diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/src/toolbar.rs b/crates/ui-egui/src/toolbar.rs
index 4c6965ffc..ea5034219 100644
--- a/crates/ui-egui/src/toolbar.rs
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/src/toolbar.rs
@@ -103,19 +103,29 @@ pub fn show(app: &mut DesignApp, ui: &mut egui::Ui) {
                                 // on the tool (egui reports releases within 0.8 s as clicks).
                                 let hold_id = egui::Id::unique(("flyout_hold", gi));
                                 let ended_hold = resp.clicked() && ui.data_mut(|d| d.remove_temp::<bool>(hold_id)).unwrap_or(false);
+                                // Plain click selects the shown tool; Alt/Option-click cycles the flyout
+                                // group (InDesign / Photoshop parity with the letter-key cycle).
+                                let alt = ui.input(|i| i.modifiers.alt);
                                 if resp.clicked() && !ended_hold {
-                                    chosen = Some(shown.id);
+                                    chosen = Some(if g.len() > 1 && alt {
+                                        let from = g.iter().position(|tl| tl.id == current).unwrap_or(0);
+                                        g[(from + 1) % g.len()].id
+                                    } else {
+                                        shown.id
+                                    });
                                 }
                                 if !resp.is_pointer_button_down_on() {
                                     ui.data_mut(|d| d.remove::<bool>(hold_id));
                                 }
                                 // Double-click a polygon tool: Polygon Settings.
-                                if resp.double_clicked() && matches!(shown.id, "polygon" | "polygonFrame") {
+                                // Alt-clicks only cycle the group: exclude them from double-click dialogs.
+                                if resp.double_clicked() && !alt && matches!(shown.id, "polygon" | "polygonFrame") {
                                     let cur = app.session.execute("tool.polygonSettings", &json!({})).unwrap_or_default();
                                     app.ui.dialog = Some(crate::dialogs::Dialog::new("polygonSettings", cur));
                                 }
                                 // Double-click a transform tool: its Object › Transform dialog.
                                 if resp.double_clicked()
+                                    && !alt
                                     && let Some(cmd) = transform_dialog_of(shown.id)
                                 {
                                     crate::menus::activate(app, cmd, &Value::Null);
diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/src/toolbar/tests.rs b/crates/ui-egui/src/toolbar/tests.rs
index 6a8ea752c..97a3bf6c3 100644
--- a/crates/ui-egui/src/toolbar/tests.rs
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/src/toolbar/tests.rs
@@ -378,3 +378,32 @@ fn fill_stroke_proxy_keys() {
     press(&mut app, &ctx, Key::X, Modifiers::NONE);
     assert_eq!(app.ui.stroke_front, front, "X while typing leaves the proxy alone");
 }
+
+/// Alt/Option-click cycles a tool group's flyout without opening the menu.
+#[test]
+fn alt_click_cycles_the_tool_flyout_group() {
+    use egui::{Event, Modifiers, PointerButton};
+    use egui_kittest::kittest::Queryable;
+    let app = crate::DesignApp::new(designcraft_engine::Session::new(), crate::Services::default());
+    let mut h = crate::test_window::open(app, vec2(1400.0, 900.0));
+    h.state_mut().app.select_tool("rectangleFrame");
+    h.run_steps(2);
+    let at = h.get_by_label("Rectangle Frame Tool (F)").rect().center();
+    let alt = Modifiers { alt: true, ..Default::default() };
+    let click = |h: &mut egui_kittest::Harness<'static, crate::test_window::Window>, modifiers: Modifiers| {
+        h.input_mut().events.push(Event::ModifiersChanged(modifiers));
+        h.input_mut().events.push(Event::PointerMoved(at));
+        for pressed in [true, false] {
+            h.input_mut().events.push(Event::PointerButton { pos: at, button: PointerButton::Primary, pressed, modifiers });
+        }
+        h.run_steps(3);
+    };
+    click(&mut h, Modifiers::NONE);
+    assert_eq!(h.state().app.session.tool_id(), "rectangleFrame");
+    assert!(h.state().app.ui.flyout.is_none());
+    click(&mut h, alt);
+    assert_eq!(h.state().app.session.tool_id(), "ellipseFrame", "Alt-click advances the frame group");
+    assert!(h.state().app.ui.flyout.is_none(), "Alt-click must not open the flyout");
+    click(&mut h, alt);
+    assert_eq!(h.state().app.session.tool_id(), "polygonFrame");
+}