diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/src/app.rs b/crates/ui-egui/src/app.rs
index fa10210f0..906c7aca7 100644
--- a/crates/ui-egui/src/app.rs
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/src/app.rs
@@ -88,6 +88,7 @@ impl LightcraftApp {
             next_widgets: vec![],
             next_widget_hits: vec![],
             gesture: None,
+            space_hand: None,
             brush_live: None,
             loupe_shown: None,
             region_view: None,
diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/src/app/input.rs b/crates/ui-egui/src/app/input.rs
index 35b7991b4..8234b78fd 100644
--- a/crates/ui-egui/src/app/input.rs
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/src/app/input.rs
@@ -186,9 +186,19 @@ impl LightcraftApp {
         if self.synthetic.is_empty() {
             return;
         }
-        let n = match self.synthetic[0] {
-            egui::Event::PointerMoved(_) | egui::Event::PointerButton { .. } | egui::Event::MouseWheel { .. } => 1,
-            _ => self.synthetic.iter().position(|e| matches!(e, egui::Event::Key { pressed: false, .. })).map_or(self.synthetic.len(), |i| i + 1),
+        let pointer =
+            |e: &egui::Event| matches!(e, egui::Event::PointerMoved(_) | egui::Event::PointerButton { .. } | egui::Event::MouseWheel { .. });
+        let n = if pointer(&self.synthetic[0]) {
+            1
+        } else {
+            // a key sequence up to its release; a key held down (no release yet) stops before the
+            // pointer events that follow, which then still come one per frame
+            let release = self.synthetic.iter().position(|e| matches!(e, egui::Event::Key { pressed: false, .. })).map(|i| i + 1);
+            let next_pointer = self.synthetic.iter().position(pointer);
+            match (release, next_pointer) {
+                (Some(r), Some(q)) => r.min(q),
+                (r, q) => r.or(q).unwrap_or(self.synthetic.len()),
+            }
         };
         // A press needs the pointer at its position before the button event; the move that is
         // itself the first event is delivered by the drain below, so it must not be sent twice.
diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/src/control.rs b/crates/ui-egui/src/control.rs
index caacbc590..73c8bc2c2 100644
--- a/crates/ui-egui/src/control.rs
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/src/control.rs
@@ -693,8 +693,17 @@ pub(crate) fn gesture_events(app: &mut LightcraftApp, ctx: &egui::Context, metho
         "ui.key" => {
             let Some(k) = s("key").and_then(key_from) else { return Err("unknown or missing `key`".into()) };
             let m = modifiers(p);
-            app.synthetic.push(egui::Event::Key { key: k, physical_key: None, pressed: true, repeat: false, modifiers: m });
-            app.synthetic.push(egui::Event::Key { key: k, physical_key: None, pressed: false, repeat: false, modifiers: m });
+            // {action?: "press" | "down" | "up"}: down … up holds the key across other input (Space
+            // held over a drag); a press is both in one frame
+            let (down, up) = match s("action").unwrap_or("press") {
+                "press" => (true, true),
+                "down" => (true, false),
+                "up" => (false, true),
+                other => return Err(format!("ui.key: action {other:?} (press, down or up)")),
+            };
+            for pressed in [down.then_some(true), up.then_some(false)].into_iter().flatten() {
+                app.synthetic.push(egui::Event::Key { key: k, physical_key: None, pressed, repeat: false, modifiers: m });
+            }
             ctx.request_repaint();
             Ok(GestureOutcome::done(Value::Null))
         }
diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/src/lib.rs b/crates/ui-egui/src/lib.rs
index 8bf57b341..f3a800178 100644
--- a/crates/ui-egui/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/src/lib.rs
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ pub mod render;
 pub mod shortcuts;
 pub mod sidebar;
 pub mod softpaint;
+pub mod space_hand;
 pub mod state;
 pub mod sync;
 pub mod tasks;
@@ -268,6 +269,8 @@ pub struct LightcraftApp {
     next_widget_hits: Vec<(String, widgets::WidgetHit)>,
     /// In-progress on-canvas gesture (brush stroke points, gradient drag…).
     pub gesture: Option<panels::detail::Gesture>,
+    /// Space is held over a tool on the photo: the view's hand has the pointer ([`space_hand`]).
+    pub space_hand: Option<space_hand::SpaceHand>,
     /// The brush stroke being painted, as drawn on the photo until it's committed (issue #517).
     pub brush_live: Option<brush_live::LiveStroke>,
     /// What the loupe drew last frame: photo and source ("render", "cached", "embedded", "small",
diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/src/panels/detail.rs b/crates/ui-egui/src/panels/detail.rs
index 6840afdf0..eef7a4bec 100644
--- a/crates/ui-egui/src/panels/detail.rs
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/src/panels/detail.rs
@@ -334,6 +334,8 @@ pub fn show(app: &mut LightcraftApp, ui: &mut egui::Ui) {
         let tv = ToolView { right, map: &map, frame: &frame, d: &d, id, split, native, aspect };
         tool_interaction(app, ui, &resp, &tv, &Views { img_rect, target_rect, before_img, before_target, areas: &areas, main_area, canvas });
     }
+    // Space held over a tool: the view's hand takes the pointer from it (#1895)
+    crate::space_hand::interact(app, ui, canvas, (main_area, img_rect), split.then(|| (areas[0], before_img)));
     // drawn and hit-tested above the loupe and its tools: clicks on it pan
     let nav = navigator(app, ui, canvas, img_rect, id);
     // what is on screen isn't the render on its way (a stand-in, the last render after an edit,
@@ -1028,8 +1030,19 @@ fn general_interaction(app: &mut LightcraftApp, ui: &mut egui::Ui, resp: &egui::
         }
         return;
     }
-    // click toggles Fit ↔ the chosen click-zoom ratio at the clicked point; drag pans when zoomed
-    let zoomed = img.width() > canvas.width() + 1.0 || img.height() > canvas.height() + 1.0;
+    click_zoom_and_pan(app, resp, img, canvas);
+    let _ = (native, aspect);
+}
+
+/// The photo `img` reaches past its pane `canvas`: a drag pans it.
+pub(crate) fn zoomed(img: Rect, canvas: Rect) -> bool {
+    img.width() > canvas.width() + 1.0 || img.height() > canvas.height() + 1.0
+}
+
+/// The loupe's own click and drag (also Space's hand over a tool, `space_hand`): a click toggles
+/// Fit ↔ the chosen click-zoom ratio at the clicked point, a drag pans when zoomed.
+pub(crate) fn click_zoom_and_pan(app: &mut LightcraftApp, resp: &egui::Response, img: Rect, canvas: Rect) {
+    let zoomed = zoomed(img, canvas);
     if resp.double_clicked() || (resp.clicked() && !zoomed) {
         if let Some(q) = resp.interact_pointer_pos() {
             let u = ((q.x - img.left()) / img.width()).clamp(0.0, 1.0);
@@ -1045,7 +1058,6 @@ fn general_interaction(app: &mut LightcraftApp, ui: &mut egui::Ui, resp: &egui::
     if zoomed && resp.dragged() {
         pan_image(app, canvas, img, resp.drag_delta());
     }
-    let _ = (native, aspect);
 }
 
 #[cfg(test)]
diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/src/shortcuts.rs b/crates/ui-egui/src/shortcuts.rs
index 2f0b07d45..02c4dab2f 100644
--- a/crates/ui-egui/src/shortcuts.rs
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/src/shortcuts.rs
@@ -367,6 +367,8 @@ fn keyboard_owned(app: &LightcraftApp, ctx: &egui::Context) -> bool {
 /// text field, name edit or shortcut recording owns input, then fires saved command bindings,
 /// aliases and fixed photo keys, respecting native menu ownership and open popups.
 pub fn handle(app: &mut LightcraftApp, ctx: &egui::Context) {
+    // Space held over a tool ends when the key is up, whoever has the keyboard by then
+    crate::space_hand::tick(app, ctx);
     if !matches!(app.ui.dialog, Some(crate::state::Dialog::Shortcuts)) {
         app.recording_shortcut = None;
     }
@@ -425,6 +427,8 @@ fn pressed_commands(app: &LightcraftApp, ctx: &egui::Context) -> (Vec<String>, V
         {
             fire.push("view.detail".to_string());
         }
+        // a held Space repeats: it toggles the zoom (or takes the hand) once per press
+        let space_repeat = !i.events.iter().any(|e| matches!(e, egui::Event::Key { key: Key::Space, pressed: true, repeat: false, .. }));
         for b in bindable() {
             if let Some(sc) = binding(keymap, b.id, b.default)
                 && let Some((m, k)) = parse(sc)
@@ -433,12 +437,21 @@ fn pressed_commands(app: &LightcraftApp, ctx: &egui::Context) -> (Vec<String>, V
                 && matches(i, m, k)
                 && let Some(id) = grid_key_command(keymap, grid, app.ui.fullscreen, b.id, (m, k))
             {
-                fire.push(id.to_string());
+                if id == "view.zoomToggle" && k == Key::Space {
+                    // Toggle Zoom given Space in the keymap is the Space alias: the same hand and
+                    // the same once-per-press
+                    if !space_repeat {
+                        aliased.push(("view.zoomToggle", json!({})));
+                    }
+                } else {
+                    fire.push(id.to_string());
+                }
             }
         }
         for (sc, id, params) in ALIASES {
             if let Some((m, k)) = parse(sc).filter(|_| !native(sc))
                 && !(k == Key::Escape && popup_open)
+                && !(k == Key::Space && space_repeat)
                 && !taken.contains(&(m, k))
                 && matches(i, m, k)
             {
@@ -505,6 +518,10 @@ fn fire_alias(app: &mut LightcraftApp, ctx: &egui::Context, id: &str, params: se
         }
         return;
     }
+    // over a tool on the photo, held Space is the view's hand; a tap toggles on its release
+    if id == "view.zoomToggle" && crate::space_hand::begin(app, ctx) {
+        return;
+    }
     // flag/rate aliases (Shift+X…) go through the culling path: active photo in Compare/Survey,
     // `advance` moves to the next candidate there
     if matches!(id, "photo.flag" | "photo.rate" | "photo.label") {
diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/src/space_hand.rs b/crates/ui-egui/src/space_hand.rs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3c5f36835
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/src/space_hand.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,100 @@
+//! Space held over a tool on the photo: the view's hand, as in Lightroom (issue #1895).
+//!
+//! Crop, Masking, Remove, Red Eye and the pickers (white balance, colour range, point colour, a
+//! targeted adjustment) take the primary click and drag on the photo, so the loupe's own click
+//! zoom and drag pan are out of reach while one is open. Holding Space lends them back until the
+//! key goes up: a click zooms (Fit ↔ the click-zoom ratio, at the point clicked), a drag pans the
+//! zoomed photo, and the tool sees neither. A quick tap with no click still toggles the zoom, on
+//! its release. Without a tool Space toggles the zoom on the press, as before. A held key's
+//! auto-repeat toggles neither (`shortcuts::handle` lets only a fresh press through).
+
+use egui::{CursorIcon, Key, Rect, Sense};
+use serde_json::json;
+
+use crate::LightcraftApp;
+use crate::state::{RightPanel, ViewMode};
+
+/// The longest Space press (s) that still toggles the zoom when it lets go without a click.
+pub(crate) const TAP: f64 = 0.4;
+
+/// Space is held over a tool on the photo.
+#[derive(Clone, Copy, Debug, PartialEq)]
+pub struct SpaceHand {
+    /// When the key went down (egui input time, s).
+    since: f64,
+    /// A pointer button went down while it was held: letting go is not a tap.
+    used: bool,
+}
+
+/// A tool on the photo takes the primary click and drag, so Space has to lend them to the view.
+pub(crate) fn tool_owns_pointer(app: &LightcraftApp) -> bool {
+    // the full-screen preview shows no tool overlays, but a picker still takes its click there
+    let panel = !app.ui.fullscreen && matches!(app.ui.right, RightPanel::Crop | RightPanel::Masking | RightPanel::Remove | RightPanel::RedEye);
+    let picker = matches!(app.ui.tool.as_str(), "wbPicker" | "colorRange" | "pointColor") || app.ui.tool.starts_with("tat:");
+    app.ui.view == ViewMode::Detail && app.ui.slideshow.is_none() && app.session.active().is_some() && (panel || picker)
+}
+
+/// Space went down (a fresh press, not a repeat). Over a tool the hand takes over until the key
+/// is up and the press does nothing else (true); otherwise false leaves it to Toggle Zoom.
+pub(crate) fn begin(app: &mut LightcraftApp, ctx: &egui::Context) -> bool {
+    if !tool_owns_pointer(app) {
+        return false;
+    }
+    // in the middle of a stroke or a drag the press neither zooms nor lends the pointer
+    let (now, busy) = ctx.input(|i| (i.time, i.pointer.any_down()));
+    if !busy && app.space_hand.is_none() {
+        app.space_hand = Some(SpaceHand { since: now, used: false });
+    }
+    true
+}
+
+/// Runs every frame before the shortcuts: ends the hold once Space is up and a drag it started has
+/// ended, or at once when the tool closes or a dialog opens. A quick tap with no click toggles the
+/// zoom as it ends.
+pub(crate) fn tick(app: &mut LightcraftApp, ctx: &egui::Context) {
+    let Some(mut hand) = app.space_hand else { return };
+    let (held, pointer, pressed, now) = ctx.input(|i| (i.key_down(Key::Space), i.pointer.any_down(), i.pointer.any_pressed(), i.time));
+    // a quick click can go down and up within one frame: no button is down then, but it pressed
+    hand.used |= pointer || pressed;
+    let tool = tool_owns_pointer(app) && app.ui.dialog.is_none();
+    // held, or let go in the middle of a pan: the hand stays until the button is up
+    if tool && (held || pointer) {
+        app.space_hand = Some(hand);
+        return;
+    }
+    app.space_hand = None;
+    if tool && !hand.used && now - hand.since <= TAP {
+        let _ = app.run("view.zoomToggle", json!({}));
+    }
+}
+
+/// The hand over the photo while Space is held. Registered above the loupe and the tool overlays
+/// (the navigator stays above it), so it takes the click or the drag and they get neither: they
+/// still draw, without the pointer. `main` is the pane the photo `img` is laid out in; `before`
+/// the Before pane of a side-by-side or stacked view with its photo, where a press there acts.
+pub(crate) fn interact(app: &mut LightcraftApp, ui: &mut egui::Ui, canvas: Rect, main: (Rect, Rect), before: Option<(Rect, Rect)>) {
+    if app.space_hand.is_none() {
+        return;
+    }
+    let resp = ui.interact(canvas, egui::Id::unique("loupe-hand"), Sense::click_and_drag());
+    crate::widgets::register(ui, "loupe:hand", canvas);
+    let at = resp.interact_pointer_pos().or(resp.hover_pos());
+    let (pane, img) = match (before, at) {
+        (Some((pane, img)), Some(q)) if pane.contains(q) => (pane, img),
+        _ => main,
+    };
+    if resp.is_pointer_button_down_on()
+        && let Some(hand) = app.space_hand.as_mut()
+    {
+        hand.used = true;
+    }
+    let zoomed = crate::panels::detail::zoomed(img, pane);
+    crate::panels::detail::click_zoom_and_pan(app, &resp, img, pane);
+    if resp.hovered() || resp.dragged() {
+        ui.ctx().set_cursor_icon(match (zoomed, resp.dragged()) {
+            (true, true) => CursorIcon::Grabbing,
+            (true, false) => CursorIcon::Grab,
+            (false, _) => CursorIcon::ZoomIn,
+        });
+    }
+}
diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/src/tests.rs b/crates/ui-egui/src/tests.rs
index 3a102a29a..f96313608 100644
--- a/crates/ui-egui/src/tests.rs
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/src/tests.rs
@@ -71,6 +71,7 @@ mod scroll;
 mod slider_reset;
 mod slideshow;
 mod solo_sections;
+mod space_hand;
 mod switch_library;
 mod sync;
 mod tallies;
diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/src/tests/space_hand.rs b/crates/ui-egui/src/tests/space_hand.rs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..02c90705b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/src/tests/space_hand.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,263 @@
+//! Headless tests of Space held over a tool on the photo (issue #1895): the view's hand pans and
+//! click-zooms while the tool (Remove, a mask brush, Crop) gets neither, a quick tap still toggles
+//! the zoom, and a held key's auto-repeat never toggles it again.
+
+use std::time::Duration;
+
+use serde_json::json;
+
+use crate::headless::Headless;
+use crate::state::{RightPanel, Zoom};
+use crate::{LightcraftApp, Services};
+
+const T: Duration = Duration::from_secs(20);
+
+fn detail(panel: Option<&str>) -> Headless {
+    let services = Services { png: None, ..Default::default() };
+    let mut app = LightcraftApp::new(lightcraft_engine::Session::with_demo(), services);
+    app.ui.settings.gpu = false;
+    // Space and click zoom go straight to the ratio, not to the camera's focus point
+    app.ui.settings.zoom_to_focus = false;
+    let mut h = Headless::new(app, [1200.0, 800.0], 1.0);
+    let r = h.request("ui.set", json!({"view": "detail", "right": "edit"}), T);
+    assert_eq!(r["ok"], true, "{r}");
+    if let Some(panel) = panel {
+        let r = h.request("engine.execute", json!({"command": panel}), T);
+        assert_eq!(r["ok"], true, "{r}");
+    }
+    h.step();
+    h
+}
+
+fn space(h: &mut Headless, action: &str) {
+    let r = h.request("ui.key", json!({"key": "Space", "action": action}), T);
+    assert_eq!(r["ok"], true, "{r}");
+    h.step();
+}
+
+fn pointer(h: &mut Headless, events: serde_json::Value) {
+    let r = h.request("ui.pointer", json!({"events": events}), T);
+    assert_eq!(r["ok"], true, "{r}");
+    h.step();
+}
+
+/// A point `dx`, `dy` (screen points) from the middle of the canvas, in the normalized image
+/// coordinates `ui.pointer` takes: zoomed in, the photo's own middle can be off screen.
+fn at(h: &Headless, dx: f32, dy: f32) -> (f32, f32) {
+    let (img, canvas) = (h.app.image_rect.unwrap(), h.app.canvas_rect.unwrap());
+    let q = canvas.center() + egui::vec2(dx, dy);
+    ((q.x - img.left()) / img.width(), (q.y - img.top()) / img.height())
+}
+
+/// A drag of 120 × 40 points across the middle of the canvas.
+fn drag(h: &mut Headless) {
+    let p: Vec<(f32, f32)> = [(0.0, 0.0), (20.0, 5.0), (60.0, 20.0), (120.0, 40.0)].iter().map(|&(x, y)| at(h, x, y)).collect();
+    pointer(
+        h,
+        json!([
+            {"kind": "down", "x": p[0].0, "y": p[0].1},
+            {"kind": "drag", "x": p[1].0, "y": p[1].1},
+            {"kind": "drag", "x": p[2].0, "y": p[2].1},
+            {"kind": "drag", "x": p[3].0, "y": p[3].1},
+            {"kind": "up", "x": p[3].0, "y": p[3].1}
+        ]),
+    );
+}
+
+fn click(h: &mut Headless, (x, y): (f32, f32)) {
+    pointer(h, json!([{"kind": "down", "x": x, "y": y}, {"kind": "up", "x": x, "y": y}]));
+}
+
+fn develop(h: &Headless) -> lightcraft_develop::DevelopSettings {
+    let id = h.app.session.active().expect("active photo");
+    (*h.app.session.develop_of(id).unwrap_or_default()).clone()
+}
+
+fn zoom_in(h: &mut Headless) {
+    h.app.run("view.navigate", json!({"zoom": {"percent": 200.0}, "pan": [0.5, 0.5]})).unwrap();
+    h.step();
+    h.step();
+    let (img, canvas) = (h.app.image_rect.unwrap(), h.app.canvas_rect.unwrap());
+    assert!(img.width() > canvas.width(), "not zoomed: {img:?} in {canvas:?}");
+}
+
+fn hand_shown(h: &Headless) -> bool {
+    h.app.widgets.iter().any(|(id, _)| id == "loupe:hand")
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn a_held_space_toggles_the_zoom_once_however_long_it_repeats() {
+    // no tool: the press toggles at once, as before; the key's auto-repeat used to flip it back
+    // and forth for as long as it was held
+    let mut h = detail(None);
+    assert_eq!(h.app.ui.zoom, Zoom::Fit);
+    space(&mut h, "down");
+    assert_eq!(h.app.ui.zoom, Zoom::Percent(100.0));
+    assert!(h.app.space_hand.is_none(), "no tool: no hand");
+    // further presses of a key that is down are the system's auto-repeat
+    for _ in 0..3 {
+        space(&mut h, "down");
+    }
+    assert_eq!(h.app.ui.zoom, Zoom::Percent(100.0), "a repeat toggled the zoom");
+    space(&mut h, "up");
+    assert_eq!(h.app.ui.zoom, Zoom::Percent(100.0), "the release toggled the zoom");
+    // the next press is a new one
+    space(&mut h, "press");
+    assert_eq!(h.app.ui.zoom, Zoom::Fit);
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn toggle_zoom_given_space_in_the_keymap_takes_the_hand_and_toggles_once() {
+    // with Space as Toggle Zoom's own shortcut the Space alias yields to it: the binding gets the
+    // same hand over a tool and the same once-per-press
+    let mut h = detail(None);
+    crate::shortcuts::assign(&mut h.app.ui.settings.keymap, "view.zoomToggle", Some("Space")).unwrap();
+    space(&mut h, "down");
+    assert_eq!(h.app.ui.zoom, Zoom::Percent(100.0));
+    for _ in 0..3 {
+        space(&mut h, "down");
+    }
+    assert_eq!(h.app.ui.zoom, Zoom::Percent(100.0), "a repeat toggled the zoom");
+    space(&mut h, "up");
+    let r = h.request("engine.execute", json!({"command": "panel.remove"}), T);
+    assert_eq!(r["ok"], true, "{r}");
+    h.step();
+    zoom_in(&mut h);
+    space(&mut h, "down");
+    assert!(h.app.space_hand.is_some(), "the binding did not take the hand");
+    assert_eq!(h.app.ui.zoom, Zoom::Percent(200.0), "the press zoomed");
+    space(&mut h, "up");
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn space_held_over_the_healing_brush_pans_and_paints_no_spot() {
+    let mut h = detail(Some("panel.remove"));
+    assert_eq!(h.app.ui.right, RightPanel::Remove);
+    zoom_in(&mut h);
+    let spots = develop(&h).spots.len();
+    let pan = h.app.ui.pan;
+    space(&mut h, "down");
+    assert!(h.app.space_hand.is_some());
+    assert_eq!(h.app.ui.zoom, Zoom::Percent(200.0), "the press zoomed");
+    pointer(&mut h, json!([{"kind": "move", "x": 0.5, "y": 0.5}]));
+    assert!(hand_shown(&h));
+    assert_eq!(h.last_cursor, egui::CursorIcon::Grab);
+    drag(&mut h);
+    assert_eq!(develop(&h).spots.len(), spots, "the drag painted a spot");
+    assert_ne!(h.app.ui.pan, pan, "the drag did not pan");
+    assert_eq!(h.app.ui.zoom, Zoom::Percent(200.0));
+    // letting go after a drag is not a tap: the zoom stays
+    space(&mut h, "up");
+    assert!(h.app.space_hand.is_none());
+    assert!(!hand_shown(&h));
+    assert_eq!(h.app.ui.zoom, Zoom::Percent(200.0), "the release toggled the zoom");
+    // the tool has its pointer back: the same drag paints a spot and leaves the view alone
+    let pan = h.app.ui.pan;
+    drag(&mut h);
+    assert_eq!(develop(&h).spots.len(), spots + 1, "the brush did not paint after the release");
+    assert_eq!(h.app.ui.pan, pan);
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn space_held_click_zooms_to_the_point_clicked_and_back() {
+    let mut h = detail(Some("panel.remove"));
+    let spots = develop(&h).spots.len();
+    space(&mut h, "down");
+    pointer(&mut h, json!([{"kind": "move", "x": 0.25, "y": 0.3}]));
+    assert_eq!(h.last_cursor, egui::CursorIcon::ZoomIn, "at Fit the hand zooms in");
+    click(&mut h, (0.25, 0.3));
+    assert_eq!(h.app.ui.zoom, Zoom::Percent(h.app.ui.click_zoom as f32));
+    let (u, v) = h.app.ui.pan;
+    assert!((u - 0.25).abs() < 0.02 && (v - 0.3).abs() < 0.02, "zoomed to {:?}, not the point clicked", h.app.ui.pan);
+    // zoomed in, a click goes back to Fit
+    for _ in 0..30 {
+        h.step();
+    }
+    let middle = at(&h, 0.0, 0.0);
+    click(&mut h, middle);
+    assert_eq!(h.app.ui.zoom, Zoom::Fit);
+    space(&mut h, "up");
+    assert_eq!(h.app.ui.zoom, Zoom::Fit, "the release toggled the zoom");
+    assert_eq!(develop(&h).spots.len(), spots, "a click painted a spot");
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn a_click_down_and_up_within_one_frame_is_not_a_tap() {
+    // a real mouse can deliver the press and the release in the same frame: no button is down
+    // then, yet the click zoomed, and letting go of Space quickly must not zoom back
+    let mut h = detail(Some("panel.remove"));
+    space(&mut h, "down");
+    pointer(&mut h, json!([{"kind": "move", "x": 0.25, "y": 0.3}]));
+    let img = h.app.image_rect.unwrap();
+    let pos = egui::pos2(img.left() + 0.25 * img.width(), img.top() + 0.3 * img.height());
+    for pressed in [true, false] {
+        h.events.push(egui::Event::PointerButton { pos, button: egui::PointerButton::Primary, pressed, modifiers: egui::Modifiers::NONE });
+    }
+    h.step();
+    let zoomed = Zoom::Percent(h.app.ui.click_zoom as f32);
+    assert_eq!(h.app.ui.zoom, zoomed, "the click did not zoom");
+    space(&mut h, "up");
+    assert!(h.app.space_hand.is_none());
+    assert_eq!(h.app.ui.zoom, zoomed, "the release toggled the zoom back");
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn a_tap_over_a_tool_toggles_on_release_and_a_long_hold_does_not() {
+    let mut h = detail(Some("panel.remove"));
+    let spots = develop(&h).spots.len();
+    space(&mut h, "press");
+    for _ in 0..3 {
+        h.step();
+    }
+    assert_eq!(h.app.ui.zoom, Zoom::Percent(100.0), "a tap did not toggle the zoom");
+    assert!(h.app.space_hand.is_none());
+    space(&mut h, "down");
+    space(&mut h, "up");
+    assert_eq!(h.app.ui.zoom, Zoom::Fit, "a quick press and release did not toggle back");
+    // held a while with no click, then let go: changed one's mind, nothing happens
+    space(&mut h, "down");
+    let steps = (crate::space_hand::TAP * 60.0).ceil() as usize + 10;
+    for _ in 0..steps {
+        h.step();
+    }
+    // the key's auto-repeat in the meantime keeps the hand
+    space(&mut h, "down");
+    assert!(h.app.space_hand.is_some(), "a repeat ended the hand");
+    space(&mut h, "up");
+    assert_eq!(h.app.ui.zoom, Zoom::Fit, "a long hold toggled the zoom");
+    assert_eq!(develop(&h).spots.len(), spots);
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn space_held_over_a_mask_brush_paints_nothing() {
+    let mut h = detail(Some("panel.masking"));
+    let r = h.request("ui.clickWidget", json!({"id": "maskNew:brush"}), T);
+    assert_eq!(r["ok"], true, "{r}");
+    let r = h.request("ui.set", json!({"brushSize": 0.15, "brushFeather": 0.0, "brushFlow": 100.0}), T);
+    assert_eq!(r["ok"], true, "{r}");
+    zoom_in(&mut h);
+    let before = develop(&h);
+    let pan = h.app.ui.pan;
+    space(&mut h, "down");
+    drag(&mut h);
+    space(&mut h, "up");
+    assert_eq!(develop(&h), before, "the drag painted the mask");
+    assert_ne!(h.app.ui.pan, pan, "the drag did not pan");
+    assert!(h.app.brush_live.is_none());
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn space_held_over_the_crop_tool_pans_and_leaves_the_crop() {
+    let mut h = detail(Some("panel.crop"));
+    assert_eq!(h.app.ui.right, RightPanel::Crop);
+    let r = h.request("engine.execute", json!({"command": "crop.set", "params": {"rect": [0.1, 0.1, 0.8, 0.9]}}), T);
+    assert_eq!(r["ok"], true, "{r}");
+    zoom_in(&mut h);
+    let before = develop(&h);
+    let pan = h.app.ui.pan;
+    space(&mut h, "down");
+    drag(&mut h);
+    space(&mut h, "up");
+    assert_eq!(develop(&h), before, "the drag moved the crop");
+    assert_ne!(h.app.ui.pan, pan, "the drag did not pan");
+}
diff --git a/docs/control-protocol.md b/docs/control-protocol.md
index 36294c787..340d6d54f 100644
--- a/docs/control-protocol.md
+++ b/docs/control-protocol.md
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ filmstrip is visible.
 | `ui.clickWidget` / `ui.dragWidget` / `ui.hoverWidget` | `{id, count?, button?, fx?, fy?}` (`button: "right"` right-clicks; `count` is capped at 16) / `{id, toX?, toY?, dx?, dy?, steps?}` (steps are capped at 1000) / `{id, fx?, fy?}` | Real egui input on a widget (hover: the pointer rests on it, e.g. for preset/profile previews). `fx`/`fy` are fractions of the registered rect and may lie outside `[0,1]`; the resulting point must still be inside egui's clipped interaction rect, and a non-finite fraction or resolved point is rejected before any input is queued. Geometry comes from the latest completed layout; if the widget moves before the first event or before a press, or its latest clipped rect no longer contains the point, the request fails with an error instead of clicking another widget or retargeting. A target below an ordinary modal dialog may succeed as a no-op or a backdrop click, because egui routes that input to the dialog; a target covered by a non-modal overlay fails. The blocking library-problem/launch-list window is explicit: its dim takes the modal layer, but a background target fails instead of reporting a no-op success, and only that window's own controls (`button:library…`) pass. Its creation frame is shielded and redrawn with empty input like a prompt's, so background text/pointer input cannot act while the new modal areas settle. A quit prompt or settings notice is a real egui modal scope with a foreground backdrop. Only its own buttons (`button:quit…`, `button:noticeOk`) accept a `ui.clickWidget`; background targets fail, and background keystrokes, text/clipboard input, wheel/zoom input and AccessKit actions are dropped before panels see them. The prompt itself takes Tab/Shift+Tab, Enter/Space on the focused button, and Escape/Enter for the safe default Cancel; AccessKit Focus/Click works when targeted at a prompt button. Its first creation frame (including a Tasks→Unsaved or notice→next-notice transition) is shielded and redrawn with empty input, so a press/release in that frame, or a held press from before it, cannot act underneath it; a synthetic drag already in progress is canceled. Once settled, raw `ui.click`/`ui.drag`/`ui.pointer` and backdrop clicks are still delivered to the prompt backdrop as no-ops, and the prompt's own button clicks work normally. The area/layer check cannot see a different widget covering the point in the same layer. A `ui.clickWidget` whose widget disappears before its release also fails, after canceling the pointer press without a click or drag (the same rules apply when a click spans several host frames) |
 | `ui.move` / `ui.click` / `ui.drag` | `{x, y, count?, button?}` / `{x, y, toX, toY, steps?}` | Raw pointer input, screen points (the same click and step caps apply) |
 | `ui.pointer` | `{events: [{kind: down\|drag\|up, x, y}], alt?, shift?, cmd?}` | Gesture in normalized image coordinates (Detail view) |
-| `ui.key` | `{key, cmd?, shift?, alt?, ctrl?}` | Key press; while a prompt is up only its Tab/Shift+Tab, Enter, Space and Escape are delivered, every other key is dropped |
+| `ui.key` | `{key, action?: press\|down\|up, cmd?, shift?, alt?, ctrl?}` | Key press (default), or the key going `down` and staying held until an `up` (Space held over a `ui.pointer` drag); while a prompt is up only its Tab/Shift+Tab, Enter, Space and Escape are delivered, every other key is dropped |
 | `ui.text` | `{text}` | Text input |
 | `ui.clipboard` | `{action: cut\|copy\|paste, text?}` | Cut, copy or paste in the focused text field, as the system does for ⌘X / ⌘C / ⌘V; `paste` pastes `text`, or the system clipboard without it. Refused when no text field has the focus (outside one, ⌘C / ⌘V are the commands `develop.copy` / `develop.paste`). In the desktop app cut and copy write the system clipboard. Refused while a prompt or the blocking library window owns input, including a window in its creation frame. A `paste` without `text` queues egui's `RequestPaste` viewport command for the host: egui 0.37 gives that command no completion/correlation id, and egui-winit emits a later `Event::Paste` only for non-empty text (or a `PasteImage` fallback; asynchronous clipboard reads finish later), so the reply confirms the request was queued in egui, not that the host dispatched it or that it was delivered; a barrier created after the request can drop that later event. `paste` with `text` is synthetic and is canceled like other injected input. `ui.inspect` → `copied` is the text the UI last put on the clipboard |
 | `ui.scroll` | `{dx, dy, source?, unit?, phase?, cmd?, ctrl?, shift?, alt?}` | Wheel / two-finger scroll at the current pointer; pans over the image, modifier-scroll zooms. `source` is `unknown` (default), `wheel`, `trackpad` or `momentum`; `unit` is `point` (default), `line` or `page`; `phase` is `move` (default), `start`, `end` or `cancel`. Wheel/line events drive the grid/filmstrip one-third wheel step and the loupe's notch zoom; trackpad/momentum phases drive kinetic scrolling and rubber-band boundaries. Invalid values are refused and queue nothing |
diff --git a/docs/parity-checklist.md b/docs/parity-checklist.md
index 08dab300b..80896e26f 100644
--- a/docs/parity-checklist.md
+++ b/docs/parity-checklist.md
@@ -629,7 +629,7 @@ From `06-shortcuts.md` part 1. Evidence is our binding; conflicts are explained
 | KEY-WB | White-balance selector — W | P0 | ✅ | `cmd:tool.wbPicker` | |
 | KEY-FILMSTRIP | Filmstrip — / | P0 | ✅ | `cmd:view.filmstrip` | |
 | KEY-SHOWORIGINAL | Show original — \ | P0 | ✅ | `cmd:view.showOriginal` | |
-| KEY-TOGGLEZOOM | Toggle zoom — Space | P0 | ✅ | `cmd:view.zoomToggle` | Space is a secondary binding (primary Z) |
+| KEY-TOGGLEZOOM | Toggle zoom — Space | P0 | ✅ | `cmd:view.zoomToggle`, `crates/ui-egui/src/space_hand.rs`, `crates/ui-egui/src/tests/space_hand.rs` | Space is a secondary binding (primary Z); held, it toggles once (the key's auto-repeat no longer flips the zoom back and forth). With a tool on the photo (Crop, Masking, Remove, Red Eye, the white-balance / colour-range / point-colour pickers, a targeted adjustment) held Space is the view's hand until the key is up, as in Lightroom: a click zooms to the click-zoom ratio at the point clicked (or back to Fit), a drag pans the zoomed photo (grab cursor; zoom-in cursor at Fit), and the tool gets neither; a tap (under 0.4 s, no click) toggles the zoom on its release (issue #1895) |
 | KEY-MASKCOLOR | Cycle mask colour — ⇧O | P1 | ✅ | `cmd:view.maskOverlayColor`, `crates/ui-egui/src/shortcuts.rs` | ⇧O while masking cycles the overlay colour (while cropping: the guides' orientation); the overlay mode is in View ▸ Cycle Mask Overlay Mode |
 | KEY-EXPORTPREV | Export with previous — ⌘E | P0 | ✅ | `cmd:app.exportPrevious` | ⌘E (alias) and ⌥⇧⌘E (Classic) |
 | KEY-EXPORTDIALOG | Export dialog — ⇧E | P0 | ✅ | `cmd:dialog.export` | secondary binding (primary ⌘⇧E) |
@@ -846,6 +846,7 @@ Latin stays upright. Advanced Japanese composition remains open. Regression cove
 | 2026-10-13 | minor | LRC-LIB-KEYWORDS: the Keyword List marks a keyword that has an applied keyword inside it (a dot in its box); status unchanged |
 | 2026-10-12 | minor | LR-IMP-FORMATS: folder discovery includes SR2/SRF; MCP and CLI reuse the engine extension list. DSC-F828 remains preview-only; decoder support and row status unchanged |
 | 2026-10-15 | patch | KEYC-RATING: `\` shows / hides the Filter Bar in Photo Grid and Square Grid (Show Original in Detail); status unchanged (🟡) |
+| 2026-10-16 | minor | KEY-TOGGLEZOOM: Space held over a tool on the photo is the view's hand (click zooms, drag pans, the tool gets neither), a tap still toggles; a held Space toggles once (issue #1895); status unchanged |
 | 2026-10-12 | minor | LR-EDIT-OPTICS-PROFILE: Sony ARW shading, CA and distortion tables decoded with settings and provenance (raw IFD, `SR2SubIFD` fallback); applied corrections unchanged (ILCE-7RM4A and ILCE-7RM6 distortion); status unchanged (🟡) |
 | 2026-10-14 | minor | LR-IMP-CAMERA-COVERAGE: Camera-coverage sweep (#1327): 30 models verified on 40 CC0 files (coverage.py 515 → 545 verified); sensor verification does not establish colour parity (#1277); status unchanged (🟡) |
 | 2026-10-13 | minor | LR-MERGE-PANO: a panorama's DNG takes its `AsShotNeutral` from the median of its frames' vendor white-balance multipliers (CR2, NEF, ARW…) instead of the first frame's tags, and frames now carry the multipliers (issue #1144); status unchanged (✅) |
diff --git a/docs/ui-parity.md b/docs/ui-parity.md
index 24099eb63..435486014 100644
--- a/docs/ui-parity.md
+++ b/docs/ui-parity.md
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ assessment and the notes that don't fit a row. Visual reference for agents: `pla
 | Crop, Upright, transform handles | handles, aspect lock, angle, overlays (O / ⇧O), guided Upright | ✅ all of them; overlay cycle on ⇧O | 85% | crop opacity of cut-out area (15.5) |
 | Masking tools | brush (A / B, flow, density, auto mask, pressure), linear / radial, range masks, AI masks, pins | brush, linear, radial, colour / luminance range, add / subtract / intersect / invert, masks panel, pins | 60% | brush live preview (#517 / #518), no pen pressure, no depth range, AI masks, Feather / Edge controls (15.5) |
 | Remove / heal | content-aware remove, heal, clone, visualize spots | heal, clone, auto source, visualize spots, red / pet eye | 65% | content-aware (patch synthesis) remove, generative remove, detect distractions |
-| Zoom and navigation | Fit / Fill / 1:1 / 2:1 … 11:1, Navigator, spacebar pan | Fit to 800%, pinch zoom, pan, Navigator-like; every view, mask and diagnostic overlays (Visualize Spots, Point Color range, HDR range) and soft proofing included, is sharp at 1:1–8:1 | 60% | zoom stops at 800 % (Adobe's reference goes to 11:1) |
+| Zoom and navigation | Fit / Fill / 1:1 / 2:1 … 11:1, Navigator, spacebar pan | Fit to 800%, pinch zoom, pan, Navigator-like, Space-held hand over tools; every view, mask and diagnostic overlays (Visualize Spots, Point Color range, HDR range) and soft proofing included, is sharp at 1:1–8:1 | 60% | zoom stops at 800 % (Adobe's reference goes to 11:1) |
 | Library culling and metadata | ratings, flags, labels with keys, painter, keywording, metadata panel, filter bar | ratings / flags / labels and advance, keyword list and sets, keywording box, metadata fields, smart albums, filter bar | 85% | painter tool, quick collection, some Classic keys |
 | Shortcuts | Lightroom desktop and Classic keymaps | Lightroom-desktop keymap with Classic additions, editable | 85% | deliberate differences below; no Classic keymap layer |
 | Context menus | everywhere | 31 sites (grid, filmstrip, albums, folders, keywords, masks, presets, text fields…), all through `widgets::context_menu` (`crates/ui-egui/src/widgets.rs`): a right-click elsewhere while a menu is open closes it and opens the menu there, also on the same widget (issue #1877: that one flashed at the new spot and closed, as egui counts the opening click as a click while open) | 70% | unaudited against Lightroom's menus item by item |
@@ -51,6 +51,11 @@ Export dialog, Space Toggle zoom, ⇧M Create Version, ⇧X Reject + advance, 
 Before/After Split and the History panel; History lost the binding. `W` and `⇧⌘I` also fired the engine command
 under the UI command that wraps it (a no-op error); the UI command now wins.
 
+**Fixed (#1895):** Space held over a tool on the photo (Crop, Masking, Remove, Red Eye, a picker) is the view's hand
+until the key is up, as Lightroom's temporary Hand / Zoom: a click zooms at the point clicked (or back to Fit), a drag
+pans, the tool gets neither; a tap still toggles the zoom (on its release). A held Space toggles once; its
+auto-repeat used to flip the zoom back and forth (`crates/ui-egui/src/space_hand.rs`).
+
 **Deliberate differences (our key → Lightroom desktop key)** — each is a conflict with another binding we have:
 
 | Action | Ours | Lightroom desktop | Why |
@@ -158,6 +163,7 @@ establish OS keyboard delivery or cross-platform acceptance.
 | 2026-10-15 | patch | Context menus: a right-click elsewhere on the same widget while its menu is open moves the menu to the pointer; before it flashed at the new spot and closed (issue #1877); every site uses `widgets::context_menu`; 70% unchanged |
 | 2026-10-23 | patch | KEYC-RATING: ⌘L / Ctrl+L (Library ▸ Enable Filters) switches the filter off and on, restoring it as it was |
 | 2026-10-15 | patch | KEYC-RATING: `\` shows / hides the Filter Bar in Photo Grid and Square Grid (Show Original in Detail); ⌘L is the filter-bar key left |
+| 2026-10-24 | minor | Shortcuts: Space held over a tool on the photo pans and click-zooms (Lightroom's temporary hand), a tap still toggles, auto-repeat no longer toggles (issue #1895) |
 | 2026-10-14 | minor | Zoom row: diagnostic overlays render zoom windows too |
 | 2026-10-14 | patch | Shortcuts: Visualize HDR loses its default ⇧H, which cycles the Tool Overlay (issue #224); both PRs had claimed it |
 | 2026-10-12 | minor | Accessibility: crop handles, spots, gradient handles and mask pins operable by keyboard with AccessKit names and values; Tab order test for the right panels; hand-drawn icons and rows named; 55% → 75%; UI remaining 34–58 h → 32–54 h |