diff -r 374f5352788f javafx-ui-controls/src/com/sun/javafx/scene/control/skin/MenuBarSkin.java
--- a/javafx-ui-controls/src/com/sun/javafx/scene/control/skin/MenuBarSkin.java	Thu Jul 12 16:02:44 2012 -0700
+++ b/javafx-ui-controls/src/com/sun/javafx/scene/control/skin/MenuBarSkin.java	Fri Jul 13 15:03:49 2012 -0700
@@ -65,11 +65,8 @@
 import com.sun.javafx.scene.traversal.TraverseListener;
 import com.sun.javafx.stage.StageHelper;
 import com.sun.javafx.tk.Toolkit;
-import java.lang.ref.WeakReference;
-import java.util.logging.Level;
-import java.util.logging.Logger;
 import javafx.event.ActionEvent;
-import javafx.event.EventType;
+import javafx.scene.control.*;
 import javafx.scene.input.*;
 
 
@@ -177,7 +174,8 @@
     private WeakEventHandler weakSceneMouseEventHandler;
     private EventHandler keyEventHandler;
     private EventHandler mouseEventHandler;
-    
+    private ChangeListener<Boolean> menuBarFocusedPropertyListener;
+
     /***************************************************************************
      *                                                                         *
      * Constructors                                                            *
@@ -210,7 +208,6 @@
                             break;
 
                         case RIGHT:
-                        case TAB:
                             if (control.getScene().getWindow().isFocused()) {
                                 if (openMenu == null) return;
                                 if (! openMenu.isShowing()) {
@@ -244,6 +241,21 @@
                             event.consume();
                             break;
                     }
+                } 
+            }
+        };
+        menuBarFocusedPropertyListener = new ChangeListener<Boolean>() {
+            @Override public void changed(ObservableValue<? extends Boolean> ov, Boolean t, Boolean t1) {
+                if (t1) {
+                    // RT-23147 when MenuBar's focusTraversable is true the first 
+                    // menu will visually indicate focus  
+                    unSelectMenus();
+                    focusedMenuIndex = 0;
+                    openMenuButton = ((MenuBarButton)container.getChildren().get(0));
+                    openMenu = getSkinnable().getMenus().get(0);
+                    openMenuButton.setHover();
+                } else {
+                    unSelectMenus();
                 }
             }
         };
@@ -446,6 +458,7 @@
     
     private void rebuildUI() {
         int index = 0;
+        getSkinnable().focusedProperty().removeListener(menuBarFocusedPropertyListener);
         for (Menu m : getSkinnable().getMenus()) {
             // remove action listeners 
             updateActionListeners(getSkinnable().getMenus().get(index), false);
@@ -517,7 +530,7 @@
             }
         }
 
-
+        getSkinnable().focusedProperty().addListener(menuBarFocusedPropertyListener);
         for (final Menu menu : getSkinnable().getMenus()) {
             if (!menu.isVisible()) continue;
             final MenuBarButton menuButton = new MenuBarButton(menu.getText(), menu.getGraphic());
diff -r 374f5352788f javafx-ui-controls/src/com/sun/javafx/scene/control/skin/MenuButtonSkinBase.java
--- a/javafx-ui-controls/src/com/sun/javafx/scene/control/skin/MenuButtonSkinBase.java	Thu Jul 12 16:02:44 2012 -0700
+++ b/javafx-ui-controls/src/com/sun/javafx/scene/control/skin/MenuButtonSkinBase.java	Fri Jul 13 15:03:49 2012 -0700
@@ -99,7 +99,8 @@
         label = new MenuLabeledImpl(getSkinnable());
         label.setMnemonicParsing(control.isMnemonicParsing());
         label.setLabelFor(control);
-        label.setFocusTraversable(true);
+        // Commenting below for RT-23141 and RT-23222
+        // label.setFocusTraversable(true);
 
         arrow = new StackPane();
         arrow.getStyleClass().setAll("arrow");