diff --git a/news/changelog-1.11.md b/news/changelog-1.11.md
index 57eb1f4d8e7..9034dc3a090 100644
--- a/news/changelog-1.11.md
+++ b/news/changelog-1.11.md
@@ -8,6 +8,13 @@ All changes included in 1.11:
 
 - ([#14615](https://github.com/quarto-dev/quarto-cli/issues/14615)): Fix invalid `role="menu"` on the website navbar's collapse toggle button, flagged by axe-core (`aria-allowed-role`) and WAVE (`aria_menu_broken`) when the navbar collapses to the hamburger at narrow viewports.
 
+## Formats
+
+### `dashboard`
+
+- ([#14818](https://github.com/quarto-dev/quarto-cli/issues/14818)): Fix a dashboard with more than one page going blank when the URL hash does not name a page, such as a footnote link or a cross-reference. Such a hash is now left alone, so the current page stays visible.
+- ([#14819](https://github.com/quarto-dev/quarto-cli/issues/14819)): Fix keyboard focus starting inside the page content when a dashboard opens at a page hash, such as `dashboard.html#sales`. Tabbing forward could not reach the navbar. Focus now starts at the top of the document.
+
 ## Engines
 
 ### `knitr`
diff --git a/src/resources/formats/dashboard/quarto-dashboard.js b/src/resources/formats/dashboard/quarto-dashboard.js
index 6b771b9bb76..cce09bb9f76 100644
--- a/src/resources/formats/dashboard/quarto-dashboard.js
+++ b/src/resources/formats/dashboard/quarto-dashboard.js
@@ -106,10 +106,17 @@ window.document.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded", function (_event) {
     }
   }
 
-  // Try to process the hash and activate a tab
+  // Try to process the hash and activate a tab. A hash that does not name a
+  // page (an in-page anchor, a footnote link, a cross-reference) is left
+  // alone, so the browser can scroll to it and the current page stays visible.
   const hash = window.decodeURIComponent(window.location.hash);
-  if (hash.length > 0) {
+  if (QuartoDashboardUtils.isPage(hash)) {
     QuartoDashboardUtils.showPage(hash, () => {
+      // a page hash selects a page, it is not a position within one, so undo
+      // the browser's fragment behaviour of starting sequential focus inside
+      // the target. Without this, tabbing from a shared "...#page" URL starts
+      // inside the page content and never reaches the navbar.
+      QuartoDashboardUtils.resetFocusToDocumentStart();
       window.document.documentElement.classList.remove("hidden");
     });
   } else {
@@ -119,7 +126,11 @@ window.document.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded", function (_event) {
   // navigate to a tab when the history changes
   window.addEventListener("popstate", function (e) {
     const hash = window.decodeURIComponent(window.location.hash);
-    QuartoDashboardUtils.showPage(hash);
+    // only switch pages for a hash that names one; any other hash change
+    // must leave the pages alone, otherwise showPage hides all of them
+    if (hash.length === 0 || QuartoDashboardUtils.isPage(hash)) {
+      QuartoDashboardUtils.showPage(hash);
+    }
   });
 
   // Hook tabs and use that to update history / active tabs
@@ -226,9 +237,40 @@ window.QuartoDashboardUtils = {
       window.scrollTo(0, 0);
     }, 10);
   },
+  resetFocusToDocumentStart: function () {
+    // focusing the body moves the sequential focus navigation starting point
+    // back to the top of the document; the tabindex only needs to exist for
+    // the focus() call, so it is removed again immediately.
+    // this has to run after the browser has applied its own fragment
+    // behaviour, which happens after DOMContentLoaded, hence the deferral
+    const reset = function () {
+      const bodyEl = document.body;
+      bodyEl.setAttribute("tabindex", "-1");
+      bodyEl.focus();
+      bodyEl.removeAttribute("tabindex");
+    };
+    if (document.readyState === "complete") {
+      window.setTimeout(reset, 0);
+    } else {
+      window.addEventListener("load", function () {
+        window.setTimeout(reset, 0);
+      });
+    }
+  },
   isPage: function (hash) {
-    const tabPaneEl = document.querySelector(`.dashboard-page.tab-pane${hash}`);
-    return tabPaneEl !== null;
+    // use getElementById rather than building a selector: the hash comes from
+    // the URL and may not be a valid CSS selector (`#`, `#1foo` and `#a:b` all
+    // throw a SyntaxError in querySelector)
+    const id = hash.startsWith("#") ? hash.substring(1) : hash;
+    if (id === "") {
+      return false;
+    }
+    const tabPaneEl = document.getElementById(id);
+    return (
+      tabPaneEl !== null &&
+      tabPaneEl.classList.contains("dashboard-page") &&
+      tabPaneEl.classList.contains("tab-pane")
+    );
   },
   showPage: function (hash, fnCallback) {
     // If the hash is empty, just select the first tab and activate that
diff --git a/tests/docs/playwright/dashboard/hash-navigation.qmd b/tests/docs/playwright/dashboard/hash-navigation.qmd
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..f438da91a28
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/docs/playwright/dashboard/hash-navigation.qmd
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+---
+title: "Hash navigation"
+format: dashboard
+---
+
+# Heat
+
+## Row
+
+::: {.card title="Heat content"}
+Content for the Heat page, with a footnote[^1] whose link is an in-page
+anchor that names no page.
+
+[^1]: The footnote target is `#fn1`, not a dashboard page.
+
+```{=html}
+<button id="heat-button">Heat button</button>
+```
+:::
+
+# Cool
+
+## Row
+
+::: {.card title="Cool content"}
+Content for the Cool page.
+
+```{=html}
+<button id="cool-button">Cool button</button>
+```
+:::
diff --git a/tests/integration/playwright/tests/dashboard-hash-navigation.spec.ts b/tests/integration/playwright/tests/dashboard-hash-navigation.spec.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..4401ab21fc6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/integration/playwright/tests/dashboard-hash-navigation.spec.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,82 @@
+import { test, expect } from '@playwright/test';
+
+const dashboard = '/dashboard/hash-navigation.html';
+
+const heatPane = (page) => page.locator('#heat.dashboard-page');
+const coolPane = (page) => page.locator('#cool.dashboard-page');
+
+// https://github.com/quarto-dev/quarto-cli/issues/14818
+test.describe('a hash that names no page leaves the pages alone', () => {
+  test('on load', async ({ page }) => {
+    await page.goto(`${dashboard}#no-such-thing`);
+    await expect(heatPane(page)).toHaveClass(/active/);
+    await expect(coolPane(page)).not.toHaveClass(/active/);
+    await expect(page.locator('html')).not.toHaveClass(/hidden/);
+  });
+
+  test('on a hash change', async ({ page }) => {
+    await page.goto(dashboard);
+    await expect(heatPane(page)).toHaveClass(/active/);
+    // an in-page anchor that exists but is not a page, such as a footnote
+    await page.evaluate(() => { window.location.hash = '#fn1'; });
+    await expect(heatPane(page)).toHaveClass(/active/);
+  });
+
+  // isPage used to build a selector from the hash, which throws for a hash
+  // that is not a valid CSS selector and left the whole dashboard hidden
+  test('when the hash is not a valid CSS selector', async ({ page }) => {
+    await page.goto(`${dashboard}#1foo`);
+    await expect(page.locator('html')).not.toHaveClass(/hidden/);
+    await expect(heatPane(page)).toHaveClass(/active/);
+  });
+});
+
+test('page navigation and history still work', async ({ page }) => {
+  await page.goto(dashboard);
+  await expect(heatPane(page)).toHaveClass(/active/);
+
+  await page.locator('.navbar .nav-link[data-bs-target="#cool"]').click();
+  await expect(coolPane(page)).toHaveClass(/active/);
+  await expect(heatPane(page)).not.toHaveClass(/active/);
+
+  await page.goBack();
+  await expect(heatPane(page)).toHaveClass(/active/);
+
+  await page.goForward();
+  await expect(coolPane(page)).toHaveClass(/active/);
+});
+
+// https://github.com/quarto-dev/quarto-cli/issues/14819
+test('landing on a page hash starts tabbing at the top of the document', async ({ page, browserName }) => {
+  // WebKit only tabs to links when the Alt modifier is held, which matches
+  // Safari's default "Press Tab to highlight each item on a webpage" setting
+  const tabKey = browserName === 'webkit' ? 'Alt+Tab' : 'Tab';
+
+  await page.goto(`${dashboard}#cool`);
+  await expect(coolPane(page)).toHaveClass(/active/);
+
+  // the browser would otherwise start sequential focus inside the target
+  // pane, which puts the navbar out of reach of a forward Tab
+  await page.keyboard.press(tabKey);
+  const firstStop = await page.evaluate(() => ({
+    isBody: document.activeElement === document.body,
+    insideAPage: document.activeElement?.closest('.dashboard-page') !== null,
+  }));
+  expect(firstStop.isBody).toBe(false);
+  expect(firstStop.insideAPage).toBe(false);
+
+  // the navbar tab for the current page is reachable by tabbing forward.
+  // the exact number of stops before it depends on what else the format
+  // puts at the top of the body, so tab forward a bounded number of times
+  // rather than assuming a fixed position.
+  let reachedNavbarTab = false;
+  for (let i = 0; i < 5 && !reachedNavbarTab; i++) {
+    reachedNavbarTab = await page.evaluate(
+      () => document.activeElement?.id === 'tab-cool'
+    );
+    if (!reachedNavbarTab) {
+      await page.keyboard.press(tabKey);
+    }
+  }
+  expect(reachedNavbarTab).toBe(true);
+});