diff --git a/packages/react/src/hooks/useKeyPress.ts b/packages/react/src/hooks/useKeyPress.ts
index b2928baa..9dda2aff 100644
--- a/packages/react/src/hooks/useKeyPress.ts
+++ b/packages/react/src/hooks/useKeyPress.ts
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ type KeyOrCode = 'key' | 'code';
 export type UseKeyPressOptions = {
   target?: Window | Document | HTMLElement | ShadowRoot | null;
   actInsideInputWithModifier?: boolean;
+  preventDefault?: boolean;
 };
 
 const defaultDoc = typeof document !== 'undefined' ? document : null;
@@ -88,7 +89,7 @@ export function useKeyPress(
 
     if (keyCode !== null) {
       const downHandler = (event: KeyboardEvent) => {
-        modifierPressed.current = event.ctrlKey || event.metaKey || event.shiftKey;
+        modifierPressed.current = event.ctrlKey || event.metaKey || event.shiftKey || event.altKey;
         const preventAction =
           (!modifierPressed.current || (modifierPressed.current && !options.actInsideInputWithModifier)) &&
           isInputDOMNode(event);
@@ -100,7 +101,16 @@ export function useKeyPress(
         pressedKeys.current.add(event[keyOrCode]);
 
         if (isMatchingKey(keyCodes, pressedKeys.current, false)) {
-          event.preventDefault();
+          const target = (event.composedPath?.()?.[0] || event.target) as Element | null;
+          const isInteractiveElement = target?.nodeName === 'BUTTON' || target?.nodeName === 'A';
+
+          if (
+            (options.preventDefault || typeof options.preventDefault === 'undefined') &&
+            (modifierPressed.current || !isInteractiveElement)
+          ) {
+            event.preventDefault();
+          }
+
           setKeyPressed(true);
         }
       };
diff --git a/packages/system/src/utils/dom.ts b/packages/system/src/utils/dom.ts
index 4195ea3a..2311153f 100644
--- a/packages/system/src/utils/dom.ts
+++ b/packages/system/src/utils/dom.ts
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ export const getDimensions = (node: HTMLDivElement): Dimensions => ({
 export const getHostForElement = (element: HTMLElement | EventTarget | null): Document | ShadowRoot =>
   ((element as Partial<HTMLElement> | null)?.getRootNode?.() as Document | ShadowRoot) || window?.document;
 
-const inputTags = ['INPUT', 'SELECT', 'TEXTAREA', 'BUTTON'];
+const inputTags = ['INPUT', 'SELECT', 'TEXTAREA'];
 
 export function isInputDOMNode(event: KeyboardEvent): boolean {
   // using composed path for handling shadow dom