diff --git a/examples/treeview/treeview-1/js/treeitem.js b/examples/treeview/treeview-1/js/treeitem.js
index b2de109256..6acb639f8d 100644
--- a/examples/treeview/treeview-1/js/treeitem.js
+++ b/examples/treeview/treeview-1/js/treeitem.js
@@ -114,87 +114,95 @@ Treeitem.prototype.handleKeydown = function (event) {
     return str.length === 1 && str.match(/\S/);
   }
 
-  if (event.altKey || event.ctrlKey || event.metaKey || event.shiftKey) {
+  function printableCharacter (item) {
+    if (char == '*') {
+      item.tree.expandAllSiblingItems(item);
+      flag = true;
+    }
+    else {
+      if (isPrintableCharacter(char)) {
+        item.tree.setFocusByFirstCharacter(item, char);
+        flag = true;
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+  if (event.altKey || event.ctrlKey || event.metaKey) {
     return;
   }
 
-  switch (event.keyCode) {
-    case this.keyCode.SPACE:
-    case this.keyCode.RETURN:
-      // Create simulated mouse event to mimic the behavior of ATs
-      // and let the event handler handleClick do the housekeeping.
-      try {
-        clickEvent = new MouseEvent('click', {
-          'view': window,
-          'bubbles': true,
-          'cancelable': true
-        });
-      }
-      catch (err) {
-        if (document.createEvent) {
-          // DOM Level 3 for IE 9+
-          clickEvent = document.createEvent('MouseEvents');
-          clickEvent.initEvent('click', true, true);
+  if (event.shift) {
+    printableCharacter(this);
+  }
+  else {
+    switch (event.keyCode) {
+      case this.keyCode.SPACE:
+      case this.keyCode.RETURN:
+        // Create simulated mouse event to mimic the behavior of ATs
+        // and let the event handler handleClick do the housekeeping.
+        try {
+          clickEvent = new MouseEvent('click', {
+            'view': window,
+            'bubbles': true,
+            'cancelable': true
+          });
         }
-      }
-      tgt.dispatchEvent(clickEvent);
-      flag = true;
-      break;
-
-    case this.keyCode.UP:
-      this.tree.setFocusToPreviousItem(this);
-      flag = true;
-      break;
-
-    case this.keyCode.DOWN:
-      this.tree.setFocusToNextItem(this);
-      flag = true;
-      break;
+        catch (err) {
+          if (document.createEvent) {
+            // DOM Level 3 for IE 9+
+            clickEvent = document.createEvent('MouseEvents');
+            clickEvent.initEvent('click', true, true);
+          }
+        }
+        tgt.dispatchEvent(clickEvent);
+        flag = true;
+        break;
 
-    case this.keyCode.RIGHT:
-      if (this.isExpandable) {
-        this.tree.expandTreeitem(this);
+      case this.keyCode.UP:
+        this.tree.setFocusToPreviousItem(this);
         flag = true;
-      }
-      break;
+        break;
 
-    case this.keyCode.LEFT:
-      if (this.isExpandable) {
-        this.tree.collapseTreeitem(this);
+      case this.keyCode.DOWN:
+        this.tree.setFocusToNextItem(this);
         flag = true;
-      }
-      else {
-        if (this.inGroup) {
-          this.tree.setFocusToParentItem(this);
+        break;
+
+      case this.keyCode.RIGHT:
+        if (this.isExpandable) {
+          this.tree.expandTreeitem(this);
           flag = true;
         }
-      }
-      break;
+        break;
 
-    case this.keyCode.HOME:
-      this.tree.setFocusToFirstItem();
-      flag = true;
-      break;
-
-    case this.keyCode.END:
-      this.tree.setFocusToLastItem();
-      flag = true;
-      break;
+      case this.keyCode.LEFT:
+        if (this.isExpandable) {
+          this.tree.collapseTreeitem(this);
+          flag = true;
+        }
+        else {
+          if (this.inGroup) {
+            this.tree.setFocusToParentItem(this);
+            flag = true;
+          }
+        }
+        break;
 
-    default:
+      case this.keyCode.HOME:
+        this.tree.setFocusToFirstItem();
+        flag = true;
+        break;
 
-      if (char == '*') {
-        this.tree.expandAllSiblingItems(this);
+      case this.keyCode.END:
+        this.tree.setFocusToLastItem();
         flag = true;
-      }
-      else {
-        if (isPrintableCharacter(char)) {
-          this.tree.setFocusByFirstCharacter(this, char);
-          flag = true;
-        }
-      }
+        break;
+
+      default:
+        printableCharacter(this);
+        break;
+    }
 
-      break;
   }
 
   if (flag) {
diff --git a/examples/treeview/treeview-2/js/treeitemLinks.js b/examples/treeview/treeview-2/js/treeitemLinks.js
index a7838d76be..efecc311ee 100644
--- a/examples/treeview/treeview-2/js/treeitemLinks.js
+++ b/examples/treeview/treeview-2/js/treeitemLinks.js
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ var TreeitemLink = function (node, treeObj, group) {
   this.groupTreeitem = group;
   this.domNode = node;
   this.label = node.textContent.trim();
+  this.stopDefaultClick = false;
 
   if (node.getAttribute('aria-label')) {
     this.label = node.getAttribute('aria-label').trim();
@@ -117,87 +118,97 @@ TreeitemLink.prototype.handleKeydown = function (event) {
     return str.length === 1 && str.match(/\S/);
   }
 
-  if (event.altKey || event.ctrlKey || event.metaKey || event.shiftKey) {
-    return;
+  function printableCharacter (item) {
+    if (char == '*') {
+      item.tree.expandAllSiblingItems(item);
+      flag = true;
+    }
+    else {
+      if (isPrintableCharacter(char)) {
+        item.tree.setFocusByFirstCharacter(item, char);
+        flag = true;
+      }
+    }
   }
 
-  switch (event.keyCode) {
-    case this.keyCode.SPACE:
-    case this.keyCode.RETURN:
-      // Create simulated mouse event to mimic the behavior of ATs
-      // and let the event handler handleClick do the housekeeping.
-      try {
-        clickEvent = new MouseEvent('click', {
-          'view': window,
-          'bubbles': true,
-          'cancelable': true
-        });
-      }
-      catch (err) {
-        if (document.createEvent) {
-          // DOM Level 3 for IE 9+
-          clickEvent = document.createEvent('MouseEvents');
-          clickEvent.initEvent('click', true, true);
-        }
-      }
-      tgt.dispatchEvent(clickEvent);
-      flag = true;
-      break;
+  this.stopDefaultClick = false;
 
-    case this.keyCode.UP:
-      this.tree.setFocusToPreviousItem(this);
-      flag = true;
-      break;
+  if (event.altKey || event.ctrlKey || event.metaKey) {
+    return;
+  }
 
-    case this.keyCode.DOWN:
-      this.tree.setFocusToNextItem(this);
-      flag = true;
-      break;
+  if (event.shift) {
+    if (event.keyCode == this.keyCode.SPACE || event.keyCode == this.keyCode.RETURN) {
+      event.stopPropagation();
+      this.stopDefaultClick = true;
+    }
+    else {
+      printableCharacter(this);
+    }
+  }
+  else {
+    switch (event.keyCode) {
+      case this.keyCode.SPACE:
+      case this.keyCode.RETURN:
+        if (this.isExpandable) {
+          if (this.domNode.getAttribute('aria-expanded') == 'true') {
+            this.tree.collapseTreeitem(this);
+          }
+          else {
+            this.tree.expandTreeitem(this);
+          }
+          flag = true;
+        }
+        else {
+          event.stopPropagation();
+          this.stopDefaultClick = true;
+        }
+        break;
 
-    case this.keyCode.RIGHT:
-      if (this.isExpandable) {
-        this.tree.expandTreeitem(this);
+      case this.keyCode.UP:
+        this.tree.setFocusToPreviousItem(this);
         flag = true;
-      }
-      break;
+        break;
 
-    case this.keyCode.LEFT:
-      if (this.isExpandable) {
-        this.tree.collapseTreeitem(this);
+      case this.keyCode.DOWN:
+        this.tree.setFocusToNextItem(this);
         flag = true;
-      }
-      else {
-        if (this.inGroup) {
-          this.tree.setFocusToParentItem(this);
+        break;
+
+      case this.keyCode.RIGHT:
+        if (this.isExpandable) {
+          this.tree.expandTreeitem(this);
           flag = true;
         }
-      }
-      break;
+        break;
 
-    case this.keyCode.HOME:
-      this.tree.setFocusToFirstItem();
-      flag = true;
-      break;
-
-    case this.keyCode.END:
-      this.tree.setFocusToLastItem();
-      flag = true;
-      break;
+      case this.keyCode.LEFT:
+        if (this.isExpandable) {
+          this.tree.collapseTreeitem(this);
+          flag = true;
+        }
+        else {
+          if (this.inGroup) {
+            this.tree.setFocusToParentItem(this);
+            flag = true;
+          }
+        }
+        break;
 
-    default:
+      case this.keyCode.HOME:
+        this.tree.setFocusToFirstItem();
+        flag = true;
+        break;
 
-      if (char == '*') {
-        this.tree.expandAllSiblingItems(this);
+      case this.keyCode.END:
+        this.tree.setFocusToLastItem();
         flag = true;
-      }
-      else {
-        if (isPrintableCharacter(char)) {
-          this.tree.setFocusByFirstCharacter(this, char);
-          flag = true;
-        }
-      }
+        break;
 
-      break;
+      default:
+        printableCharacter(this);
+        break;
+    }
   }
 
   if (flag) {
@@ -207,6 +218,12 @@ TreeitemLink.prototype.handleKeydown = function (event) {
 };
 
 TreeitemLink.prototype.handleClick = function (event) {
+
+  // only process click events that directly happened on this treeitem
+  if (event.target !== this.domNode && event.target !== this.domNode.firstElementChild) {
+    return;
+  }
+
   if (this.isExpandable) {
     if (this.domNode.getAttribute('aria-expanded') == 'true') {
       this.tree.collapseTreeitem(this);
@@ -216,9 +233,6 @@ TreeitemLink.prototype.handleClick = function (event) {
     }
     event.stopPropagation();
   }
-  else {
-    this.tree.setFocusToItem(this);
-  }
 };
 
 TreeitemLink.prototype.handleFocus = function (event) {
diff --git a/examples/treeview/treeview-2/treeview-2a.html b/examples/treeview/treeview-2/treeview-2a.html
index 06f9a39ed1..9d35daf3a2 100644
--- a/examples/treeview/treeview-2/treeview-2a.html
+++ b/examples/treeview/treeview-2/treeview-2a.html
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@
     <link href="css/treeLinks.css" rel="stylesheet">
     <script type="text/javascript" src="js/treeLinks.js"></script>
     <script type="text/javascript" src="js/treeitemLinks.js"></script>
-    <script type="text/javascript" src="js/treeitemClick.js"></script>
   </head>
   <body>
     <main>
@@ -50,6 +49,7 @@ <h1>Navigation Treeview Example Using Computed Properties</h1>
   <section>
         <h2 id="ex_label">Example</h2>
         <div role="separator" id="ex_start_sep" aria-labelledby="ex_start_sep ex_label" aria-label="Start of"></div>
+
         <div id="ex1">
           <h3 id="tree1">Foods</h3>
           <ul role="tree" aria-labelledby="tree1" >
diff --git a/examples/treeview/treeview-2/treeview-2b.html b/examples/treeview/treeview-2/treeview-2b.html
index 31482c7f92..f905865628 100644
--- a/examples/treeview/treeview-2/treeview-2b.html
+++ b/examples/treeview/treeview-2/treeview-2b.html
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@
     <link href="css/treeLinks.css" rel="stylesheet">
     <script type="text/javascript" src="js/treeLinks.js"></script>
     <script type="text/javascript" src="js/treeitemLinks.js"></script>
-    <script type="text/javascript" src="js/treeitemClick.js"></script>
   </head>
   <body>
     <main>