diff --git a/wp-admin/edit-form-advanced.php b/wp-admin/edit-form-advanced.php
index 4eae30f645..0bf2459df8 100644
--- a/wp-admin/edit-form-advanced.php
+++ b/wp-admin/edit-form-advanced.php
@@ -74,9 +74,9 @@ else
 
 <div id="previewview">
 <?php if ( 'publish' == $post->post_status ) { ?>
-<a href="<?php echo clean_url(get_permalink($post->ID)); ?>" target="_blank"><?php _e('View this Post'); ?></a>
+<a href="<?php echo clean_url(get_permalink($post->ID)); ?>" target="_blank" tabindex="4"><?php _e('View this Post'); ?></a>
 <?php } elseif ( 'edit' == $action ) { ?>
-<a href="<?php echo clean_url(apply_filters('preview_post_link', add_query_arg('preview', 'true', get_permalink($post->ID)))); ?>" target="_blank"><?php _e('Preview this Post'); ?></a>
+<a href="<?php echo clean_url(apply_filters('preview_post_link', add_query_arg('preview', 'true', get_permalink($post->ID)))); ?>" target="_blank"  tabindex="4"><?php _e('Preview this Post'); ?></a>
 <?php } ?>
 </div>
 
diff --git a/wp-admin/edit-page-form.php b/wp-admin/edit-page-form.php
index 63176481e6..9953670a98 100644
--- a/wp-admin/edit-page-form.php
+++ b/wp-admin/edit-page-form.php
@@ -58,9 +58,9 @@ else
 
 <div id="previewview">
 <?php if ( 'publish' == $post->post_status ) { ?>
-<a href="<?php echo clean_url(get_permalink($post->ID)); ?>" target="_blank"><?php _e('View this Page'); ?></a>
+<a href="<?php echo clean_url(get_permalink($post->ID)); ?>" target="_blank"  tabindex="4"><?php _e('View this Page'); ?></a>
 <?php } elseif ( 'edit' == $action ) { ?>
-<a href="<?php echo clean_url(apply_filters('preview_post_link', add_query_arg('preview', 'true', get_permalink($post->ID)))); ?>" target="_blank"><?php _e('Preview this Page'); ?></a>
+<a href="<?php echo clean_url(apply_filters('preview_post_link', add_query_arg('preview', 'true', get_permalink($post->ID)))); ?>" target="_blank" tabindex="4"><?php _e('Preview this Page'); ?></a>
 <?php } ?>
 </div>
 
diff --git a/wp-includes/js/autosave.js b/wp-includes/js/autosave.js
index 8d4a80c16b..54333f8173 100644
--- a/wp-includes/js/autosave.js
+++ b/wp-includes/js/autosave.js
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ function autosave_update_preview_link(post_id) {
 			post_id: post_id,
 			getpermalinknonce: jQuery('#getpermalinknonce').val()
 		}, function(permalink) {
-			jQuery('#previewview').html('<a target="_blank" href="'+permalink+'">'+previewText+'</a>');
+			jQuery('#previewview').html('<a target="_blank" href="'+permalink+'" tabindex="4">'+previewText+'</a>');
 		});
 	}
 }