diff -r 0f7d453c3931 modules/controls/src/main/java/com/sun/javafx/scene/control/skin/ListViewSkin.java
--- a/modules/controls/src/main/java/com/sun/javafx/scene/control/skin/ListViewSkin.java	Wed May 28 15:26:29 2014 -0700
+++ b/modules/controls/src/main/java/com/sun/javafx/scene/control/skin/ListViewSkin.java	Wed May 28 15:32:36 2014 -0700
@@ -489,6 +489,17 @@
             case FOCUS_ITEM: {
                 FocusModel<?> fm = getSkinnable().getFocusModel();
                 int focusedIndex = fm.getFocusedIndex();
+                System.out.println("FOCUS ITEM " + focusedIndex + " " + flow.getPrivateCell(focusedIndex));
+                if (focusedIndex == -1) {
+                    if (placeholderRegion != null && placeholderRegion.isVisible()) {
+                        return placeholderRegion.getChildren().get(0);
+                    }
+                    if (getItemCount() > 0) {
+                        focusedIndex = 0;
+                    } else {
+                        return null;
+                    }
+                }
                 return flow.getPrivateCell(focusedIndex);
             }
             case ROW_AT_INDEX: {
diff -r 0f7d453c3931 modules/controls/src/main/java/com/sun/javafx/scene/control/skin/TableViewSkinBase.java
--- a/modules/controls/src/main/java/com/sun/javafx/scene/control/skin/TableViewSkinBase.java	Wed May 28 15:26:29 2014 -0700
+++ b/modules/controls/src/main/java/com/sun/javafx/scene/control/skin/TableViewSkinBase.java	Wed May 28 15:32:36 2014 -0700
@@ -955,6 +955,16 @@
             case FOCUS_ITEM: {
                 TableFocusModel<S,?> fm = getFocusModel();
                 int focusedIndex = fm.getFocusedIndex();
+                if (focusedIndex == -1) {
+                    if (placeholderRegion != null && placeholderRegion.isVisible()) {
+                        return placeholderRegion.getChildren().get(0);
+                    }
+                    if (getItemCount() > 0) {
+                        focusedIndex = 0;
+                    } else {
+                        return null;
+                    }
+                }
                 return flow.getPrivateCell(focusedIndex);
             }
             case CELL_AT_ROW_COLUMN: {
diff -r 0f7d453c3931 modules/controls/src/main/java/com/sun/javafx/scene/control/skin/TreeViewSkin.java
--- a/modules/controls/src/main/java/com/sun/javafx/scene/control/skin/TreeViewSkin.java	Wed May 28 15:26:29 2014 -0700
+++ b/modules/controls/src/main/java/com/sun/javafx/scene/control/skin/TreeViewSkin.java	Wed May 28 15:32:36 2014 -0700
@@ -480,6 +480,13 @@
             case FOCUS_ITEM: {
                 FocusModel<?> fm = getSkinnable().getFocusModel();
                 int focusedIndex = fm.getFocusedIndex();
+                if (focusedIndex == -1) {
+                    if (getItemCount() > 0) {
+                        focusedIndex = 0;
+                    } else {
+                        return null;
+                    }
+                }
                 return flow.getPrivateCell(focusedIndex);
             }
             case ROW_AT_INDEX: {
diff -r 0f7d453c3931 modules/controls/src/main/java/javafx/scene/control/TableView.java
--- a/modules/controls/src/main/java/javafx/scene/control/TableView.java	Wed May 28 15:26:29 2014 -0700
+++ b/modules/controls/src/main/java/javafx/scene/control/TableView.java	Wed May 28 15:32:36 2014 -0700
@@ -1625,7 +1625,12 @@
                 }
                 return FXCollections.observableArrayList(selection);
             }
-            case FOCUS_ITEM:
+            case FOCUS_ITEM: {
+                Node row = (Node)super.accGetAttribute(attribute, parameters);
+                if (row == null) return null;
+                Node cell = (Node)row.accGetAttribute(attribute, parameters);
+                return cell != null ?  cell : row;
+            }
             case CELL_AT_ROW_COLUMN: {
                 TableRow<S> row = (TableRow<S>)super.accGetAttribute(attribute, parameters);
                 return row != null ? row.accGetAttribute(attribute, parameters) : null;