diff --git a/src/vs/sessions/contrib/accountMenu/browser/account.contribution.ts b/src/vs/sessions/contrib/accountMenu/browser/account.contribution.ts
index 7309bc45986c1..9b0c7c759113e 100644
--- a/src/vs/sessions/contrib/accountMenu/browser/account.contribution.ts
+++ b/src/vs/sessions/contrib/accountMenu/browser/account.contribution.ts
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ import { appendUpdateMenuItems as registerUpdateMenuItems } from '../../../../wo
 import { Menus } from '../../../browser/menus.js';
 import { IActionViewItemService } from '../../../../platform/actions/browser/actionViewItemService.js';
 import { fillInActionBarActions } from '../../../../platform/actions/browser/menuEntryActionViewItem.js';
-import { $, append, disposableWindowInterval, getDomNodePagePosition } from '../../../../base/browser/dom.js';
+import { $, addDisposableListener, append, disposableWindowInterval, EventType, getDomNodePagePosition } from '../../../../base/browser/dom.js';
 import { mainWindow } from '../../../../base/browser/window.js';
 import { ActionBar, ActionsOrientation } from '../../../../base/browser/ui/actionbar/actionbar.js';
 import { BaseActionViewItem, IBaseActionViewItemOptions } from '../../../../base/browser/ui/actionbar/actionViewItems.js';
@@ -205,6 +205,13 @@ class TitleBarAccountWidget extends BaseActionViewItem {
 		container.classList.add('sessions-account-titlebar-widget');
 		container.setAttribute('role', 'button');
 		container.tabIndex = 0;
+		this._register(addDisposableListener(container, EventType.KEY_DOWN, (event: KeyboardEvent) => {
+			if (event.key === 'Enter' || event.key === ' ') {
+				event.preventDefault();
+				event.stopPropagation();
+				this.showCombinedPanel();
+			}
+		}));
 
 		this.avatarElement = append(container, $('img.sessions-account-titlebar-widget-avatar', { alt: localize('accountAvatarAltFallback', "Account profile image"), draggable: 'false' })) as HTMLImageElement;
 		this.avatarElement.decoding = 'async';
@@ -267,6 +274,7 @@ class TitleBarAccountWidget extends BaseActionViewItem {
 		this.container.classList.add(`kind-${state.kind}`);
 		this.container.classList.toggle('menu-visible', this.isMenuVisible);
 		this.container.setAttribute('aria-label', state.ariaLabel);
+		this.container.setAttribute('aria-expanded', String(this.isMenuVisible));
 
 		const badgeKey = getAccountTitleBarBadgeKey(state);
 		if (badgeKey !== this.lastBadgeKey) {