diff --git a/src/vs/base/browser/formattedTextRenderer.ts b/src/vs/base/browser/formattedTextRenderer.ts
index 14f7493fd463a..4af9e9ed4e9f6 100644
--- a/src/vs/base/browser/formattedTextRenderer.ts
+++ b/src/vs/base/browser/formattedTextRenderer.ts
@@ -91,6 +91,7 @@ function _renderFormattedText(element: Node, treeNode: IFormatParseTree, actionH
 		child = document.createElement('code');
 	} else if (treeNode.type === FormatType.Action && actionHandler) {
 		const a = document.createElement('a');
+		a.setAttribute('data-content-index', String(treeNode.index));
 		actionHandler.disposables.add(DOM.addStandardDisposableListener(a, 'click', (event) => {
 			actionHandler.callback(String(treeNode.index), event);
 		}));
diff --git a/src/vs/base/test/browser/formattedTextRenderer.test.ts b/src/vs/base/test/browser/formattedTextRenderer.test.ts
index 40147706cd51e..ae9108a37cebd 100644
--- a/src/vs/base/test/browser/formattedTextRenderer.test.ts
+++ b/src/vs/base/test/browser/formattedTextRenderer.test.ts
@@ -78,6 +78,7 @@ suite('FormattedTextRenderer', () => {
 			}
 		});
 		assert.strictEqual(result.innerHTML, '<a>action</a>');
+		assert.strictEqual(result.firstChild!.getAttribute('data-content-index'), '0');
 
 		const event: MouseEvent = document.createEvent('MouseEvent');
 		event.initEvent('click', true, true);
@@ -97,6 +98,7 @@ suite('FormattedTextRenderer', () => {
 			}
 		});
 		assert.strictEqual(result.innerHTML, '<i><b><a>action</a></b></i>');
+		assert.strictEqual(result.firstChild!.firstChild!.firstChild!.getAttribute('data-content-index'), '0');
 
 		const event: MouseEvent = document.createEvent('MouseEvent');
 		event.initEvent('click', true, true);
@@ -117,6 +119,7 @@ suite('FormattedTextRenderer', () => {
 			}
 		});
 		assert.strictEqual(result.innerHTML, '<code><i><b><a>action</a></b></i></code>');
+		assert.strictEqual(result.firstChild!.firstChild!.firstChild!.firstChild!.getAttribute('data-content-index'), '0');
 
 		const event: MouseEvent = document.createEvent('MouseEvent');
 		event.initEvent('click', true, true);
diff --git a/src/vs/workbench/contrib/codeEditor/browser/emptyTextEditorHint/emptyTextEditorHint.ts b/src/vs/workbench/contrib/codeEditor/browser/emptyTextEditorHint/emptyTextEditorHint.ts
index 3d1899f8ec785..f1341320d59c7 100644
--- a/src/vs/workbench/contrib/codeEditor/browser/emptyTextEditorHint/emptyTextEditorHint.ts
+++ b/src/vs/workbench/contrib/codeEditor/browser/emptyTextEditorHint/emptyTextEditorHint.ts
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 import { $, addDisposableListener, getActiveWindow } from '../../../../../base/browser/dom.js';
 import { IContentActionHandler, renderFormattedText } from '../../../../../base/browser/formattedTextRenderer.js';
 import { StandardMouseEvent } from '../../../../../base/browser/mouseEvent.js';
+import { StandardKeyboardEvent } from '../../../../../base/browser/keyboardEvent.js';
 import { status } from '../../../../../base/browser/ui/aria/aria.js';
 import { WorkbenchActionExecutedClassification, WorkbenchActionExecutedEvent } from '../../../../../base/common/actions.js';
 import { Event } from '../../../../../base/common/event.js';
@@ -271,6 +272,18 @@ class EmptyTextEditorHintContentWidget extends Disposable implements IContentWid
 		// eslint-disable-next-line no-restricted-syntax
 		for (const anchor of hintElement.querySelectorAll('a')) {
 			anchor.style.cursor = 'pointer';
+			anchor.tabIndex = 0;
+			anchor.setAttribute('role', 'button');
+			anchor.addEventListener('keydown', (e: KeyboardEvent) => {
+				if (e.key === 'Enter' || e.key === ' ') {
+					e.preventDefault();
+					e.stopPropagation();
+					const index = anchor.getAttribute('data-content-index');
+					if (index !== null) {
+						hintHandler.callback(index, new StandardKeyboardEvent(e));
+					}
+				}
+			});
 		}
 
 		return { hintElement, ariaLabel };