diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index fa0250f..5a61096 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@eeacms/volto-group-block",
-  "version": "6.0.0",
+  "version": "6.1.0",
   "description": "volto-group-block: Volto block to be used to group other blocks",
   "main": "src/index.js",
   "author": "European Environment Agency: IDM2 A-Team",
diff --git a/src/components/manage/Blocks/Group/Edit.jsx b/src/components/manage/Blocks/Group/Edit.jsx
index f8baf3f..36f9b60 100644
--- a/src/components/manage/Blocks/Group/Edit.jsx
+++ b/src/components/manage/Blocks/Group/Edit.jsx
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import React, { useState } from 'react';
 import { isEmpty, without } from 'lodash';
+import config from '@plone/volto/registry';
 import {
   BlocksForm,
   SidebarPortal,
@@ -32,6 +33,44 @@ const Edit = (props) => {
     manage,
     formDescription,
   } = props;
+  const metadata = props.metadata || props.properties;
+  const [multiSelected, setMultiSelected] = useState([]);
+  const data_blocks = data?.data?.blocks;
+  const properties = isEmpty(data_blocks) ? emptyBlocksForm() : data.data;
+
+  const [selectedBlock, setSelectedBlock] = useState(
+    properties.blocks_layout.items[0],
+  );
+
+  const blockState = {};
+  let charCount = 0;
+
+  const handleKeyDown = (
+    e,
+    index,
+    block,
+    node,
+    {
+      disableEnter = false,
+      disableArrowUp = false,
+      disableArrowDown = false,
+    } = {},
+  ) => {
+    const hasblockActive = !!selectedBlock;
+    if (e.key === 'ArrowUp' && !disableArrowUp && !hasblockActive) {
+      props.onFocusPreviousBlock(block, node);
+      e.preventDefault();
+    }
+    if (e.key === 'ArrowDown' && !disableArrowDown && !hasblockActive) {
+      props.onFocusNextBlock(block, node);
+      e.preventDefault();
+    }
+    if (e.key === 'Enter' && !disableEnter && !hasblockActive) {
+      props.onAddBlock(config.settings.defaultBlockType, index + 1);
+      e.preventDefault();
+    }
+  };
+
   const onSelectBlock = (id, isMultipleSelection, event, activeBlock) => {
     let newMultiSelected = [];
     let selected = id;
@@ -67,14 +106,7 @@ const Edit = (props) => {
     setSelectedBlock(selected);
     setMultiSelected(newMultiSelected);
   };
-  const metadata = props.metadata || props.properties;
-  const [multiSelected, setMultiSelected] = useState([]);
-  const data_blocks = data?.data?.blocks;
-  const properties = isEmpty(data_blocks) ? emptyBlocksForm() : data.data;
 
-  const [selectedBlock, setSelectedBlock] = useState(
-    properties.blocks_layout.items[0],
-  );
   const changeBlockData = (newBlockData) => {
     let pastedBlocks = newBlockData.blocks_layout.items.filter((blockID) => {
       if (data?.data?.blocks_layout.items.find((x) => x === blockID))
@@ -98,6 +130,7 @@ const Edit = (props) => {
       },
     });
   };
+
   React.useEffect(() => {
     if (
       isEmpty(data_blocks) &&
@@ -111,9 +144,6 @@ const Edit = (props) => {
     }
   }, [onChangeBlock, properties, selectedBlock, block, data, data_blocks]);
 
-  const blockState = {};
-  let charCount = 0;
-
   /**
    * Count the number of characters that are anything except using Regex
    * @param {string} paragraph
@@ -216,7 +246,16 @@ const Edit = (props) => {
   }
 
   return (
-    <fieldset className="section-block">
+    <fieldset
+      role="presentation"
+      className="section-block"
+      onKeyDown={(e) => {
+        handleKeyDown(e, props.index, props.block, props.blockNode.current);
+      }}
+      // The tabIndex is required for the keyboard navigation
+      /* eslint-disable jsx-a11y/no-noninteractive-tabindex */
+      tabIndex={-1}
+    >
       <legend
         onClick={() => {
           setSelectedBlock();
diff --git a/src/components/manage/Blocks/Group/EditBlockWrapper.jsx b/src/components/manage/Blocks/Group/EditBlockWrapper.jsx
index ead9c87..ca3f5d7 100644
--- a/src/components/manage/Blocks/Group/EditBlockWrapper.jsx
+++ b/src/components/manage/Blocks/Group/EditBlockWrapper.jsx
@@ -1,13 +1,16 @@
 import React from 'react';
 import { Icon, BlockChooser } from '@plone/volto/components';
-import { blockHasValue } from '@plone/volto/helpers';
-import config from '@plone/volto/registry';
+import {
+  blockHasValue,
+  buildStyleClassNamesFromData,
+} from '@plone/volto/helpers';
 import { Button } from 'semantic-ui-react';
 import includes from 'lodash/includes';
 import isBoolean from 'lodash/isBoolean';
 import { defineMessages, injectIntl } from 'react-intl';
-import { doesNodeContainClick } from 'semantic-ui-react/dist/commonjs/lib';
 import cx from 'classnames';
+import config from '@plone/volto/registry';
+import { doesNodeContainClick } from 'semantic-ui-react/dist/commonjs/lib';
 
 import dragSVG from '@plone/volto/icons/drag.svg';
 import addSVG from '@plone/volto/icons/circle-plus.svg';
@@ -86,6 +89,8 @@ class EditBlockWrapper extends React.Component {
       ? data.required
       : includes(config.blocks.requiredBlocks, type);
 
+    const styles = buildStyleClassNamesFromData(data.styles);
+
     // Get editing instructions from block settings or props
     let instructions = data?.instructions?.data || data?.instructions;
     if (!instructions || instructions === '<p><br/></p>') {
@@ -97,7 +102,9 @@ class EditBlockWrapper extends React.Component {
         <div
           ref={draginfo?.innerRef}
           {...(selected ? draginfo?.draggableProps : null)}
-          className={`block-editor-${data['@type']}`}
+          className={cx(`block-editor-${data['@type']}`, styles, {
+            [data.align]: data.align,
+          })}
         >
           {(!selected || !visible || disabled) && (
             <div
diff --git a/src/components/manage/Blocks/Group/editor.less b/src/components/manage/Blocks/Group/editor.less
index bdd7400..f5dc510 100644
--- a/src/components/manage/Blocks/Group/editor.less
+++ b/src/components/manage/Blocks/Group/editor.less
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@
     padding-top: 1rem;
     padding-bottom: 0.1rem;
     margin: 0;
+    outline: none;
   }
 
   .counter {
diff --git a/src/index.js b/src/index.js
index 6289aec..816b514 100644
--- a/src/index.js
+++ b/src/index.js
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ const applyConfig = (config) => {
     restricted: false,
     mostUsed: false,
     blockHasOwnFocusManagement: true,
-    sidebarTab: 0,
+    sidebarTab: 1,
     security: {
       addPermission: [],
       view: [],