diff --git a/crates/engine/src/cmd/edit.rs b/crates/engine/src/cmd/edit.rs
index 57ba9fb0..3068ffb9 100644
--- a/crates/engine/src/cmd/edit.rs
+++ b/crates/engine/src/cmd/edit.rs
@@ -803,7 +803,8 @@ pub fn opacity_from_digits(digits: &str) -> Option<f32> {
     let mut n = 0u32;
     let mut count = 0;
     for c in digits.chars() {
-        n = n * 10 + c.to_digit(10)?;
+        // Input-derived: a number that outgrows `u32` stops the scan (None); it never wraps.
+        n = n.checked_mul(10)?.checked_add(c.to_digit(10)?)?;
         count += 1;
     }
     match count {
diff --git a/crates/engine/src/keymap_tests.rs b/crates/engine/src/keymap_tests.rs
index 8f6f28c1..38775d3b 100644
--- a/crates/engine/src/keymap_tests.rs
+++ b/crates/engine/src/keymap_tests.rs
@@ -4,11 +4,11 @@
 
 use serde_json::{Value, json};
 
-use crate::Session;
 use crate::cmd::edit::opacity_from_digits;
 use crate::keymap::{Context, GESTURES, Group, KEYS, Mods, Platform, display, lookup, matches, normalize, parse, primary};
 use crate::params::id_of;
 use crate::tools::ToolId;
+use crate::{EngineError, Session};
 use figcraft_doc::NodeId;
 
 const PLATFORMS: [Platform; 2] = [Platform::Mac, Platform::Other];
@@ -186,6 +186,7 @@ fn opacity_digits() {
     assert_eq!(opacity_from_digits("00"), Some(0.0));
     assert_eq!(opacity_from_digits(""), None);
     assert_eq!(opacity_from_digits("123"), None);
+    assert_eq!(opacity_from_digits("9999999999"), None, "ten digits must not overflow u32");
     assert_eq!(opacity_from_digits("4x"), None);
     assert_eq!(opacity_from_digits("٣"), None, "ASCII digits only");
 
@@ -201,6 +202,10 @@ fn opacity_digits() {
     ex(&mut s, "edit.undo", json!({}));
     assert_eq!(op(&s, a), 0.3, "one undo step");
     assert!(s.execute("object.opacityKeys", &json!({"digits": "123"})).is_err());
+    assert!(
+        matches!(s.execute("object.opacityKeys", &json!({"digits": "9999999999"})), Err(EngineError::BadParams { .. })),
+        "an overflowing digit string is a parameter error, not a panic"
+    );
     assert!(s.execute("object.opacityKeys", &json!({})).is_err());
     ex(&mut s, "select.none", json!({}));
     assert!(s.execute("object.opacityKeys", &json!({"digits": "1"})).is_err(), "nothing selected");