diff --git a/crates/engine/src/canvas/tools.rs b/crates/engine/src/canvas/tools.rs
index cf8fb30b4..9bc4bef2a 100644
--- a/crates/engine/src/canvas/tools.rs
+++ b/crates/engine/src/canvas/tools.rs
@@ -590,9 +590,12 @@ pub struct ToolState {
     /// The widget layers whose hover styles show while the pointer is over them (a live preview).
     pub(crate) widget_hover: Vec<NodeId>,
     /// The placement crosshair: where Enter puts the next shape or frame once the arrows have
-    /// shown it (in the middle of the view) and moved it (`tool.crosshair`), in page coordinates.
-    /// Placing, Escape and a tool change take it away.
+    /// shown it (in the middle of the view) and moved it (`tool.crosshair`), in page coordinates
+    /// of the document and page in `place_on` (elsewhere it isn't shown: `Session::crosshair`).
+    /// Placing, Escape and a change of tool take it away.
     pub place_at: Option<Point>,
+    /// The document (uid) and page the crosshair was shown on.
+    pub(crate) place_on: Option<(u64, NodeId)>,
 }
 
 impl ToolState {
diff --git a/crates/engine/src/canvas/tools/draw.rs b/crates/engine/src/canvas/tools/draw.rs
index d59a2b904..7831c6fad 100644
--- a/crates/engine/src/canvas/tools/draw.rs
+++ b/crates/engine/src/canvas/tools/draw.rs
@@ -209,6 +209,8 @@ impl Session {
                     crate::normalize(ds.doc_mut(), &before);
                 }
                 self.commit_interaction()?;
+                // A placement by the pointer takes the placement crosshair with it, as Enter does.
+                self.tool.place_at = None;
                 if !self.prefs.keep_tool {
                     self.set_tool(ToolId::Move);
                 }
diff --git a/crates/engine/src/canvas/tools/keys.rs b/crates/engine/src/canvas/tools/keys.rs
index 4f4d58915..07a91557b 100644
--- a/crates/engine/src/canvas/tools/keys.rs
+++ b/crates/engine/src/canvas/tools/keys.rs
@@ -86,7 +86,8 @@ impl Session {
         }
         // The crosshair the arrows moved goes with the placement, which lands on it when no point
         // is given.
-        let crosshair = self.tool.place_at.take();
+        let crosshair = self.crosshair();
+        self.tool.place_at = None;
         let v = &self.ds()?.view;
         let (c, zoom) = (at.or(crosshair).unwrap_or(Point::new(v.cx, v.cy)), v.zoom);
         let (w, h) = tool.click_size();
@@ -114,8 +115,11 @@ impl Session {
             self.tool.overlay = Overlay::default();
             return self.cancel_interaction();
         }
-        // The placement crosshair goes first; the tool stays.
-        if self.tool.place_at.take().is_some() {
+        // The placement crosshair goes first; the tool stays. One left on another page or
+        // document goes quietly.
+        let shown = self.crosshair().is_some();
+        self.tool.place_at = None;
+        if shown {
             if let Ok(ds) = self.ds_mut() {
                 ds.revision += 1;
             }
@@ -184,7 +188,14 @@ impl Session {
     /// Snapshot of tool state for the UI / inspect.
     pub fn tool_info(&self) -> serde_json::Value {
         let shapes: Vec<serde_json::Value> = self.shape_handles().into_iter().map(|(h, at)| json!({"handle": h, "at": at})).collect();
-        let crosshair = self.tool.place_at.map(|p| [p.x, p.y]);
+        let crosshair = self.crosshair().map(|p| [p.x, p.y]);
         json!({"tool": self.tool.tool.id(), "busy": self.tool.busy(), "overlay": self.tool.overlay, "arcHandles": self.arc_handles(), "shapeHandles": shapes, "crosshair": crosshair})
     }
+
+    /// The placement crosshair, while the document and page it was shown on are the ones in
+    /// front (`ToolState::place_at`).
+    pub fn crosshair(&self) -> Option<Point> {
+        let here = self.ds().ok().map(|d| (d.uid, d.page));
+        self.tool.place_at.filter(|_| here.is_some() && here == self.tool.place_on)
+    }
 }
diff --git a/crates/engine/src/canvas/tools/pointer.rs b/crates/engine/src/canvas/tools/pointer.rs
index 90dc1540b..5696832ab 100644
--- a/crates/engine/src/canvas/tools/pointer.rs
+++ b/crates/engine/src/canvas/tools/pointer.rs
@@ -76,10 +76,13 @@ impl Session {
         if !matches!(t, ToolId::Move | ToolId::Scale | ToolId::Hand) && self.ds().is_ok_and(|d| d.vector_edit.is_some()) {
             let _ = crate::vectoredit::end(self);
         }
+        // The placement crosshair goes with a change of tool, not with the same tool chosen again.
+        if self.tool.tool != t {
+            self.tool.place_at = None;
+        }
         self.tool.tool = t;
         self.tool.gesture = Gesture::None;
         self.tool.pick_only = false;
-        self.tool.place_at = None;
         // The tool's cursor shows before the pointer moves.
         self.tool.overlay =
             Overlay { builder_remove: self.tool.builder_remove && t == ToolId::ShapeBuilder, cursor: t.cursor(), ..Overlay::default() };
diff --git a/crates/engine/src/cmd/view.rs b/crates/engine/src/cmd/view.rs
index 20379a7ba..e2f8d575b 100644
--- a/crates/engine/src/cmd/view.rs
+++ b/crates/engine/src/cmd/view.rs
@@ -534,13 +534,18 @@ pub fn specs() -> Vec<CommandSpec> {
                 let step = if boolean(p, "big").unwrap_or(false) { s.prefs.nudge_big } else { s.prefs.nudge_small };
                 let dir = |k| num(p, k).filter(|v| v.is_finite()).unwrap_or(0.0).clamp(-100.0, 100.0) * step;
                 let (dx, dy) = (dir("dx"), dir("dy"));
-                let v = &s.ds()?.view;
-                // "It will appear in the middle of the viewport": the first arrow shows it there.
-                let at = match s.tool.place_at {
+                let (uid, page, centre) = {
+                    let ds = s.ds()?;
+                    (ds.uid, ds.page, figcraft_geom::Point::new(ds.view.cx, ds.view.cy))
+                };
+                // "It will appear in the middle of the viewport": the first arrow shows it there (a
+                // crosshair left on another page or document starts over).
+                let at = match s.crosshair() {
                     Some(c) => figcraft_geom::Point::new(c.x + dx, c.y + dy),
-                    None => figcraft_geom::Point::new(v.cx, v.cy),
+                    None => centre,
                 };
                 s.tool.place_at = Some(at);
+                s.tool.place_on = Some((uid, page));
                 if let Ok(ds) = s.ds_mut() {
                     ds.revision += 1;
                 }
diff --git a/crates/engine/src/place_crosshair_tests.rs b/crates/engine/src/place_crosshair_tests.rs
index a2aafba10..9bd89dc90 100644
--- a/crates/engine/src/place_crosshair_tests.rs
+++ b/crates/engine/src/place_crosshair_tests.rs
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 use serde_json::json;
 
 use crate::Session;
+use crate::tools::{PointerEvent, PointerKind};
 
 #[test]
 fn the_arrows_show_and_move_the_crosshair_and_enter_places_there() {
@@ -43,3 +44,39 @@ fn the_arrows_show_and_move_the_crosshair_and_enter_places_there() {
     s.execute("tool.ellipse", &json!({})).unwrap();
     assert_eq!(s.tool.place_at, None);
 }
+
+#[test]
+fn the_crosshair_keeps_its_page_and_goes_with_a_pointer_placement_but_not_the_same_tool_again() {
+    let mut s = Session::new();
+    s.execute("view.set", &json!({"zoom": 1.0, "cx": 300, "cy": 200})).unwrap();
+    s.execute("tool.rectangle", &json!({})).unwrap();
+    s.execute("tool.crosshair", &json!({"dx": 1})).unwrap();
+    s.execute("tool.crosshair", &json!({"dx": 1})).unwrap();
+    // The tool already chosen named again keeps the crosshair: `tool.place {tool}` lands on it.
+    let placed = s.execute("tool.place", &json!({"tool": "rectangle"})).unwrap();
+    let id = crate::params::id_of(&placed["ids"][0]).unwrap();
+    assert_eq!(s.doc().unwrap().world_bounds(id).unwrap().center().x, 301.0);
+    // A click places too (the tool kept by the preference) and takes the crosshair with it.
+    s.prefs.keep_tool = true;
+    s.execute("select.set", &json!({"ids": []})).unwrap();
+    s.execute("tool.rectangle", &json!({})).unwrap();
+    s.execute("tool.crosshair", &json!({})).unwrap();
+    s.pointer(&PointerEvent::at(PointerKind::Down, 600.0, 600.0, 1.0)).unwrap();
+    s.pointer(&PointerEvent::at(PointerKind::Up, 600.0, 600.0, 1.0)).unwrap();
+    assert_eq!((s.tool.tool, s.tool.place_at), (crate::ToolId::Rectangle, None), "placed by the pointer: the crosshair goes, the tool stays");
+    // Another page in front: the crosshair shown on the first isn't there, Escape has nothing to
+    // take, and the next arrow starts over in the middle of this page's view.
+    s.execute("select.set", &json!({"ids": []})).unwrap();
+    s.execute("tool.crosshair", &json!({"dx": 5})).unwrap();
+    s.execute("page.add", &json!({})).unwrap();
+    s.execute("page.select", &json!({"index": 1})).unwrap();
+    s.execute("tool.rectangle", &json!({})).unwrap();
+    assert_eq!(s.crosshair(), None);
+    assert!(s.tool_info()["crosshair"].is_null());
+    s.escape().unwrap();
+    assert_eq!(s.tool.tool, crate::ToolId::Move, "Escape went on to the tool");
+    s.execute("tool.rectangle", &json!({})).unwrap();
+    let r = s.execute("tool.crosshair", &json!({"dx": 1})).unwrap();
+    let v = &s.ds().unwrap().view;
+    assert_eq!((r["x"].as_f64(), r["y"].as_f64()), (Some(v.cx), Some(v.cy)), "shown afresh in the middle of this page's view");
+}
diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/src/canvas/overlays.rs b/crates/ui-egui/src/canvas/overlays.rs
index efdf3ad63..6079fabfa 100644
--- a/crates/ui-egui/src/canvas/overlays.rs
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/src/canvas/overlays.rs
@@ -419,7 +419,7 @@ fn attach_points(app: &FigApp, painter: &egui::Painter, points: &[([f64; 2], boo
 
 /// The placement crosshair the arrows showed and moved: where Enter puts the next shape or frame.
 fn crosshair_overlay(app: &FigApp, painter: &egui::Painter) {
-    let Some(p) = app.session.tool.place_at.filter(|_| app.session.tool.tool.draws_shape()) else { return };
+    let Some(p) = app.session.crosshair().filter(|_| app.session.tool.tool.draws_shape()) else { return };
     let c = app.to_screen(p.x, p.y);
     let col = accent(painter);
     for d in [vec2(1.0, 0.0), vec2(0.0, 1.0)] {