diff --git a/applet/contents/ui/ListItemBase.qml b/applet/contents/ui/ListItemBase.qml
--- a/applet/contents/ui/ListItemBase.qml
+++ b/applet/contents/ui/ListItemBase.qml
@@ -113,14 +113,17 @@
                         icon: "application-menu"
                         checkable: true
                         onClicked: contextMenu.show()
+                        tooltip: i18n("Show additional options for %1", textLabel.text)
                     }
                 }
 
                 RowLayout {
                     SmallToolButton {
                         readonly property bool isPlayback: type.substring(0, 4) == "sink"
                         icon: Icon.name(Volume, Muted, isPlayback ? "audio-volume" : "microphone-sensitivity")
                         onClicked: Muted = !Muted
+                        tooltip: i18n("Mute %1", textLabel.text)
+
                     }
 
                     PlasmaComponents.Slider {
@@ -143,6 +146,8 @@
                         enabled: VolumeWritable
                         opacity: Muted ? 0.5 : 1
 
+                        Accessible.name: i18nc("Accessibility data on volume slider", "Adjust volume for %1", textLabel.text)
+
                         Component.onCompleted: {
                             ignoreValueChange = false;
                         }
diff --git a/applet/contents/ui/main.qml b/applet/contents/ui/main.qml
--- a/applet/contents/ui/main.qml
+++ b/applet/contents/ui/main.qml
@@ -319,6 +319,9 @@
         horizontalScrollBarPolicy: Qt.ScrollBarAlwaysOff
         flickableItem.boundsBehavior: Flickable.StopAtBounds;
 
+        //our scroll isn't a list of delegates, all internal items are tab focussable, making this redundant
+        activeFocusOnTab: false
+
         Item {
             width: streamsView.visible ? streamsView.width : devicesView.width
             height: streamsView.visible ? streamsView.height : devicesView.height