diff --git a/ROADMAP.md b/ROADMAP.md
index 0e89d3db4..d171df3c4 100644
--- a/ROADMAP.md
+++ b/ROADMAP.md
@@ -128,6 +128,7 @@ list) · [roadmap.md](docs/roadmap.md) (milestones, plan) · [parity-checklist.m
 
 Newest first.
 
+- **2026-10-13** · Ungroup only takes groups apart: a frame with pasted-in content stays whole (and selected), is named by its shape in the Layers and Properties panels, and offers Convert Shape rather than Ungroup. Non-groups stay selected. No readiness percentage change.
 - **2026-10-13** · Copy with a placed graphic selected (Direct Selection) copies just the graphic, uncropped, where it sits on the page and without the frame's stroke, so Paste Into puts the whole image in place; Cut and Delete then remove only the graphic and leave its frame empty. Nested selections copy in their spread coordinates. No readiness percentage change.
 - **2026-10-13** · Object effects (Basic Feather, Inner Glow, shadows, glows, bevel, satin, directional and gradient feathers) apply to frames with pasted-in content, on screen and in image exports: the frame, its clipped content and its stroke are one object to the effect. PDF export still has no soft effects for any object. No readiness percentage change.
 - **2026-10-13** · Backspace between two consecutive tables, pasting a table next to a table anchor, and pasting several paragraphs right before one keep every table on its own anchor paragraph. Previously a table was dropped or left without its anchor, and the saved file failed to reopen. No readiness percentage change.
diff --git a/crates/doc/src/item.rs b/crates/doc/src/item.rs
index 4c6acc696..d0efbc1df 100644
--- a/crates/doc/src/item.rs
+++ b/crates/doc/src/item.rs
@@ -1487,7 +1487,8 @@ impl Item {
     /// The Layers-panel label: `<rectangle>`, the first words of a text frame, the placed file name…
     pub fn default_label(&self) -> &'static str {
         match (&self.content, self.shape) {
-            (Content::Group { .. }, _) => "<group>",
+            // A frame with items pasted into it is named by its shape, as in InDesign.
+            (Content::Group { .. }, Shape::Group) => "<group>",
             (Content::Text(_), _) => "<text frame>",
             (Content::Graphic(_), _) => "<image>",
             (_, Shape::Rectangle) => "<rectangle>",
diff --git a/crates/engine/src/cmd/object.rs b/crates/engine/src/cmd/object.rs
index 0c8d8d821..1861f9217 100644
--- a/crates/engine/src/cmd/object.rs
+++ b/crates/engine/src/cmd/object.rs
@@ -1798,8 +1798,14 @@ fn ungroup(s: &mut Session, p: &Value) -> Result<Value> {
         for id in &ids {
             let Some(loc) = d.find(*id) else { continue };
             let Some(g) = d.item(*id).cloned() else { continue };
-            let Content::Group { items } = &g.content else { continue };
-            if loc.path.len() != 1 {
+            // Only groups come apart: a frame holding pasted-into items stays whole, and objects
+            // that aren't groups stay selected (as in InDesign).
+            let Content::Group { items } = &g.content else {
+                out.push(*id);
+                continue;
+            };
+            if !g.is_group() || loc.path.len() != 1 {
+                out.push(*id);
                 continue;
             }
             let Some(sp) = d.spread_mut(loc.spread) else { continue };
@@ -4764,3 +4770,40 @@ mod effects_command_tests {
         assert!(std::sync::Arc::ptr_eq(&before, &s.doc().unwrap().doc));
     }
 }
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod ungroup_tests {
+    use super::*;
+
+    #[test]
+    fn ungroup_leaves_frames_with_pasted_in_items_whole() {
+        let mut s = Session::new();
+        s.execute("file.new", &json!({})).unwrap();
+        let id = |r: Value| ItemId(r["id"].as_u64().unwrap());
+        let sq = id(s.execute("frame.create", &json!({"rect": [100, 100, 200, 200]})).unwrap());
+        let ell = id(s.execute("frame.create", &json!({"rect": [90, 90, 210, 210], "shape": "ellipse"})).unwrap());
+        s.execute("selection.set", &json!({"ids": [sq.0]})).unwrap();
+        s.execute("edit.cut", &json!({})).unwrap();
+        s.execute("selection.set", &json!({"ids": [ell.0]})).unwrap();
+        s.execute("edit.pasteInto", &json!({})).unwrap();
+        let d = s.doc().unwrap().doc.clone();
+        assert_eq!(d.item(ell).unwrap().default_label(), "<ellipse>", "named by its shape, not <group>");
+        // Ungroup: the frame keeps its content and stays selected.
+        s.execute("object.ungroup", &json!({})).unwrap();
+        let d = s.doc().unwrap().doc.clone();
+        assert!(d.item(ell).unwrap().has_nested_items());
+        assert_eq!(d.spreads[0].items.len(), 1);
+        assert_eq!(s.doc().unwrap().selection.items, vec![ell]);
+        // A real group with the frame in it still comes apart, the frame whole.
+        let other = id(s.execute("frame.create", &json!({"rect": [300, 100, 400, 200]})).unwrap());
+        s.execute("selection.set", &json!({"ids": [ell.0, other.0]})).unwrap();
+        let g = id(s.execute("object.group", &json!({})).unwrap());
+        assert_eq!(s.doc().unwrap().doc.item(g).unwrap().default_label(), "<group>");
+        s.execute("object.ungroup", &json!({})).unwrap();
+        let d = s.doc().unwrap().doc.clone();
+        assert!(d.item(g).is_none());
+        assert!(d.item(ell).unwrap().has_nested_items());
+        assert_eq!(s.doc().unwrap().selection.items.len(), 2);
+        d.check().unwrap();
+    }
+}