diff --git a/wp-admin/includes/dashboard.php b/wp-admin/includes/dashboard.php
index c8f9028636..0f3a54fb92 100644
--- a/wp-admin/includes/dashboard.php
+++ b/wp-admin/includes/dashboard.php
@@ -314,7 +314,7 @@ function wp_dashboard_quick_press() {
 	<form name="post" action="<?php echo clean_url( admin_url( 'post.php' ) ); ?>" method="post" id="quick-press">
 		<h4 id="quick-post-title"><label for="title"><?php _e('Title') ?></label></h4>
 		<div class="input-text-wrap">
-			<input type="text" name="post_title" id="title" autocomplete="off" value="<?php echo attribute_escape( $post->post_title ); ?>" />
+			<input type="text" name="post_title" id="title" tabindex="1" autocomplete="off" value="<?php echo attribute_escape( $post->post_title ); ?>" />
 		</div>
 
 		<div id="media-buttons" class="hide-if-no-js">
@@ -323,24 +323,24 @@ function wp_dashboard_quick_press() {
 
 		<h4 id="content-label"><label for="content"><?php _e('Content') ?></label></h4>
 		<div class="textarea-wrap">
-			<textarea name="content" id="content" class="mceEditor" rows="3" cols="15"><?php echo $post->post_content; ?></textarea>
+			<textarea name="content" id="content" class="mceEditor" rows="3" cols="15" tabindex="2"><?php echo $post->post_content; ?></textarea>
 		</div>
 
 		<h4><label for="tags-input"><?php _e('Tags') ?></label></h4>
 		<div class="input-text-wrap">
-			<input type="text" name="tags_input" id="tags-input" value="<?php echo get_tags_to_edit( $post->ID ); ?>" />
+			<input type="text" name="tags_input" id="tags-input" tabindex="3" value="<?php echo get_tags_to_edit( $post->ID ); ?>" />
 		</div>
 
 		<p class="submit">
 			<input type="hidden" name="action" id="quickpost-action" value="post-quickpress-save" />
 			<input type="hidden" name="quickpress_post_ID" value="<?php echo (int) $post->ID; ?>" />
 			<?php wp_nonce_field('add-post'); ?>
-			<input type="submit" name="save" id="save-post" class="button" value="<?php _e('Save Draft'); ?>" />
+			<input type="submit" name="save" id="save-post" class="button" tabindex="4" value="<?php _e('Save Draft'); ?>" />
 			<input type="reset" value="<?php _e( 'Cancel' ); ?>" class="cancel" />
 			<?php if ( current_user_can('publish_posts') ) { ?>
-			<input type="submit" name="publish" id="publish" accesskey="p" class="button button-primary" value="<?php _e('Publish'); ?>" />
+			<input type="submit" name="publish" id="publish" accesskey="p" tabindex="5" class="button button-primary" value="<?php _e('Publish'); ?>" />
 			<?php } else { ?>
-			<input type="submit" name="publish" id="publish" accesskey="p" class="button button-primary" value="<?php _e('Submit for Review'); ?>" />
+			<input type="submit" name="publish" id="publish" accesskey="p" tabindex="5" class="button button-primary" value="<?php _e('Submit for Review'); ?>" />
 			<?php } ?>
 			<br class="clear" />
 		</p>