diff --git a/src/vs/workbench/parts/preferences/browser/settingsEditor2.ts b/src/vs/workbench/parts/preferences/browser/settingsEditor2.ts
index 30adbcb795bc306834f3f7b95d4866556b6b8332..20cc841055d8876db3e0781f3b0c6b4f0b4ee04e 100644
--- a/src/vs/workbench/parts/preferences/browser/settingsEditor2.ts
+++ b/src/vs/workbench/parts/preferences/browser/settingsEditor2.ts
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ import { SearchWidget, SettingsTarget, SettingsTargetsWidget } from 'vs/workbenc
 import { commonlyUsedData, tocData } from 'vs/workbench/parts/preferences/browser/settingsLayout';
 import { ISettingsEditorViewState, NonExpandableTree, resolveExtensionsSettings, resolveSettingsTree, SearchResultIdx, SearchResultModel, SettingsAccessibilityProvider, SettingsDataSource, SettingsRenderer, SettingsTreeController, SettingsTreeElement, SettingsTreeFilter, SettingsTreeGroupElement, SettingsTreeModel, SettingsTreeSettingElement } from 'vs/workbench/parts/preferences/browser/settingsTree';
 import { TOCDataSource, TOCRenderer, TOCTreeModel } from 'vs/workbench/parts/preferences/browser/tocTree';
-import { CONTEXT_SETTINGS_EDITOR, CONTEXT_SETTINGS_FIRST_ROW_FOCUS, CONTEXT_SETTINGS_SEARCH_FOCUS, IPreferencesSearchService, ISearchProvider, CONTEXT_SETTINGS_ROW_FOCUS } from 'vs/workbench/parts/preferences/common/preferences';
+import { CONTEXT_SETTINGS_EDITOR, CONTEXT_SETTINGS_FIRST_ROW_FOCUS, CONTEXT_SETTINGS_SEARCH_FOCUS, IPreferencesSearchService, ISearchProvider, CONTEXT_SETTINGS_ROW_FOCUS, CONTEXT_TOC_ROW_FOCUS } from 'vs/workbench/parts/preferences/common/preferences';
 import { IPreferencesService, ISearchResult, ISettingsEditorModel } from 'vs/workbench/services/preferences/common/preferences';
 import { SettingsEditor2Input } from 'vs/workbench/services/preferences/common/preferencesEditorInput';
 import { DefaultSettingsEditorModel } from 'vs/workbench/services/preferences/common/preferencesModels';
@@ -77,6 +77,7 @@ export class SettingsEditor2 extends BaseEditor {
 
 	private firstRowFocused: IContextKey<boolean>;
 	private rowFocused: IContextKey<boolean>;
+	private tocRowFocused: IContextKey<boolean>;
 	private inSettingsEditorContextKey: IContextKey<boolean>;
 	private searchFocusContextKey: IContextKey<boolean>;
 
@@ -103,6 +104,7 @@ export class SettingsEditor2 extends BaseEditor {
 		this.searchFocusContextKey = CONTEXT_SETTINGS_SEARCH_FOCUS.bindTo(contextKeyService);
 		this.firstRowFocused = CONTEXT_SETTINGS_FIRST_ROW_FOCUS.bindTo(contextKeyService);
 		this.rowFocused = CONTEXT_SETTINGS_ROW_FOCUS.bindTo(contextKeyService);
+		this.tocRowFocused = CONTEXT_TOC_ROW_FOCUS.bindTo(contextKeyService);
 
 		this._register(configurationService.onDidChangeConfiguration(e => {
 			this.onConfigUpdate();
@@ -284,6 +286,15 @@ export class SettingsEditor2 extends BaseEditor {
 					this.settingsTree.setFocus(element);
 				}
 			}
+
+		}));
+
+		this._register(this.tocTree.onDidFocus(() => {
+			this.tocRowFocused.set(true);
+		}));
+
+		this._register(this.tocTree.onDidBlur(() => {
+			this.tocRowFocused.set(false);
 		}));
 
 		this.updateTOCVisible();
diff --git a/src/vs/workbench/parts/preferences/common/preferences.ts b/src/vs/workbench/parts/preferences/common/preferences.ts
index ba8b28c4b2609380c86dea29897f07e8d47a0d6e..232b6d0b8d4f6b687235a9d496691499bbe665eb 100644
--- a/src/vs/workbench/parts/preferences/common/preferences.ts
+++ b/src/vs/workbench/parts/preferences/common/preferences.ts
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@ export const CONTEXT_SETTINGS_EDITOR = new RawContextKey<boolean>('inSettingsEdi
 export const CONTEXT_SETTINGS_SEARCH_FOCUS = new RawContextKey<boolean>('inSettingsSearch', false);
 export const CONTEXT_SETTINGS_FIRST_ROW_FOCUS = new RawContextKey<boolean>('firstSettingRowFocused', false);
 export const CONTEXT_SETTINGS_ROW_FOCUS = new RawContextKey<boolean>('settingRowFocused', false);
+export const CONTEXT_TOC_ROW_FOCUS = new RawContextKey<boolean>('settingsTocRowFocus', false);
 export const CONTEXT_KEYBINDINGS_EDITOR = new RawContextKey<boolean>('inKeybindings', false);
 export const CONTEXT_KEYBINDINGS_SEARCH_FOCUS = new RawContextKey<boolean>('inKeybindingsSearch', false);
 export const CONTEXT_KEYBINDING_FOCUS = new RawContextKey<boolean>('keybindingFocus', false);
@@ -74,6 +75,8 @@ export const SETTINGS_EDITOR_COMMAND_FOCUS_FILE = 'settings.action.focusSettings
 export const SETTINGS_EDITOR_COMMAND_EDIT_FOCUSED_SETTING = 'settings.action.editFocusedSetting';
 export const SETTINGS_EDITOR_COMMAND_FOCUS_SEARCH_FROM_SETTINGS = 'settings.action.focusSearchFromSettings';
 export const SETTINGS_EDITOR_COMMAND_FOCUS_SETTINGS_FROM_SEARCH = 'settings.action.focusSettingsFromSearch';
+export const SETTINGS_EDITOR_COMMAND_FOCUS_SETTINGS_LIST = 'settings.action.focusSettingsList';
+
 export const KEYBINDINGS_EDITOR_COMMAND_SEARCH = 'keybindings.editor.searchKeybindings';
 export const KEYBINDINGS_EDITOR_COMMAND_CLEAR_SEARCH_RESULTS = 'keybindings.editor.clearSearchResults';
 export const KEYBINDINGS_EDITOR_COMMAND_DEFINE = 'keybindings.editor.defineKeybinding';
diff --git a/src/vs/workbench/parts/preferences/electron-browser/preferences.contribution.ts b/src/vs/workbench/parts/preferences/electron-browser/preferences.contribution.ts
index a64527638877a4d21be856b4a16636fd32476231..683bcd616f2bddded0b35b9615c6e9511f023034 100644
--- a/src/vs/workbench/parts/preferences/electron-browser/preferences.contribution.ts
+++ b/src/vs/workbench/parts/preferences/electron-browser/preferences.contribution.ts
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ import { KeybindingsEditor } from 'vs/workbench/parts/preferences/browser/keybin
 import { OpenRawDefaultSettingsAction, OpenSettingsAction, OpenGlobalSettingsAction, OpenGlobalKeybindingsFileAction, OpenWorkspaceSettingsAction, OpenFolderSettingsAction, ConfigureLanguageBasedSettingsAction, OPEN_FOLDER_SETTINGS_COMMAND, OpenGlobalKeybindingsAction, OpenSettings2Action } from 'vs/workbench/parts/preferences/browser/preferencesActions';
 import {
 	IKeybindingsEditor, IPreferencesSearchService, CONTEXT_KEYBINDING_FOCUS, CONTEXT_KEYBINDINGS_EDITOR, CONTEXT_KEYBINDINGS_SEARCH_FOCUS, KEYBINDINGS_EDITOR_COMMAND_DEFINE, KEYBINDINGS_EDITOR_COMMAND_REMOVE, KEYBINDINGS_EDITOR_COMMAND_SEARCH,
-	KEYBINDINGS_EDITOR_COMMAND_COPY, KEYBINDINGS_EDITOR_COMMAND_RESET, KEYBINDINGS_EDITOR_COMMAND_COPY_COMMAND, KEYBINDINGS_EDITOR_COMMAND_SHOW_SIMILAR, KEYBINDINGS_EDITOR_COMMAND_FOCUS_KEYBINDINGS, KEYBINDINGS_EDITOR_COMMAND_CLEAR_SEARCH_RESULTS, SETTINGS_EDITOR_COMMAND_SEARCH, CONTEXT_SETTINGS_EDITOR, SETTINGS_EDITOR_COMMAND_FOCUS_FILE, CONTEXT_SETTINGS_SEARCH_FOCUS, SETTINGS_EDITOR_COMMAND_CLEAR_SEARCH_RESULTS, SETTINGS_EDITOR_COMMAND_FOCUS_NEXT_SETTING, SETTINGS_EDITOR_COMMAND_FOCUS_PREVIOUS_SETTING, SETTINGS_EDITOR_COMMAND_EDIT_FOCUSED_SETTING, SETTINGS_EDITOR_COMMAND_FOCUS_SEARCH_FROM_SETTINGS, SETTINGS_EDITOR_COMMAND_FOCUS_SETTINGS_FROM_SEARCH, CONTEXT_SETTINGS_FIRST_ROW_FOCUS, CONTEXT_SETTINGS_ROW_FOCUS
+	KEYBINDINGS_EDITOR_COMMAND_COPY, KEYBINDINGS_EDITOR_COMMAND_RESET, KEYBINDINGS_EDITOR_COMMAND_COPY_COMMAND, KEYBINDINGS_EDITOR_COMMAND_SHOW_SIMILAR, KEYBINDINGS_EDITOR_COMMAND_FOCUS_KEYBINDINGS, KEYBINDINGS_EDITOR_COMMAND_CLEAR_SEARCH_RESULTS, SETTINGS_EDITOR_COMMAND_SEARCH, CONTEXT_SETTINGS_EDITOR, SETTINGS_EDITOR_COMMAND_FOCUS_FILE, CONTEXT_SETTINGS_SEARCH_FOCUS, SETTINGS_EDITOR_COMMAND_CLEAR_SEARCH_RESULTS, SETTINGS_EDITOR_COMMAND_FOCUS_NEXT_SETTING, SETTINGS_EDITOR_COMMAND_FOCUS_PREVIOUS_SETTING, SETTINGS_EDITOR_COMMAND_EDIT_FOCUSED_SETTING, SETTINGS_EDITOR_COMMAND_FOCUS_SEARCH_FROM_SETTINGS, SETTINGS_EDITOR_COMMAND_FOCUS_SETTINGS_FROM_SEARCH, CONTEXT_SETTINGS_FIRST_ROW_FOCUS, CONTEXT_SETTINGS_ROW_FOCUS, CONTEXT_TOC_ROW_FOCUS, SETTINGS_EDITOR_COMMAND_FOCUS_SETTINGS_LIST
 } from 'vs/workbench/parts/preferences/common/preferences';
 import { IInstantiationService, ServicesAccessor } from 'vs/platform/instantiation/common/instantiation';
 import { IWorkbenchContributionsRegistry, Extensions as WorkbenchExtensions } from 'vs/workbench/common/contributions';
@@ -476,3 +476,20 @@ const editFocusedSettingCommand2 = new EditFocusedSettingCommand2({
 	kbOpts: { primary: KeyCode.Enter }
 });
 KeybindingsRegistry.registerCommandAndKeybindingRule(editFocusedSettingCommand2.toCommandAndKeybindingRule(KeybindingsRegistry.WEIGHT.workbenchContrib()));
+
+class FocusSettingsListCommand extends SettingsCommand {
+
+	public runCommand(accessor: ServicesAccessor, args: any): void {
+		const preferencesEditor = this.getPreferencesEditor(accessor);
+		if (preferencesEditor instanceof SettingsEditor2) {
+			preferencesEditor.focusSettings();
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+const focusSettingsListCommand = new FocusSettingsListCommand({
+	id: SETTINGS_EDITOR_COMMAND_FOCUS_SETTINGS_LIST,
+	precondition: ContextKeyExpr.and(CONTEXT_SETTINGS_EDITOR, CONTEXT_TOC_ROW_FOCUS),
+	kbOpts: { primary: KeyCode.Enter }
+});
+KeybindingsRegistry.registerCommandAndKeybindingRule(focusSettingsListCommand.toCommandAndKeybindingRule(KeybindingsRegistry.WEIGHT.workbenchContrib()));