diff --git a/crates/js/src/xfa/nodes.rs b/crates/js/src/xfa/nodes.rs
index 2346dece8b..72a095eaa9 100644
--- a/crates/js/src/xfa/nodes.rs
+++ b/crates/js/src/xfa/nodes.rs
@@ -387,18 +387,22 @@ pub(super) fn resolver(ctx: &mut Context, from: usize, many: bool) -> JsResult<J
         let many = key.get(js_string!("many"), ctx)?.to_boolean();
         let expr = text(&arg(args, 0), ctx)?;
         let found = resolve_som(&host(ctx)?.borrow(), from, &expr);
-        // An expression that runs into an object's properties (`ui.#textEdit`, `border.edge[1]`).
-        if found.is_empty() {
-            let props = props::resolve_into_props(&host(ctx)?.borrow(), from, &expr);
-            if let Some((node, path)) = props.first().cloned() {
-                {
-                    // Edges and corners reached past those a border lists come into being.
-                    let mut h = host(ctx)?.borrow_mut();
-                    let reached = if many { props.as_slice() } else { props.get(..1).unwrap_or_default() };
-                    reached.iter().for_each(|(n, p)| h.instantiate(*n, p));
-                }
-                return if many { props::list_object(ctx, props) } else { props::prop_object(ctx, node, &path) };
+        // An expression that runs into an object's properties (`ui.#textEdit`, `border.edge[1]`),
+        // for some of the objects it names at least: a child named as the property comes first
+        // for each object on its own, in place ((child, "")).
+        let props = props::resolve_into_props(&host(ctx)?.borrow(), from, &expr);
+        if let Some((node, path)) = props.first().cloned() {
+            {
+                // Edges and corners reached past those a border lists come into being.
+                let mut h = host(ctx)?.borrow_mut();
+                let reached = if many { props.as_slice() } else { props.get(..1).unwrap_or_default() };
+                reached.iter().filter(|(_, p)| !p.is_empty()).for_each(|(n, p)| h.instantiate(*n, p));
             }
+            return match (many, path.is_empty()) {
+                (true, _) => props::list_object(ctx, props),
+                (false, true) => node_object(ctx, node),
+                (false, false) => props::prop_object(ctx, node, &path),
+            };
         }
         if many {
             return list_object(ctx, &found);
diff --git a/crates/js/src/xfa/props.rs b/crates/js/src/xfa/props.rs
index aefc08b812..cc35251f36 100644
--- a/crates/js/src/xfa/props.rs
+++ b/crates/js/src/xfa/props.rs
@@ -701,8 +701,11 @@ fn resolve(h: &XHost, node: usize, path: &str, expr: &str) -> Vec<String> {
 /// A SOM expression from node `from` that runs into an object's properties
 /// (`resolveNode("ui.#textEdit")`, `xfa.resolveNode("form1.page.f.border.edge[1]")`): the
 /// objects the longest leading part names (each instance of `row[*]`), and the properties the
-/// rest names from each, as (node, path). Empty when no part of it does, or the expression has
-/// more than [`super::model::MAX_DEPTH`] steps.
+/// rest names from each, as (node, path). A child named as the property comes first, for each
+/// object on its own: where one has such a child, what the rest names from it is listed in
+/// place, as (child, "") (`row[*].border` with a field `border` in one row and only the property
+/// in another). Empty when no part of it names a property, or the expression has more than
+/// [`super::model::MAX_DEPTH`] steps.
 pub(crate) fn resolve_into_props(h: &XHost, from: usize, expr: &str) -> Vec<(usize, String)> {
     let segs: Vec<&str> = expr.trim().split('.').collect();
     if segs.len() > super::model::MAX_DEPTH {
@@ -727,10 +730,19 @@ pub(crate) fn resolve_into_props(h: &XHost, from: usize, expr: &str) -> Vec<(usi
             // carry: `value.#text` on a draw stays unresolved (null) rather than reading as
             // empty, until a node's value is its value element.
             .filter(|&n| !(first == "value" && h.nodes.get(n).is_some_and(|x| x.kind == XfaKind::Draw)))
-            .flat_map(|n| resolve(h, n, "", &rest).into_iter().map(move |p| (n, p)))
+            .flat_map(|n| {
+                let named = h.nodes.get(n).is_some_and(|x| x.children.iter().any(|&c| h.nodes.get(c).is_some_and(|c| !c.gone && c.name == first)));
+                let children = if named { super::resolve_som(h, n, &rest) } else { Vec::new() };
+                if children.is_empty() {
+                    resolve(h, n, "", &rest).into_iter().map(|p| (n, p)).collect::<Vec<_>>()
+                } else {
+                    children.into_iter().map(|c| (c, String::new())).collect()
+                }
+            })
             .take(MAX_RESOLVED)
             .collect();
-        if !found.is_empty() {
+        // Children alone are no property: the expression names nodes, as `resolve_som` finds them.
+        if found.iter().any(|(_, p)| !p.is_empty()) {
             return found;
         }
     }
@@ -1419,6 +1431,7 @@ pub(crate) fn list_object(ctx: &mut Context, items: Vec<(usize, String)>) -> JsR
             return Ok(JsValue::null());
         }
         match listed(key, ctx)?.get(i as usize) {
+            Some((node, p)) if p.is_empty() => super::nodes::node_object(ctx, *node),
             Some((node, p)) => prop_object(ctx, *node, p),
             None => Ok(JsValue::null()),
         }
@@ -1428,10 +1441,17 @@ pub(crate) fn list_object(ctx: &mut Context, items: Vec<(usize, String)>) -> JsR
         let items = listed(key, ctx)?;
         let found = {
             let h = host(ctx)?.borrow();
-            let named = |(n, p): &&(usize, String)| template_prop(&h, *n, p).is_some_and(|e| e.attrs.iter().any(|(k, v)| k == "name" && *v == name));
-            items.iter().find(named).or_else(|| items.iter().find(|(_, p)| tag_of(p) == name)).cloned()
+            let named = |(n, p): &&(usize, String)| {
+                if p.is_empty() {
+                    h.nodes.get(*n).is_some_and(|x| x.name == name)
+                } else {
+                    template_prop(&h, *n, p).is_some_and(|e| e.attrs.iter().any(|(k, v)| k == "name" && *v == name))
+                }
+            };
+            items.iter().find(named).or_else(|| items.iter().find(|(_, p)| !p.is_empty() && tag_of(p) == name)).cloned()
         };
         match found {
+            Some((node, p)) if p.is_empty() => super::nodes::node_object(ctx, node),
             Some((node, p)) => prop_object(ctx, node, &p),
             None => Ok(JsValue::null()),
         }
diff --git a/crates/js/src/xfa/props_tests.rs b/crates/js/src/xfa/props_tests.rs
index 94a1a8c5b8..93445cd8ea 100644
--- a/crates/js/src/xfa/props_tests.rs
+++ b/crates/js/src/xfa/props_tests.rs
@@ -569,6 +569,32 @@ fn resolve_nodes_through_instances_gives_each_instances_property() {
     assert_eq!((o.error, o.result.as_deref()), (None, Some("2|1,1,1|2,2,2")));
 }
 
+/// A child named as a property comes first for each instance on its own: with a field `border`
+/// in the first row and only the border property in the second, `row[*].border` lists the
+/// field and then the second row's border.
+#[test]
+fn resolve_nodes_takes_a_child_over_a_property_instance_by_instance() {
+    let row = |i: usize, children: Vec<XfaNode>| XfaNode {
+        som: format!("form1[0].row[{i}]"),
+        index: i,
+        repeatable: true,
+        children,
+        ..node("row", XfaKind::Subform, &[], vec![p("border", &[("presence", "hidden")], vec![])])
+    };
+    let field = XfaNode { som: "form1[0].row[0].border[0]".into(), ..node("border", XfaKind::Field, &[], vec![]) };
+    let root = XfaNode {
+        name: "form1".into(),
+        som: "form1[0]".into(),
+        kind: Some(XfaKind::Subform),
+        children: vec![row(0, vec![field]), row(1, Vec::new())],
+        ..Default::default()
+    };
+    let script = "var l = xfa.resolveNodes('xfa.form.form1.row[*].border'); \
+                  [l.length, l.item(0).className, l.item(1).className, l.item(1).presence, l.namedItem('border').className].join('|')";
+    let o = go_on(&root, script, "row");
+    assert_eq!((o.error, o.result.as_deref()), (None, Some("2|field|border|hidden|field")));
+}
+
 /// `keep` reads as the template writes it, else with its defaults (XFA 3.3 pp. 762-763):
 /// `intact` is `contentArea` for a draw and a positioned or row subform, `none` for a field and
 /// a flowing subform; `next` and `previous` are `none`. A write reads back in the run.