diff --git a/js/dom.js b/js/dom.js
index 1034542b..c956d729 100644
--- a/js/dom.js
+++ b/js/dom.js
@@ -313,20 +313,31 @@ function initCollapsibles({bindClickOn = 'h2'} = {}) {
   }
 }
 
-
+// Makes the focus outline appear on keyboard tabbing, but not on mouse clicks.
 function focusAccessibility() {
-  // Makes the focus outline appear on keyboard tabbing, but not on mouse clicks.
-  // Since we don't want full layout recalc, we modify only the closest focusable element,
-  // which we try to find in DOM for this many parentElement jumps:
-  const focusables = focusAccessibility.ELEMENTS =
-    ['a', 'button', 'input', 'textarea', 'label', 'select', 'summary'];
+  // last event's focusedViaClick
+  focusAccessibility.lastFocusedViaClick = false;
+  // tags of focusable elements;
+  // to avoid a full layout recalc we modify the closest one
+  focusAccessibility.ELEMENTS = [
+    'a',
+    'button',
+    'input',
+    'textarea',
+    'label',
+    'select',
+    'summary',
+  ];
+  // try to find a focusable parent for this many parentElement jumps:
   const GIVE_UP_DEPTH = 4;
+
   addEventListener('mousedown', suppressOutlineOnClick, {passive: true});
   addEventListener('keydown', keepOutlineOnTab, {passive: true});
 
   function suppressOutlineOnClick({target}) {
     for (let el = target, i = 0; el && i++ < GIVE_UP_DEPTH; el = el.parentElement) {
-      if (focusables.includes(el.localName)) {
+      if (focusAccessibility.ELEMENTS.includes(el.localName)) {
+        focusAccessibility.lastFocusedViaClick = true;
         if (el.dataset.focusedViaClick === undefined) {
           el.dataset.focusedViaClick = '';
         }
@@ -337,13 +348,14 @@ function focusAccessibility() {
 
   function keepOutlineOnTab(event) {
     if (event.which === 9) {
+      focusAccessibility.lastFocusedViaClick = false;
       setTimeout(keepOutlineOnTab, 0, true);
       return;
     } else if (event !== true) {
       return;
     }
     let el = document.activeElement;
-    if (!el || !focusables.includes(el.localName)) {
+    if (!el || !focusAccessibility.ELEMENTS.includes(el.localName)) {
       return;
     }
     if (el.dataset.focusedViaClick !== undefined) {
@@ -360,18 +372,23 @@ function focusAccessibility() {
  * Switches to the next/previous keyboard-focusable element
  * @param {HTMLElement} rootElement
  * @param {Number} step - for exmaple 1 or -1
+ * @returns {HTMLElement|false|undefined} -
+ *   HTMLElement: focus changed,
+ *   false: focus unchanged,
+ *   undefined: nothing to focus
  */
 function moveFocus(rootElement, step) {
   const elements = [...rootElement.getElementsByTagName('*')];
   const activeIndex = Math.max(0, elements.indexOf(document.activeElement));
   const num = elements.length;
+  const {activeElement} = document;
   for (let i = 1; i < num; i++) {
     const elementIndex = (activeIndex + i * step + num) % num;
     // we don't use positive tabindex so we stop at any valid value
     const el = elements[elementIndex];
     if (!el.disabled && el.tabIndex >= 0) {
       el.focus();
-      return;
+      return activeElement !== el && el;
     }
   }
 }
diff --git a/msgbox/msgbox.js b/msgbox/msgbox.js
index 7a6ba81e..9d04c143 100644
--- a/msgbox/msgbox.js
+++ b/msgbox/msgbox.js
@@ -34,7 +34,12 @@ function messageBox({
   document.body.appendChild(messageBox.element);
 
   messageBox.originalFocus = document.activeElement;
-  moveFocus(messageBox.element, 1);
+  // skip external links like feedback
+  while ((moveFocus(messageBox.element, 1) || {}).target === '_blank') {/*NOP*/}
+  // suppress focus outline when invoked via click
+  if (focusAccessibility.lastFocusedViaClick && document.activeElement) {
+    document.activeElement.dataset.focusedViaClick = '';
+  }
 
   if (typeof onshow === 'function') {
     onshow(messageBox.element);
diff --git a/vendor-overwrites/colorpicker/colorpicker.js b/vendor-overwrites/colorpicker/colorpicker.js
index 2617b5e9..38f4af75 100644
--- a/vendor-overwrites/colorpicker/colorpicker.js
+++ b/vendor-overwrites/colorpicker/colorpicker.js
@@ -222,11 +222,9 @@
     }
   }
 
-  function hide({notify = true} = {}) {
+  function hide() {
     if (shown) {
-      if (notify) {
-        colorpickerCallback('');
-      }
+      colorpickerCallback('');
       unregisterEvents();
       focusNoScroll(prevFocusedElement);
       $root.remove();
@@ -623,7 +621,7 @@
         case 27:
           e.preventDefault();
           e.stopPropagation();
-          hide({notify: false});
+          hide();
           break;
       }
     }
@@ -643,17 +641,20 @@
   //region Event utilities
 
   function colorpickerCallback(colorString = currentColorToString()) {
-    // Esc pressed?
-    if (!colorString) {
+    const isCallable = typeof options.callback === 'function';
+    // hiding
+    if (!colorString && isCallable) {
       options.callback('');
+      return;
     }
     if (
       userActivity &&
-      $inputs[currentFormat].every(el => el.checkValidity()) &&
-      typeof options.callback === 'function'
+      $inputs[currentFormat].every(el => el.checkValidity())
     ) {
       lastOutputColor = colorString.replace(/\b0\./g, '.');
-      options.callback(lastOutputColor);
+      if (isCallable) {
+        options.callback(lastOutputColor);
+      }
     }
   }