diff --git a/src/vs/base/browser/ui/menu/menubar.ts b/src/vs/base/browser/ui/menu/menubar.ts
index f4506d877b5196908762082943369cbb91147630..2cf359db3be4409ee97ef18f8e438eddddc89fe5 100644
--- a/src/vs/base/browser/ui/menu/menubar.ts
+++ b/src/vs/base/browser/ui/menu/menubar.ts
@@ -446,6 +446,16 @@ export class MenuBar extends Disposable {
 		return this.container.clientHeight;
 	}
 
+	toggleFocus(): void {
+		if (!this.isFocused && this.options.visibility !== 'hidden') {
+			this.mnemonicsInUse = true;
+			this.focusedMenu = { index: this.numMenusShown > 0 ? 0 : MenuBar.OVERFLOW_INDEX };
+			this.focusState = MenubarState.FOCUSED;
+		} else if (!this.isOpen) {
+			this.setUnfocusedState();
+		}
+	}
+
 	private updateOverflowAction(): void {
 		if (!this.menuCache || !this.menuCache.length) {
 			return;
diff --git a/src/vs/workbench/browser/parts/titlebar/menubarControl.ts b/src/vs/workbench/browser/parts/titlebar/menubarControl.ts
index e7fdf3898d5f930a63cbac8df4d3b5baa8e9169c..1b2f52c6ab78d0cf4248ad3bfa0f1cd3c78dd7e7 100644
--- a/src/vs/workbench/browser/parts/titlebar/menubarControl.ts
+++ b/src/vs/workbench/browser/parts/titlebar/menubarControl.ts
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
  *--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
 
 import * as nls from 'vs/nls';
-import { IMenuService, MenuId, IMenu, SubmenuItemAction } from 'vs/platform/actions/common/actions';
+import { IMenuService, MenuId, IMenu, SubmenuItemAction, registerAction2, Action2 } from 'vs/platform/actions/common/actions';
 import { registerThemingParticipant, IColorTheme, ICssStyleCollector, IThemeService } from 'vs/platform/theme/common/themeService';
 import { MenuBarVisibility, getTitleBarStyle, IWindowOpenable, getMenuBarVisibility } from 'vs/platform/windows/common/windows';
 import { IContextKeyService } from 'vs/platform/contextkey/common/contextkey';
@@ -35,6 +35,9 @@ import { IWorkbenchLayoutService } from 'vs/workbench/services/layout/browser/la
 import { isFullscreen } from 'vs/base/browser/browser';
 import { IHostService } from 'vs/workbench/services/host/browser/host';
 import { BrowserFeatures } from 'vs/base/browser/canIUse';
+import { KeyCode } from 'vs/base/common/keyCodes';
+import { KeybindingWeight } from 'vs/platform/keybinding/common/keybindingsRegistry';
+import { IsWebContext } from 'vs/platform/contextkey/common/contextkeys';
 
 export abstract class MenubarControl extends Disposable {
 
@@ -312,6 +315,8 @@ export class CustomMenubarControl extends MenubarControl {
 
 		this.registerListeners();
 
+		this.registerActions();
+
 		registerThemingParticipant((theme: IColorTheme, collector: ICssStyleCollector) => {
 			const menubarActiveWindowFgColor = theme.getColor(TITLE_BAR_ACTIVE_FOREGROUND);
 			if (menubarActiveWindowFgColor) {
@@ -411,6 +416,32 @@ export class CustomMenubarControl extends MenubarControl {
 		this.setupCustomMenubar(firstTime);
 	}
 
+	private registerActions(): void {
+		const that = this;
+
+		if (isWeb) {
+			this._register(registerAction2(class extends Action2 {
+				constructor() {
+					super({
+						id: `workbench.actions.menubar.focus`,
+						title: { value: nls.localize('focusMenu', "Focus Application Menu"), original: 'Focus Application Menu' },
+						keybinding: {
+							primary: KeyCode.F10,
+							weight: KeybindingWeight.WorkbenchContrib,
+							when: IsWebContext
+						}
+					});
+				}
+
+				async run(): Promise<void> {
+					if (that.menubar) {
+						that.menubar.toggleFocus();
+					}
+				}
+			}));
+		}
+	}
+
 	private getUpdateAction(): IAction | null {
 		const state = this.updateService.state;