diff --git a/crates/engine/src/commands/time.rs b/crates/engine/src/commands/time.rs
index d06278d02..1bc4638d9 100644
--- a/crates/engine/src/commands/time.rs
+++ b/crates/engine/src/commands/time.rs
@@ -64,8 +64,9 @@ pub fn parse_display_time(s: &Session, comp: &Comp, text: &str, current: i64) ->
 
 fn set(s: &mut Session, p: &Value) -> Result<Value> {
     let comp = s.active_comp().ok_or(EngineError::NoComp)?;
-    let t = if let Some(f) = p.get("frame").and_then(Value::as_i64) {
-        comp.frame_rate.tick_of(f)
+    // Dialog number fields send floats (`5.0`), so a frame is any JSON number, rounded.
+    let t = if let Some(f) = f_p(p, "frame") {
+        comp.frame_rate.tick_of(f.round() as i64)
     } else if let Some(tc) = str_p(p, "timecode") {
         let cur = comp.frame_rate.frame_at(s.time());
         let f = parse_display_time(s, comp, tc, cur).map_err(|e| super::bad("time.set", e))?;
diff --git a/crates/engine/src/tests_timeline.rs b/crates/engine/src/tests_timeline.rs
index f276300db..53ebd52cd 100644
--- a/crates/engine/src/tests_timeline.rs
+++ b/crates/engine/src/tests_timeline.rs
@@ -1066,3 +1066,14 @@ fn add_item_keeps_footage_longer_than_the_comp_at_full_length() {
     let layer = s.active_comp().unwrap().layer(effectcraft_project::LayerId(l)).unwrap();
     assert_eq!(layer.out_point.seconds(), 10.0);
 }
+
+/// View > Go to Time's dialog sends its Frame field as a float; `time.set` used to reject it
+/// with "need `time`, `frame` or `timecode`".
+#[test]
+fn go_to_time_accepts_a_float_frame_from_the_dialog() {
+    let (mut s, _) = setup();
+    let r = s.execute("time.set", json!({"frame": 12.0})).unwrap();
+    assert_eq!(r["frame"], json!(12));
+    let r = s.execute("time.set", json!({"frame": 7})).unwrap();
+    assert_eq!(r["frame"], json!(7));
+}