diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/src/canvas.rs b/crates/ui-egui/src/canvas.rs
index 989b731b7..5c0bdbfc5 100644
--- a/crates/ui-egui/src/canvas.rs
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/src/canvas.rs
@@ -371,6 +371,9 @@ pub struct DocView {
     pub(crate) text_failed: HashSet<usize>,
     pub find: Option<Find>,
     selection: Option<Selection>,
+    /// The selection whose action bar was closed by its Copy button: the bar stays hidden
+    /// until the selection changes, as it does once a markup button consumes the selection.
+    actions_dismissed: Option<Selection>,
     /// The drag in progress started a text selection: the wheel scrolls the page during it
     /// (#721), which egui's scroll area refuses while anything is dragged.
     selection_drag: bool,
@@ -649,6 +652,7 @@ impl DocView {
             text_failed: HashSet::new(),
             find: None,
             selection: None,
+            actions_dismissed: None,
             selection_drag: false,
             clicks: 0,
             last_press_time: 0.0,
@@ -955,6 +959,7 @@ impl DocView {
 
     pub(crate) fn clear_selection(&mut self) {
         self.selection = None;
+        self.actions_dismissed = None;
     }
 
     /// Select text on `page` from glyph `from` to glyph `to` (tests and automation).
@@ -3794,7 +3799,13 @@ fn selection_actions(
     if ui.input(|input| input.pointer.is_decidedly_dragging()) {
         return false;
     }
-    let Some(selection) = view.selection else { return false };
+    let Some(selection) = view.selection else {
+        view.actions_dismissed = None;
+        return false;
+    };
+    if view.actions_dismissed == Some(selection) {
+        return false;
+    }
     let Some(text) = view.texts.get(&selection.page) else { return false };
     let Some(xf) = view.page_xform(selection.page) else { return false };
     let Some(last) = selection.rects(text).last().copied() else { return false };
@@ -3831,6 +3842,8 @@ fn selection_actions(
     });
     let Some(action) = chosen else { return false };
     if let SelectionAction::Copy = action {
+        // Copying closes the bar but keeps the words selected, for ⌘C or a second action.
+        view.actions_dismissed = Some(selection);
         return true;
     }
     let Some((page, quads)) = view.selection_quads(info) else { return false };
diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/tests/comments.rs b/crates/ui-egui/tests/comments.rs
index 914bc281b..aaea7990f 100644
--- a/crates/ui-egui/tests/comments.rs
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/tests/comments.rs
@@ -364,6 +364,21 @@ fn selected_text_shows_actions_and_underlines_without_changing_tools() {
     assert_eq!(h.state().quick_tool, QuickTool::Select);
 }
 
+#[test]
+fn selected_text_copy_action_closes_the_bar_and_keeps_the_selection() {
+    let mut h = harness(|_| {});
+    h.state_mut().views[0].select_text(0, 4, 8);
+    h.run_steps(3);
+    h.get_by_label("Copy").click();
+    h.run_steps(3);
+    assert!(h.query_by_label("Add comment").is_none(), "the action bar closes after Copy");
+    assert!(h.state().views[0].selected_text().is_some_and(|t| !t.is_empty()), "the words stay selected");
+    // A new selection brings the bar back.
+    h.state_mut().views[0].select_text(0, 2, 6);
+    h.run_steps(3);
+    h.get_by_label("Add comment");
+}
+
 #[test]
 fn selected_text_replace_action_opens_replacement_composer() {
     let mut h = harness(|_| {});