diff --git a/src/components/cascadeselect/CascadeSelect.vue b/src/components/cascadeselect/CascadeSelect.vue
index c63c279fe..58a06b038 100644
--- a/src/components/cascadeselect/CascadeSelect.vue
+++ b/src/components/cascadeselect/CascadeSelect.vue
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 <template>
     <div ref="container" :class="containerClass" @click="onClick($event)">
         <div class="p-hidden-accessible">
-            <input ref="focusInput" type="text" :id="inputId" readonly :disabled="disabled" @focus="onFocus" @blur="onBlur" @keydown="onKeyDown" :tabindex="tabindex"
-                aria-haspopup="listbox" :aria-expanded="overlayVisible" :aria-labelledby="ariaLabelledBy" />
+            <input ref="focusInput" role="combobox" type="text" :id="inputId" readonly :disabled="disabled" @focus="onFocus" @blur="onBlur" @keydown="onKeyDown" :tabindex="tabindex"
+                aria-haspopup="listbox" :aria-expanded="overlayVisible" :aria-labelledby="ariaLabelledBy" :aria-controls="listId" v-bind="inputProps" />
         </div>
         <span :class="labelClass">
             <slot name="value" :value="modelValue" :placeholder="placeholder">
@@ -16,9 +16,9 @@
         </div>
         <Portal :appendTo="appendTo">
             <transition name="p-connected-overlay" @enter="onOverlayEnter" @leave="onOverlayLeave" @after-leave="onOverlayAfterLeave">
-                <div :ref="overlayRef" :class="panelStyleClass" v-if="overlayVisible" @click="onOverlayClick">
+                <div :ref="overlayRef" :class="panelStyleClass" v-if="overlayVisible" @click="onOverlayClick" role="group">
                     <div class="p-cascadeselect-items-wrapper">
-                        <CascadeSelectSub :options="options" :selectionPath="selectionPath"
+                        <CascadeSelectSub :id="listId" role="tree" :options="options" :selectionPath="selectionPath"
                             :optionLabel="optionLabel" :optionValue="optionValue" :level="0" :templates="$slots"
                             :optionGroupLabel="optionGroupLabel" :optionGroupChildren="optionGroupChildren"
                             @option-select="onOptionSelect" @optiongroup-select="onOptionGroupSelect" :dirty="dirty" :root="true" />
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
 </template>
 
 <script>
-import {ConnectedOverlayScrollHandler,ObjectUtils,DomHandler,ZIndexUtils} from 'primevue/utils';
+import {ConnectedOverlayScrollHandler,ObjectUtils,DomHandler,ZIndexUtils,UniqueComponentId} from 'primevue/utils';
 import OverlayEventBus from 'primevue/overlayeventbus';
 import CascadeSelectSub from './CascadeSelectSub.vue';
 import Portal from 'primevue/portal';
@@ -71,7 +71,8 @@ export default {
         loadingIcon: {
             type: String,
             default: 'pi pi-spinner pi-spin'
-        }
+        },
+        inputProps: null
     },
     outsideClickListener: null,
     scrollHandler: null,
@@ -260,7 +261,12 @@ export default {
             this.overlay = el;
         },
         onKeyDown(event) {
-            switch(event.key) {
+            if (this.disabled || this.loading) {
+                event.preventDefault();
+                return;
+            }
+
+            switch(event.code) {
                 case 'Down':
                 case 'ArrowDown':
                     if (this.overlayVisible) {
@@ -272,11 +278,14 @@ export default {
                     event.preventDefault();
                 break;
 
-                case 'Escape':
+                case 'Space':
                     if (this.overlayVisible) {
                         this.hide();
-                        event.preventDefault();
                     }
+                    else {
+                        this.show();
+                    }
+                    event.preventDefault();
                 break;
 
                 case 'Tab':
@@ -326,6 +335,9 @@ export default {
         },
         dropdownIconClass() {
             return ['p-cascadeselect-trigger-icon', this.loading ? this.loadingIcon : 'pi pi-chevron-down'];
+        },
+        listId() {
+            return UniqueComponentId() + '_list';
         }
     },
     components: {
diff --git a/src/components/cascadeselect/CascadeSelectSub.vue b/src/components/cascadeselect/CascadeSelectSub.vue
index 25f119d31..5fb9c8b78 100644
--- a/src/components/cascadeselect/CascadeSelectSub.vue
+++ b/src/components/cascadeselect/CascadeSelectSub.vue
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
 <template>
-    <ul class="p-cascadeselect-panel p-cascadeselect-items" role="listbox" aria-orientation="horizontal">
-        <template v-for="(option,i) of options" :key="getOptionLabelToRender(option)">
-            <li :class="getItemClass(option)" role="none">
-                <div class="p-cascadeselect-item-content" @click="onOptionClick($event, option)" tabindex="0" @keydown="onKeyDown($event, option, i)" v-ripple>
+    <ul class="p-cascadeselect-panel p-cascadeselect-items" aria-orientation="horizontal">
+        <template v-for="(option,index) of options" :key="getOptionLabelToRender(option)">
+            <li :class="getItemClass(option)" role="treeitem"  :aria-label="getOptionLabelToRender(option)" :aria-selected="isOptionActive(option)" :aria-expanded="isOptionActive(option)"
+                :aria-setsize="options.length" :aria-posinset="index + 1" :aria-level="level + 1">
+                <div class="p-cascadeselect-item-content" @click="onOptionClick($event, option)" tabindex="0" @keydown="onKeyDown($event, option, index)" v-ripple>
                     <component :is="templates['option']" :option="option" v-if="templates['option']"/>
                     <template v-else>
                         <span class="p-cascadeselect-item-text">{{getOptionLabelToRender(option)}}</span>
@@ -11,7 +12,7 @@
                 </div>
                 <CascadeSelectSub v-if="isOptionGroup(option) && isOptionActive(option)" class="p-cascadeselect-sublist" :selectionPath="selectionPath" :options="getOptionGroupChildren(option)"
                         :optionLabel="optionLabel" :optionValue="optionValue" :level="level + 1" @option-select="onOptionSelect" @optiongroup-select="onOptionGroupSelect"
-                        :optionGroupLabel="optionGroupLabel" :optionGroupChildren="optionGroupChildren" :parentActive="isOptionActive(option)" :dirty="dirty" :templates="templates"/>
+                        :optionGroupLabel="optionGroupLabel" :optionGroupChildren="optionGroupChildren" :parentActive="isOptionActive(option)" :dirty="dirty" :templates="templates" :aria-level="level + 2"/>
             </li>
         </template>
     </ul>
@@ -117,7 +118,7 @@ export default {
             return this.activeOption === option;
         },
         onKeyDown(event, option, index) {
-            switch (event.key) {
+            switch (event.code) {
                 case 'Down':
                 case 'ArrowDown':
                     var nextItem = this.$el.children[index + 1];
@@ -157,6 +158,7 @@ export default {
                 break;
 
                 case 'Enter':
+                case 'Space':
                     this.onOptionClick(event, option);
                 break;
             }
diff --git a/src/views/cascadeselect/CascadeSelectDemo.vue b/src/views/cascadeselect/CascadeSelectDemo.vue
index aa848630e..54d6dff6a 100644
--- a/src/views/cascadeselect/CascadeSelectDemo.vue
+++ b/src/views/cascadeselect/CascadeSelectDemo.vue
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
         <div class="content-section introduction">
             <div class="feature-intro">
                 <h1>CascadeSelect</h1>
-                <p>CascadeSelect displays a nested structure of options.</p>
+                <p>CascadeSelect is a form component to select a value from a nested structure of options.</p>
             </div>
             <AppDemoActions />
         </div>
diff --git a/src/views/cascadeselect/CascadeSelectDoc.vue b/src/views/cascadeselect/CascadeSelectDoc.vue
index 778fee0a9..a40af6980 100644
--- a/src/views/cascadeselect/CascadeSelectDoc.vue
+++ b/src/views/cascadeselect/CascadeSelectDoc.vue
@@ -25,87 +25,85 @@ import CascadeSelect from 'primevue/cascadeselect';
 </code></pre>
 
 <pre v-code.script><code>
-data() {
-	data() &#123;
-        return &#123;
-            selectedCity: null,
-            countries: [
-                &#123;
-                    name: 'Australia',
-                    code: 'AU',
-                    states: [
-                        &#123;
-                            name: 'New South Wales',
-                            cities: [
-                                &#123;cname: 'Sydney', code: 'A-SY'&#125;,
-                                &#123;cname: 'Newcastle', code: 'A-NE'&#125;,
-                                &#123;cname: 'Wollongong', code: 'A-WO'&#125;
-                            ]
-                        &#125;,
-                        &#123;
-                            name: 'Queensland',
-                            cities: [
-                                &#123;cname: 'Brisbane', code: 'A-BR'&#125;,
-                                &#123;cname: 'Townsville', code: 'A-TO'&#125;
-                            ]
-                        &#125;,
-                        
-                    ]
-                &#125;,
-                &#123;
-                    name: 'Canada', 
-                    code: 'CA',
-                    states: [
-                        &#123;
-                            name: 'Quebec',
-                            cities: [
-                                &#123;cname: 'Montreal', code: 'C-MO'&#125;,
-                                &#123;cname: 'Quebec City', code: 'C-QU'&#125;
-                            ]
-                        &#125;,
-                        &#123;
-                            name: 'Ontario',
-                            cities: [
-                                &#123;cname: 'Ottawa', code: 'C-OT'&#125;,
-                                &#123;cname: 'Toronto', code: 'C-TO'&#125;
-                            ]
-                        &#125;,
-                        
-                    ]
-                &#125;,
-                &#123;
-                    name: 'United States',
-                    code: 'US',
-                    states: [
-                        &#123;
-                            name: 'California',
-                            cities: [
-                                &#123;cname: 'Los Angeles', code: 'US-LA'&#125;,
-                                &#123;cname: 'San Diego', code: 'US-SD'&#125;,
-                                &#123;cname: 'San Francisco', code: 'US-SF'&#125;
-                            ]
-                        &#125;,
-                        &#123;
-                            name: 'Florida',
-                            cities: [
-                                &#123;cname: 'Jacksonville', code: 'US-JA'&#125;,
-                                &#123;cname: 'Miami', code: 'US-MI'&#125;,
-                                &#123;cname: 'Tampa', code: 'US-TA'&#125;,
-                                &#123;cname: 'Orlando', code: 'US-OR'&#125;
-                            ]
-                        &#125;,
-                        &#123;
-                            name: 'Texas',
-                            cities: [
-                                &#123;cname: 'Austin', code: 'US-AU'&#125;,
-                                &#123;cname: 'Dallas', code: 'US-DA'&#125;,
-                                &#123;cname: 'Houston', code: 'US-HO'&#125;
-                            ]
-                        &#125;
-                    ]
-                &#125;
-            ]
-        &#125; 
+data() &#123;
+    return &#123;
+        selectedCity: null,
+        countries: [
+            &#123;
+                name: 'Australia',
+                code: 'AU',
+                states: [
+                    &#123;
+                        name: 'New South Wales',
+                        cities: [
+                            &#123;cname: 'Sydney', code: 'A-SY'&#125;,
+                            &#123;cname: 'Newcastle', code: 'A-NE'&#125;,
+                            &#123;cname: 'Wollongong', code: 'A-WO'&#125;
+                        ]
+                    &#125;,
+                    &#123;
+                        name: 'Queensland',
+                        cities: [
+                            &#123;cname: 'Brisbane', code: 'A-BR'&#125;,
+                            &#123;cname: 'Townsville', code: 'A-TO'&#125;
+                        ]
+                    &#125;,
+                    
+                ]
+            &#125;,
+            &#123;
+                name: 'Canada', 
+                code: 'CA',
+                states: [
+                    &#123;
+                        name: 'Quebec',
+                        cities: [
+                            &#123;cname: 'Montreal', code: 'C-MO'&#125;,
+                            &#123;cname: 'Quebec City', code: 'C-QU'&#125;
+                        ]
+                    &#125;,
+                    &#123;
+                        name: 'Ontario',
+                        cities: [
+                            &#123;cname: 'Ottawa', code: 'C-OT'&#125;,
+                            &#123;cname: 'Toronto', code: 'C-TO'&#125;
+                        ]
+                    &#125;,
+                    
+                ]
+            &#125;,
+            &#123;
+                name: 'United States',
+                code: 'US',
+                states: [
+                    &#123;
+                        name: 'California',
+                        cities: [
+                            &#123;cname: 'Los Angeles', code: 'US-LA'&#125;,
+                            &#123;cname: 'San Diego', code: 'US-SD'&#125;,
+                            &#123;cname: 'San Francisco', code: 'US-SF'&#125;
+                        ]
+                    &#125;,
+                    &#123;
+                        name: 'Florida',
+                        cities: [
+                            &#123;cname: 'Jacksonville', code: 'US-JA'&#125;,
+                            &#123;cname: 'Miami', code: 'US-MI'&#125;,
+                            &#123;cname: 'Tampa', code: 'US-TA'&#125;,
+                            &#123;cname: 'Orlando', code: 'US-OR'&#125;
+                        ]
+                    &#125;,
+                    &#123;
+                        name: 'Texas',
+                        cities: [
+                            &#123;cname: 'Austin', code: 'US-AU'&#125;,
+                            &#123;cname: 'Dallas', code: 'US-DA'&#125;,
+                            &#123;cname: 'Houston', code: 'US-HO'&#125;
+                        ]
+                    &#125;
+                ]
+            &#125;
+        ]
     &#125;
 }
 
@@ -360,6 +358,101 @@ data() {
 			</table>
 		</div>
 
+        <h5>Accessibility</h5>
+        <DevelopmentSection>
+            <h6>Screen Reader</h6>
+            <p>Value to describe the component can either be provided with <i>aria-labelledby</i> or <i>aria-label</i> props. The cascadeselect element has a <i>combobox</i> role
+            in addition to <i>aria-haspopup</i> and <i>aria-expanded</i> attributes. The relation between the combobox and the popup is created with <i>aria-controls</i> that refers to the id of the popup.</p>
+            <p>The popup list has an id that refers to the <i>aria-controls</i> attribute of the <i>combobox</i> element and uses <i>tree</i> as the role. Each list item has a <i>treeitem</i> role along with <i>aria-label</i>, <i>aria-selected</i> and <i>aria-expanded</i> attributes. The container
+            element of a treenode has the <i>group</i> role. The <i>aria-setsize</i>, <i>aria-posinset</i> and <i>aria-level</i> attributes are calculated implicitly and added to each treeitem.</p>
+
+            <p>If filtering is enabled, <i>filterInputProps</i> can be defined to give <i>aria-*</i> props to the filter input element.</p>
+
+<pre v-code><code>
+&lt;span id="dd1"&gt;Options&lt;/span&gt;
+&lt;CascadeSelect aria-labelledby="dd1" /&gt;
+
+&lt;CascadeSelect aria-label="Options" /&gt;
+
+</code></pre>
+
+            <h6>Closed State Keyboard Support</h6>
+            <div class="doc-tablewrapper">
+                <table class="doc-table">
+                    <thead>
+                        <tr>
+                            <th>Key</th>
+                            <th>Function</th>
+                        </tr>
+                    </thead>
+                    <tbody>
+                        <tr>
+                            <td><i>tab</i></td>
+                            <td>Moves focus to the cascadeselect element.</td>
+                        </tr>
+                        <tr>
+                            <td><i>space</i></td>
+                            <td>Opens the popup and moves visual focus to the selected option, if there is none then first option receives the focus.</td>
+                        </tr>
+                        <tr>
+                            <td><i>down arrow</i></td>
+                            <td>Opens the popup and moves visual focus to the selected option, if there is none then first option receives the focus.</td>
+                        </tr>
+                    </tbody>
+                </table>
+            </div>
+
+            <h6>Popup Keyboard Support</h6>
+            <div class="doc-tablewrapper">
+                <table class="doc-table">
+                    <thead>
+                        <tr>
+                            <th>Key</th>
+                            <th>Function</th>
+                        </tr>
+                    </thead>
+                    <tbody>
+                        <tr>
+                            <td><i>tab</i></td>
+                            <td>Hides the popup and moves focus to the next tabbable element.</td>
+                        </tr>
+                        <tr>
+                            <td><i>tab</i></td>
+                            <td>Hides the popup and moves focus to the previous tabbable element.</td>
+                        </tr>
+                        <tr>
+                            <td><i>enter</i></td>
+                            <td>Selects the focused option and closes the popup.</td>
+                        </tr>
+                        <tr>
+                            <td><i>space</i></td>
+                            <td>Selects the focused option and closes the popup.</td>
+                        </tr>
+                        <tr>
+                            <td><i>escape</i></td>
+                            <td>Closes the popup, moves focus to the cascadeselect element.</td>
+                        </tr>
+                        <tr>
+                            <td><i>down arrow</i></td>
+                            <td>Moves focus to the next option.</td>
+                        </tr>
+                        <tr>
+                            <td><i>up arrow</i></td>
+                            <td>Moves focus to the previous option.</td>
+                        </tr>
+                        <tr>
+                            <td><i>right arrow</i></td>
+                            <td>If option is closed, opens the option otherwise moves focus to the first child option.</td>
+                        </tr>
+                        <tr>
+                            <td><i>left arrow</i></td>
+                            <td>If option is open, closes the option otherwise moves focus to the parent option.</td>
+                        </tr>
+                    </tbody>
+                </table>
+            </div>
+        </DevelopmentSection>
+
 		<h5>Dependencies</h5>
 		<p>None.</p>
     </AppDoc>