diff --git a/crates/engine/src/macros/mod.rs b/crates/engine/src/macros/mod.rs
index f500b9815..ecbe6f674 100644
--- a/crates/engine/src/macros/mod.rs
+++ b/crates/engine/src/macros/mod.rs
@@ -435,15 +435,19 @@ pub const RESERVED_SHORTCUTS: &[(char, &str)] = &[
     ('Z', "Redo"),
 ];
 
-/// The letter of a macro shortcut: `"Ctrl+Shift+M"`, `"⌘⇧M"` and `"m"` all give `'M'`. `None`
-/// when it is not one letter from A to Z.
+/// The letter of a macro shortcut: `"Ctrl+Shift+M"`, `"Cmd+Shift+M"`, `"⌘⇧M"` and `"m"` all give
+/// `'M'`. `None` when it is not one letter from A to Z, alone or after Ctrl+Shift (Cmd+Shift):
+/// other modifiers (`"Ctrl+Alt+M"`) are refused rather than read as Ctrl+Shift.
 pub fn parse_shortcut(s: &str) -> Option<char> {
-    let last = s.trim().rsplit(['+', '⇧', '⌘']).next()?.trim();
-    let mut chars = last.chars();
-    match (chars.next(), chars.next()) {
-        (Some(c), None) if c.is_ascii_alphabetic() => Some(c.to_ascii_uppercase()),
-        _ => None,
-    }
+    let letter = |t: &str| {
+        let mut chars = t.trim().chars();
+        match (chars.next(), chars.next()) {
+            (Some(c), None) if c.is_ascii_alphabetic() => Some(c.to_ascii_uppercase()),
+            _ => None,
+        }
+    };
+    let t = s.trim().to_ascii_lowercase();
+    ["ctrl+shift+", "cmd+shift+", "⌘⇧"].iter().find_map(|p| t.strip_prefix(p)).map_or_else(|| letter(&t), letter)
 }
 
 /// How a shortcut is stored and shown: `Ctrl+Shift+M`.
diff --git a/crates/engine/src/tests/macros.rs b/crates/engine/src/tests/macros.rs
index 19a23a1ac..2903ac79a 100644
--- a/crates/engine/src/tests/macros.rs
+++ b/crates/engine/src/tests/macros.rs
@@ -2400,7 +2400,9 @@ fn shortcuts_parse_to_one_letter_and_avoid_reserved_and_taken_ones() {
     assert_eq!(parse_shortcut("Ctrl+Shift+M"), Some('M'));
     assert_eq!(parse_shortcut("⌘⇧k"), Some('K'));
     assert_eq!(parse_shortcut(" q "), Some('Q'));
-    for bad in ["Ctrl+Shift+F5", "Ctrl+Shift+", "", "Ctrl+Shift+é"] {
+    assert_eq!(parse_shortcut("cmd+shift+r"), Some('R'));
+    // Other modifiers are refused, not read as Ctrl+Shift.
+    for bad in ["Ctrl+Shift+F5", "Ctrl+Shift+", "", "Ctrl+Shift+é", "Ctrl+Alt+M", "Shift+M", "Alt+M", "Ctrl+M"] {
         assert_eq!(parse_shortcut(bad), None, "{bad}");
     }
     assert_eq!(shortcut_text('m'), "Ctrl+Shift+M");