diff --git a/packages/ui/src/components/Card.tsx b/packages/ui/src/components/Card.tsx
index 6d7105af1..9d088057d 100644
--- a/packages/ui/src/components/Card.tsx
+++ b/packages/ui/src/components/Card.tsx
@@ -15,18 +15,33 @@ const Card = React.forwardRef<HTMLDivElement, CardProps>(({
     className,
     onClick,
     style,
+    onKeyDown: onKeyDownProp,
     ...props
 }, ref) => {
-    const onKeyPress = useCallback((e: React.KeyboardEvent<HTMLDivElement>) => {
+
+    const onKeyDown = useCallback((e: React.KeyboardEvent<HTMLDivElement>) => {
+        // Always let a caller supplied handler run first, and let it opt out of
+        // the default activation by calling preventDefault().
+        onKeyDownProp?.(e);
+        if (!onClick || e.defaultPrevented)
+            return;
+        // Only activate when the card itself is focused. Cards may render their
+        // own focusable children (e.g. action buttons), which handle their own
+        // activation; their key events must not activate the card as well.
+        if (e.target !== e.currentTarget)
+            return;
         if (e.key === "Enter" || e.key === " ") {
-            onClick?.();
+            // Without this, Space also performs its default browser action and
+            // scrolls the page away from the focused card.
+            e.preventDefault();
+            onClick();
         }
-    }, [onClick]);
+    }, [onClick, onKeyDownProp]);
 
     return (
         <div
             ref={ref}
-            onKeyPress={onKeyPress}
+            onKeyDown={onKeyDown}
             role={onClick ? "button" : undefined}
             tabIndex={onClick ? 0 : undefined}
             onClick={onClick}
diff --git a/packages/ui/src/styles.ts b/packages/ui/src/styles.ts
index dcbf98fe9..a001ed228 100644
--- a/packages/ui/src/styles.ts
+++ b/packages/ui/src/styles.ts
@@ -8,5 +8,5 @@ export const fieldBackgroundHoverMixin = "hover:bg-opacity-70 dark:hover:bg-surf
 export const defaultBorderMixin = "border-surface-200 border-opacity-40 dark:border-surface-700 dark:border-opacity-40 border-surface-200/40 dark:border-surface-700/40 ";
 export const paperMixin = "bg-white rounded-md dark:bg-surface-950 border border-surface-200 border-opacity-40 dark:border-surface-700 dark:border-opacity-40 border-surface-200/40 dark:border-surface-700/40";
 export const cardMixin = "bg-white dark:bg-surface-950 rounded-md border border-surface-200/40 dark:border-surface-700/40 m-1 -p-1";
-export const cardClickableMixin = "hover:bg-surface-accent-100 dark:hover:bg-surface-accent-800 hover:ring-2 hover:ring-primary cursor-pointer hover:bg-primary/20 dark:hover:bg-primary/10 ";
+export const cardClickableMixin = "hover:bg-surface-accent-100 dark:hover:bg-surface-accent-800 hover:ring-2 hover:ring-primary cursor-pointer hover:bg-primary/20 dark:hover:bg-primary/10 focus-visible:outline-none focus-visible:ring-2 focus-visible:ring-primary ";
 export const cardSelectedMixin = "bg-primary-bg dark:bg-primary-bg bg-opacity-30 bg-primary-bg/30 dark:bg-opacity-10 dark:bg-primary-bg/10 ring-1 ring-primary ring-opacity-75 ring-primary/75 bg-primary/10 dark:bg-primary/10 ring-1 ring-primary/75";
diff --git a/packages/ui/test/Card.test.tsx b/packages/ui/test/Card.test.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..23464518d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/ui/test/Card.test.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,128 @@
+/**
+ * @jest-environment jsdom
+ */
+import React from "react";
+import { fireEvent, render, screen } from "@testing-library/react";
+import "@testing-library/jest-dom";
+import { Card } from "../src";
+
+describe("Card", () => {
+
+    it("renders its children", () => {
+        render(<Card>Products</Card>);
+        expect(screen.getByText("Products")).toBeInTheDocument();
+    });
+
+    it("is not focusable and has no button role when not clickable", () => {
+        render(<Card>Static</Card>);
+        const card = screen.getByText("Static");
+        expect(card).not.toHaveAttribute("role");
+        expect(card).not.toHaveAttribute("tabindex");
+    });
+
+    it("exposes a button role and is focusable when clickable", () => {
+        render(<Card onClick={() => undefined}>Products</Card>);
+        expect(screen.getByRole("button", { name: "Products" })).toHaveAttribute("tabindex", "0");
+    });
+
+    it("fires onClick on mouse click", () => {
+        const onClick = jest.fn();
+        render(<Card onClick={onClick}>Products</Card>);
+        fireEvent.click(screen.getByRole("button"));
+        expect(onClick).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+    });
+
+    // Regression test for https://github.com/firecmsco/firecms/issues/726
+    it("activates on Enter keydown", () => {
+        const onClick = jest.fn();
+        render(<Card onClick={onClick}>Products</Card>);
+        fireEvent.keyDown(screen.getByRole("button"), { key: "Enter" });
+        expect(onClick).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+    });
+
+    // Regression test for https://github.com/firecmsco/firecms/issues/726
+    it("activates on Space keydown", () => {
+        const onClick = jest.fn();
+        render(<Card onClick={onClick}>Products</Card>);
+        fireEvent.keyDown(screen.getByRole("button"), { key: " " });
+        expect(onClick).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+    });
+
+    // The reported "the collection just disappears": without preventDefault,
+    // Space also scrolls the page away from the focused card.
+    it("prevents the default browser action for Enter and Space", () => {
+        render(<Card onClick={() => undefined}>Products</Card>);
+        const card = screen.getByRole("button");
+        // fireEvent returns false when the event was cancelled via preventDefault
+        expect(fireEvent.keyDown(card, { key: " " })).toBe(false);
+        expect(fireEvent.keyDown(card, { key: "Enter" })).toBe(false);
+    });
+
+    it("ignores other keys", () => {
+        const onClick = jest.fn();
+        render(<Card onClick={onClick}>Products</Card>);
+        const card = screen.getByRole("button");
+        fireEvent.keyDown(card, { key: "a" });
+        fireEvent.keyDown(card, { key: "Tab" });
+        fireEvent.keyDown(card, { key: "ArrowDown" });
+        expect(onClick).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+    });
+
+    it("does not activate or preventDefault when the card is not clickable", () => {
+        render(<Card>Static</Card>);
+        expect(fireEvent.keyDown(screen.getByText("Static"), { key: "Enter" })).toBe(true);
+    });
+
+    // NavigationCard renders action IconButtons *inside* the card. Their key
+    // events bubble up to the card, which must not activate as well.
+    it("does not activate when a key event bubbles from a focusable child", () => {
+        const onClick = jest.fn();
+        render(
+            <Card onClick={onClick}>
+                <button type="button" data-testid="card-action">Delete</button>
+            </Card>
+        );
+        const action = screen.getByTestId("card-action");
+        fireEvent.keyDown(action, { key: "Enter" });
+        fireEvent.keyDown(action, { key: " " });
+        expect(onClick).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+    });
+
+    it("does not swallow the default action of a focusable child", () => {
+        render(
+            <Card onClick={() => undefined}>
+                <button type="button" data-testid="card-action">Delete</button>
+            </Card>
+        );
+        // the child button keeps its own native Enter/Space activation
+        expect(fireEvent.keyDown(screen.getByTestId("card-action"), { key: " " })).toBe(true);
+    });
+
+    it("does not drop a caller supplied onKeyDown", () => {
+        const onClick = jest.fn();
+        const onKeyDown = jest.fn();
+        render(<Card onClick={onClick} onKeyDown={onKeyDown}>Products</Card>);
+        fireEvent.keyDown(screen.getByRole("button"), { key: "Enter" });
+        expect(onKeyDown).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+        expect(onClick).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+    });
+
+    it("lets a caller supplied onKeyDown opt out of activation", () => {
+        const onClick = jest.fn();
+        render(<Card onClick={onClick} onKeyDown={(e) => e.preventDefault()}>Products</Card>);
+        fireEvent.keyDown(screen.getByRole("button"), { key: "Enter" });
+        expect(onClick).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+    });
+
+    it("has a visible focus indicator for keyboard users when clickable", () => {
+        render(<Card onClick={() => undefined}>Products</Card>);
+        expect(screen.getByRole("button").className).toContain("focus-visible:ring-2");
+    });
+
+    it("forwards refs and extra div props", () => {
+        const ref = React.createRef<HTMLDivElement>();
+        render(<Card ref={ref} aria-label="Products card" onClick={() => undefined}>C</Card>);
+        expect(ref.current).toBeInstanceOf(HTMLDivElement);
+        expect(ref.current).toHaveAttribute("aria-label", "Products card");
+    });
+});