diff --git a/js/AquaRadioButtonGroup.ts b/js/AquaRadioButtonGroup.ts
index cf4415da..98df2d4c 100644
--- a/js/AquaRadioButtonGroup.ts
+++ b/js/AquaRadioButtonGroup.ts
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 
 import StrictOmit from '../../phet-core/js/types/StrictOmit.js';
 import optionize, { combineOptions } from '../../phet-core/js/optionize.js';
-import { FlowBox, FlowBoxOptions, KeyboardListener, PDOMPeer, SceneryConstants } from '../../scenery/js/imports.js';
+import { FlowBox, FlowBoxOptions, KeyboardUtils, PDOMPeer, SceneryConstants, SceneryEvent } from '../../scenery/js/imports.js';
 import multiSelectionSoundPlayerFactory from '../../tambo/js/multiSelectionSoundPlayerFactory.js';
 import Tandem from '../../tandem/js/Tandem.js';
 import AquaRadioButton, { AquaRadioButtonOptions } from './AquaRadioButton.js';
@@ -137,12 +137,13 @@ export default class AquaRadioButtonGroup<T> extends FlowBox {
 
     // zoom - signify that key input is reserved and we should not pan when user presses arrow keys
     // See https://github.com/phetsims/scenery/issues/974
-    const intentListener = new KeyboardListener( {
-      keys: [ 'arrowLeft', 'arrowRight', 'arrowUp', 'arrowDown' ],
-      callback: event => {
-        event && event.pointer.reserveForKeyboardDrag();
+    const intentListener = {
+      keydown: ( event: SceneryEvent<KeyboardEvent> ) => {
+        if ( KeyboardUtils.isArrowKey( event.domEvent ) ) {
+          event.pointer.reserveForKeyboardDrag();
+        }
       }
-    } );
+    };
     this.addInputListener( intentListener );
 
     const boundOnRadioButtonInput = this.onRadioButtonInput.bind( this );
@@ -158,7 +159,6 @@ export default class AquaRadioButtonGroup<T> extends FlowBox {
 
     this.disposeAquaRadioButtonGroup = () => {
       this.removeInputListener( intentListener );
-      intentListener.dispose();
       radioButtons.forEach( radioButton => radioButton.dispose() );
       this.onInputEmitter.dispose();
       nodes.forEach( node => node.dispose() );
diff --git a/js/ComboBoxListBox.ts b/js/ComboBoxListBox.ts
index f6e98605..1cfc94e2 100644
--- a/js/ComboBoxListBox.ts
+++ b/js/ComboBoxListBox.ts
@@ -264,7 +264,7 @@ export default class ComboBoxListBox<T> extends Panel {
     // pdom - listener that navigates listbox items and closes the box from keyboard input
     const keyboardListener = new KeyboardListener( {
       keys: [ 'escape', 'tab', 'shift+tab', 'arrowUp', 'arrowDown', 'home', 'end' ],
-      callback: ( event, keysPressed ) => {
+      fire: ( event, keysPressed ) => {
         const sceneryEvent = event!;
         assert && assert( sceneryEvent, 'event is required for this listener' );
 
@@ -274,16 +274,12 @@ export default class ComboBoxListBox<T> extends Panel {
 
         if ( keysPressed === 'escape' || keysPressed === 'tab' || keysPressed === 'shift+tab' ) {
 
-          // This keyboard event is captured so that escape doesn't forward to other popupable components. If
-          // ComboBox is ever implemented with generalized popupable/pane system this abort will not be necessary.
-          sceneryEvent.abort();
-
           // Escape and Tab hide the list box and return focus to the button
           hideListBoxCallback();
           focusButtonCallback();
         }
         else if ( keysPressed === 'arrowUp' || keysPressed === 'arrowDown' ) {
-          const domEvent = sceneryEvent.domEvent!;
+          const domEvent = event!;
           assert && assert( domEvent, 'domEvent is required for this listener' );
 
           // prevent "native" behavior so that Safari doesn't make an error sound with arrow keys in
@@ -297,9 +293,6 @@ export default class ComboBoxListBox<T> extends Panel {
 
           const nextIndex = focusedItemIndex + direction;
           visibleItemNodes[ nextIndex ] && visibleItemNodes[ nextIndex ].focus();
-
-          // reserve for drag after focus has moved, as the change in focus will clear the intent on the pointer
-          sceneryEvent.pointer.reserveForKeyboardDrag();
         }
         else if ( keysPressed === 'home' ) {
           visibleItemNodes[ 0 ].focus();
diff --git a/js/Dialog.ts b/js/Dialog.ts
index e2cea023..4b87d8fd 100644
--- a/js/Dialog.ts
+++ b/js/Dialog.ts
@@ -396,9 +396,9 @@ export default class Dialog extends Popupable( Panel, 1 ) {
     // pdom - close the dialog when pressing "escape"
     const keyboardListener = new KeyboardListener( {
       keys: [ 'escape', 'tab', 'shift+tab' ],
-      callback: ( event, keysPressed ) => {
-        assert && assert( event && event.domEvent, 'event should be non-null and defined for this listener' );
-        const domEvent = event!.domEvent!;
+      fire: ( event, keysPressed ) => {
+        assert && assert( event, 'event should be non-null and defined for this listener' );
+        const domEvent = event!;
 
         if ( keysPressed === 'escape' ) {
           domEvent.preventDefault();