diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/src/app.rs b/crates/ui-egui/src/app.rs
index af588e6aaf..e5f2999229 100644
--- a/crates/ui-egui/src/app.rs
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/src/app.rs
@@ -595,9 +595,9 @@ impl eframe::App for PdfCraftApp {
             view.objects.set_input_blocked(shut);
             if shut {
                 view.auto_scroll.cancel();
-                // Edit text ignores input while it is blocked: its drags end rather than wait, to
+                // Edit text and Add text's drags end while their input is blocked rather than wait, to
                 // land wherever the pointer is once it opens again.
-                if self.quick_tool == QuickTool::EditText {
+                if matches!(self.quick_tool, QuickTool::EditText | QuickTool::AddText) {
                     view.cancel_edit_text_gestures();
                 }
             }
diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/src/canvas/page_input.rs b/crates/ui-egui/src/canvas/page_input.rs
index 0df0ebb5ea..42ff99022b 100644
--- a/crates/ui-egui/src/canvas/page_input.rs
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/src/canvas/page_input.rs
@@ -129,13 +129,12 @@ pub(super) fn page_tool_input(ui: &mut egui::Ui, view: &mut DocView, frame: &mut
     let wants_under = editing || resp.clicked() || resp.secondary_clicked() || matches!(tool, QuickTool::Fill(_)) && !ptr.any_down;
     let under = pointer.filter(|p| wants_under && xf.rect.contains(*p)).map(|p| hits.at(view, p, None)).unwrap_or_default();
     let hovered = top(under.iter().cloned(), tool);
-    // A double-click on the objects selected together is the object's under it: the double-click
-    // leaves the group (`object_ui`), and added text opens for typing, a picture or a paragraph is
-    // the one taken (the user's ruling).
+    // A double-click on the objects selected together is the object's its press was on: the
+    // double-click leaves the group (`object_ui`), and added text opens for typing, a picture or a
+    // paragraph is the one taken (the user's ruling).
     let press = match press {
         PagePress::Mine(Owner::Objects { part: crate::page_router::ObjectsPart::Selection }) if resp.double_clicked() => {
-            top(under.iter().filter(|h| !matches!(h.owner, Owner::Objects { .. })).cloned(), tool)
-                .map_or(PagePress::Free, |h| PagePress::Mine(h.owner))
+            view.router.under_objects().map_or(PagePress::Free, PagePress::Mine)
         }
         press => press,
     };
@@ -825,8 +824,11 @@ pub(super) fn page_overlays(ui: &mut egui::Ui, view: &mut DocView, frame: &mut P
     let tool_cx = PageToolContext { ui, resp, xf: &xf, ptr, page: i, doc, info };
     let pcx = comments::PageCx { page: i, xf: &xf, ptr, info, tool, prefs, allowed, hidden: comments_hidden, redact_mark };
     // A press nobody holds picks the picture under it: a link's click follows the link only (ruling
-    // 5), though its drag or double-click still lets the picked picture go.
-    if tool == QuickTool::Select && matches!(input.press, PagePress::Free | PagePress::Mine(Owner::Link { .. })) && !input.consumed {
+    // 5), though its drag or double-click still lets the picked picture go, as does a drag the page
+    // it is over first sees, whichever page it began on.
+    let pick_sees =
+        matches!(input.press, PagePress::Free | PagePress::Mine(Owner::Link { .. })) || input.press == PagePress::Elsewhere && ptr.drag_started;
+    if tool == QuickTool::Select && pick_sees && !input.consumed {
         crate::image_pick::page_input(resp, &xf, i, info, doc, ptr, input.press == PagePress::Free, view);
     }
     crate::image_pick::drop_stale(doc, view);
diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/src/canvas/page_router.rs b/crates/ui-egui/src/canvas/page_router.rs
index 463f315e0c..30a3f2126f 100644
--- a/crates/ui-egui/src/canvas/page_router.rs
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/src/canvas/page_router.rs
@@ -175,6 +175,9 @@ impl PagePress {
 struct Capture {
     pub owner: Owner,
     pub declines_drag: bool,
+    /// What lay on top at the press with the objects selected together aside: a double-click on
+    /// them reaches it.
+    under_objects: Option<Owner>,
 }
 
 /// The press the pages hold, from its frame until the button is up.
@@ -202,7 +205,9 @@ impl PageRouter {
         if self.began != Some(None) {
             return;
         }
-        self.capture = top(hits, tool).map(|h| Capture { owner: h.owner, declines_drag: h.declines_drag });
+        let hits: Vec<Hit> = hits.into_iter().collect();
+        let under_objects = top(hits.iter().filter(|h| !matches!(h.owner, Owner::Objects { .. })).cloned(), tool).map(|h| h.owner);
+        self.capture = top(hits, tool).map(|h| Capture { owner: h.owner, declines_drag: h.declines_drag, under_objects });
         self.began = Some(Some(page));
     }
 
@@ -216,6 +221,11 @@ impl PageRouter {
         }
     }
 
+    /// What lay on top at the press with the objects selected together aside.
+    pub(in crate::canvas) fn under_objects(&self) -> Option<Owner> {
+        self.capture.as_ref().and_then(|c| c.under_objects)
+    }
+
     /// Whether the press is held by someone who keeps its drag: then the page's text is not
     /// selected by it.
     pub(in crate::canvas) fn keeps_drag(&self) -> bool {
diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/src/tools/content_ui.rs b/crates/ui-egui/src/tools/content_ui.rs
index 581b102a41..a5cfbd4c2e 100644
--- a/crates/ui-egui/src/tools/content_ui.rs
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/src/tools/content_ui.rs
@@ -110,6 +110,8 @@ pub struct ContentView {
     grab: Option<(usize, Grab, Pos2)>,
     /// Where the press nobody holds began, on which page: Add text's click starts its new box there.
     pressed_at: Option<(usize, Pos2)>,
+    /// A button is down on the pages this frame (for [`keys`], which runs after them).
+    held: bool,
     undrawable: UndrawableMemo,
     layout: Option<(AddedText, f32, f64, [f64; 4])>,
 }
@@ -404,6 +406,7 @@ pub(crate) struct ContentCx<'a> {
 pub(crate) fn page_input(cx: PageToolContext<'_>, ccx: ContentCx<'_>, view: &mut DocView) -> bool {
     let PageToolContext { resp, xf, ptr, page, info, .. } = cx;
     let ContentCx { added, press, gate, picks_up, adding_text, edit_on_click, style } = ccx;
+    view.content.held = ptr.any_down;
     if !gate {
         return false;
     }
@@ -634,7 +637,11 @@ pub(crate) fn keys(ctx: &egui::Context, view: &mut DocView, image_controller_act
         return;
     }
     let (del, esc) = ctx.input(|i| (i.key_pressed(egui::Key::Delete) || i.key_pressed(egui::Key::Backspace), i.key_pressed(egui::Key::Escape)));
-    if del && let Some((page, index)) = view.content.selected.take() {
+    // Not while a button is down: the press held would then name another item.
+    if del
+        && !view.content.held
+        && let Some((page, index)) = view.content.selected.take()
+    {
         view.pending_edit = Some(Edit::DeleteContent { page, index });
     } else if esc {
         view.content.selected = None;
diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/src/tools/edit_text_ui/image.rs b/crates/ui-egui/src/tools/edit_text_ui/image.rs
index b63f876298..07ca017798 100644
--- a/crates/ui-egui/src/tools/edit_text_ui/image.rs
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/src/tools/edit_text_ui/image.rs
@@ -467,14 +467,15 @@ fn apply_crop_mode(view: &mut DocView, image: &pdfcraft_engine::PageImage) {
     }
 }
 
-/// The keys of the picture selected on `page`, a page being drawn, so the keys never reach a picture
-/// off the screen, and the page grid and the Pages panel have had theirs. Delete or Backspace removes
-/// it, wherever on the pages the pointer is, unless it is being dragged or cropped. In crop mode
+/// The keys of the picture selected on `page`, a page being drawn, so the page grid and the Pages
+/// panel have had theirs; nothing while the page is off the screen, as pages near it are drawn too.
+/// Delete or Backspace removes it, wherever on the pages the pointer is, unless it is being cropped or
+/// a button is down: the press held would then name another picture. In crop mode
 /// Enter applies the crop and Escape leaves it, though not while a button is down (`held`): Escape
 /// then cancels the press the pages hold, if any (`canvas::cancel_on_escape`), and crop mode stays.
 /// Nothing while a text field has the keyboard.
 pub(crate) fn picture_keys(ctx: &egui::Context, view: &mut DocView, page: usize, images: &[pdfcraft_engine::PageImage], held: bool) {
-    if ctx.egui_wants_keyboard_input() {
+    if ctx.egui_wants_keyboard_input() || view.page_screen_rect(page).is_none() {
         return;
     }
     let Some(s) = view.image_selection.as_ref().filter(|s| s.page == page) else { return };
@@ -492,7 +493,7 @@ pub(crate) fn picture_keys(ctx: &egui::Context, view: &mut DocView, page: usize,
         {
             s.crop = None;
         }
-    } else if !s.dragging() && !s.turning && (key(egui::Key::Delete) || key(egui::Key::Backspace)) && image.is_some() {
+    } else if !held && !s.dragging() && !s.turning && (key(egui::Key::Delete) || key(egui::Key::Backspace)) && image.is_some() {
         // The key is the picture's: added content's own Delete runs later this frame.
         ctx.input_mut(|i| {
             i.consume_key(egui::Modifiers::NONE, egui::Key::Delete);
diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/src/tools/object_ui.rs b/crates/ui-egui/src/tools/object_ui.rs
index b57f3ad79b..0ecfb6d29b 100644
--- a/crates/ui-egui/src/tools/object_ui.rs
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/src/tools/object_ui.rs
@@ -340,7 +340,9 @@ fn input(s: &mut ObjectSelection, cx: PageToolContext<'_>, press: PagePress, vie
     let Some(p) = pointer.filter(|p| xf.rect.contains(*p) && ui.clip_rect().contains(*p) && resp.rect.contains(*p)) else {
         return s.page == Some(page) && !s.selected.is_empty();
     };
-    if !pressed {
+    // Nor a press another page holds, on the row of pixels pages share with the gaps hidden: it may
+    // have just selected something there.
+    if !pressed || press == PagePress::Elsewhere {
         return s.page == Some(page) && !s.selected.is_empty();
     }
     let Ok(objects) = s.inventory(doc, page) else { return false };
diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/tests/it/editing.rs b/crates/ui-egui/tests/it/editing.rs
index d71e3bfa85..aaad18b48e 100644
--- a/crates/ui-egui/tests/it/editing.rs
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/tests/it/editing.rs
@@ -7485,6 +7485,7 @@ fn add_text_moves_no_paragraph_while_it_holds_a_draft_it_cant_draw() {
     h.event(egui::Event::Text("Hello 世界".into()));
     h.run_steps(2);
     assert_eq!(h.state().views[0].content.draft.as_ref().map(|d| d.text.as_str()), Some("Hello 世界"), "the draft holds the text");
+    let rect = h.state().views[0].content.draft.as_ref().map(|d| d.rect).unwrap();
     let on_text = point_on(&h, (block.rect[0] + block.rect[2]) / 2.0, (block.rect[1] + block.rect[3]) / 2.0);
     h.hover_at(on_text);
     h.run_steps(1);
@@ -7497,6 +7498,8 @@ fn add_text_moves_no_paragraph_while_it_holds_a_draft_it_cant_draw() {
     h.drop_at(on_text + egui::vec2(40.0, 0.0));
     h.run_steps(3);
     assert_eq!(h.state().session.get(id).unwrap().text_blocks(0)[0].rect, block.rect, "the paragraph stays");
+    let draft = h.state().views[0].content.draft.as_ref().map(|d| (d.text.clone(), d.rect));
+    assert_eq!(draft, Some(("Hello 世界".to_string(), rect)), "and the draft stays where it is typed");
 }
 
 /// With Edit text, a right-click on a comment over a picture opens the comment's menu, and the
@@ -7554,6 +7557,48 @@ fn a_crop_grip_takes_a_press_within_its_reach() {
     assert_ne!(keep(&h), before, "the grip takes the drag");
 }
 
+/// With Add text, a click on another paragraph keeps both what was typed in the open paragraph and
+/// the text being added: neither edit takes the other's place.
+#[test]
+fn add_text_keeps_a_changed_paragraph_and_a_draft_when_it_moves_on() {
+    let mut h = picture_pages(false);
+    h.state_mut().views[0].image_selection = None;
+    assert!(h.state_mut().execute("edit.text"));
+    h.run_steps(3);
+    let id = h.state().views[0].id;
+    let blocks = h.state().session.get(id).unwrap().text_blocks(0);
+    assert!(blocks.len() >= 2, "two paragraphs: {blocks:?}");
+    let centre = |r: [f64; 4]| ((r[0] + r[2]) / 2.0, (r[1] + r[3]) / 2.0);
+    let (ax, ay) = centre(blocks[0].rect);
+    let (bx, by) = centre(blocks[1].rect);
+    let a = page_at(&h, 0, ax as f32, ay as f32);
+    let b = page_at(&h, 0, bx as f32, by as f32);
+    slipping_click(&mut h, a, a);
+    assert!(h.state().views[0].line_editor.is_some(), "the first paragraph is open");
+    h.event(egui::Event::Text("X".into()));
+    h.run_steps(3);
+    // A click on the page's empty part, below the picture, starts a box.
+    let blank = page_at(&h, 0, 180.0, 20.0);
+    slipping_click(&mut h, blank, blank);
+    assert!(h.state().views[0].line_editor.is_none(), "that click applied the paragraph");
+    h.event(egui::Event::Text("Added words".into()));
+    h.run_steps(3);
+    slipping_click(&mut h, b, b);
+    h.run_steps(4);
+    let doc = h.state().session.get(id).unwrap();
+    let texts: Vec<String> = doc.text_blocks(0).iter().map(|b| b.text.clone()).collect();
+    let added: Vec<String> = doc
+        .added()
+        .iter()
+        .filter_map(|a| match &a.content {
+            pdfcraft_engine::AddedContent::Text(t) => Some(t.text.clone()),
+            _ => None,
+        })
+        .collect();
+    assert!(added.iter().any(|t| t == "Added words"), "the added text is kept: {added:?}");
+    assert!(texts.iter().any(|t| t.contains('X')), "the paragraph's typing is kept: {texts:?}");
+}
+
 /// In the page grid, Delete deletes the page chosen there. The picture selected before the grid
 /// opened is not on screen, and stays.
 #[test]
@@ -7598,6 +7643,91 @@ fn a_selected_pictures_keys_wait_for_its_page_to_be_on_screen() {
         assert_eq!(after.len(), before.len(), "the picture stays");
         assert_eq!(after[0].visible_rect, before[0].visible_rect, "and is not cropped");
     }
+    // A page just off the screen, in a continuous view: it is still run for what lies near it.
+    let mut h = picture_pages(false);
+    let id = h.state().views[0].id;
+    let pictures = h.state().session.get(id).unwrap().page_images(0).len();
+    h.set_size(egui::vec2(1400.0, 400.0));
+    h.state_mut().views[0].go_to_page(1);
+    h.run_steps(6);
+    // Going to a page leaves a margin above it: a little further, past page 1's foot.
+    let centre = h.state().views[0].viewport_rect().center();
+    h.hover_at(centre);
+    h.run_steps(1);
+    h.event(egui::Event::MouseWheel {
+        unit: egui::MouseWheelUnit::Point,
+        delta: egui::vec2(0.0, -60.0),
+        phase: egui::TouchPhase::Move,
+        modifiers: egui::Modifiers::NONE,
+        source: egui::MouseWheelSource::Trackpad,
+    });
+    h.run_steps(6);
+    assert!(h.state().views[0].continuous, "a continuous view");
+    assert!(h.state().views[0].page_screen_rect(0).is_none(), "page 1 is off the screen");
+    h.key_press(egui::Key::Delete);
+    h.run_steps(4);
+    assert_eq!(h.state().session.get(id).unwrap().page_images(0).len(), pictures, "the picture stays");
+}
+
+/// Delete waits for the button to come up: the press held would then name another item, whose drag or
+/// click would follow.
+#[test]
+fn delete_waits_for_the_button_to_come_up() {
+    let hold_and_delete = |h: &mut Harness<'static, PdfCraftApp>, on: egui::Pos2| {
+        h.hover_at(on);
+        h.run_steps(1);
+        h.drag_at(on);
+        h.run_steps(1);
+        h.key_press(egui::Key::Delete);
+        h.run_steps(2);
+        h.drop_at(on);
+        h.run_steps(3);
+    };
+    let mut h = picture_pages(false);
+    let id = h.state().views[0].id;
+    let pictures = h.state().session.get(id).unwrap().page_images(0).len();
+    let on_picture = page_at(&h, 0, 100.0, 180.0);
+    hold_and_delete(&mut h, on_picture);
+    assert_eq!(h.state().session.get(id).unwrap().page_images(0).len(), pictures, "the picture stays");
+
+    let mut h = edit_page(pdfcraft_ui_egui::QuickTool::Select);
+    assert!(h.state_mut().apply_edit(pdfcraft_engine::Edit::AddText {
+        page: 0,
+        text: pdfcraft_engine::AddedText { rect: [40.0, 250.0, 140.0, 265.0], text: "Added".into(), ..Default::default() },
+    }));
+    assert!(h.state_mut().execute("edit.text"));
+    h.run_steps(3);
+    h.state_mut().quick_tool = pdfcraft_ui_egui::QuickTool::Select;
+    h.run_steps(3);
+    let on_added = point_on(&h, 90.0, 258.0);
+    slipping_click(&mut h, on_added, on_added);
+    assert_eq!(h.state().views[0].content.selected, Some((0, 0)), "the added text is selected");
+    hold_and_delete(&mut h, on_added);
+    let id = h.state().views[0].id;
+    assert_eq!(h.state().session.get(id).unwrap().added().len(), 1, "the added text stays");
+}
+
+/// A drag the page it is over first sees lets the picked picture go, whichever page it began on.
+#[test]
+fn a_drag_first_seen_on_the_next_page_lets_the_picked_picture_go() {
+    let mut h = picture_pages(false);
+    h.state_mut().views[0].image_selection = None;
+    h.state_mut().quick_tool = pdfcraft_ui_egui::QuickTool::Select;
+    h.run_steps(3);
+    let on_picture = page_at(&h, 0, 100.0, 180.0);
+    slipping_click(&mut h, on_picture, on_picture);
+    assert!(h.state().views[0].picked_image.is_some(), "the picture is picked");
+    let press = page_at(&h, 0, 180.0, 20.0);
+    let release = page_at(&h, 1, 180.0, 280.0);
+    h.hover_at(press);
+    h.run_steps(1);
+    h.drag_at(press);
+    h.run_steps(1);
+    h.hover_at(release);
+    h.run_steps(1);
+    h.drop_at(release);
+    h.run_steps(4);
+    assert!(h.state().views[0].picked_image.is_none(), "the drag lets it go");
 }
 
 /// With the pointer on the Pages panel, Delete is the panel's: a page goes, though a picture is
@@ -7880,29 +8010,31 @@ fn an_add_text_click_pressed_beside_a_paragraph_starts_a_box_there() {
 /// waited, and moved the paragraph to wherever the pointer then was.
 #[test]
 fn a_paragraph_drag_ends_when_the_window_loses_focus() {
-    let mut h = edit_page(pdfcraft_ui_egui::QuickTool::EditText);
-    let id = h.state().views[0].id;
-    let before = h.state().session.get(id).unwrap().text_blocks(0)[0].rect;
-    let from = point_on(&h, (before[0] + before[2]) / 2.0, (before[1] + before[3]) / 2.0);
-    h.hover_at(from);
-    h.run_steps(1);
-    h.drag_at(from);
-    h.run_steps(1);
-    for k in 1..=4 {
-        h.hover_at(from + egui::vec2(0.0, 10.0 * k as f32));
+    for tool in [pdfcraft_ui_egui::QuickTool::EditText, pdfcraft_ui_egui::QuickTool::AddText] {
+        let mut h = edit_page(tool);
+        let id = h.state().views[0].id;
+        let before = h.state().session.get(id).unwrap().text_blocks(0)[0].rect;
+        let from = point_on(&h, (before[0] + before[2]) / 2.0, (before[1] + before[3]) / 2.0);
+        h.hover_at(from);
         h.run_steps(1);
+        h.drag_at(from);
+        h.run_steps(1);
+        for k in 1..=4 {
+            h.hover_at(from + egui::vec2(0.0, 10.0 * k as f32));
+            h.run_steps(1);
+        }
+        assert!(h.state().views[0].block_drag.is_some(), "the paragraph is being moved");
+        h.input_mut().focused = false;
+        h.run_steps(2);
+        h.drop_at(from + egui::vec2(0.0, 40.0));
+        h.run_steps(2);
+        h.input_mut().focused = true;
+        h.hover_at(from + egui::vec2(0.0, 80.0));
+        h.run_steps(4);
+        assert!(h.state().views[0].block_drag.is_none(), "the drag is over");
+        assert_eq!(h.state().session.get(id).unwrap().text_blocks(0)[0].rect, before, "nothing moved");
+        assert!(!dirty(&h));
     }
-    assert!(h.state().views[0].block_drag.is_some(), "the paragraph is being moved");
-    h.input_mut().focused = false;
-    h.run_steps(2);
-    h.drop_at(from + egui::vec2(0.0, 40.0));
-    h.run_steps(2);
-    h.input_mut().focused = true;
-    h.hover_at(from + egui::vec2(0.0, 80.0));
-    h.run_steps(4);
-    assert!(h.state().views[0].block_drag.is_none(), "the drag is over");
-    assert_eq!(h.state().session.get(id).unwrap().text_blocks(0)[0].rect, before, "nothing moved");
-    assert!(!dirty(&h));
 }
 
 /// The rotate knob of a picture that fills its page lies past the page's edge, and a drag there
diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/tests/it/object_selection.rs b/crates/ui-egui/tests/it/object_selection.rs
index e19f939e2e..21ebc90b69 100644
--- a/crates/ui-egui/tests/it/object_selection.rs
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/tests/it/object_selection.rs
@@ -452,6 +452,47 @@ fn a_double_click_on_a_grouped_object_reaches_it() {
     assert!(h.state().views[0].content.draft.as_ref().is_some_and(|d| d.index == Some(0)), "the added note opens for typing");
 }
 
+/// A double-click on a paragraph selected with others opens the one its press was on, though the
+/// button came up just off it.
+#[test]
+fn a_double_click_on_a_grouped_paragraph_released_just_off_it_opens_it() {
+    let mut h = harness();
+    marquee(&mut h);
+    let (inside, outside) = {
+        let app = h.state();
+        let view = &app.views[0];
+        let xf = view.page_xform(0).unwrap();
+        let doc = app.session.get(view.id).unwrap();
+        let block = doc.text_blocks(0).into_iter().find(|b| b.text.contains("Group headline")).expect("the headline");
+        let frame = xf.user_rect(&doc.info, 0, block.rect.map(|v| v as f32));
+        (egui::pos2(frame.center().x, frame.top() + 1.0), egui::pos2(frame.center().x, frame.top() - 4.0))
+    };
+    let button = |pos, pressed| egui::Event::PointerButton { pos, button: egui::PointerButton::Primary, pressed, modifiers: Modifiers::NONE };
+    h.hover_at(inside);
+    h.run_steps(1);
+    crate::support::input::one_frame(&mut h, [button(inside, true), button(inside, false)]);
+    crate::support::input::one_frame(&mut h, [button(inside, true), egui::Event::PointerMoved(outside), button(outside, false)]);
+    h.run_steps(2);
+    assert!(h.state().views[0].line_editor.is_some(), "the paragraph pressed is open for typing");
+}
+
+/// A press counts its own modifiers, whatever the frame's are: Shift in the press event adds to the
+/// selection, though the frame's modifiers show none.
+#[test]
+fn a_press_counts_the_modifiers_of_its_own_event() {
+    let mut h = harness();
+    let p = at(&h, 55.0, 70.0);
+    click(&mut h, p, Modifiers::NONE);
+    assert!(h.state().views[0].line_editor.is_some());
+    let p = at(&h, 60.0, 145.0);
+    let button = |pressed| egui::Event::PointerButton { pos: p, button: egui::PointerButton::Primary, pressed, modifiers: Modifiers::SHIFT };
+    h.hover_at(p);
+    h.run_steps(2);
+    crate::support::input::one_frame(&mut h, [button(true), button(false)]);
+    h.run_steps(4);
+    h.get_by_label("2 objects selected");
+}
+
 /// A double-click on a paragraph selected with others opens it for typing (the user's ruling).
 #[test]
 fn a_double_click_on_a_grouped_paragraph_opens_it() {
diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/tests/it/pointer.rs b/crates/ui-egui/tests/it/pointer.rs
index 0a7dc80c63..e0021aa7be 100644
--- a/crates/ui-egui/tests/it/pointer.rs
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/tests/it/pointer.rs
@@ -1934,6 +1934,33 @@ fn a_right_click_with_the_button_held_opens_the_selected_comments_menu() {
     h.run_steps(2);
 }
 
+/// With the page gaps hidden, a Shift-click on the row two pages share is the first page's: what it
+/// selects there stays selected, and the second page leaves it alone.
+#[test]
+fn a_shift_click_where_two_pages_touch_keeps_what_it_selected() {
+    let mut h = open(bottom_line_pages_pdf(), "100", false);
+    h.state_mut().views[0].show_page_gaps = false;
+    assert!(h.state_mut().execute("edit.edit_text"));
+    h.run_steps(4);
+    let (one, two) = {
+        let v = &h.state().views[0];
+        (v.page_screen_rect(0).expect("page 1 on screen"), v.page_screen_rect(1).expect("page 2 on screen"))
+    };
+    // "Bottom line" runs from x 40, a few points above page 1's foot.
+    let seam = egui::pos2(one.min.x + 70.0, one.max.y);
+    assert!(one.contains(seam) && two.contains(seam), "the pages touch: {one:?} {two:?}");
+    h.hover_at(seam);
+    h.run_steps(2);
+    for pressed in [true, false] {
+        h.event_modifiers(
+            egui::Event::PointerButton { pos: seam, button: egui::PointerButton::Primary, pressed, modifiers: egui::Modifiers::SHIFT },
+            egui::Modifiers::SHIFT,
+        );
+    }
+    h.run_steps(4);
+    assert!(h.query_by_label_contains("1 object").is_some(), "the line is selected");
+}
+
 /// With Prepare open on a document that can't be changed, a right-click on a field selects nothing
 /// and opens the page's menu, whose field entries would only be refused.
 #[test]