
-    <td>
+    <td colspan="2">
       <track-favorite-icon class="favorite-icon" :track="track"></track-favorite-icon>
       <track-playlist-icon
         v-if="$store.state.auth.authenticated"
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ export default {
 
 tr:not(:hover) {
   .favorite-icon:not(.favorited), .playlist-icon {
-    display: none;
+    visibility: hidden;
   }
 }
 </style>
diff --git a/front/src/components/audio/track/Table.vue b/front/src/components/audio/track/Table.vue
index 476a3f0bd..9612accbc 100644
--- a/front/src/components/audio/track/Table.vue
+++ b/front/src/components/audio/track/Table.vue
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
         <th colspan="4"><translate>Artist</translate></th>
         <th colspan="4"><translate>Album</translate></th>
         <th colspan="4"><translate>Duration</translate></th>
-        <th></th>
+        <th colspan="2"></th>
       </tr>
     </thead>
     <tbody>
diff --git a/front/src/components/audio/track/Widget.vue b/front/src/components/audio/track/Widget.vue
index 6a1d06690..5ed280981 100644
--- a/front/src/components/audio/track/Widget.vue
+++ b/front/src/components/audio/track/Widget.vue
@@ -3,12 +3,9 @@
     <h3 class="ui header">
       <slot name="title"></slot>
     </h3>
-    <i @click="fetchData(previousPage)" :disabled="!previousPage" :class="['ui', {disabled: !previousPage}, 'circular', 'medium', 'angle up', 'icon']">
-    </i>
-    <i @click="fetchData(nextPage)" :disabled="!nextPage" :class="['ui', {disabled: !nextPage}, 'circular', 'medium', 'angle down', 'icon']">
-    </i>
-    <i @click="fetchData(url)" :class="['ui', 'circular', 'medium', 'refresh', 'icon']">
-    </i>
+    <button :disabled="!previousPage" @click="fetchData(previousPage)" :class="['ui', {disabled: !previousPage}, 'circular', 'icon', 'basic', 'button']"><i :class="['ui', 'angle up', 'icon']"></i></button>
+    <button :disabled="!nextPage" @click="fetchData(nextPage)" :class="['ui', {disabled: !nextPage}, 'circular', 'icon', 'basic', 'button']"><i :class="['ui', 'angle down', 'icon']"></i></button>
+    <button @click="fetchData(url)" :class="['ui', 'circular', 'icon', 'basic', 'button']"><i :class="['ui', 'refresh', 'icon']"></i></button>
     <div class="ui divided unstackable items">
       <div class="item" v-for="object in objects" :key="object.id">
         <div class="ui tiny image">
diff --git a/front/src/components/favorites/TrackFavoriteIcon.vue b/front/src/components/favorites/TrackFavoriteIcon.vue
index 88402159c..690dab21b 100644
--- a/front/src/components/favorites/TrackFavoriteIcon.vue
+++ b/front/src/components/favorites/TrackFavoriteIcon.vue
@@ -4,7 +4,14 @@
     <translate v-if="isFavorite">In favorites</translate>
     <translate v-else>Add to favorites</translate>
   </button>
-  <i v-else @click="$store.dispatch('favorites/toggle', track.id)" :class="['favorite-icon', 'heart', {'pink': isFavorite}, {'favorited': isFavorite}, 'link', 'icon']" :title="title"></i>
+  <button
+    v-else
+    @click="$store.dispatch('favorites/toggle', track.id)"
+    :class="['ui', 'favorite-icon', {'pink': isFavorite}, {'favorited': isFavorite}, 'basic', 'circular', 'icon', 'really', 'button']"
+    :aria-label="title"
+    :title="title">
+    <i :class="['heart', {'pink': isFavorite}, 'basic', 'icon']"></i>
+  </button>
 </template>
 
 <script>
diff --git a/front/src/components/playlists/TrackPlaylistIcon.vue b/front/src/components/playlists/TrackPlaylistIcon.vue
index a75c217f4..58b06ccf5 100644
--- a/front/src/components/playlists/TrackPlaylistIcon.vue
+++ b/front/src/components/playlists/TrackPlaylistIcon.vue
@@ -6,12 +6,14 @@
     <i class="list icon"></i>
     <translate>Add to playlist...</translate>
   </button>
-  <i
+  <button
     v-else
     @click="$store.commit('playlists/chooseTrack', track)"
-    :class="['playlist-icon', 'list', 'link', 'icon']"
+    :class="['ui', 'basic', 'circular', 'icon', 'really', 'button']"
+    :aria-label="labels.addToPlaylist"
     :title="labels.addToPlaylist">
-  </i>
+    <i :class="['list', 'basic', 'icon']"></i>
+  </button>
 </template>
 
 <script>
diff --git a/front/src/components/playlists/Widget.vue b/front/src/components/playlists/Widget.vue
index 65904a124..868719f1c 100644
--- a/front/src/components/playlists/Widget.vue
+++ b/front/src/components/playlists/Widget.vue
@@ -3,12 +3,10 @@
     <h3 class="ui header">
       <slot name="title"></slot>
     </h3>
-    <i @click="fetchData(previousPage)" :disabled="!previousPage" :class="['ui', {disabled: !previousPage}, 'circular', 'medium', 'angle up', 'icon']">
-    </i>
-    <i @click="fetchData(nextPage)" :disabled="!nextPage" :class="['ui', {disabled: !nextPage}, 'circular', 'medium', 'angle down', 'icon']">
-    </i>
-    <i @click="fetchData(url)" :class="['ui', 'circular', 'medium', 'refresh', 'icon']">
-    </i>
+    <button :disabled="!previousPage" @click="fetchData(previousPage)" :class="['ui', {disabled: !previousPage}, 'circular', 'icon', 'basic', 'button']"><i :class="['ui', 'angle up', 'icon']"></i></button>
+    <button :disabled="!nextPage" @click="fetchData(nextPage)" :class="['ui', {disabled: !nextPage}, 'circular', 'icon', 'basic', 'button']"><i :class="['ui', 'angle down', 'icon']"></i></button>
+    <button @click="fetchData(url)" :class="['ui', 'circular', 'icon', 'basic', 'button']"><i :class="['ui', 'refresh', 'icon']"></i></button>
+
     <div v-if="isLoading" class="ui inverted active dimmer">
       <div class="ui loader"></div>
     </div>