diff --git a/superset-frontend/.eslintrc.js b/superset-frontend/.eslintrc.js
index b40dabed8..b2409093a 100644
--- a/superset-frontend/.eslintrc.js
+++ b/superset-frontend/.eslintrc.js
@@ -76,7 +76,6 @@ module.exports = {
         indent: 0,
         'jsx-a11y/anchor-has-content': 0,
         'jsx-a11y/href-no-hash': 0,
-        'jsx-a11y/no-static-element-interactions': 0,
         'new-cap': 0,
         'no-bitwise': 0,
         'no-confusing-arrow': 0,
@@ -136,7 +135,6 @@ module.exports = {
     indent: 0,
     'jsx-a11y/anchor-has-content': 0,
     'jsx-a11y/href-no-hash': 0,
-    'jsx-a11y/no-static-element-interactions': 0,
     'new-cap': 0,
     'no-bitwise': 0,
     'no-confusing-arrow': 0,
diff --git a/superset-frontend/src/CRUD/CollectionTable.jsx b/superset-frontend/src/CRUD/CollectionTable.jsx
index 74c62277c..848d26366 100644
--- a/superset-frontend/src/CRUD/CollectionTable.jsx
+++ b/superset-frontend/src/CRUD/CollectionTable.jsx
@@ -183,6 +183,8 @@ export default class CRUDCollection extends React.PureComponent {
       tds.push(
         <td key="__expand" className="expand">
           <i
+            role="button"
+            tabIndex={0}
             className={`fa fa-caret-${
               isExpanded ? 'down' : 'right'
             } text-primary pointer`}
@@ -200,6 +202,8 @@ export default class CRUDCollection extends React.PureComponent {
       tds.push(
         <td key="__actions">
           <i
+            role="button"
+            tabIndex={0}
             className="fa fa-close text-primary pointer"
             onClick={this.deleteItem.bind(this, record.id)}
           />
diff --git a/superset-frontend/src/SqlLab/components/TableElement.jsx b/superset-frontend/src/SqlLab/components/TableElement.jsx
index 588461167..31d7dee85 100644
--- a/superset-frontend/src/SqlLab/components/TableElement.jsx
+++ b/superset-frontend/src/SqlLab/components/TableElement.jsx
@@ -212,6 +212,8 @@ class TableElement extends React.PureComponent {
             <Fade in={this.state.hovered}>{this.renderControls()}</Fade>
           )}
           <i
+            role="button"
+            tabIndex={0}
             onClick={e => {
               this.toggleTable(e);
             }}
diff --git a/superset-frontend/src/components/Checkbox.jsx b/superset-frontend/src/components/Checkbox.jsx
index d068488f6..72d43848a 100644
--- a/superset-frontend/src/components/Checkbox.jsx
+++ b/superset-frontend/src/components/Checkbox.jsx
@@ -29,6 +29,8 @@ export default function Checkbox({ checked, onChange, style }) {
   return (
     <span style={style}>
       <i
+        role="button"
+        tabIndex={0}
         className={`fa fa-check ${
           checked ? 'text-primary' : 'text-transparent'
         }`}
diff --git a/superset-frontend/src/components/CopyToClipboard.jsx b/superset-frontend/src/components/CopyToClipboard.jsx
index 9061c2929..f40abf9a9 100644
--- a/superset-frontend/src/components/CopyToClipboard.jsx
+++ b/superset-frontend/src/components/CopyToClipboard.jsx
@@ -95,7 +95,9 @@ export default class CopyToClipboard extends React.Component {
         throw new Error(t('Not successful'));
       }
     } catch (err) {
-      window.alert(t('Sorry, your browser does not support copying. Use Ctrl / Cmd + C!')); // eslint-disable-line
+      window.alert(
+        t('Sorry, your browser does not support copying. Use Ctrl / Cmd + C!'),
+      ); // eslint-disable-line
     }
 
     document.body.removeChild(span);
@@ -164,7 +166,12 @@ export default class CopyToClipboard extends React.Component {
         trigger={['hover']}
       >
         <MenuItem>
-          <span onClick={this.onClick} onMouseOut={this.onMouseOut}>
+          <span
+            role="button"
+            tabIndex={0}
+            onClick={this.onClick}
+            onMouseOut={this.onMouseOut}
+          >
             {this.props.copyNode}
           </span>
         </MenuItem>
diff --git a/superset-frontend/src/components/PopoverSection.jsx b/superset-frontend/src/components/PopoverSection.jsx
index 8c19f4b2b..8590b19ac 100644
--- a/superset-frontend/src/components/PopoverSection.jsx
+++ b/superset-frontend/src/components/PopoverSection.jsx
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ export default function PopoverSection({
 }) {
   return (
     <div className={`PopoverSection ${!isSelected ? 'dimmed' : ''}`}>
-      <div onClick={onSelect} className="pointer">
+      <div role="button" tabIndex={0} onClick={onSelect} className="pointer">
         <strong>{title}</strong> &nbsp;
         {info && (
           <InfoTooltipWithTrigger tooltip={info} label="date-free-tooltip" />
diff --git a/superset-frontend/src/components/RefreshLabel.jsx b/superset-frontend/src/components/RefreshLabel.jsx
index 87c852d65..bbf89a218 100644
--- a/superset-frontend/src/components/RefreshLabel.jsx
+++ b/superset-frontend/src/components/RefreshLabel.jsx
@@ -32,6 +32,8 @@ class RefreshLabel extends React.PureComponent {
     return (
       <TooltipWrapper tooltip={this.props.tooltipContent} label="cache-desc">
         <i
+          role="button"
+          tabIndex={0}
           className="RefreshLabel fa fa-refresh pointer"
           onClick={this.props.onClick}
         />
diff --git a/superset-frontend/src/explore/components/AdhocFilterEditPopover.jsx b/superset-frontend/src/explore/components/AdhocFilterEditPopover.jsx
index c80834652..7fc48b682 100644
--- a/superset-frontend/src/explore/components/AdhocFilterEditPopover.jsx
+++ b/superset-frontend/src/explore/components/AdhocFilterEditPopover.jsx
@@ -183,6 +183,8 @@ export default class AdhocFilterEditPopover extends React.Component {
             Close
           </Button>
           <i
+            role="button"
+            tabIndex={0}
             onMouseDown={this.onDragDown}
             className="fa fa-expand edit-popover-resize text-muted"
           />
diff --git a/superset-frontend/src/explore/components/AdhocMetricEditPopover.jsx b/superset-frontend/src/explore/components/AdhocMetricEditPopover.jsx
index ad0c8338d..d12f31ef1 100644
--- a/superset-frontend/src/explore/components/AdhocMetricEditPopover.jsx
+++ b/superset-frontend/src/explore/components/AdhocMetricEditPopover.jsx
@@ -317,6 +317,8 @@ export default class AdhocMetricEditPopover extends React.Component {
             Close
           </Button>
           <i
+            role="button"
+            tabIndex={0}
             onMouseDown={this.onDragDown}
             className="fa fa-expand edit-popover-resize text-muted"
           />
diff --git a/superset-frontend/src/explore/components/ControlHeader.jsx b/superset-frontend/src/explore/components/ControlHeader.jsx
index 55da03603..60dfd53fb 100644
--- a/superset-frontend/src/explore/components/ControlHeader.jsx
+++ b/superset-frontend/src/explore/components/ControlHeader.jsx
@@ -86,6 +86,8 @@ export default class ControlHeader extends React.Component {
           <ControlLabel>
             {this.props.leftNode && <span>{this.props.leftNode}</span>}
             <span
+              role="button"
+              tabIndex={0}
               onClick={this.props.onClick}
               className={labelClass}
               style={{ cursor: this.props.onClick ? 'pointer' : '' }}
diff --git a/superset-frontend/src/explore/components/ControlPanelSection.jsx b/superset-frontend/src/explore/components/ControlPanelSection.jsx
index 6caf2c064..8956af21e 100644
--- a/superset-frontend/src/explore/components/ControlPanelSection.jsx
+++ b/superset-frontend/src/explore/components/ControlPanelSection.jsx
@@ -51,7 +51,9 @@ export default class ControlPanelSection extends React.Component {
       label && (
         <div>
           <span>
-            <span onClick={this.toggleExpand}>{label}</span>{' '}
+            <span role="button" tabIndex={0} onClick={this.toggleExpand}>
+              {label}
+            </span>{' '}
             {description && (
               <InfoTooltipWithTrigger label={label} tooltip={description} />
             )}
@@ -64,6 +66,8 @@ export default class ControlPanelSection extends React.Component {
             )}
           </span>
           <i
+            role="button"
+            tabIndex={0}
             className={`float-right fa-lg text-primary expander fa fa-angle-${
               this.state.expanded ? 'up' : 'down'
             }`}
diff --git a/superset-frontend/src/explore/components/ControlPanelsContainer.jsx b/superset-frontend/src/explore/components/ControlPanelsContainer.jsx
index 67c9857f1..ff451fff1 100644
--- a/superset-frontend/src/explore/components/ControlPanelsContainer.jsx
+++ b/superset-frontend/src/explore/components/ControlPanelsContainer.jsx
@@ -176,6 +176,8 @@ class ControlPanelsContainer extends React.Component {
             <Alert bsStyle="warning">
               {this.props.alert}
               <i
+                role="button"
+                tabIndex={0}
                 className="fa fa-close pull-right"
                 onClick={this.removeAlert}
                 style={{ cursor: 'pointer' }}
diff --git a/superset-frontend/src/explore/components/ExploreActionButtons.jsx b/superset-frontend/src/explore/components/ExploreActionButtons.jsx
index 52a6430d3..08757fe6e 100644
--- a/superset-frontend/src/explore/components/ExploreActionButtons.jsx
+++ b/superset-frontend/src/explore/components/ExploreActionButtons.jsx
@@ -76,6 +76,8 @@ export default function ExploreActionButtons({
 
       {latestQueryFormData && (
         <a
+          role="button"
+          tabIndex={0}
           onClick={doExportChart}
           className="btn btn-default btn-sm"
           title={t('Export to .json')}
@@ -87,6 +89,8 @@ export default function ExploreActionButtons({
       )}
       {latestQueryFormData && (
         <a
+          role="button"
+          tabIndex={0}
           onClick={doExportCSV}
           className={exportToCSVClasses}
           title={t('Export to .csv format')}
diff --git a/superset-frontend/src/explore/components/SaveModal.jsx b/superset-frontend/src/explore/components/SaveModal.jsx
index a617ce0c3..cff58cc4f 100644
--- a/superset-frontend/src/explore/components/SaveModal.jsx
+++ b/superset-frontend/src/explore/components/SaveModal.jsx
@@ -176,6 +176,8 @@ class SaveModal extends React.Component {
             <Alert>
               {this.state.alert ? this.state.alert : this.props.alert}
               <i
+                role="button"
+                tabIndex={0}
                 className="fa fa-close pull-right"
                 onClick={this.removeAlert.bind(this)}
                 style={{ cursor: 'pointer' }}
diff --git a/superset-frontend/src/explore/components/controls/DatasourceControl.jsx b/superset-frontend/src/explore/components/controls/DatasourceControl.jsx
index a2f086ddf..b966c93e6 100644
--- a/superset-frontend/src/explore/components/controls/DatasourceControl.jsx
+++ b/superset-frontend/src/explore/components/controls/DatasourceControl.jsx
@@ -177,6 +177,8 @@ class DatasourceControl extends React.PureComponent {
           >
             <a href="#">
               <i
+                role="button"
+                tabIndex={0}
                 className={`fa fa-${
                   this.state.showDatasource ? 'minus' : 'plus'
                 }-square m-r-5 m-l-5 m-t-4`}
diff --git a/superset-frontend/src/explore/components/controls/VizTypeControl.jsx b/superset-frontend/src/explore/components/controls/VizTypeControl.jsx
index 15e7afcae..2c67f6837 100644
--- a/superset-frontend/src/explore/components/controls/VizTypeControl.jsx
+++ b/superset-frontend/src/explore/components/controls/VizTypeControl.jsx
@@ -144,6 +144,8 @@ export default class VizTypeControl extends React.PureComponent {
 
     return (
       <div
+        role="button"
+        tabIndex={0}
         className={`viztype-selector-container ${isSelected ? 'selected' : ''}`}
         onClick={this.onChange.bind(this, key)}
       >