diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/src/calc_order_ui.rs b/crates/ui-egui/src/calc_order_ui.rs
index 894fe17929..b9a9fe9e83 100644
--- a/crates/ui-egui/src/calc_order_ui.rs
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/src/calc_order_ui.rs
@@ -724,10 +724,9 @@ pub(crate) fn panel(app: &mut PdfCraftApp, ui: &mut egui::Ui, t: &Tokens) {
 /// The calculation order on page `page`: the links of the field in focus, with the fields it has
 /// nothing to do with faded, and the steps of the focus and its linked fields; with nothing in
 /// focus, the steps of the fields whose place is wrong. A form with many calculations stays
-/// readable either way. Returns the field under the pointer.
+/// readable either way. Returns the field under the pages' `pointer`.
 #[allow(clippy::too_many_arguments)]
 pub(crate) fn paint_page(
-    ui: &egui::Ui,
     painter: &egui::Painter,
     xf: &PageXform,
     page: usize,
@@ -736,6 +735,7 @@ pub(crate) fn paint_page(
     view: &CalcOrderView,
     generation: u64,
     selected: Option<&str>,
+    pointer: Option<Pos2>,
 ) -> Option<String> {
     let listed = view.current(generation)?;
     // Each field's first widget on this page.
@@ -749,7 +749,6 @@ pub(crate) fn paint_page(
     if on_page.is_empty() {
         return None;
     }
-    let pointer = ui.input(|i| i.pointer.hover_pos());
     let hovered = pointer.and_then(|p| on_page.iter().rev().find(|(_, r)| r.contains(p))).map(|(n, _)| (*n).to_owned());
     let at: HashMap<&str, Rect> = on_page.iter().copied().collect();
     let zoom = xf.zoom().clamp(0.5, 3.0);
diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/src/canvas.rs b/crates/ui-egui/src/canvas.rs
index 16285f8a98..a933c7acc5 100644
--- a/crates/ui-egui/src/canvas.rs
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/src/canvas.rs
@@ -2836,11 +2836,8 @@ pub fn document_area(app: &mut PdfCraftApp, index: usize, ui: &mut egui::Ui) {
     // Full screen: a click on the document goes forward a page and a shift-click back, as in
     // Acrobat, unless the click did something else (a link, a word selected). Decided below,
     // once the pages have had the click.
-    let present_click = view.presentation.is_some()
-        && navigation_enabled
-        && ui.rect_contains_pointer(navigation_rect)
-        && ui.input(|i| i.pointer.primary_clicked())
-        && app.quick_tool == QuickTool::Select;
+    let present_click =
+        view.presentation.is_some() && navigation_enabled && presentation_click(ui, navigation_rect) && app.quick_tool == QuickTool::Select;
     // Shift as held now, or as the click's own event carried it (a synthetic click).
     let present_back = present_click
         && ui.input(|i| {
@@ -2851,7 +2848,7 @@ pub fn document_area(app: &mut PdfCraftApp, index: usize, ui: &mut egui::Ui) {
         });
     if zoom_delta.is_finite() && zoom_delta > 0.0 && zoom_delta != 1.0 && navigation_enabled && ui.rect_contains_pointer(navigation_rect) {
         let z = view.zoom * zoom_delta;
-        match ui.input(|i| i.pointer.hover_pos()) {
+        match zoom_anchor(ui) {
             Some(p) => view.zoom_at(z, p),
             None => view.set_zoom(z),
         }
@@ -2867,7 +2864,7 @@ pub fn document_area(app: &mut PdfCraftApp, index: usize, ui: &mut egui::Ui) {
     // Drawing a comment: the pointer in a band along any edge (or just past it) scrolls the view
     // that way, so a point beyond what is shown can be reached without letting go of the tool.
     let edge_delta = if unobstructed && matches!(view.comments.gesture, Some(comments::Gesture::Draw { .. })) {
-        let (pointer, dt) = ui.input(|i| (if i.pointer.any_down() { i.pointer.latest_pos() } else { i.pointer.hover_pos() }, i.stable_dt));
+        let (pointer, dt) = drawing_edge_pointer(ui);
         crate::autoscroll::edge_scroll(pointer, avail, dt)
     } else {
         Vec2::ZERO
@@ -3007,7 +3004,7 @@ pub fn document_area(app: &mut PdfCraftApp, index: usize, ui: &mut egui::Ui) {
     let may_glide = !paging_owns_vertical && !middle_gesture && navigation_enabled && unobstructed && animates;
     let over_page = ui.rect_contains_pointer(avail);
     ui.input(|i| view.fling.read(&i.events, now, may_glide && over_page));
-    let interrupted = ui.input(|i| i.pointer.any_pressed() || i.events.iter().any(|e| matches!(e, egui::Event::Key { pressed: true, .. })));
+    let interrupted = glide_interrupted(ui);
     if !may_glide || interrupted || key_scroll != 0.0 || auto_delta != Vec2::ZERO || zoom_delta != 1.0 {
         view.fling.stop();
     }
@@ -3260,7 +3257,7 @@ pub fn document_area(app: &mut PdfCraftApp, index: usize, ui: &mut egui::Ui) {
         // A press on a page makes it the current one (as in Acrobat), so a page command with
         // no selection (Rotate, Delete) acts on the page the reader pointed at, not on a page
         // gone to earlier that still shows whole beside it.
-        let pressed = unobstructed && ui.input(|i| i.pointer.primary_pressed()) && ui.rect_contains_pointer(avail);
+        let pressed = unobstructed && ptr.pressed().is_some();
         let mut pressed_page = None;
         if resp.secondary_clicked() {
             // Set again below when the right-click lands on a link.
@@ -3477,7 +3474,7 @@ pub fn document_area(app: &mut PdfCraftApp, index: usize, ui: &mut egui::Ui) {
             // Over a mark already placed, the Fill & Sign tool picks it up (comments, below).
             if let QuickTool::Fill(ft) = tool
                 && allowed
-                && !comments::fill_grabs(ui, &pcx, view)
+                && !comments::fill_grabs(&pcx, view)
             {
                 match crate::fill_sign::page_input(
                     ui,
@@ -3536,7 +3533,7 @@ pub fn document_area(app: &mut PdfCraftApp, index: usize, ui: &mut egui::Ui) {
                 use crate::forms_ui::FieldPointer;
                 let field = if tool == QuickTool::Select
                     && !(editing_content && can_modify && crate::content_ui::select_grabs(&xf, &ptr, i, info, &added, view))
-                    && !comments::select_grabs(ui, &pcx, view)
+                    && !comments::select_grabs(&pcx, view)
                 {
                     crate::forms_ui::page_input(ui, &resp, &xf, &ptr, i, info, &form, can_fill, view)
                 } else {
@@ -3851,7 +3848,9 @@ pub fn document_area(app: &mut PdfCraftApp, index: usize, ui: &mut egui::Ui) {
                 }
                 if calc_order {
                     let selected = view.prepare.selected.as_ref().map(|(name, _)| name.as_str());
-                    if let Some(name) = crate::calc_order_ui::paint_page(ui, painter, &xf, i, info, &form, &view.calc_order, generation, selected) {
+                    if let Some(name) =
+                        crate::calc_order_ui::paint_page(painter, &xf, i, info, &form, &view.calc_order, generation, selected, pointer)
+                    {
                         calc_hover = Some(name);
                     }
                 }
@@ -4716,6 +4715,31 @@ fn set_layers(app: &mut PdfCraftApp, index: usize, changes: &[(LayerOp, (u32, u1
     }
 }
 
+/// Where a pinch or ⌘-scroll zooms the view about: the pointer, wherever it is over the view. Not
+/// page input: it is read before the pages' widget exists, once `rect_contains_pointer` has found
+/// the view under the pointer.
+fn zoom_anchor(ui: &egui::Ui) -> Option<Pos2> {
+    ui.input(|i| i.pointer.hover_pos())
+}
+
+/// The pointer and frame time that scroll the view while a comment is drawn. Not page input: it is
+/// read before the pages' widget exists, and the pointer may be past the view's edge.
+fn drawing_edge_pointer(ui: &egui::Ui) -> (Option<Pos2>, f32) {
+    ui.input(|i| (i.pointer.latest_pos(), i.stable_dt))
+}
+
+/// A press anywhere, or a key, stops the touchpad's glide (#531).
+fn glide_interrupted(ui: &egui::Ui) -> bool {
+    ui.input(|i| i.pointer.any_pressed() || i.events.iter().any(|e| matches!(e, egui::Event::Key { pressed: true, .. })))
+}
+
+/// Full screen's click on the document, which turns the page: a primary click this frame with the
+/// view on top under it in `area`. Not page input: it is read before the pages' widget exists, and
+/// the turn waits until the pages have had the click.
+fn presentation_click(ui: &egui::Ui, area: Rect) -> bool {
+    ui.rect_contains_pointer(area) && ui.input(|i| i.pointer.primary_clicked())
+}
+
 /// Whether `p` lies in the bottom-left quadrant of `area`, where the page size shows (#1855).
 fn in_size_hint_zone(area: Rect, p: Pos2) -> bool {
     p.x >= area.min.x && p.x < area.center().x && p.y > area.center().y && p.y <= area.max.y
diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/src/comments.rs b/crates/ui-egui/src/comments.rs
index 4215bed8c4..c0668b5bb6 100644
--- a/crates/ui-egui/src/comments.rs
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/src/comments.rs
@@ -815,8 +815,8 @@ pub(crate) fn page_input(ui: &egui::Ui, resp: &egui::Response, cx: &PageCx<'_>,
     let page_rect = cx.xf.rect;
     let pressed_here = origin.is_some_and(|o| page_rect.contains(o));
     let over_page = pointer.is_some_and(|p| page_rect.contains(p));
-    let fill_grab = fill_grabs(ui, cx, view);
-    let draw_grab = draw_grabs(ui, cx, view);
+    let fill_grab = fill_grabs(cx, view);
+    let draw_grab = draw_grabs(cx, view);
     let caret_text = if cx.tool == QuickTool::Comment(CommentTool::Caret) { view.page_text(cx.page) } else { None };
     let cv = &mut view.comments;
     if cv.gesture.is_some() && ui.input_mut(|i| i.consume_key(egui::Modifiers::NONE, egui::Key::Escape)) {
@@ -1085,20 +1085,20 @@ pub(crate) fn page_input(ui: &egui::Ui, resp: &egui::Response, cx: &PageCx<'_>,
 /// moves it and the selected one's handles resize it. Elsewhere the tool places its mark. While
 /// 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 {
-    matches!(cx.tool, QuickTool::Fill(_)) && grabs(ui, cx, view, |a| a.fill_sign)
+pub(crate) fn fill_grabs(cx: &PageCx<'_>, view: &DocView) -> bool {
+    matches!(cx.tool, QuickTool::Fill(_)) && grabs(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))
+pub(crate) fn select_grabs(cx: &PageCx<'_>, view: &DocView) -> bool {
+    cx.tool == QuickTool::Select && grabs(cx, view, |a| !is_markup(&a.subtype))
 }
 
 /// With a shape tool (rectangle, oval, line, polygon…), the selected comment's resize handles
 /// are picked up as with the Select tool, so the shape just drawn can be resized straight away
 /// (#2338). Only the handles: a press anywhere else, the shape itself included, still draws.
-pub(crate) fn draw_grabs(ui: &egui::Ui, cx: &PageCx<'_>, view: &DocView) -> bool {
+pub(crate) fn draw_grabs(cx: &PageCx<'_>, view: &DocView) -> bool {
     let QuickTool::Comment(tool) = cx.tool else { return false };
     if !(tool.draws() || tool.clicks_points()) || tool == CommentTool::Eraser || cx.hidden {
         return false;
@@ -1111,12 +1111,12 @@ pub(crate) fn draw_grabs(ui: &egui::Ui, cx: &PageCx<'_>, view: &DocView) -> bool
     if cv.gesture.is_some() {
         return false;
     }
-    press_point(ui, cx).is_some_and(|p| on_handle(cx, view, p, |_| true))
+    press_point(cx).is_some_and(|p| on_handle(cx, view, p, |_| true))
 }
 
 /// 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 {
+fn grabs(cx: &PageCx<'_>, view: &DocView, pick: impl Fn(&Annotation) -> bool) -> bool {
     if cx.hidden {
         return false;
     }
@@ -1124,15 +1124,14 @@ fn grabs(ui: &egui::Ui, cx: &PageCx<'_>, view: &DocView, pick: impl Fn(&Annotati
     {
         return true;
     }
-    let Some(p) = press_point(ui, cx) else { return false };
+    let Some(p) = press_point(cx) else { return false };
     on_handle(cx, view, p, &pick) || cx.hit(p).is_some_and(pick)
 }
 
 /// Where a gesture on this page is decided: the press while the button is down, otherwise the
 /// pointer (egui clears the press origin on release). `None` off the page.
-fn press_point(ui: &egui::Ui, cx: &PageCx<'_>) -> Option<Pos2> {
-    let down = ui.input(|i| i.pointer.any_down());
-    (if down { cx.ptr.origin } else { cx.ptr.pos }).filter(|p| cx.xf.rect.contains(*p))
+fn press_point(cx: &PageCx<'_>) -> Option<Pos2> {
+    (if cx.ptr.any_down { cx.ptr.origin } else { cx.ptr.pos }).filter(|p| cx.xf.rect.contains(*p))
 }
 
 /// Whether `p` is on a resize handle of the selected comment, when it is a resizable `pick`.
diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/src/content_ui.rs b/crates/ui-egui/src/content_ui.rs
index 013904988a..ed4d0622fb 100644
--- a/crates/ui-egui/src/content_ui.rs
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/src/content_ui.rs
@@ -340,7 +340,7 @@ pub(crate) fn page_input(
         && gp == page
     {
         consumed = true;
-        if resp.drag_stopped() || !ui.input(|i| i.pointer.primary_down()) {
+        if resp.drag_stopped() || !ptr.primary_down {
             cv.grab = None;
             let end = pointer.unwrap_or(start);
             if let Some((sp, si)) = cv.selected
diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/src/edit_text_ui.rs b/crates/ui-egui/src/edit_text_ui.rs
index ec803cf6e6..d0888ce134 100644
--- a/crates/ui-egui/src/edit_text_ui.rs
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/src/edit_text_ui.rs
@@ -560,7 +560,7 @@ fn crop_input(
         max.x = max.x.clamp(min.x + min_w, b.max.x);
         max.y = max.y.clamp(min.y + min_h, b.max.y);
         mode.keep = user_box(xf, info, page, Rect::from_min_max(min, max));
-        if resp.drag_stopped() || !ui.input(|inp| inp.pointer.primary_down()) {
+        if resp.drag_stopped() || !ptr.primary_down {
             mode.drag = None;
         }
     }
@@ -674,7 +674,7 @@ pub(crate) fn image_owns_pointer(ui: &egui::Ui, xf: &PageXform, ptr: &PagePointe
     let Some(image) = view.edit_images.get(&page).and_then(|(_, images)| images.get(selection.index)) else { return false };
     let Some(rect) = image.visible_rect else { return false };
     let b = xf.user_rect(info, page, rect.map(|v| v as f32));
-    let p = if ui.input(|i| i.pointer.primary_down()) { ptr.origin } else { ptr.pos };
+    let p = if ptr.primary_down { ptr.origin } else { ptr.pos };
     let knob = rotate_knob(b, ui.clip_rect()).0;
     p.is_some_and(|p| [b.left_top(), b.right_top(), b.left_bottom(), b.right_bottom(), knob].iter().any(|c| c.distance(p) < 8.0))
 }
@@ -944,7 +944,7 @@ pub(crate) fn image_input(
             painter.rect(label, CornerRadius::same(3), Color32::WHITE, Stroke::new(1.0, ACCENT), egui::StrokeKind::Middle);
             painter.galley(label.center() - galley.size() / 2.0, galley, ACCENT);
             ui.ctx().set_cursor_icon(egui::CursorIcon::Grabbing);
-            if resp.drag_stopped() || !ui.input(|i| i.pointer.primary_down()) {
+            if resp.drag_stopped() || !ptr.primary_down {
                 if let Some(s) = view.image_selection.as_mut() {
                     s.drag = None;
                     s.turning = false;
@@ -1002,7 +1002,7 @@ pub(crate) fn image_input(
                 painter.rect_stroke(visible, CornerRadius::ZERO, Stroke::new(1.5, ACCENT), egui::StrokeKind::Outside);
                 handles(preview);
             }
-            if resp.drag_stopped() || !ui.input(|i| i.pointer.primary_down()) {
+            if resp.drag_stopped() || !ptr.primary_down {
                 if let Some(s) = view.image_selection.as_mut() {
                     s.drag = None;
                     let norm = |r: Rect| {
@@ -1272,7 +1272,7 @@ pub(crate) fn page_input(
             draw_handles(preview);
         }
         ui.ctx().set_cursor_icon(if resizing { egui::CursorIcon::ResizeHorizontal } else { egui::CursorIcon::Move });
-        if resp.drag_stopped() || !ui.input(|i| i.pointer.any_down()) {
+        if resp.drag_stopped() || !ptr.any_down {
             view.block_drag = None;
             let (from, to) = (user_box(xf, info, page, b), user_box(xf, info, page, preview));
             let edit = if resizing {
diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/src/forms_ui.rs b/crates/ui-egui/src/forms_ui.rs
index 6935eab65a..8182fa668c 100644
--- a/crates/ui-egui/src/forms_ui.rs
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/src/forms_ui.rs
@@ -203,7 +203,7 @@ pub(crate) fn page_input(
     }
     // A text field opens on the press rather than the click, so a drag that starts on it
     // selects its text (#2213).
-    let pressed = f.kind == FormFieldKind::Text && usable && resp.is_pointer_button_down_on() && ui.input(|i| i.pointer.primary_pressed());
+    let pressed = f.kind == FormFieldKind::Text && usable && resp.is_pointer_button_down_on() && ptr.pressed().is_some();
     if pressed && view.forms.focus.as_ref().is_none_or(|x| x.name != f.name || x.widget != wi) {
         commit(view, form);
         view.forms.focus = Some(Focus { press: Some(p), ..open_focus(f, wi) });
@@ -235,7 +235,7 @@ pub(crate) fn page_input(
         // The press already committed the previous field and opened this one (above), unless
         // press and release came in one frame. Committing again would re-run a validation that
         // refused the value on the press.
-        FormFieldKind::Text if !ui.input(|i| i.pointer.primary_pressed()) => {
+        FormFieldKind::Text if ptr.pressed().is_none() => {
             // An editor opened by the press cannot be hit until a frame has laid it out: the
             // release lands on the page and would take its focus away.
             if let Some(x) = view.forms.focus.as_mut().filter(|x| x.name == f.name && x.widget == wi) {
diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/src/link_ui.rs b/crates/ui-egui/src/link_ui.rs
index 55728194d0..446de39fc0 100644
--- a/crates/ui-egui/src/link_ui.rs
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/src/link_ui.rs
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ pub(crate) fn page_input(
     if let Some((dp, start)) = lv.drag
         && dp == page
     {
-        if resp.drag_stopped() || !ui.input(|i| i.pointer.primary_down()) {
+        if resp.drag_stopped() || !ptr.primary_down {
             lv.drag = None;
             let end = pointer.unwrap_or(start);
             let r = Rect::from_two_pos(start, end).intersect(xf.rect);
diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/src/object_ui.rs b/crates/ui-egui/src/object_ui.rs
index ed39e4b206..8d7d64e47c 100644
--- a/crates/ui-egui/src/object_ui.rs
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/src/object_ui.rs
@@ -171,11 +171,10 @@ pub(crate) fn page_input(
     }
     if view.content.draft.is_some() || view.line_editor.as_ref().is_some_and(|e| e.has_changes()) {
         let blocked = view.objects.blocked_page == Some(page);
-        let modifier_press =
-            ui.input(|i| i.pointer.primary_pressed()) && modified(ui) && ptr.pos.is_some_and(|p| xf.rect.contains(p) && ui.clip_rect().contains(p));
+        let modifier_press = ptr.pressed().is_some() && modified(ui) && ptr.pos.is_some_and(|p| xf.rect.contains(p) && ui.clip_rect().contains(p));
         if blocked || modifier_press {
             view.objects.hold_editor = true;
-            view.objects.blocked_page = ui.input(|i| i.pointer.primary_down()).then_some(page);
+            view.objects.blocked_page = ptr.primary_down.then_some(page);
             if modifier_press {
                 view.objects.notice = Some(tl!("Finish or discard the text being edited before selecting several objects.").into());
             }
@@ -201,7 +200,7 @@ fn input(
     view: &mut DocView,
 ) -> bool {
     let pointer = ptr.pos;
-    let (pressed, down) = ui.input(|i| (i.pointer.primary_pressed(), i.pointer.primary_down()));
+    let (pressed, down) = (ptr.pressed().is_some(), ptr.primary_down);
     let info = &doc.info;
     if s.page == Some(page)
         && let Some(mut gesture) = s.gesture
diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/src/page_pointer.rs b/crates/ui-egui/src/page_pointer.rs
index 6466f2a877..df373c1547 100644
--- a/crates/ui-egui/src/page_pointer.rs
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/src/page_pointer.rs
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@
 //! chrome over a page scrolled under it) and keeps a press with the widget it began on until
 //! release. egui's raw pointer state knows neither, and its hover position is gone on the frame
 //! a touch or a Windows pen lifts: egui-winit sends `PointerGone` with every touch release, and
-//! winit reports Windows pen input as touch. So page modules read [`PagePointer`], never
-//! `hover_pos`, `latest_pos` or `interact_pos`.
+//! winit reports Windows pen input as touch. So page modules read [`PagePointer`], never egui's
+//! pointer positions or button states; a test below keeps it that way.
 
 use egui::{Event, PointerButton, Pos2, Rect};
 
@@ -33,12 +33,17 @@ pub(crate) struct PagePointer {
     pub origin: Option<Pos2>,
     /// This frame's primary presses and releases of a press the pages hold, in order.
     pub edges: Vec<Edge>,
+    /// The primary button is down, wherever it was pressed: a gesture ends once it is up.
+    pub primary_down: bool,
+    /// Some button is down, wherever it was pressed.
+    pub any_down: bool,
 }
 
 impl PagePointer {
     /// The pointer for `resp`, the content widget that holds every page, allocated in `ui`.
     pub(crate) fn read(ui: &egui::Ui, resp: &egui::Response) -> Self {
-        let (at, origin, edges) = ui.input(|i| (i.pointer.interact_pos(), i.pointer.press_origin(), edges(&i.events)));
+        let (at, origin, edges, primary_down, any_down) =
+            ui.input(|i| (i.pointer.interact_pos(), i.pointer.press_origin(), edges(&i.events), i.pointer.primary_down(), i.pointer.any_down()));
         // egui's own answer to "do the pages hold a press?": from the press on until the frame
         // of its click, release or drag stop. A drag can outlive egui's press while the
         // pointer is outside the window.
@@ -49,9 +54,9 @@ impl PagePointer {
         let on_top = |p: &Pos2| resp.contains_pointer() && ui.ctx().layer_id_at(*p).is_none_or(|l| l == layer);
         let pos = at.filter(|p| held || on_top(p));
         if !held {
-            return Self { pos, origin: None, edges: Vec::new() };
+            return Self { pos, origin: None, edges: Vec::new(), primary_down, any_down };
         }
-        Self { pos, origin: origin.or_else(|| first_press(&edges)), edges }
+        Self { pos, origin: origin.or_else(|| first_press(&edges)), edges, primary_down, any_down }
     }
 
     /// Where the pointer is, when it is inside `r`.
@@ -164,10 +169,10 @@ mod tests {
         }
         // Off the pages altogether.
         assert_eq!(frame(&ctx, vec![Event::PointerMoved(pos2(300.0, 50.0))], true).pos, None);
-        // A press on the Area is not the pages' press.
+        // A press on the Area is not the pages' press, though the button is down all the same.
         let p = pos2(160.0, 160.0);
         let press = frame(&ctx, vec![button(p, PointerButton::Primary, true)], true);
-        assert_eq!(press, PagePointer::default());
+        assert_eq!(press, PagePointer { primary_down: true, any_down: true, ..PagePointer::default() });
     }
 
     #[test]
@@ -180,14 +185,24 @@ mod tests {
         // Dragged over the Area and off the pages: still theirs.
         for p in [pos2(160.0, 160.0), pos2(300.0, 50.0)] {
             let held = frame(&ctx, vec![Event::PointerMoved(p)], true);
-            assert_eq!((held.pos, held.origin), (Some(p), Some(start)), "{p:?}");
+            assert_eq!((held.pos, held.origin, held.primary_down), (Some(p), Some(start), true), "{p:?}");
         }
         let end = pos2(300.0, 60.0);
         let up = frame(&ctx, vec![Event::PointerMoved(end), button(end, PointerButton::Primary, false)], true);
         assert_eq!((up.pos, up.edges.as_slice()), (Some(end), [Edge::Release(end)].as_slice()), "the release is the pages' too");
+        assert!(!up.primary_down && !up.any_down, "and the button is up");
         assert_eq!(frame(&ctx, vec![], true).pos, None, "then off the pages, the pointer is not theirs");
     }
 
+    #[test]
+    fn a_secondary_press_is_some_button_down_but_no_primary_edge() {
+        let ctx = Context::default();
+        let p = pos2(50.0, 60.0);
+        frame(&ctx, vec![Event::PointerMoved(p)], false);
+        let right = frame(&ctx, vec![button(p, PointerButton::Secondary, true)], false);
+        assert_eq!((right.pos, right.any_down, right.primary_down, right.edges.len()), (Some(p), true, false, 0));
+    }
+
     #[test]
     fn edges_are_primary_finite_in_order_and_capped() {
         let p = pos2(1.0, 2.0);
@@ -204,4 +219,149 @@ mod tests {
         assert_eq!(edges(&many).len(), MAX_EDGES);
         assert_eq!(first_press(&[Edge::Release(q), Edge::Press(p), Edge::Press(q)]), Some(p));
     }
+
+    /// The page modules: the per-page chain in `canvas::document_area` and what it calls.
+    const PAGE_MODULES: [&str; 18] = [
+        "canvas.rs",
+        "comments.rs",
+        "forms_ui.rs",
+        "prepare.rs",
+        "fill_sign.rs",
+        "sign_ui.rs",
+        "crop.rs",
+        "zoom_snap.rs",
+        "camera_ui.rs",
+        "measure_ui.rs",
+        "redact_ui.rs",
+        "link_ui.rs",
+        "content_ui.rs",
+        "edit_text_ui.rs",
+        "object_ui.rs",
+        "image_pick.rs",
+        "signature_drag.rs",
+        "calc_order_ui.rs",
+    ];
+
+    /// egui's raw pointer state: where the pointer is, and which buttons are down or went down.
+    const RAW_READS: [&str; 15] = [
+        "hover_pos()",
+        "interact_pos()",
+        "latest_pos()",
+        "press_origin()",
+        "pointer_hover_pos()",
+        "pointer_interact_pos()",
+        "pointer_latest_pos()",
+        "primary_down()",
+        "primary_pressed()",
+        "primary_released()",
+        "primary_clicked()",
+        "any_down()",
+        "any_pressed()",
+        "any_released()",
+        "any_click()",
+    ];
+
+    /// Functions in the page modules that are not page input and read egui's pointer state
+    /// themselves: (file, function, why).
+    const NOT_PAGE_INPUT: [(&str, &str, &str); 11] = [
+        ("canvas.rs", "zoom_anchor", "a pinch zooms the whole view, and is read before the pages' widget exists"),
+        ("canvas.rs", "drawing_edge_pointer", "scrolls the view at its edges, read before the pages' widget exists"),
+        ("canvas.rs", "glide_interrupted", "a press anywhere stops the touchpad's glide"),
+        ("canvas.rs", "presentation_click", "full screen's click to turn the page, read before the pages' widget exists"),
+        ("canvas.rs", "page_size_hint", "the page size hint sits in the view's corner, not on a page"),
+        ("canvas.rs", "organize_grid", "Organize Pages shows thumbnails, not pages"),
+        ("comments.rs", "keys", "keyboard handling after the pages: a drag cancelled with Escape ends once no button is down"),
+        ("forms_ui.rs", "overlay", "the field editor is an Area of its own over the page"),
+        ("content_ui.rs", "editor", "the added-text editor is an Area of its own over the page"),
+        ("edit_text_ui.rs", "overlay", "the paragraph editor is an Area of its own over the page"),
+        ("fill_sign.rs", "scan_tab", "the signature dialog's Scan tab"),
+    ];
+
+    /// The function a `fn` line declares, laid out as rustfmt does (`pub`, `const` and the like
+    /// before `fn`).
+    fn declares(line: &str) -> Option<&str> {
+        let mut rest = line;
+        loop {
+            let before = rest;
+            for prefix in ["pub(crate) ", "pub(super) ", "pub ", "const ", "async ", "unsafe "] {
+                rest = rest.strip_prefix(prefix).unwrap_or(rest);
+            }
+            if rest == before {
+                break;
+            }
+        }
+        let rest = rest.strip_prefix("fn ")?;
+        rest.find(|c: char| !(c.is_alphanumeric() || c == '_')).map(|end| &rest[..end])
+    }
+
+    /// Whether `line` calls `read`, and not a longer name that ends in it.
+    fn reads(line: &str, read: &str) -> bool {
+        line.match_indices(read).any(|(at, _)| !line[..at].ends_with(|c: char| c.is_alphanumeric() || c == '_'))
+    }
+
+    /// Page modules read the pointer only through `PagePointer`. egui's raw state misses what is
+    /// drawn over the pages and where a touch lifted, so a raw read in a page module brings back
+    /// the bugs `PagePointer` fixed: a cursor or a press through a dialog, a tap that does nothing.
+    #[test]
+    fn page_modules_read_the_pointer_only_through_page_pointer() {
+        let src = std::path::Path::new(env!("CARGO_MANIFEST_DIR")).join("src");
+        let mut problems = Vec::new();
+        let mut needed = vec![false; NOT_PAGE_INPUT.len()];
+        for file in PAGE_MODULES {
+            let source = std::fs::read_to_string(src.join(file)).expect("page module").replace("\r\n", "\n");
+            // Tests drive egui's input themselves.
+            let code = source.split("#[cfg(test)]\nmod ").next().unwrap_or_default();
+            // The top-level function, or method of an `impl`, that each line is in.
+            let (mut function, mut in_impl) = (None, false);
+            for (n, line) in code.lines().enumerate() {
+                if line.starts_with("impl") {
+                    (function, in_impl) = (None, true);
+                } else if line == "}" {
+                    (function, in_impl) = (None, false);
+                } else if let Some(name) = declares(line).or_else(|| line.strip_prefix("    ").filter(|_| in_impl).and_then(declares)) {
+                    function = Some(name);
+                }
+                if line.trim_start().starts_with("//") {
+                    continue;
+                }
+                for read in RAW_READS.into_iter().filter(|read| reads(line, read)) {
+                    match NOT_PAGE_INPUT.iter().position(|(f, name, _)| *f == file && function == Some(*name)) {
+                        Some(k) => needed[k] = true,
+                        None => problems.push(format!(
+                            "src/{file}:{}: `{read}` reads egui's pointer state in a page module. Read `PagePointer` \
+                             (src/page_pointer.rs) instead: it knows what is drawn over the pages and where a touch \
+                             lifted. Not page input? Add the function to NOT_PAGE_INPUT there, with why.",
+                            n + 1
+                        )),
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        for ((file, name, _), needed) in NOT_PAGE_INPUT.iter().zip(needed) {
+            if !needed {
+                problems.push(format!("src/{file}: fn {name} reads no pointer state any more: remove it from NOT_PAGE_INPUT."));
+            }
+        }
+        // A module that takes the page pointer is a page module, so it is checked too.
+        let mut dirs = vec![src.clone()];
+        while let Some(dir) = dirs.pop() {
+            for entry in std::fs::read_dir(dir).expect("source directory") {
+                let path = entry.expect("source entry").path();
+                if path.is_dir() {
+                    dirs.push(path);
+                    continue;
+                }
+                if path.extension().is_none_or(|ext| ext != "rs") {
+                    continue;
+                }
+                let file =
+                    path.strip_prefix(&src).expect("under src").components().map(|c| c.as_os_str().to_string_lossy()).collect::<Vec<_>>().join("/");
+                let source = std::fs::read_to_string(&path).expect("source file");
+                if file != "page_pointer.rs" && source.contains("PagePointer") && !PAGE_MODULES.contains(&file.as_str()) {
+                    problems.push(format!("src/{file} takes the page pointer: add it to PAGE_MODULES."));
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        assert!(problems.is_empty(), "{}", problems.join("\n"));
+    }
 }
diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/src/prepare.rs b/crates/ui-egui/src/prepare.rs
index 34a5566347..9f58f5ea5e 100644
--- a/crates/ui-egui/src/prepare.rs
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/src/prepare.rs
@@ -261,7 +261,7 @@ pub(crate) fn page_input(
         return out;
     }
     if prep.ignore_release {
-        if !ui.input(|i| i.pointer.primary_down()) {
+        if !ptr.primary_down {
             prep.ignore_release = false;
         }
         out.consumed = true;
@@ -273,7 +273,7 @@ pub(crate) fn page_input(
         && gp == page
     {
         out.consumed = true;
-        if resp.drag_stopped() || !ui.input(|i| i.pointer.primary_down()) {
+        if resp.drag_stopped() || !ptr.primary_down {
             prep.grab = None;
             let end = pointer.unwrap_or(start);
             match grab {
diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/src/redact_ui.rs b/crates/ui-egui/src/redact_ui.rs
index 4058ae695e..8a48b3f690 100644
--- a/crates/ui-egui/src/redact_ui.rs
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/src/redact_ui.rs
@@ -250,7 +250,7 @@ pub(crate) fn page_input(
     if let Some((dp, start)) = view.redact_drag
         && dp == page
     {
-        if resp.drag_stopped() || !ui.input(|i| i.pointer.primary_down()) {
+        if resp.drag_stopped() || !ptr.primary_down {
             view.redact_drag = None;
             let end = pointer.unwrap_or(start);
             let r = Rect::from_two_pos(start, end).intersect(xf.rect);