diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/src/canvas.rs b/crates/ui-egui/src/canvas.rs
index 34dd61442..6e7e052c4 100644
--- a/crates/ui-egui/src/canvas.rs
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/src/canvas.rs
@@ -320,6 +320,7 @@ pub fn show(app: &mut DesignApp, ui: &mut egui::Ui) {
         draw_rulers(app, ui, full, rect, &xf, &doc, &layout, &t);
         ruler_units_menus(app, &resp, full, rect, &doc);
     }
+    context_menu(app, ui, &resp);
     if let Some(r) = sel_rect
         && !preview
         && r.intersects(screen)
@@ -1336,6 +1337,86 @@ fn ruler_units_menu(app: &mut DesignApp, ui: &mut egui::Ui, key: &str, cur: desi
     }
 }
 
+/// A canvas context menu asked for by a right-click; `open` until the popup has opened.
+#[derive(Clone, Copy, Debug)]
+struct MenuRequest {
+    kind: crate::menus::ContextMenu,
+    open: bool,
+}
+
+/// The popup id of the canvas context menu in split-view pane `pane`.
+fn context_menu_id(pane: u8) -> egui::Id {
+    egui::Id::new(("canvas_context_menu", pane))
+}
+
+/// Is a canvas context menu open (in either pane)?
+pub fn context_menu_open(ctx: &egui::Context) -> bool {
+    (0..2).any(|pane| egui::Popup::is_id_open(ctx, context_menu_id(pane)))
+}
+
+/// Shows the context menu a right-click asked for. It opens a frame after the click: a click
+/// while the menu is open closes it in that frame, and the menu then reopens where the new click was.
+fn context_menu(app: &mut DesignApp, ui: &egui::Ui, resp: &egui::Response) {
+    let id = context_menu_id(app.pane);
+    let Some(req) = ui.data(|d| d.get_temp::<MenuRequest>(id)) else { return };
+    let open = if req.open {
+        ui.data_mut(|d| d.insert_temp(id, MenuRequest { open: false, ..req }));
+        Some(egui::SetOpenCommand::Bool(true))
+    } else {
+        None
+    };
+    egui::Popup::menu(resp)
+        .id(id)
+        .open_memory(open)
+        .at_pointer_fixed()
+        .close_behavior(egui::PopupCloseBehavior::CloseOnClickOutside)
+        .show(|ui| crate::menus::context_menu(app, ui, req.kind));
+}
+
+/// Prepares a right-click at canvas point `p`: picks the menu and the selection it acts on.
+/// - Typing: a click in a text frame places the caret there as a left click would, except
+///   inside the selected text, which stays selected; elsewhere the text is left as it is.
+/// - On an object: it is selected first unless it already is, as the Selection tool would.
+/// - On nothing: the selection stays.
+fn context_target(app: &mut DesignApp, p: Point, zoom: f64) -> crate::menus::ContextMenu {
+    use crate::menus::ContextMenu;
+    let hit = item_at(app, p, zoom);
+    if app.session.wants_text() {
+        let text_frame = hit.filter(|(id, _)| app.session.active().and_then(|st| st.doc.item(*id)).is_some_and(Item::is_text_frame));
+        if let Some((id, sp)) = text_frame {
+            // A press in the selected text keeps it for dragging; end that press without a move.
+            if app.run("text.placeCaret", json!({"frame": id.0, "point": [sp.x, sp.y]})).is_ok_and(|r| r["dragging"] == json!(true)) {
+                let _ = app.run("text.release", json!({"frame": id.0, "point": [sp.x, sp.y], "moved": true}));
+            }
+        }
+        return ContextMenu::Text;
+    }
+    let Some((id, _)) = hit else { return ContextMenu::Canvas };
+    let direct = app.session.tool_id() == "directSelection";
+    let Some((target, selected)) = app.session.active().map(|st| {
+        let target = if direct { id } else { st.doc.top_level_of(id).unwrap_or(id) };
+        (target, st.selection.contains(target))
+    }) else {
+        return ContextMenu::Canvas;
+    };
+    if !selected {
+        let _ = app.run("selection.set", json!({"ids": [target.0], "content": direct}));
+    }
+    ContextMenu::Object
+}
+
+/// The frontmost item under canvas point `p` and that point in its spread, hit as the tools do.
+fn item_at(app: &DesignApp, p: Point, zoom: f64) -> Option<(designcraft_doc::ItemId, Point)> {
+    let st = app.session.active()?;
+    let (sr, sp) = CanvasLayout::new(&st.doc, st.editing_parents).spread_at(p)?;
+    let tol = 4.0 / zoom.max(1e-6);
+    let id = match sr {
+        SpreadRef::Doc(si) => st.doc.hit_item(si, sp, tol)?,
+        _ => st.doc.spread(sr)?.items.iter().rev().find(|it| !it.locked && designcraft_doc::edit_hit(it, sp, tol))?.id,
+    };
+    Some((id, sp))
+}
+
 fn fmt_tick(v: f64) -> String {
     let r = v.round();
     if (v - r).abs() < 1e-6 { format!("{}", r as i64) } else { format!("{v:.1}") }
@@ -1346,6 +1427,8 @@ fn handle_input(app: &mut DesignApp, ui: &mut egui::Ui, resp: &egui::Response, r
     let xf = Xf::new(rect, &v);
     let wants_text = app.session.wants_text();
     let space = ui.input(|i| i.key_down(egui::Key::Space)) && !wants_text && !ui.ctx().text_edit_focused();
+    // While the context menu is open, the click that closes it and the keys go to the menu.
+    let menu_open = egui::Popup::is_id_open(ui.ctx(), context_menu_id(app.pane));
     // Scroll / zoom.
     if resp.hovered() {
         let (scroll, zoom_delta, m, hover) = ui.input(|i| (i.smooth_scroll_delta, i.zoom_delta(), i.modifiers, i.pointer.hover_pos()));
@@ -1374,7 +1457,7 @@ fn handle_input(app: &mut DesignApp, ui: &mut egui::Ui, resp: &egui::Response, r
         return;
     }
     // Ruler guides need the rulers (hidden while the view is rotated).
-    if !space && xf.rot == 0 && guide_drag(app, ui, resp, rect, &xf) {
+    if !space && !menu_open && xf.rot == 0 && guide_drag(app, ui, resp, rect, &xf) {
         return;
     }
     let m = ui.input(|i| mods(i, space));
@@ -1392,9 +1475,11 @@ fn handle_input(app: &mut DesignApp, ui: &mut egui::Ui, resp: &egui::Response, r
             i.pointer.button_double_clicked(egui::PointerButton::Primary),
         )
     });
+    let in_view = |o: Pos2| if xf.rot == 0 { rect.contains(o) } else { resp.rect.contains(o) };
     if pressed
         && !space
-        && let Some(o) = origin.filter(|o| (if xf.rot == 0 { rect.contains(*o) } else { resp.rect.contains(*o) }) && resp.hovered())
+        && !menu_open
+        && let Some(o) = origin.filter(|o| in_view(*o) && resp.hovered())
     {
         events.push(PointerEvent { kind: if dbl { PointerKind::DoubleClick } else { PointerKind::Down }, pos: pos(o), mods: m });
         down = true;
@@ -1440,11 +1525,22 @@ fn handle_input(app: &mut DesignApp, ui: &mut egui::Ui, resp: &egui::Response, r
         }
     }
     app.after_engine();
+    // Right-click: tools only see the primary button, so it starts no gesture; it opens the menu.
+    if resp.secondary_clicked()
+        && !down
+        && !space
+        && app.ui.screen_mode != ScreenMode::Presentation
+        && let Some(o) = resp.interact_pointer_pos().filter(|o| in_view(*o))
+    {
+        let kind = context_target(app, xf.to_canvas(o), xf.zoom);
+        ui.data_mut(|d| d.insert_temp(context_menu_id(app.pane), MenuRequest { kind, open: true }));
+        ui.ctx().request_repaint();
+    }
     if resp.clicked() || resp.drag_started() {
         resp.request_focus();
     }
     // Keyboard for the active tool.
-    if ui.ctx().text_edit_focused() && !resp.has_focus() {
+    if menu_open || (ui.ctx().text_edit_focused() && !resp.has_focus()) {
         return;
     }
     let evs = ui.input(|i| i.events.clone());
@@ -1798,6 +1894,117 @@ mod tests {
         }
     }
 
+    /// Screen position of spread 0's point (x, y).
+    fn screen_of(h: &Harness<'_, DesignApp>, x: f64, y: f64) -> Pos2 {
+        let app = h.state();
+        let st = app.session.active().unwrap();
+        let xf = Xf::new(app.canvas_rect.unwrap(), app.view().unwrap());
+        xf.to_screen(CanvasLayout::new(&st.doc, st.editing_parents).xf(SpreadRef::Doc(0)) * Point::new(x, y))
+    }
+
+    /// A menu row: its label, then its shortcut if it has one.
+    fn menu_row<'h>(h: &'h Harness<'_, DesignApp>, label: &'h str) -> Option<egui_kittest::Node<'h>> {
+        h.query_by(move |n| {
+            n.role() == egui::accesskit::Role::Button
+                && n.label().is_some_and(|l| l == label || l.strip_prefix(label).and_then(|r| r.strip_prefix(' ')).is_some_and(|r| !r.contains(' ')))
+        })
+    }
+
+    fn enabled(h: &Harness<'_, DesignApp>, label: &str) -> bool {
+        use egui_kittest::kittest::NodeT;
+        !menu_row(h, label).unwrap_or_else(|| panic!("no menu row {label}")).accesskit_node().is_disabled()
+    }
+
+    fn spread_items(h: &Harness<'_, DesignApp>) -> Vec<u64> {
+        h.state().session.doc().unwrap().doc.spreads[0].items.iter().map(|i| i.id.0).collect()
+    }
+
+    fn selected(h: &Harness<'_, DesignApp>) -> Vec<u64> {
+        h.state().session.doc().unwrap().selection.items.iter().map(|i| i.0).collect()
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn right_clicking_an_object_selects_it_and_its_menu_arranges_it() {
+        let mut app = DesignApp::new(designcraft_engine::Session::new(), crate::Services::default());
+        app.run("file.new", json!({})).unwrap();
+        let a = app.run("frame.create", json!({"rect": [36, 36, 200, 200]})).unwrap()["id"].as_u64().unwrap();
+        let b = app.run("frame.create", json!({"rect": [150, 150, 300, 300]})).unwrap()["id"].as_u64().unwrap();
+        let mut h = harness(app);
+        assert_eq!(selected(&h), [b]);
+        let on_a = screen_of(&h, 60.0, 60.0);
+        right_click(&mut h, on_a);
+        assert_eq!(selected(&h), [a], "the object under the pointer is selected first");
+        // An empty frame's menu: Content, but no Fitting (nothing to fit) and no text frame entries.
+        assert!(menu_row(&h, "Content").is_some());
+        assert!(menu_row(&h, "Fitting").is_none() && menu_row(&h, "Text Frame Options…").is_none());
+        assert!(enabled(&h, "Copy") && !enabled(&h, "Paste"), "nothing copied yet: Paste is greyed");
+        menu_row(&h, "Arrange").unwrap().click();
+        h.run_steps(3);
+        menu_row(&h, "Bring to Front").unwrap().click();
+        h.run_steps(3);
+        assert_eq!(spread_items(&h), [b, a]);
+        assert!(menu_row(&h, "Arrange").is_none(), "choosing an entry closes the menu");
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn right_clicking_empty_canvas_offers_paste_after_a_copy() {
+        let mut app = DesignApp::new(designcraft_engine::Session::new(), crate::Services::default());
+        app.run("file.new", json!({})).unwrap();
+        app.run("frame.create", json!({"rect": [36, 36, 200, 200]})).unwrap();
+        app.run("edit.copy", json!({})).unwrap();
+        app.run("edit.deselectAll", json!({})).unwrap();
+        let mut h = harness(app);
+        let empty = screen_of(&h, 400.0, 500.0);
+        right_click(&mut h, empty);
+        assert!(selected(&h).is_empty());
+        assert!(menu_row(&h, "Arrange").is_none(), "the page menu, not the object menu");
+        assert!(enabled(&h, "Paste in Place"));
+        assert!(menu_row(&h, "✓ Show/Hide Rulers").is_some(), "toggles show their state");
+        // Escape closes the menu and does nothing else.
+        h.key_press(egui::Key::Escape);
+        h.run_steps(3);
+        assert!(menu_row(&h, "Paste in Place").is_none());
+        assert_eq!(h.state().session.tool_id(), "selection");
+        right_click(&mut h, empty);
+        menu_row(&h, "Paste").unwrap().click();
+        h.run_steps(3);
+        assert_eq!(spread_items(&h).len(), 2);
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn a_secondary_drag_neither_moves_marquees_nor_draws() {
+        let mut app = DesignApp::new(designcraft_engine::Session::new(), crate::Services::default());
+        app.run("file.new", json!({})).unwrap();
+        let a = app.run("frame.create", json!({"rect": [36, 36, 200, 200]})).unwrap()["id"].as_u64().unwrap();
+        let mut h = harness(app);
+        // A secondary-button drag between spread points.
+        let drag = |h: &mut Harness<'_, DesignApp>, from: (f64, f64), to: (f64, f64)| {
+            let (from, to) = (screen_of(h, from.0, from.1), screen_of(h, to.0, to.1));
+            h.hover_at(from);
+            h.step();
+            h.event(egui::Event::PointerButton { pos: from, button: egui::PointerButton::Secondary, pressed: true, modifiers: Default::default() });
+            h.step();
+            for t in [0.25, 0.5, 0.75, 1.0] {
+                h.event(egui::Event::PointerMoved(from + (to - from) * t));
+                h.step();
+            }
+            h.event(egui::Event::PointerButton { pos: to, button: egui::PointerButton::Secondary, pressed: false, modifiers: Default::default() });
+            h.run_steps(3);
+        };
+        let xf = |h: &Harness<'_, DesignApp>| h.state().session.doc().unwrap().doc.item(designcraft_doc::ItemId(a)).unwrap().xf;
+        let before = xf(&h);
+        // Selection tool: on the object (no move), and from empty page across it (no marquee).
+        drag(&mut h, (100.0, 100.0), (300.0, 300.0));
+        assert_eq!(xf(&h), before);
+        h.state_mut().run("edit.deselectAll", json!({})).unwrap();
+        drag(&mut h, (400.0, 400.0), (20.0, 20.0));
+        assert!(selected(&h).is_empty());
+        // Rectangle Frame tool: no frame.
+        h.state_mut().select_tool("rectangleFrame");
+        drag(&mut h, (300.0, 300.0), (500.0, 500.0));
+        assert_eq!(spread_items(&h), [a]);
+    }
+
     #[test]
     fn rulers_open_no_units_menu_without_a_document() {
         let mut h = harness(DesignApp::new(designcraft_engine::Session::new(), crate::Services::default()));
diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/src/i18n.rs b/crates/ui-egui/src/i18n.rs
index e5e8a8d08..53e1360a4 100644
--- a/crates/ui-egui/src/i18n.rs
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/src/i18n.rs
@@ -2197,6 +2197,7 @@ const TABLE: &[(&str, [&str; 5])] = &[
             "逆时针旋转 90°",
         ],
     ),
+    ("Rotate 180°", ["180° drehen", "Rotation à 180°", "Girar 180°", "180°回転", "旋转 180°"]),
     ("Rotation Angle", ["Rotation Angle", "Rotation Angle", "Rotation Angle", "Rotation Angle", "旋转角度"]),
     ("Rows", ["Rows", "Rows", "Rows", "Rows", "行数"]),
     ("Run", ["Run", "Run", "Run", "Run", "运行"]),
diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/src/i18n/ar.rs b/crates/ui-egui/src/i18n/ar.rs
index 10e393cd2..f06489c9e 100644
--- a/crates/ui-egui/src/i18n/ar.rs
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/src/i18n/ar.rs
@@ -495,6 +495,7 @@ pub(super) const TABLE: &[(&str, &str)] = &[
     ("Release to Objects", "تحرير إلى كائنات"),
     ("Reverse the gradient", "عكس التدرج"),
     ("Rotate 90° Counterclockwise", "تدوير 90° عكس عقارب الساعة"),
+    ("Rotate 180°", "تدوير 180°"),
     ("Rotation Angle", "زاوية الدوران"),
     ("Row Height", "ارتفاع الصف"),
     ("Run", "تشغيل"),
diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/src/i18n/it.rs b/crates/ui-egui/src/i18n/it.rs
index c91afd6ba..f82c06db4 100644
--- a/crates/ui-egui/src/i18n/it.rs
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/src/i18n/it.rs
@@ -1094,6 +1094,7 @@ pub(super) const TABLE: &[(&str, &str)] = &[
     ("Release to Objects", "Rilascia in oggetti"),
     ("Remove", "Rimuovi"),
     ("Rotate 90° Counterclockwise", "Ruota di 90° in senso antiorario"),
+    ("Rotate 180°", "Ruota di 180°"),
     ("Rotation Angle", "Angolo di rotazione"),
     ("Rows", "Righe"),
     ("Run", "Esegui"),
diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/src/i18n/ja.rs b/crates/ui-egui/src/i18n/ja.rs
index be6e2c4da..f6ccd542a 100644
--- a/crates/ui-egui/src/i18n/ja.rs
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/src/i18n/ja.rs
@@ -1093,6 +1093,7 @@ pub(super) const TABLE: &[(&str, &str)] = &[
     ("Release to Objects", "個別のオブジェクトに分離"),
     ("Remove", "削除"),
     ("Rotate 90° Counterclockwise", "反時計回りに90°回転"),
+    ("Rotate 180°", "180°回転"),
     ("Rotation Angle", "回転角度"),
     ("Rows", "行数"),
     ("Run", "実行"),
diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/src/i18n/pt_br.rs b/crates/ui-egui/src/i18n/pt_br.rs
index d25717dc6..74b2b9e42 100644
--- a/crates/ui-egui/src/i18n/pt_br.rs
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/src/i18n/pt_br.rs
@@ -494,6 +494,7 @@ pub(super) const TABLE: &[(&str, &str)] = &[
     ("Release to Objects", "Liberar para objetos"),
     ("Reverse the gradient", "Inverter o gradiente"),
     ("Rotate 90° Counterclockwise", "Girar 90° no sentido anti-horário"),
+    ("Rotate 180°", "Girar 180°"),
     ("Rotation Angle", "Ângulo de rotação"),
     ("Row Height", "Altura da linha"),
     ("Run", "Executar"),
diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/src/i18n/uk.rs b/crates/ui-egui/src/i18n/uk.rs
index 9a9fb89ba..d2fa284a8 100644
--- a/crates/ui-egui/src/i18n/uk.rs
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/src/i18n/uk.rs
@@ -1091,6 +1091,7 @@ pub(super) const TABLE: &[(&str, &str)] = &[
     ("Release to Objects", "Перетворити на окремі об’єкти"),
     ("Remove", "Прибрати"),
     ("Rotate 90° Counterclockwise", "Повернути на 90° проти годинникової стрілки"),
+    ("Rotate 180°", "Повернути на 180°"),
     ("Rotation Angle", "Кут повороту"),
     ("Rows", "Рядки"),
     ("Run", "Запустити"),
diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/src/menus.rs b/crates/ui-egui/src/menus.rs
index 94e5c0971..7e37c5c2b 100644
--- a/crates/ui-egui/src/menus.rs
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/src/menus.rs
@@ -1970,24 +1970,176 @@ pub fn menu_bar(app: &mut DesignApp, ui: &mut egui::Ui) {
         menus.reverse();
     }
     for (menu, entries) in menus {
-        menu_button(ui, crate::rtl::widget(ui, crate::i18n::tr(&lang, menu)), |ui| {
-            if crate::i18n::is_rtl(&lang) {
-                ui.set_max_width(320.0);
-            }
-            ui.with_layout(egui::Layout::top_down_justified(if crate::i18n::is_rtl(&lang) { egui::Align::Max } else { egui::Align::Min }), |ui| {
-                ui.set_min_width(240.0);
-                let hidden = menu_items(app, ui, &entries, menu);
-                if hidden > 0 && !app.ui.show_full_menus {
-                    ui.separator();
-                    if ui.button(crate::rtl::widget(ui, crate::i18n::tr(&lang, "Show All Menu Items"))).clicked() {
-                        app.ui.show_full_menus = true;
-                    }
-                }
-            });
-        });
+        menu_button(ui, crate::rtl::widget(ui, crate::i18n::tr(&lang, menu)), |ui| menu_column(app, ui, &entries, menu));
     }
 }
 
+/// One menu's rows, as the menu bar and the canvas context menus show them.
+fn menu_column(app: &mut DesignApp, ui: &mut egui::Ui, items: &[Item], path: &str) {
+    let lang = app.ui.language.clone();
+    let rtl = crate::i18n::is_rtl(&lang);
+    if rtl {
+        ui.set_max_width(320.0);
+    }
+    ui.with_layout(egui::Layout::top_down_justified(if rtl { egui::Align::Max } else { egui::Align::Min }), |ui| {
+        ui.set_min_width(240.0);
+        let hidden = menu_items(app, ui, items, path);
+        if hidden > 0 && !app.ui.show_full_menus {
+            ui.separator();
+            if ui.button(crate::rtl::widget(ui, crate::i18n::tr(&lang, "Show All Menu Items"))).clicked() {
+                app.ui.show_full_menus = true;
+            }
+        }
+    });
+}
+
+/// What a right-click on the canvas opens a menu for.
+#[derive(Clone, Copy, Debug, PartialEq, Eq)]
+pub enum ContextMenu {
+    /// The selected objects.
+    Object,
+    /// The text being edited with the Type tool.
+    Text,
+    /// The page or pasteboard, where nothing was hit.
+    Canvas,
+}
+
+// Canvas context menus, in the menu bar's entry syntax; `menu:Menu/Submenu` inserts that menu bar
+// submenu as it is.
+const CONTEXT_OBJECT: &[&str] = &[
+    "cmd:edit.undo",
+    "cmd:edit.redo",
+    "-",
+    "cmd:edit.cut",
+    "cmd:edit.copy",
+    "cmd:edit.paste",
+    "cmd:edit.pasteInto",
+    "cmd:edit.pasteInPlace",
+    "-",
+    ">Transform",
+    "cmd:transform.rotate|Rotate 90° Clockwise|{\"angle\": -90}",
+    "cmd:transform.rotate|Rotate 90° Counterclockwise|{\"angle\": 90}",
+    "cmd:transform.rotate|Rotate 180°|{\"angle\": 180}",
+    "-",
+    "cmd:transform.flip|Flip Horizontal|{\"axis\": \"horizontal\"}",
+    "cmd:transform.flip|Flip Vertical|{\"axis\": \"vertical\"}",
+    "-",
+    "cmd:transform.clear",
+    "<",
+    "menu:Object/Arrange",
+    "menu:Object/Select",
+    "-",
+    "cmd:object.group",
+    "cmd:object.ungroup",
+    "cmd:object.lock",
+    "cmd:object.unlockAll",
+    "cmd:object.hide",
+    "cmd:object.showAll",
+    "-",
+];
+/// Added to the object menu when a graphic frame is selected.
+const CONTEXT_GRAPHIC_FRAME: &[&str] = &["menu:Object/Fitting"];
+const CONTEXT_OBJECT_TAIL: &[&str] = &["menu:Object/Content", "menu:Object/Effects"];
+/// Added to the object menu when a text frame is selected.
+const CONTEXT_TEXT_FRAME: &[&str] = &["-", "cmd:type.fillWithPlaceholder", "cmd:object.textFrameOptions"];
+const CONTEXT_TEXT: &[&str] = &[
+    "cmd:edit.cut",
+    "cmd:edit.copy",
+    "cmd:edit.paste",
+    "cmd:edit.pasteWithoutFormatting",
+    "-",
+    "menu:Type/Insert Special Character",
+    "menu:Type/Insert White Space",
+    "menu:Type/Insert Break Character",
+    "cmd:type.fillWithPlaceholder",
+    "-",
+    "menu:Type/Change Case",
+    "-",
+    "ui:view.hiddenCharacters",
+    "ui:app.storyEditor",
+    "-",
+    "cmd:edit.selectAll",
+];
+const CONTEXT_CANVAS: &[&str] = &[
+    "cmd:edit.undo",
+    "cmd:edit.redo",
+    "-",
+    "cmd:edit.paste",
+    "cmd:edit.pasteInPlace",
+    "-",
+    "ui:view.zoomIn",
+    "ui:view.zoomOut",
+    "ui:view.fitPage",
+    "ui:view.fitSpread",
+    "ui:view.actualSize",
+    "-",
+    "ui:view.rulers",
+    "menu:View/Grids & Guides",
+    "-",
+    "cmd:edit.selectAll",
+];
+
+/// The menu-bar path context menu rows are keyed by (Edit › Menus doesn't list them).
+const CONTEXT_PATH: &str = "Context";
+
+/// The entries of a canvas context menu for the current selection.
+fn context_entries(app: &DesignApp, kind: ContextMenu) -> Vec<&'static str> {
+    match kind {
+        ContextMenu::Object => {
+            let (graphic, text) = app.session.active().map_or((false, false), |st| {
+                let items = || st.selection.items.iter().filter_map(|i| st.doc.item(*i));
+                (items().any(|it| matches!(it.content, designcraft_doc::Content::Graphic(_))), items().any(|it| it.is_text_frame()))
+            });
+            let mut v = CONTEXT_OBJECT.to_vec();
+            if graphic {
+                v.extend(CONTEXT_GRAPHIC_FRAME);
+            }
+            v.extend(CONTEXT_OBJECT_TAIL);
+            if text {
+                v.extend(CONTEXT_TEXT_FRAME);
+            }
+            v
+        }
+        ContextMenu::Text => CONTEXT_TEXT.to_vec(),
+        ContextMenu::Canvas => CONTEXT_CANVAS.to_vec(),
+    }
+}
+
+/// Parses context menu entries: the menu bar's syntax plus `menu:Menu/Submenu` (not inside a `>` submenu).
+fn context_parse(entries: &[&str]) -> Vec<Item> {
+    let tree = menu_tree();
+    let mut out = Vec::new();
+    let mut run: Vec<&str> = Vec::new();
+    for e in entries {
+        if let Some(path) = e.strip_prefix("menu:") {
+            out.extend(parse_entries(&std::mem::take(&mut run)));
+            out.extend(menu_bar_submenu(&tree, path));
+        } else {
+            run.push(e);
+        }
+    }
+    out.extend(parse_entries(&run));
+    out
+}
+
+/// The menu bar's submenu at `Menu/Submenu`.
+fn menu_bar_submenu(tree: &[(&str, Vec<Item>)], path: &str) -> Option<Item> {
+    let (menu, sub) = path.split_once('/')?;
+    tree.iter().find(|(m, _)| *m == menu)?.1.iter().find(|it| matches!(it, Item::Sub(name, _) if name == sub)).cloned()
+}
+
+/// A canvas context menu: the menu bar's rows (labels, shortcuts, check marks, greyed when they
+/// can't run), scrolling when taller than the window.
+pub fn context_menu(app: &mut DesignApp, ui: &mut egui::Ui, kind: ContextMenu) {
+    let items = context_parse(&context_entries(app, kind));
+    let max_height = menu_max_height(ui, None);
+    let mut scroll = egui::ScrollArea::vertical().max_height(max_height).min_scrolled_height(1.0);
+    if ui.is_sizing_pass() {
+        scroll = scroll.vertical_scroll_offset(0.0);
+    }
+    scroll.show(ui, |ui| menu_column(app, ui, &items, CONTEXT_PATH));
+}
+
 /// The key a menu item is hidden by (Edit › Menus).
 pub fn menu_key(menu: &str, label: &str) -> String {
     format!("{menu}/{label}")
@@ -2080,7 +2232,8 @@ fn parse_shortcut(sc: &str) -> Option<(egui::Modifiers, egui::Key)> {
 pub fn shortcuts(app: &mut DesignApp, ctx: &egui::Context) {
     // Only a focused text field takes the keys: the canvas (or a button) having focus after a click
     // must not swallow tool shortcuts until Esc clears it.
-    if ctx.text_edit_focused() || app.ui.dialog.is_some() || app.ui.palette.is_some() {
+    // An open canvas context menu takes the keys (Escape closes it), as a native menu would.
+    if ctx.text_edit_focused() || app.ui.dialog.is_some() || app.ui.palette.is_some() || crate::canvas::context_menu_open(ctx) {
         return;
     }
     let typing = app.session.wants_text();
@@ -3059,6 +3212,21 @@ mod tests {
         assert!(all.iter().any(|(l, id, p)| l == "Fill Frame Proportionally" && id == "object.fit" && p["mode"] == "fillProportionally"));
     }
 
+    #[test]
+    fn context_menus_hold_commands_and_menu_bar_submenus() {
+        let tree = menu_tree();
+        for entries in [CONTEXT_OBJECT, CONTEXT_GRAPHIC_FRAME, CONTEXT_OBJECT_TAIL, CONTEXT_TEXT_FRAME, CONTEXT_TEXT, CONTEXT_CANVAS] {
+            for path in entries.iter().filter_map(|e| e.strip_prefix("menu:")) {
+                assert!(menu_bar_submenu(&tree, path).is_some(), "no menu bar submenu {path}");
+            }
+            let mut all = Vec::new();
+            walk(&context_parse(entries), &mut all);
+            for (label, id, _) in &all {
+                assert!(ui_label(id).is_some() || designcraft_engine::find_command(id).is_some(), "context entry {label}: unknown command {id}");
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
     #[test]
     fn custom_workspaces_save_apply_and_delete() {
         let mut app = crate::DesignApp::new(designcraft_engine::Session::new(), crate::Services::default());