diff --git a/crates/engine/src/cmd/edit/selection.rs b/crates/engine/src/cmd/edit/selection.rs
index 03e178156..27db1c53a 100644
--- a/crates/engine/src/cmd/edit/selection.rs
+++ b/crates/engine/src/cmd/edit/selection.rs
@@ -139,7 +139,13 @@ pub(super) fn selection_next(s: &mut Session, p: &Json) -> Result<Json> {
 
 pub(super) fn selection_next_corner(s: &mut Session, _: &Json) -> Result<Json> {
     let d = s.doc_mut()?;
-    d.selection.next_corner();
+    let Some(sheet) = d.wb.active() else { return Err(EngineError::NoDocument) };
+    // A corner in a merged cell lands on its top-left cell; one the sheet's protection doesn't
+    // let you select is skipped.
+    let stop = |c: CellRef| Some(sheet.merge_at(c).map_or(c, |m| m.start)).filter(|c| cell_selectable(&d.wb, sheet, *c));
+    let mut next = d.selection.clone();
+    next.next_corner_by(stop);
+    d.selection = next;
     Ok(json!({"active": d.selection.active.a1(), "selection": d.selection.a1()}))
 }
 
diff --git a/crates/engine/src/cmd/edit/tests.rs b/crates/engine/src/cmd/edit/tests.rs
index ead610e50..8e8c52b36 100644
--- a/crates/engine/src/cmd/edit/tests.rs
+++ b/crates/engine/src/cmd/edit/tests.rs
@@ -397,3 +397,30 @@ fn next_corner_of_selection_goes_clockwise_and_anchors_there() {
     s.execute("selection.set", json!({"range": "C5"})).unwrap();
     assert_eq!(s.execute("selection.nextCorner", json!({})).unwrap()["active"], "C5");
 }
+
+#[test]
+fn next_corner_skips_corners_the_sheet_protection_does_not_let_you_select() {
+    // With locked cells unselectable, Ctrl+. goes on to the next corner it may select.
+    let mut s = Session::new();
+    s.new_workbook();
+    s.execute("home.lockCell", json!({"range": "B2:C3", "on": false})).unwrap();
+    s.execute("selection.set", json!({"range": "B2:D3", "active": "B2"})).unwrap();
+    s.execute("review.protectSheet", json!({"selectLockedCells": false})).unwrap();
+    let r = s.execute("selection.nextCorner", json!({})).unwrap();
+    assert_eq!((r["active"].as_str(), r["selection"].as_str()), (Some("B3"), Some("B2:D3")), "D2 and D3 are locked");
+    assert_eq!(s.execute("selection.nextCorner", json!({})).unwrap()["active"], "B2");
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn next_corner_stops_once_on_a_merged_corner_at_its_top_left_cell() {
+    // A corner inside a merged cell is that merged cell, whose active cell is its top-left one.
+    let mut s = Session::new();
+    s.new_workbook();
+    s.execute("home.mergeCells", json!({"range": "C2:D2"})).unwrap();
+    s.execute("selection.set", json!({"range": "B2:D3", "active": "B2"})).unwrap();
+    let seen: Vec<String> = (0..4).map(|_| s.execute("selection.nextCorner", json!({})).unwrap()["active"].as_str().unwrap().to_string()).collect();
+    assert_eq!(seen, ["C2", "D3", "B3", "B2"]);
+    // A selection that is one merged cell has no other corner.
+    s.execute("selection.set", json!({"range": "C2:D2", "active": "C2"})).unwrap();
+    assert_eq!(s.execute("selection.nextCorner", json!({})).unwrap()["active"], "C2");
+}
diff --git a/crates/engine/src/selection.rs b/crates/engine/src/selection.rs
index a69870adb..3f3feee9d 100644
--- a/crates/engine/src/selection.rs
+++ b/crates/engine/src/selection.rs
@@ -134,14 +134,23 @@ impl Selection {
     /// so Shift+arrows then move the opposite corner. The area stays selected. From a cell that
     /// isn't a corner the next corner is the top-left one; a single cell stays where it is.
     pub fn next_corner(&mut self) {
+        self.next_corner_by(Some);
+    }
+
+    /// [`Selection::next_corner`] where `stop` says where each corner takes the active cell: the
+    /// top-left cell of a merged cell the corner is in, or `None` for a corner that can't be
+    /// selected (it is skipped). Corners that end up on the active cell are one stop with it.
+    pub fn next_corner_by(&mut self, stop: impl Fn(CellRef) -> Option<CellRef>) {
         let r = self.current();
         let corners = [r.start, CellRef::new(r.start.row, r.end.col), r.end, CellRef::new(r.end.row, r.start.col)];
-        let next = match corners.iter().position(|c| *c == self.active) {
-            Some(i) => (1..=4).filter_map(|k| corners.get((i + k) % 4)).copied().find(|c| *c != self.active).unwrap_or(self.active),
-            None => r.start,
+        let next = match corners.iter().rposition(|c| stop(*c) == Some(self.active)) {
+            Some(i) => (1..=4).filter_map(|k| corners.get((i + k) % 4)).filter_map(|c| stop(*c)).find(|c| *c != self.active),
+            None => corners.iter().find_map(|c| stop(*c)),
         };
-        self.active = next;
-        self.anchor = next;
+        if let Some(next) = next {
+            self.active = next;
+            self.anchor = next;
+        }
     }
 }