diff --git a/packages/volto-slate/src/widgets/HtmlSlateWidget.jsx b/packages/volto-slate/src/widgets/HtmlSlateWidget.jsx
index cdd37527ea..226d17e4e6 100644
--- a/packages/volto-slate/src/widgets/HtmlSlateWidget.jsx
+++ b/packages/volto-slate/src/widgets/HtmlSlateWidget.jsx
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import { defineMessages, injectIntl } from 'react-intl';
 import { FormFieldWrapper } from '@plone/volto/components/manage/Widgets';
 import SlateEditor from '@plone/volto-slate/editor/SlateEditor';
 import { serializeNodes } from '@plone/volto-slate/editor/render';
+import { handleKeyDetached } from '@plone/volto-slate/blocks/Text/keyboard';
 import { makeEditor } from '@plone/volto-slate/utils/editor';
 import deserialize from '@plone/volto-slate/editor/deserialize';
 
@@ -19,6 +20,8 @@ import {
   createEmptyParagraph,
   normalizeExternalData,
 } from '@plone/volto-slate/utils';
+import config from '@plone/volto/registry';
+
 import { ErrorBoundary } from './ErrorBoundary';
 
 import './style.css';
@@ -44,6 +47,8 @@ const HtmlSlateWidget = (props) => {
     intl,
   } = props;
 
+  const { slateWidgetExtensions } = config.settings.slate;
+
   const [selected, setSelected] = React.useState(focus);
 
   const editor = React.useMemo(() => makeEditor(), []);
@@ -127,7 +132,10 @@ const HtmlSlateWidget = (props) => {
             block={block}
             selected={selected}
             properties={properties}
+            extensions={slateWidgetExtensions}
+            onKeyDown={handleKeyDetached}
             placeholder={placeholder}
+            editableProps={{ 'aria-multiline': 'true' }}
           />
         </ErrorBoundary>
       </div>