diff --git a/js/common/model/MembraneChannelsModel.ts b/js/common/model/MembraneChannelsModel.ts
index cae0b66..9609951 100644
--- a/js/common/model/MembraneChannelsModel.ts
+++ b/js/common/model/MembraneChannelsModel.ts
@@ -71,6 +71,7 @@ export default class MembraneChannelsModel extends PhetioObject {
   public getSlotPosition( slot: Slot ): number {
     return SLOT_POSITIONS[ slots.indexOf( slot ) ];
   }
+
   public readonly slots = slots;
 
   public readonly timeSpeedProperty: EnumerationProperty<TimeSpeed>;
diff --git a/js/common/view/ChannelDragNode.ts b/js/common/view/ChannelDragNode.ts
index cf1cb9a..2e2ac0e 100644
--- a/js/common/view/ChannelDragNode.ts
+++ b/js/common/view/ChannelDragNode.ts
@@ -3,12 +3,10 @@
 import DerivedProperty from '../../../../axon/js/DerivedProperty.js';
 import TReadOnlyProperty from '../../../../axon/js/TReadOnlyProperty.js';
 import Bounds2 from '../../../../dot/js/Bounds2.js';
-import Utils from '../../../../dot/js/Utils.js';
 import Vector2 from '../../../../dot/js/Vector2.js';
 import Vector2Property from '../../../../dot/js/Vector2Property.js';
 import ModelViewTransform2 from '../../../../phetcommon/js/view/ModelViewTransform2.js';
 import DragListener from '../../../../scenery/js/listeners/DragListener.js';
-import KeyboardListener from '../../../../scenery/js/listeners/KeyboardListener.js';
 import { PressListenerEvent } from '../../../../scenery/js/listeners/PressListener.js';
 import Node from '../../../../scenery/js/nodes/Node.js';
 import Tandem from '../../../../tandem/js/Tandem.js';
@@ -69,10 +67,9 @@ export default class ChannelDragNode extends Node {
         return slotDragIndicatorNode.globalBounds.intersectsBounds( this.globalBounds ) && !model.isSlotFilled( slotDragIndicatorNode.slot );
       } );
 
-      const closest = _.sortBy( overlappingSlotDragIndicatorNodes, slotDragIndicatorNode => {
+      return _.sortBy( overlappingSlotDragIndicatorNodes, slotDragIndicatorNode => {
         return slotDragIndicatorNode.globalBounds.center.distance( this.globalBounds.center );
       } )[ 0 ];
-      return closest;
     };
 
     // eslint-disable-next-line consistent-this,@typescript-eslint/no-this-alias
@@ -148,68 +145,6 @@ export default class ChannelDragNode extends Node {
     } );
     this.addInputListener( this.dragListener );
 
-    let currentSlotIndex = initSlot === null ? 0 : model.getSlotIndex( initSlot );
-
-    // TODO: Move on hold
-    const keyboardInputListener = new KeyboardListener( {
-
-      // TODO: esc goes back to the toolbox
-      // TODO: on blur also go back to the toolbox
-      keys: [ 'arrowRight', 'arrowLeft', 'home', 'end', 'space', 'enter' ],
-      fire: ( event, keysPressed ) => {
-
-        if ( keysPressed.includes( 'arrowRight' ) ) {
-          console.log( 'right' );
-
-          // move to the next slot in the model.
-          currentSlotIndex++;
-          currentSlotIndex = Utils.clamp( currentSlotIndex, 0, model.slots.length );
-          if ( currentSlotIndex >= model.slots.length ) {
-            this.positionProperty.value = new Vector2( 100, 50 );
-          }
-          else {
-            const x = model.getSlotPosition( model.getSlotForIndex( currentSlotIndex ) );
-            this.positionProperty.value = new Vector2( x, 10 );
-          }
-        }
-        if ( keysPressed.includes( 'arrowLeft' ) ) {
-          // move to the next slot in the model.
-          currentSlotIndex--;
-          currentSlotIndex = Utils.clamp( currentSlotIndex, 0, model.slots.length - 1 );
-
-          const x = model.getSlotPosition( model.getSlotForIndex( currentSlotIndex ) );
-          this.positionProperty.value = new Vector2( x, 10 );
-        }
-
-        if ( keysPressed.includes( 'home' ) ) {
-          //TODO:
-        }
-        if ( keysPressed.includes( 'end' ) ) {
-          //TODO:
-        }
-        if ( keysPressed.includes( 'space' ) || keysPressed.includes( 'enter' ) ) {
-
-          if ( currentSlotIndex >= model.slots.length ) {
-            this.dispose();
-            homes[ 0 ].focus();
-          }
-          else {
-            // if over an empty slot, fill it and delete the node
-            // const contents = model.getSlotContents( model.getSlotForIndex( currentSlotIndex ) );
-
-            // TODO: When dropping with mouse, it should also replace.
-              model.setSlotContents( model.getSlotForIndex( currentSlotIndex ), this.type );
-              this.dispose();
-
-              homes[ 0 ].focus();
-
-            //   // TODO: Same as above, but we may want to animate the old one back to the toolbox. Is animation valuable here, or would be a distraction?
-          }
-        }
-      }
-    } );
-    this.addInputListener( keyboardInputListener );
-
     // TODO: Interactive highlight?
     // this.setInteractiveHighlight( new HighlightFromNode( this ) );
   }
diff --git a/js/common/view/ChannelToolNode.ts b/js/common/view/ChannelToolNode.ts
index 485153a..e7893a2 100644
--- a/js/common/view/ChannelToolNode.ts
+++ b/js/common/view/ChannelToolNode.ts
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ export default class ChannelToolNode extends VBox {
       return {
         click: () => {
 
-          view.createFromKeyboard( type, [ this, channelNode ], true ); // TODO: swapped with the mouse one, watch out!!!!
+          view.forwardFromKeyboard( type );
         }
       };
     };
diff --git a/js/common/view/MembraneChannelsScreenView.ts b/js/common/view/MembraneChannelsScreenView.ts
index 341c1ca..1ccc113 100644
--- a/js/common/view/MembraneChannelsScreenView.ts
+++ b/js/common/view/MembraneChannelsScreenView.ts
@@ -248,13 +248,26 @@ export default class MembraneChannelsScreenView extends ScreenView {
     membraneChannelNode.press( event );
   }
 
+  public forwardFromKeyboard( type: ChannelType ): void {
+    const slot = this.model.getLeftmostEmptySlot() || this.model.getMiddleSlot();
+
+    this.model.setSlotContents( slot, type );
+
+    // TODO: There must be a better way to do this internally, https://github.com/phetsims/membrane-channels/issues/20
+    this.observationWindow.focus();
+    this.observationWindow.membraneGroupSortInteractionView.model.selectedGroupItemProperty.value = this.model.getSlotIndex( slot );
+    this.observationWindow.membraneGroupSortInteractionView.model.isGroupItemKeyboardGrabbedProperty.value = true;
+    this.observationWindow.membraneGroupSortInteractionView.model.hasKeyboardGrabbedGroupItemProperty.value = true;
+    this.observationWindow.membraneGroupSortInteractionView.model.isKeyboardFocusedProperty.value = true;
+  }
+
   /**
    * Called when the user presses a membrane protein in the accordion box to create one.
    *
    * @param type
    * @param homes - the nodes that the membrane protein can be returned to, in sequential order (1st visible one takes precedence)
    */
-  public createFromKeyboard( type: ChannelType, homes: Node[], focus: boolean ): ChannelDragNode {
+  public createFromKeyboard( type: ChannelType, homes: Node[] ): ChannelDragNode {
 
     // TODO: duplicated with create from mouse
     // Move over the first available slot
@@ -270,10 +283,6 @@ export default class MembraneChannelsScreenView extends ScreenView {
     );
     this.addChild( channelDragNode );
 
-    if ( focus ) {
-      channelDragNode.focus();
-    }
-
     // TODO: once keyboarded, prevent mouse+touch, or do this on init
     // channelDragNode.pickable = false; // keyboard only
 
diff --git a/js/common/view/ObservationWindow.ts b/js/common/view/ObservationWindow.ts
index c81b821..56b676c 100644
--- a/js/common/view/ObservationWindow.ts
+++ b/js/common/view/ObservationWindow.ts
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ export default class ObservationWindow extends InteractiveHighlightingNode {
   private readonly stepEmitter = new Emitter<[ number ]>( {
     parameters: [ { valueType: 'number' } ]
   } );
-  private readonly membraneGroupSortInteractionView: MembraneGroupSortInteractionView;
+  public readonly membraneGroupSortInteractionView: MembraneGroupSortInteractionView;
 
   public constructor( private readonly model: MembraneChannelsModel, view: MembraneChannelsScreenView,
                       public readonly modelViewTransform: ModelViewTransform2, canvasBounds: Bounds2, tandem: Tandem ) {