diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/src/dialogs/arbitrary_ruler_prefill_tests.rs b/crates/ui-egui/src/dialogs/arbitrary_ruler_prefill_tests.rs
index 9cd8b9b43c..9d221f836f 100644
--- a/crates/ui-egui/src/dialogs/arbitrary_ruler_prefill_tests.rs
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/src/dialogs/arbitrary_ruler_prefill_tests.rs
@@ -147,3 +147,19 @@ fn other_number_fields_keep_their_precision() {
     let x = f["centerX"].as_f64().unwrap();
     assert!((x - 0.12).abs() < 1e-5, "the Radial Blur centre {x} keeps its two decimals");
 }
+
+/// The pre-fill is rounded before any frame draws: `ui.dialog.open` then `ui.dialog.confirm`
+/// can run without a draw between them, and the 43x27 ruler's raw 32.1249984 must not reach
+/// the command, after opening or after Alt+Reset.
+#[test]
+fn the_ruler_angle_is_rounded_before_the_first_frame() {
+    let mut app = PhotocraftApp::new(photocraft_engine::Session::new(), crate::Services::default());
+    app.run("file.new", json!({"width": 318, "height": 318})).unwrap();
+    app.run("image.analysis.rulerTool", json!({"start": [100, 100], "end": [143, 127]})).unwrap();
+    let id = open(&mut app, "image.rotation.arbitrary").unwrap();
+    let mut f = app.ui.dialog_mut(id).unwrap().fields.clone();
+    assert_eq!(params_of(&f)["angle"].as_f64(), Some(32.12), "undrawn, OK sends the rounded angle");
+    f.insert("angle".into(), json!(5.0));
+    reset_fields(&app, &mut f);
+    assert_eq!(params_of(&f)["angle"].as_f64(), Some(32.12), "undrawn after Alt+Reset, OK sends the rounded angle");
+}
diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/src/dialogs/filter_dialog.rs b/crates/ui-egui/src/dialogs/filter_dialog.rs
index 799e0200d8..4cf9edc9ca 100644
--- a/crates/ui-egui/src/dialogs/filter_dialog.rs
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/src/dialogs/filter_dialog.rs
@@ -693,7 +693,10 @@ fn straighten_defaults(app: &PhotocraftApp, fields: &mut Map<String, Value>) {
     if !rot.is_finite() {
         return;
     }
-    fields.insert("angle".into(), json!(rot.abs()));
+    // Rounded here, in f64, to the field's two decimals: `ui.dialog.open` then `ui.dialog.confirm`
+    // can run with no frame drawn between them, and only a drawn frame rounds (#13067).
+    let scale = 10f64.powi(wide_field_decimals("image.rotation.arbitrary", "angle").unwrap_or(2).min(6) as i32);
+    fields.insert("angle".into(), json!((rot.abs() * scale).round() / scale));
     fields.insert("direction".into(), json!(if rot < 0.0 { "ccw" } else { "cw" }));
 }