diff --git a/packages/dashboard/app/components/Lane.css b/packages/dashboard/app/components/Lane.css
index c1612288f2..8a6e67358e 100644
--- a/packages/dashboard/app/components/Lane.css
+++ b/packages/dashboard/app/components/Lane.css
@@ -95,6 +95,17 @@
   gap: 8px;
   padding: 8px 12px;
   border-bottom: 1px solid var(--border);
+  cursor: pointer;
+  user-select: none;
+}
+
+.lane-header:hover {
+  background: var(--surface-hover, var(--surface));
+}
+
+.lane-header:focus-visible {
+  outline: 2px solid var(--focus-ring, var(--color-primary));
+  outline-offset: -2px;
 }
 
 .lane-name {
diff --git a/packages/dashboard/app/components/Lane.tsx b/packages/dashboard/app/components/Lane.tsx
index 547af5cb74..8fd3000d2a 100644
--- a/packages/dashboard/app/components/Lane.tsx
+++ b/packages/dashboard/app/components/Lane.tsx
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import "./Lane.css";
-import { memo, useCallback, useEffect, useMemo, useRef } from "react";
+import { memo, useCallback, useEffect, useMemo, useRef, type KeyboardEvent } from "react";
 import { useTranslation } from "react-i18next";
 import type { Task, TaskDetail, Column as ColumnType, TaskCreateInput, GithubIssueAction } from "@fusion/core";
 import { Column } from "./Column";
@@ -134,6 +134,11 @@ function LaneComponent(props: LaneProps) {
   }, []);
 
   const handleToggle = useCallback(() => onToggleCollapse(workflow.id), [onToggleCollapse, workflow.id]);
+  const handleHeaderKeyDown = useCallback((event: KeyboardEvent<HTMLDivElement>) => {
+    if (event.key !== "Enter" && event.key !== " ") return;
+    event.preventDefault();
+    handleToggle();
+  }, [handleToggle]);
 
   const makeCanDrop = useCallback(
     (targetColumnId: string) => (taskId: string) => props.canDropTask(taskId, targetColumnId, workflow.id),
@@ -142,17 +147,18 @@ function LaneComponent(props: LaneProps) {
 
   return (
     <section className="lane" data-lane={workflow.id} aria-label={workflow.name}>
-      <div className="lane-header">
-        <button
-          type="button"
-          className="lane-collapse-toggle btn btn-icon btn-sm"
-          onClick={handleToggle}
-          aria-expanded={!collapsed}
-          aria-label={collapsed
-            ? t("lane.expand", "Expand {{name}} lane", { name: workflow.name })
-            : t("lane.collapse", "Collapse {{name}} lane", { name: workflow.name })}
-          data-testid={`lane-toggle-${workflow.id}`}
-        />
+      <div
+        className="lane-header"
+        role="button"
+        tabIndex={0}
+        onClick={handleToggle}
+        onKeyDown={handleHeaderKeyDown}
+        aria-expanded={!collapsed}
+        aria-label={collapsed
+          ? t("lane.expand", "Expand {{name}} lane", { name: workflow.name })
+          : t("lane.collapse", "Collapse {{name}} lane", { name: workflow.name })}
+        data-testid={`lane-header-${workflow.id}`}
+      >
         <h2 className="lane-name">{workflow.name}</h2>
         <span className="lane-count" data-testid={`lane-count-${workflow.id}`}>{tasks.length}</span>
       </div>
diff --git a/packages/dashboard/app/components/__tests__/Lane.test.tsx b/packages/dashboard/app/components/__tests__/Lane.test.tsx
index 8604b65933..a802688b97 100644
--- a/packages/dashboard/app/components/__tests__/Lane.test.tsx
+++ b/packages/dashboard/app/components/__tests__/Lane.test.tsx
@@ -113,16 +113,43 @@ describe("Lane", () => {
     expect(screen.queryByText("Triage")).toBeNull();
   });
 
-  it("invokes onToggleCollapse with the workflow id", () => {
+  it("invokes onToggleCollapse with the workflow id from the lane header", () => {
     const props = baseProps();
     render(<Lane {...props} />);
-    fireEvent.click(screen.getByTestId("lane-toggle-builtin:coding"));
+    fireEvent.click(screen.getByTestId("lane-header-builtin:coding"));
     expect(props.onToggleCollapse).toHaveBeenCalledWith("builtin:coding");
   });
 
-  it("does not render a chevron icon in the lane toggle", () => {
+  it("exposes the lane header as the accessible collapse toggle", () => {
     render(<Lane {...baseProps()} />);
-    expect(screen.getByTestId("lane-toggle-builtin:coding").querySelector("svg")).toBeNull();
+    const header = screen.getByRole("button", { name: "Collapse Coding (built-in) lane" });
+    expect(header.getAttribute("aria-expanded")).toBe("true");
+    expect(header.getAttribute("tabindex")).toBe("0");
+  });
+
+  it("toggles the lane header with Enter and Space", () => {
+    const props = baseProps();
+    render(<Lane {...props} />);
+    const header = screen.getByTestId("lane-header-builtin:coding");
+
+    fireEvent.keyDown(header, { key: "Enter" });
+    fireEvent.keyDown(header, { key: " " });
+
+    expect(props.onToggleCollapse).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(2);
+    expect(props.onToggleCollapse).toHaveBeenNthCalledWith(1, "builtin:coding");
+    expect(props.onToggleCollapse).toHaveBeenNthCalledWith(2, "builtin:coding");
+  });
+
+  it("does not render a chevron icon in the lane header", () => {
+    render(<Lane {...baseProps()} />);
+    expect(screen.getByTestId("lane-header-builtin:coding").querySelector("svg")).toBeNull();
+  });
+
+  it("does not render an empty btn-icon toggle in the lane header", () => {
+    render(<Lane {...baseProps()} />);
+    const header = screen.getByTestId("lane-header-builtin:coding");
+    expect(header.querySelector(".btn-icon")).toBeNull();
+    expect(screen.queryByTestId("lane-toggle-builtin:coding")).toBeNull();
   });
 
   it("shows the auto-merge toggle for human-review workflow columns", () => {