diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/src/tests_masking.rs b/crates/ui-egui/src/tests_masking.rs
index 36cb4edbd..ff4b9647e 100644
--- a/crates/ui-egui/src/tests_masking.rs
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/src/tests_masking.rs
@@ -1631,6 +1631,36 @@ fn a_selected_develop_slider_accepts_wheel_nudges() {
     }
     let after = lightcraft_develop::controls::get(&develop(&h), "light.exposure").expect("exposure");
     assert!(after > before, "selected exposure did not increase: {before} -> {after}");
+    for _ in 0..40 {
+        h.step();
+    }
+    let before_leaving = develop(&h).light.exposure;
+    // Leaving the row disarms wheel edits, but must not take keyboard arrows away.
+    h.request("ui.move", json!({"x": panel.left() - 10.0, "y": track.center().y}), T);
+    h.request("ui.hoverWidget", json!({"id": name}), T);
+    // More than a full notch: disarming dropped the wheel remainder, so this alone would edit it.
+    h.request("ui.scroll", json!({"dy": -240.0}), T);
+    for _ in 0..40 {
+        h.step();
+    }
+    assert_eq!(develop(&h).light.exposure, before_leaving, "returning to a slider while scrolling must not edit it (issue #1355)");
+    h.request("ui.move", json!({"x": panel.left() - 10.0, "y": track.center().y}), T);
+    h.request("ui.key", json!({"key": "ArrowUp"}), T);
+    assert!(develop(&h).light.exposure > before_leaving, "keyboard adjustment survives leaving the slider");
+
+    // Scroll back to the top, then explicitly select it again to re-enable wheel nudges.
+    h.request("ui.move", json!({"x": panel.right() - 8.0, "y": panel.center().y}), T);
+    h.request("ui.scroll", json!({"dy": 600.0}), T);
+    for _ in 0..40 {
+        h.step();
+    }
+    click(&mut h, name);
+    let before_reselecting = develop(&h).light.exposure;
+    h.request("ui.scroll", json!({"dy": 120.0}), T);
+    for _ in 0..40 {
+        h.step();
+    }
+    assert!(develop(&h).light.exposure > before_reselecting, "a new click re-enables wheel adjustment");
 }
 
 /// Scrolling sideways over a slider adjusts it without selecting it first: a trackpad swipe
diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/src/widgets.rs b/crates/ui-egui/src/widgets.rs
index 31de9daf4..e2b2b3500 100644
--- a/crates/ui-egui/src/widgets.rs
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/src/widgets.rs
@@ -255,16 +255,45 @@ pub fn slider(ui: &mut Ui, spec: &ControlSpec, value: f64, enabled: bool, label_
     let track_rect = Rect::from_min_max(pos2(row.left() + pad_l, row.top() + 22.0), pos2(row.right() - pad_r, row.top() + 40.0));
     let id = ui.id().with(spec.id);
     let resp = ui.interact(track_rect.expand2(vec2(8.0, 2.0)), id, if enabled { Sense::click_and_drag() } else { Sense::hover() });
-    // A click selects the slider for arrow/wheel adjustments. Keep scroll-to-adjust
-    // opt-in so hovering an unfocused slider still scrolls the containing panel.
-    // Tab reaching the slider selects it as a click does: the arrow keys then adjust it
+    // Keyboard focus survives leaving the row; vertical wheel edits need a fresh click or drag
+    // in it (at most one slider is armed: `wheel_slider_key`).
+    let wheel_id = id.with("wheel-rem");
+    let mut wheel_armed = ui.data(|d| d.get_temp::<egui::Id>(wheel_slider_key())) == Some(id);
+    let pointer_in_row = ui.rect_contains_pointer(row);
+    // Every move this frame counts, not only where the pointer ended up: a slow frame (a slider
+    // drag, soft proofing) can merge leaving the row and coming back into one.
+    let left_row = wheel_armed
+        && ui.input(|i| {
+            i.events.iter().any(|e| match e {
+                egui::Event::PointerMoved(p) => !row.contains(*p),
+                egui::Event::PointerGone => true,
+                _ => false,
+            })
+        });
+    // Tab reaching the slider selects it for arrow keys, not vertical wheel edits.
     if enabled && resp.gained_focus() {
         ui.data_mut(|d| d.insert_temp(focused_slider_key(), id));
     }
-    if enabled && (resp.clicked() || resp.drag_started()) {
+    let selected = enabled && (resp.clicked() || resp.drag_started());
+    if selected {
         resp.request_focus();
         ui.data_mut(|d| d.insert_temp(focused_slider_key(), id));
     }
+    // A drag that leaves the row disarms too (it keeps dragging: that needs no wheel selection),
+    // and one that only starts once the pointer is outside doesn't arm it again.
+    if selected && pointer_in_row && !left_row {
+        ui.data_mut(|d| {
+            d.insert_temp(wheel_slider_key(), id);
+            d.remove::<f32>(wheel_id);
+        });
+        wheel_armed = true;
+    } else if wheel_armed && (!enabled || !resp.has_focus() || !pointer_in_row || left_row) {
+        ui.data_mut(|d| {
+            d.remove::<egui::Id>(wheel_slider_key());
+            d.remove::<f32>(wheel_id);
+        });
+        wheel_armed = false;
+    }
     // screen readers: a slider named after its control, with its value
     let label_text = crate::i18n::tr(label_override.unwrap_or(spec.label)).to_string();
     resp.widget_info(|| egui::WidgetInfo::slider(enabled, value, label_text.clone()));
@@ -464,7 +493,7 @@ pub fn slider(ui: &mut Ui, spec: &ControlSpec, value: f64, enabled: bool, label_
             })
         });
         // Arrow keys work with either a hovered or a focused slider.
-        if enabled && out.value.is_none() && typing.is_none() && (ui.rect_contains_pointer(row) || resp.has_focus() || inc || dec) {
+        if enabled && out.value.is_none() && typing.is_none() && (pointer_in_row || resp.has_focus() || inc || dec) {
             let (up, down, shift) = ui.input_mut(|i| {
                 let shift = i.modifiers.shift;
                 let m = if shift { egui::Modifiers::SHIFT } else { egui::Modifiers::NONE };
@@ -487,7 +516,7 @@ pub fn slider(ui: &mut Ui, spec: &ControlSpec, value: f64, enabled: bool, label_
         // leaves the sliders it passes alone. Right raises the value, as dragging the thumb right does.
         let side_id = id.with("side-rem");
         let (dx, dy) = ui.input(|i| (i.smooth_scroll_delta.x, i.smooth_scroll_delta.y));
-        if !enabled || typing.is_some() || out.value.is_some() || !ui.rect_contains_pointer(row) || dx.abs() <= dy.abs() {
+        if !enabled || typing.is_some() || out.value.is_some() || !pointer_in_row || dx.abs() <= dy.abs() {
             ui.data_mut(|m| m.remove::<f32>(side_id));
         } else {
             // the vertical part would scroll the panel and move the slider out from under the pointer
@@ -505,10 +534,8 @@ pub fn slider(ui: &mut Ui, spec: &ControlSpec, value: f64, enabled: bool, label_
         }
         // Wheel nudges require an explicitly selected slider, unlike regular panel scrolling.
         // Consume only the vertical component so a trackpad's horizontal scroll still works.
-        let wheel_id = id.with("wheel-rem");
-        if !resp.has_focus() {
-            ui.data_mut(|m| m.remove::<f32>(wheel_id));
-        } else if enabled && typing.is_none() && out.value.is_none() && ui.rect_contains_pointer(row) {
+        // (`wheel_armed` is cleared above with its remainder whenever focus or the pointer leaves.)
+        if wheel_armed && enabled && typing.is_none() && out.value.is_none() && pointer_in_row {
             let delta = ui.input_mut(|i| {
                 let dy = i.smooth_scroll_delta.y;
                 if dy != 0.0 {
@@ -1031,8 +1058,13 @@ fn focused_slider_key() -> egui::Id {
     egui::Id::new("lightcraft-focused-slider")
 }
 
-/// Whether the widget with keyboard focus is a develop slider a click selected. It owns only the
-/// arrow keys (and the wheel): every other shortcut still works, as in Lightroom after a drag.
+/// The slider a click or drag armed for vertical wheel edits, if any.
+fn wheel_slider_key() -> egui::Id {
+    egui::Id::new("lightcraft-wheel-slider")
+}
+
+/// Whether the widget with keyboard focus is a develop slider selected by a click, drag or Tab.
+/// It owns only the arrow keys: every other shortcut still works. Wheel selection is separate.
 pub fn slider_has_focus(ctx: &egui::Context) -> bool {
     let focused = ctx.memory(|m| m.focused());
     focused.is_some() && focused == ctx.data(|d| d.get_temp::<egui::Id>(focused_slider_key()))
diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/src/widgets/tests_numeric_entry.rs b/crates/ui-egui/src/widgets/tests_numeric_entry.rs
index 403ed7292..eb2e3c9b8 100644
--- a/crates/ui-egui/src/widgets/tests_numeric_entry.rs
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/src/widgets/tests_numeric_entry.rs
@@ -195,3 +195,134 @@ fn a_long_click_keeps_the_field_open() {
     h.frame(vec![Event::Text("2".into())]);
     assert_eq!(h.key(Key::Enter).value, Some(2.0));
 }
+
+#[test]
+fn leaving_a_slider_disarms_wheel_edits_until_it_is_selected_again() {
+    let mut h = Harness::new();
+    let inside = h.track.center();
+    let outside = egui::pos2(5.0, 80.0);
+    let button = |pressed| Event::PointerButton { pos: inside, button: PointerButton::Primary, pressed, modifiers: Modifiers::NONE };
+    let wheel = || Event::MouseWheel {
+        unit: egui::MouseWheelUnit::Point,
+        delta: vec2(0.0, 120.0),
+        phase: egui::TouchPhase::Move,
+        modifiers: Modifiers::NONE,
+    };
+    h.frame(vec![Event::PointerMoved(inside)]);
+    h.frame(vec![button(true)]);
+    h.frame(vec![button(false)]);
+    let selected = h.value;
+    h.frame(vec![wheel()]);
+    for _ in 0..40 {
+        h.frame(vec![]);
+    }
+    assert!(h.value > selected, "selecting a slider enables wheel nudges");
+    h.frame(vec![Event::PointerMoved(outside)]);
+    let before_return = h.value;
+    h.frame(vec![Event::PointerMoved(inside), wheel()]);
+    for _ in 0..40 {
+        h.frame(vec![]);
+    }
+    assert_eq!(h.value, before_return, "scrolling back over a previously selected slider must not edit it");
+    h.frame(vec![Event::PointerMoved(outside)]);
+    let before_arrow = h.value;
+    h.key(Key::ArrowUp);
+    assert!(h.value > before_arrow, "leaving must preserve keyboard arrows");
+    // Sideways scrolling remains independent of vertical wheel selection (#1465).
+    let before_sideways = h.value;
+    h.frame(vec![
+        Event::PointerMoved(inside),
+        Event::MouseWheel { unit: egui::MouseWheelUnit::Point, delta: vec2(120.0, 0.0), phase: egui::TouchPhase::Move, modifiers: Modifiers::NONE },
+    ]);
+    for _ in 0..40 {
+        h.frame(vec![]);
+    }
+    let after_sideways = h.value;
+    assert!(after_sideways > before_sideways, "a disarmed slider still accepts sideways nudges");
+    h.frame(vec![wheel()]);
+    for _ in 0..40 {
+        h.frame(vec![]);
+    }
+    assert_eq!(h.value, after_sideways, "sideways nudges do not re-arm vertical wheel edits");
+    h.frame(vec![Event::PointerMoved(inside)]);
+    h.frame(vec![button(true)]);
+    h.frame(vec![button(false)]);
+    let selected_again = h.value;
+    h.frame(vec![wheel()]);
+    for _ in 0..40 {
+        h.frame(vec![]);
+    }
+    assert!(h.value > selected_again, "selecting it again restores wheel nudges");
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn leaving_the_row_during_a_drag_keeps_dragging_but_release_disarms_the_wheel() {
+    let mut h = Harness::new();
+    let inside = h.track.center();
+    let outside = egui::pos2(h.track.right() - 20.0, 80.0);
+    let button = |pos, pressed| Event::PointerButton { pos, button: PointerButton::Primary, pressed, modifiers: Modifiers::NONE };
+    h.frame(vec![Event::PointerMoved(inside)]);
+    h.frame(vec![button(inside, true)]);
+    let initial = h.value;
+    h.frame(vec![Event::PointerMoved(outside)]);
+    assert!(h.value > initial, "an owned drag keeps editing outside the row");
+    h.frame(vec![button(outside, false)]);
+    let released = h.value;
+    h.frame(vec![
+        Event::PointerMoved(inside),
+        Event::MouseWheel { unit: egui::MouseWheelUnit::Point, delta: vec2(0.0, -120.0), phase: egui::TouchPhase::Move, modifiers: Modifiers::NONE },
+    ]);
+    for _ in 0..40 {
+        h.frame(vec![]);
+    }
+    assert_eq!(h.value, released, "releasing outside disarms subsequent wheel edits");
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn a_drag_that_leaves_and_ends_back_in_the_row_disarms_the_wheel() {
+    let mut h = Harness::new();
+    let inside = h.track.center();
+    let outside = egui::pos2(h.track.right() - 20.0, 80.0);
+    let button = |pos, pressed| Event::PointerButton { pos, button: PointerButton::Primary, pressed, modifiers: Modifiers::NONE };
+    h.frame(vec![Event::PointerMoved(inside)]);
+    h.frame(vec![button(inside, true)]);
+    h.frame(vec![Event::PointerMoved(outside)]);
+    h.frame(vec![Event::PointerMoved(inside)]);
+    h.frame(vec![button(inside, false)]);
+    let released = h.value;
+    h.frame(vec![Event::MouseWheel {
+        unit: egui::MouseWheelUnit::Point,
+        delta: vec2(0.0, 120.0),
+        phase: egui::TouchPhase::Move,
+        modifiers: Modifiers::NONE,
+    }]);
+    for _ in 0..40 {
+        h.frame(vec![]);
+    }
+    assert_eq!(h.value, released, "the drag left the row, so the wheel needs a fresh selection");
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn leaving_and_returning_within_one_frame_still_disarms_the_wheel() {
+    let wheel = || Event::MouseWheel {
+        unit: egui::MouseWheelUnit::Point,
+        delta: vec2(0.0, 120.0),
+        phase: egui::TouchPhase::Move,
+        modifiers: Modifiers::NONE,
+    };
+    // a slow frame merges the moves out of the row and back (or out of the window and back)
+    for away in [Event::PointerMoved(egui::pos2(5.0, 80.0)), Event::PointerGone] {
+        let mut h = Harness::new();
+        let inside = h.track.center();
+        let button = |pressed| Event::PointerButton { pos: inside, button: PointerButton::Primary, pressed, modifiers: Modifiers::NONE };
+        h.frame(vec![Event::PointerMoved(inside)]);
+        h.frame(vec![button(true)]);
+        h.frame(vec![button(false)]);
+        let selected = h.value;
+        h.frame(vec![away.clone(), Event::PointerMoved(inside), wheel()]);
+        for _ in 0..40 {
+            h.frame(vec![]);
+        }
+        assert_eq!(h.value, selected, "the pointer left the row between two frames ({away:?})");
+    }
+}
diff --git a/docs/parity-checklist.md b/docs/parity-checklist.md
index 55bc35bb4..0fbda3fbe 100644
--- a/docs/parity-checklist.md
+++ b/docs/parity-checklist.md
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Lightroom parity checklist
 
-> **Last reviewed:** 2026-10-10 · **Last updated:** 2026-10-20 · **Change:** minor (LR-PRE-PANEL: the applied preset stays marked per photo) · **Target:** Adobe Lightroom Classic 15.5 / Lightroom 9.6
+> **Last reviewed:** 2026-10-10 · **Last updated:** 2026-10-21 · **Change:** patch (KEY-SLIDER-NUDGE: vertical wheel nudges need a click or drag in the row; leaving it disarms them) · **Target:** Adobe Lightroom Classic 15.5 / Lightroom 9.6
 
 The measured, row-by-row checklist: one row per Lightroom feature, menu item and shortcut, what we
 have and what is missing. It answers *does the feature exist?* (feature breadth). Whether it is good
@@ -673,7 +673,7 @@ From `06-shortcuts.md` part 1. Evidence is our binding; conflicts are explained
 | KEY-CROP-RESET | Reset crop — ⌥⌘R | P0 | ✅ | `cmd:crop.reset` | |
 | KEY-STRAIGHTEN | Straighten while held — ⌘ drag | P1 | ✅ | `cmd:crop.straighten`, `crates/ui-egui/src/panels/detail.rs` (`straighten_overlay`) | ⌘-drag in Crop draws a level line; the crop tool stays active |
 | KEY-SLIDER-RESET | Reset slider — double-click | P0 | ✅ | `crates/ui-egui/src/widgets.rs`, `crates/ui-egui/src/tests_slider_reset.rs` | double-click a slider's name or thumb: back to its default as one undo step (a click on the thumb no longer moves it first, which made it two); resting the pointer on either says so (“Exposure — double-click to reset it”, as the curve channels), the value keeps “Click to type a value” (issue #1436); a disabled slider's name doesn't reset it. No per-slider reset button (Lightroom has none); no ⌥ panel headings turning into Reset buttons yet (`cmd:develop.resetSection` is command-only) |
-| KEY-SLIDER-NUDGE | Nudge slider — ↑/↓ | P1 | ✅ | `crates/ui-egui/src/widgets.rs` (`nudged`), `cmd:develop.adjust` | ↑/↓ over any slider: ≈ 1/200 of its range (exposure 0.05, most sliders 1, temperature 50 K); ⇧ ×5; one undo step each. Scrolling sideways over any slider (trackpad swipe, tilting wheel, ⇧+wheel) nudges it the same way, one wheel notch a step, without selecting it first; only a mostly sideways movement counts, so scrolling the panel leaves sliders alone (`crates/ui-egui/src/tests_masking.rs`, `sideways_scrolling_adjusts_the_slider_under_the_pointer`) |
+| KEY-SLIDER-NUDGE | Nudge slider — ↑/↓ | P1 | ✅ | `crates/ui-egui/src/widgets.rs` (`nudged`), `cmd:develop.adjust` | ↑/↓ over any slider: ≈ 1/200 of its range (exposure 0.05, most sliders 1, temperature 50 K); ⇧ ×5; one undo step each. Scrolling sideways over any slider (trackpad swipe, tilting wheel, ⇧+wheel) nudges it the same way, one wheel notch a step, without selecting it first; only a mostly sideways movement counts, so scrolling the panel leaves sliders alone (`crates/ui-egui/src/tests_masking.rs`, `sideways_scrolling_adjusts_the_slider_under_the_pointer`). The vertical wheel nudges only a slider a click or drag selected, while the pointer stays in its row: leaving the row (even within one frame) disarms it until the next click or drag, and Tab focus arms only the arrow keys (issue #1355, `crates/ui-egui/src/widgets/tests_numeric_entry.rs`) |
 | KEY-SLIDER-TYPE | Type a slider value | P1 | ✅ | `crates/ui-egui/src/widgets.rs` (`typed_value`), `crates/ui-egui/src/text_field.rs`, `crates/ui-egui/src/widgets/tests_numeric_entry.rs` (`opening_release_honors_return_and_escape_immediately`, `a_long_click_keeps_the_field_open`), `crates/ui-egui/src/tests_keymap.rs` (`opening_numeric_release_keeps_keys_in_the_editor`) | click the value next to any slider's name and type one (`1.5`, `+0,25`, `-20`, `5600 K`): Return or clicking away applies it on the control's steps and range as one undo step, Esc keeps the old value; issue #322; Return/Escape take effect on the opening release, retaining the stored value on Escape; typing stays in the editor without triggering global shortcuts; the field stays open however long the click is held (a release over the value keeps it, issue #1435) |
 | KEY-SLIDER-SCRUB | Scrub a slider value — drag the number | P1 | ✅ | `crates/ui-egui/src/widgets.rs` (`slider`, `SCRUB_START`), `crates/ui-egui/src/widgets/tests_numeric_entry.rs` (`dragging_the_value_sideways_scrubs_it_like_the_thumb`, `scrubbing_back_and_with_shift`, `a_press_that_barely_moves_still_types`) | drag the value next to any slider's name sideways: it moves as dragging the thumb would (the pointer's travel over the track's width, ⇧ a tenth as far), on the control's steps and range, as one undo step; a press that moves less than 3 points sideways stays a click that types a value (KEY-SLIDER-TYPE); the pointer over the value is the horizontal-resize cursor, as Lightroom's scrubby value |
 | KEY-SHORTCUTS | Shortcut list — ⌘/ | P1 | ✅ | `cmd:app.shortcuts` | |
@@ -797,6 +797,7 @@ Latin stays upright. Advanced Japanese composition remains open. Regression cove
 
 | Date | Change | Summary |
 |---|---|---|
+| 2026-10-21 | patch | KEY-SLIDER-NUDGE: vertical wheel nudges need a click or drag in the slider's row; leaving it (even between two frames) or Tab focus alone does not arm them (issue #1355); status unchanged |
 | 2026-10-20 | minor | LR-PRE-PANEL: the preset applied to a photo is marked again (with its Amount slider) on returning to the photo, until the photo is edited further (#2392); status unchanged (✅) |
 | 2026-10-20 | patch | LR-VIEW-ZOOM: the 20 ms rule clears a slow-drag verdict only on a drag timed at full size; a drag that drafts small leaves it unchanged, as the code does; status unchanged |
 | 2026-10-19 | patch | LR-VIEW-ZOOM: the slow slider-drag verdict is described as per photo and control, as the code keys it; status unchanged |
diff --git a/docs/whats-new.md b/docs/whats-new.md
index cfeed33ed..d9d432ed6 100644
--- a/docs/whats-new.md
+++ b/docs/whats-new.md
@@ -1,5 +1,15 @@
 # What's new in LightCraft
 
+## 2026-10-21
+
+### Scrolling past editing sliders
+- Leaving a selected slider disarms its vertical mouse-wheel adjustment (issue #1355), even when the pointer leaves
+  and comes back between two screen updates. Scrolling back over it now scrolls the panel instead of unexpectedly
+  changing the photo. Click or drag the slider again to adjust it with the vertical wheel; keyboard arrow
+  adjustments and an ongoing drag still work. A slider reached with Tab takes the arrow keys but not the wheel:
+  click it to scroll-adjust it. Sideways scrolling still adjusts the slider under the pointer without selecting it
+  first.
+
 ## 2026-10-19
 
 ### Hidden Local locations come back one at a time