diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/src/canvas.rs b/crates/ui-egui/src/canvas.rs
index b737e3c77..bf66f873b 100644
--- a/crates/ui-egui/src/canvas.rs
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/src/canvas.rs
@@ -2261,7 +2261,9 @@ pub fn document_area(app: &mut PdfCraftApp, index: usize, ui: &mut egui::Ui) {
                 field_placed |= o.placed;
                 o.consumed || field_tool.is_some()
             } else {
-                tool == QuickTool::Select && crate::forms_ui::page_input(ui, &resp, &xf, i, info, &form, can_fill, view)
+                tool == QuickTool::Select
+                    && !comments::select_grabs(ui, &pcx, view)
+                    && crate::forms_ui::page_input(ui, &resp, &xf, i, info, &form, can_fill, view)
             };
             // Redact draws boxes off text; so does Highlight (an area highlight, as in Acrobat).
             let area_tool = tool == QuickTool::Redact && can_modify || tool == QuickTool::Comment(comments::CommentTool::Highlight) && allowed;
diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/src/comments.rs b/crates/ui-egui/src/comments.rs
index 4f1a8b3fb..9916c7bcf 100644
--- a/crates/ui-egui/src/comments.rs
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/src/comments.rs
@@ -792,7 +792,19 @@ pub(crate) fn page_input(ui: &egui::Ui, resp: &egui::Response, cx: &PageCx<'_>,
 /// the button is down the press decides; otherwise the pointer (egui clears the press origin on
 /// release, so a click is located by the pointer).
 pub(crate) fn fill_grabs(ui: &egui::Ui, cx: &PageCx<'_>, view: &DocView) -> bool {
-    if !matches!(cx.tool, QuickTool::Fill(_)) || cx.hidden {
+    matches!(cx.tool, QuickTool::Fill(_)) && grabs(ui, cx, view, |a| a.fill_sign)
+}
+
+/// With the Select tool, a comment that would move (not text markup) is picked up before a form
+/// field under it, so a signature placed over a field can still be dragged off it.
+pub(crate) fn select_grabs(ui: &egui::Ui, cx: &PageCx<'_>, view: &DocView) -> bool {
+    cx.tool == QuickTool::Select && grabs(ui, cx, view, |a| !is_markup(&a.subtype))
+}
+
+/// Whether the press (or, with no button down, the pointer) is on a `pick` comment or on the
+/// selected one's resize handles.
+fn grabs(ui: &egui::Ui, cx: &PageCx<'_>, view: &DocView, pick: impl Fn(&Annotation) -> bool) -> bool {
+    if cx.hidden {
         return false;
     }
     let cv = &view.comments;
@@ -805,9 +817,9 @@ pub(crate) fn fill_grabs(ui: &egui::Ui, cx: &PageCx<'_>, view: &DocView) -> bool
         .selected
         .filter(|(page, _)| *page == cx.page)
         .and_then(|(_, i)| cx.get(i))
-        .filter(|a| a.fill_sign && cx.allowed && resizable(a))
+        .filter(|a| pick(a) && cx.allowed && resizable(a))
         .is_some_and(|a| HANDLES.into_iter().any(|h| handle_pos(cx.screen_rect(a), h).distance(p) <= 7.0));
-    on_handle || cx.hit(p).is_some_and(|a| a.fill_sign)
+    on_handle || cx.hit(p).is_some_and(pick)
 }
 
 fn clamp_to(r: Rect, p: Pos2) -> Pos2 {
diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/tests/fill_sign.rs b/crates/ui-egui/tests/fill_sign.rs
index e45e83caf..a0385384b 100644
--- a/crates/ui-egui/tests/fill_sign.rs
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/tests/fill_sign.rs
@@ -1150,3 +1150,45 @@ fn fill_and_sign_tools_pick_up_placed_marks_to_move_and_resize_them() {
     assert_eq!(items(&h).len(), 4, "{:?}", items(&h));
     assert_eq!(h.state().quick_tool, QuickTool::Fill(FillTool::Check));
 }
+
+/// A signature placed over a form field is picked up by the Select tool: the field under it
+/// doesn't take the press. Away from the signature, a click still fills the field.
+#[test]
+fn select_tool_picks_up_a_signature_over_a_form_field() {
+    let mut h = harness_bytes(include_bytes!("data/form.pdf"));
+    h.state_mut().signature = Some(SavedSig::Typed("Ada Lovelace".into()));
+    h.state_mut().execute("sign.fill.signature");
+    click(&mut h, 150.0, 270.0);
+    let [placed] = rects(&h)[..] else { panic!("one signature: {:?}", rects(&h)) };
+    // Onto the `city` text field (user space y 180..200).
+    let mid_y = (placed[1] + placed[3]) / 2.0;
+    let id = h.state().views[0].id;
+    let index = h.state().session.get(id).unwrap().info.annotations[0].index;
+    let dy = (190.0 - mid_y) as f64;
+    h.state_mut().session.apply(id, pdfcraft_engine::Edit::MoveAnnotation { page: 0, index, dx: 0.0, dy }).unwrap();
+    h.state_mut().views[0].comments.selected = None;
+    h.state_mut().quick_tool = QuickTool::Select;
+    h.run_steps(3);
+    let [over] = rects(&h)[..] else { panic!("one signature: {:?}", rects(&h)) };
+    let mid = ((over[0] + over[2]) / 2.0, (over[1] + over[3]) / 2.0);
+
+    h.hover_at(at(&h, mid.0, mid.1));
+    h.run_steps(2);
+    assert_eq!(h.output().platform_output.cursor_icon, egui::CursorIcon::Move);
+    // A hand's drag: a few points per frame, so it starts while still over the field.
+    let (a, b) = (at(&h, mid.0, mid.1), at(&h, mid.0, mid.1 + 80.0));
+    h.drag_at(a);
+    h.run_steps(1);
+    for k in 1..=40 {
+        h.hover_at(a + (b - a) * (k as f32 / 40.0));
+        h.run_steps(1);
+    }
+    h.drop_at(b);
+    h.run_steps(4);
+    assert_rect(rects(&h)[0], [over[0], over[1] + 80.0, over[2], over[3] + 80.0]);
+    assert!(h.state().views[0].forms.focus.is_none(), "the field under the signature isn't focused");
+
+    // Clear of the signature, the field still takes the click.
+    click(&mut h, 270.0, 190.0);
+    assert_eq!(h.state().views[0].forms.focus.as_ref().map(|f| f.name.as_str()), Some("city"));
+}
diff --git a/parity/acrobat-features.toml b/parity/acrobat-features.toml
index e5a69e049..6649dff82 100644
--- a/parity/acrobat-features.toml
+++ b/parity/acrobat-features.toml
@@ -5250,7 +5250,7 @@ milestone = "M5"
 status = "shipped"
 commands = ["sign.fill.signature", "sign.fill.initials", "sign.fill.signature.change", "sign.fill.initials.change", "sign.fill.signature.remove", "sign.fill.initials.remove"]
 tools = ["fill_sign_add", "comment_edit", "comment_image_preview"]
-evidence = ["crates/ui-egui/tests/fill_sign.rs::drawn_and_typed_signatures_stay_upright_on_rotated_pages", "crates/automation/tests/automation.rs::typed_signatures_stay_upright_on_rotated_pages", "crates/ui-egui/tests/fill_sign.rs::image_signature_corners_restore_original_aspect_after_edge_resize_and_reopen", "crates/ui-egui/src/comments.rs::proportional_corners_keep_the_opposite_anchor_and_edges_stretch_one_axis", "crates/ui-egui/tests/fill_sign.rs::image_signature_live_resize_and_move_preserve_background_and_hide_moving_handles", "crates/ui-egui/tests/fill_sign.rs::embedded_image_signature_live_gestures_follow_document_and_view_rotation", "crates/automation/tests/automation.rs::image_signature_preview_layers_are_read_only_and_survive_encrypted_save", "crates/engine/src/signature_image.rs::embedded_signature_preview_preserves_alpha_without_editing_the_document", "crates/engine/src/signature_image.rs::oversized_embedded_signature_preview_is_rejected_before_decoding", "crates/ui-egui/tests/fill_sign.rs::image_signature_preview_follows_pointer_at_page_size_with_zoom_and_rotation", "crates/ui-egui/tests/fill_sign.rs::image_signature_placement_selects_resize_handles_and_requires_reselecting_to_repeat", "crates/ui-egui/tests/fill_sign.rs::typed_signatures_and_initials", "crates/ui-egui/tests/fill_sign.rs::signing_draws_a_signature_once_and_places_it", "crates/ui-egui/tests/fill_sign.rs::changing_saved_signatures_and_initials_preserves_placed_marks", "crates/ui-egui/tests/fill_sign.rs::changing_drawn_signatures_can_be_cancelled_or_switched_to_type", "crates/ui-egui/tests/fill_sign.rs::saved_signature_cards_remove_and_add_without_changing_the_document", "crates/ui-egui/tests/fill_sign.rs::long_typed_names_fit_the_placed_signature_and_keep_every_outline", "crates/ui-egui/src/fill_sign.rs::long_signature_previews_have_clear_margins", "crates/ui-egui/tests/control.rs::saved_signature_can_be_changed_through_the_control_channel", "crates/fonts/src/script.rs::a_name_becomes_outlines", "crates/fonts/src/script.rs::long_names_keep_every_glyph_with_bounded_outline_work", "crates/automation/tests/automation.rs::fill_and_sign_through_tools", "crates/ui-egui/tests/fill_sign.rs::image_signatures_and_initials_can_be_imported_placed_and_remembered", "crates/ui-egui/tests/fill_sign.rs::image_import_cancel_clear_and_errors_preserve_saved_signatures", "crates/engine/src/signature_image.rs::image_signatures_preserve_alpha_and_fit_the_signature_box", "crates/engine/src/signature_image.rs::invalid_and_oversized_signature_images_are_rejected", "crates/engine/src/signature_image.rs::jpeg_signatures_are_normalized_to_png", "crates/engine/src/signature_image.rs::jpeg_signature_orientation_is_applied_before_preview_and_embedding", "crates/engine/src/signature_image.rs::very_wide_image_signatures_keep_the_requested_rectangle", "crates/automation/tests/automation.rs::image_signatures_through_tools_preserve_transparency_and_survive_save", "crates/ui-egui/tests/fill_sign.rs::fill_and_sign_tools_pick_up_placed_marks_to_move_and_resize_them"]
+evidence = ["crates/ui-egui/tests/fill_sign.rs::select_tool_picks_up_a_signature_over_a_form_field", "crates/ui-egui/tests/fill_sign.rs::drawn_and_typed_signatures_stay_upright_on_rotated_pages", "crates/automation/tests/automation.rs::typed_signatures_stay_upright_on_rotated_pages", "crates/ui-egui/tests/fill_sign.rs::image_signature_corners_restore_original_aspect_after_edge_resize_and_reopen", "crates/ui-egui/src/comments.rs::proportional_corners_keep_the_opposite_anchor_and_edges_stretch_one_axis", "crates/ui-egui/tests/fill_sign.rs::image_signature_live_resize_and_move_preserve_background_and_hide_moving_handles", "crates/ui-egui/tests/fill_sign.rs::embedded_image_signature_live_gestures_follow_document_and_view_rotation", "crates/automation/tests/automation.rs::image_signature_preview_layers_are_read_only_and_survive_encrypted_save", "crates/engine/src/signature_image.rs::embedded_signature_preview_preserves_alpha_without_editing_the_document", "crates/engine/src/signature_image.rs::oversized_embedded_signature_preview_is_rejected_before_decoding", "crates/ui-egui/tests/fill_sign.rs::image_signature_preview_follows_pointer_at_page_size_with_zoom_and_rotation", "crates/ui-egui/tests/fill_sign.rs::image_signature_placement_selects_resize_handles_and_requires_reselecting_to_repeat", "crates/ui-egui/tests/fill_sign.rs::typed_signatures_and_initials", "crates/ui-egui/tests/fill_sign.rs::signing_draws_a_signature_once_and_places_it", "crates/ui-egui/tests/fill_sign.rs::changing_saved_signatures_and_initials_preserves_placed_marks", "crates/ui-egui/tests/fill_sign.rs::changing_drawn_signatures_can_be_cancelled_or_switched_to_type", "crates/ui-egui/tests/fill_sign.rs::saved_signature_cards_remove_and_add_without_changing_the_document", "crates/ui-egui/tests/fill_sign.rs::long_typed_names_fit_the_placed_signature_and_keep_every_outline", "crates/ui-egui/src/fill_sign.rs::long_signature_previews_have_clear_margins", "crates/ui-egui/tests/control.rs::saved_signature_can_be_changed_through_the_control_channel", "crates/fonts/src/script.rs::a_name_becomes_outlines", "crates/fonts/src/script.rs::long_names_keep_every_glyph_with_bounded_outline_work", "crates/automation/tests/automation.rs::fill_and_sign_through_tools", "crates/ui-egui/tests/fill_sign.rs::image_signatures_and_initials_can_be_imported_placed_and_remembered", "crates/ui-egui/tests/fill_sign.rs::image_import_cancel_clear_and_errors_preserve_saved_signatures", "crates/engine/src/signature_image.rs::image_signatures_preserve_alpha_and_fit_the_signature_box", "crates/engine/src/signature_image.rs::invalid_and_oversized_signature_images_are_rejected", "crates/engine/src/signature_image.rs::jpeg_signatures_are_normalized_to_png", "crates/engine/src/signature_image.rs::jpeg_signature_orientation_is_applied_before_preview_and_embedding", "crates/engine/src/signature_image.rs::very_wide_image_signatures_keep_the_requested_rectangle", "crates/automation/tests/automation.rs::image_signatures_through_tools_preserve_transparency_and_survive_save", "crates/ui-egui/tests/fill_sign.rs::fill_and_sign_tools_pick_up_placed_marks_to_move_and_resize_them"]
 notes = "signature and initials, typed (Dancing Script outlines as filled paths, no font embedded), drawn or imported from local PNG/JPEG images; all three are placed upright and anchored as displayed on pages with /Rotate (#299); saved in settings with preview cards and add/change/remove controls; changes leave placed annotations untouched; images preserve alpha, aspect ratio and EXIF orientation, fit within 150 pt by 32 pt (24 pt for initials), and are normalized without source paths or metadata; image previews follow the pointer at placement size with zoom and rotation; signatures/initials place once then select the new annotation; while a Fill & Sign tool is active, marks already placed are picked up as with Select (hover shows the move cursor, a click selects, a drag moves, the selected mark's handles resize) and the tool places only away from them; embedded image signatures resize and move live, hiding the frame during movement and restoring it on release; corner handles preserve the original aspect ratio of the embedded image with the opposite corner anchored, while edge midpoint handles stretch width or height independently; cached background layers preserve page content and alpha, including reopened/encrypted documents; Escape cancels a gesture without committing; stamps resize through selection handles or comment_edit with their original appearance; native and web asynchronous pickers; fill_sign_add accepts path instead of text; image imports capped at 4 MiB, 4 megapixels and 4096 pixels per side"
 
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