diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/src/brush_mode_menu.rs b/crates/ui-egui/src/brush_mode_menu.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6fb354b36c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/src/brush_mode_menu.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,158 @@
+//! Brush-only Shift+right-click Mode picker. Shares the options bar's painting modes.
+
+use egui::{Context, Id};
+use photocraft_doc::BlendMode;
+use serde_json::json;
+
+use crate::{PhotocraftApp, state::Tool, theme::Tokens};
+
+/// The options bar and canvas picker use the same order, including painting-only Clear.
+pub(crate) fn choices() -> Vec<(Option<BlendMode>, &'static str)> {
+    let mut choices: Vec<_> = BlendMode::LAYER_MODES.iter().map(|m| (Some(*m), m.label())).collect();
+    let at = choices.iter().position(|o| o.0 == Some(BlendMode::Dissolve)).map_or(choices.len(), |i| i + 1);
+    choices.insert(at, (None, "Clear"));
+    choices
+}
+
+pub(crate) fn is_gesture(tool: Tool, mods: egui::Modifiers) -> bool {
+    tool == Tool::Brush && mods.shift && !mods.alt && !mods.ctrl && !mods.command && !mods.mac_cmd
+}
+
+/// The modifiers that decide a right-button gesture: the ones held when the button went down.
+/// egui reports `secondary_clicked` on release, so letting go of Shift a moment before the button
+/// must not turn Shift+right-click into a plain right-click (an erase dab, with the Erase
+/// preference). The control path decides on the press too.
+pub(crate) fn gesture_mods(ctx: &Context, mods: egui::Modifiers) -> egui::Modifiers {
+    let key = menu_id().with("press-mods");
+    let (pressed, down, released) = ctx.input(|i| {
+        (i.pointer.button_pressed(egui::PointerButton::Secondary), i.pointer.secondary_down(), i.pointer.button_released(egui::PointerButton::Secondary))
+    });
+    if pressed {
+        ctx.data_mut(|d| d.insert_temp(key, mods));
+        return mods;
+    }
+    if !down && !released {
+        ctx.data_mut(|d| d.remove::<egui::Modifiers>(key));
+        return mods;
+    }
+    let held = ctx.data(|d| d.get_temp::<egui::Modifiers>(key));
+    if released {
+        ctx.data_mut(|d| d.remove::<egui::Modifiers>(key));
+    }
+    held.unwrap_or(mods)
+}
+
+pub(crate) fn menu_id() -> Id {
+    Id::unique("canvas-brush-mode-menu")
+}
+
+pub(crate) fn open(app: &mut PhotocraftApp, ctx: &Context, pos: [f32; 2]) {
+    if !pos.iter().all(|v| v.is_finite()) {
+        return;
+    }
+    app.ui.brush_picker = None;
+    app.ui.layer_menu = None;
+    app.ui.canvas_tool_menu = None;
+    app.ui.brush_mode_menu = Some(pos);
+    crate::canvas_popup::mark_open(ctx, menu_id());
+}
+
+/// A press outside dismisses the popup, and consumes that entire canvas gesture through Up.
+pub(crate) fn blocks_canvas(app: &PhotocraftApp, ctx: &Context) -> bool {
+    let key = menu_id().with("dismiss-pointer");
+    if ctx.data(|d| d.get_temp::<bool>(key)).unwrap_or(false) {
+        if !ctx.input(|i| i.pointer.any_down()) {
+            ctx.data_mut(|d| d.remove::<bool>(key));
+        }
+        return true;
+    }
+    if app.ui.brush_mode_menu.is_some() {
+        if let Some(rect) = ctx.memory(|m| m.area_rect(menu_id()))
+            && crate::canvas_popup::outside_pressed(ctx, menu_id(), rect)
+        {
+            ctx.data_mut(|d| d.insert_temp(key, true));
+        }
+        return true;
+    }
+    false
+}
+
+/// Document-coordinate control pointers dismiss; menu rows are chosen with screen-space ui.click.
+pub(crate) fn blocks_control(app: &mut PhotocraftApp, ctx: &Context, ev: crate::canvas::ToolEvent) -> bool {
+    use crate::canvas::ToolEvent;
+    let key = menu_id().with("control-dismiss");
+    let blocked = ctx.data(|d| d.get_temp::<bool>(key)).unwrap_or(false);
+    if blocked {
+        if matches!(ev, ToolEvent::Up { .. }) {
+            ctx.data_mut(|d| d.remove::<bool>(key));
+        }
+        return true;
+    }
+    if app.ui.brush_mode_menu.is_some() {
+        if app.ui.tool != Tool::Brush {
+            app.ui.brush_mode_menu = None;
+            return false;
+        }
+        if matches!(ev, ToolEvent::Down { .. }) {
+            app.ui.brush_mode_menu = None;
+            ctx.data_mut(|d| d.insert_temp(key, true));
+        }
+        return true;
+    }
+    false
+}
+
+fn choose(app: &mut PhotocraftApp, mode: Option<BlendMode>) {
+    // Clear is the existing painting-only UI flag; keep the underlying blend mode just as the
+    // options bar does. Journal the choice through the same brush command.
+    let selected = mode.unwrap_or(app.session.tools.brush.mode);
+    match app.run("tools.setBrush", json!({"brush": {"mode": selected}})) {
+        Ok(_) => app.ui.tool_options.brush_clear = mode.is_none(),
+        Err(e) => app.ui.status = e,
+    }
+    app.ui.brush_mode_menu = None;
+}
+
+pub(crate) fn show(app: &mut PhotocraftApp, ctx: &Context) {
+    let Some([x, y]) = app.ui.brush_mode_menu else { return };
+    if app.ui.tool != Tool::Brush || ctx.input(|i| i.key_pressed(egui::Key::Escape)) {
+        app.ui.brush_mode_menu = None;
+        // Escape also consumes the release of a right-button gesture still in flight.
+        if app.ui.tool == Tool::Brush && ctx.input(|i| i.pointer.secondary_down()) {
+            ctx.data_mut(|d| d.insert_temp(menu_id().with("dismiss-pointer"), true));
+        }
+        return;
+    }
+    let choices = choices();
+    let current = if app.ui.tool_options.brush_clear { None } else { Some(app.session.tools.brush.mode) };
+    let screen = crate::work_area::visible_rect(ctx);
+    let id = menu_id();
+    let margin = ctx.global_style().spacing.menu_margin.sum() + egui::Vec2::splat(2.0);
+    let height = (choices.len() as f32 * 22.0).min((screen.height() - margin.y).max(0.0));
+    let width = (screen.width() - margin.x).clamp(0.0, 190.0);
+    let size = ctx.memory(|m| m.area_rect(id)).map_or(egui::vec2(width + margin.x, height + margin.y), |r| r.size());
+    let pos = egui::pos2(x.min(screen.right() - size.x).max(screen.left()), y.min(screen.bottom() - size.y).max(screen.top()));
+    let mut picked = None;
+    let area = egui::Area::new(id).order(egui::Order::Foreground).fixed_pos(pos).constrain_to(screen).show(ctx, |ui| {
+        let t = Tokens::get(ctx);
+        egui::Frame::menu(ui.style()).fill(t.card).stroke(egui::Stroke::new(1.0, t.card_border)).show(ui, |ui| {
+            ui.set_width(width);
+            ui.spacing_mut().item_spacing.y = 0.0;
+            crate::widgets::menu_scroll(ui, |ui| {
+                for (mode, label) in choices {
+                    let selected = mode == current;
+                    let color = if selected && t.bevel { t.accent_text } else { t.text };
+                    let row = egui::Button::selectable(selected, egui::RichText::new(tl!(label)).color(color)).min_size(egui::vec2(width, 22.0));
+                    if ui.add(row).clicked() {
+                        picked = Some(mode);
+                    }
+                }
+            });
+        });
+    });
+    if let Some(mode) = picked {
+        choose(app, mode);
+    } else if crate::canvas_popup::outside_pressed(ctx, id, area.response.rect) {
+        app.ui.brush_mode_menu = None;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/src/canvas.rs b/crates/ui-egui/src/canvas.rs
index 3896b84cf6..236630971f 100644
--- a/crates/ui-egui/src/canvas.rs
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/src/canvas.rs
@@ -980,6 +980,7 @@ fn handle_canvas_tool_stroke(
         && app.drag.is_none()
         && response.is_pointer_button_down_on()
         && ui.input(|i| i.pointer.primary_pressed())
+        && !crate::brush_mode_menu::blocks_canvas(app, ctx)
         && let Some(p) = ui.input(|i| i.pointer.press_origin()).filter(|p| rect.contains(*p))
     {
         let d = xf.to_doc(p);
diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/src/canvas/paint_mouse.rs b/crates/ui-egui/src/canvas/paint_mouse.rs
index dc64d34312..b4b4382971 100644
--- a/crates/ui-egui/src/canvas/paint_mouse.rs
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/src/canvas/paint_mouse.rs
@@ -114,6 +114,10 @@ pub fn right_erases(app: &PhotocraftApp, tool: Tool) -> bool {
 /// brush with Alt held (#297), erases (Erase preference) or opens the Brush Preset picker. Arms
 /// `secondary_erase` or `brush_resize_armed` for this frame's `Down`.
 pub fn canvas_buttons(app: &mut PhotocraftApp, response: &Response, tool: Tool) -> Buttons {
+    if crate::brush_mode_menu::blocks_canvas(app, &response.ctx) {
+        app.secondary_erase = false;
+        return Buttons::default();
+    }
     let physical_right = app.services.right_button_down.as_ref().is_some_and(|f| f());
     let (mods, mut right_down) = response.ctx.input(|i| (i.modifiers, i.pointer.secondary_down()));
     right_down |= physical_right;
@@ -137,6 +141,22 @@ pub fn canvas_buttons(app: &mut PhotocraftApp, response: &Response, tool: Tool)
     app.brush_resize_armed = resize_start || (physical_right && resizing);
     // ⌘/Ctrl+right-click lists the layers under the pointer instead (layer_pick_ui.rs, #307).
     let layer_menu = crate::layer_pick_ui::is_gesture(tool, mods);
+    // Decided by the modifiers held when the button went down, not by those of the release frame that reports the click.
+    let mode_menu = crate::brush_mode_menu::is_gesture(tool, crate::workspace_ui::sticky_mods(app, crate::brush_mode_menu::gesture_mods(&response.ctx, mods)));
+    if mode_menu && !resizing && app.drag.is_none() {
+        app.secondary_erase = false;
+        if response.secondary_clicked()
+            && let Some(p) = response.interact_pointer_pos()
+        {
+            crate::brush_mode_menu::open(app, &response.ctx, [p.x, p.y]);
+        }
+        return Buttons {
+            started: response.drag_started_by(PointerButton::Primary),
+            dragged: response.dragged_by(PointerButton::Primary),
+            stopped: response.drag_stopped_by(PointerButton::Primary),
+            clicked: response.clicked(),
+        };
+    }
     let erase = right_erases(app, tool) && !resize_start && !resizing && !layer_menu;
     let right_stroke = erase && app.drag.is_some();
     let right_start = erase && right_started;
@@ -170,6 +190,13 @@ pub fn pointer_secondary(app: &mut PhotocraftApp, ctx: &egui::Context, down: boo
         app.brush_resize_armed = down && app.drag.is_none();
         return true;
     }
+    if crate::brush_mode_menu::is_gesture(tool, mods) && app.drag.is_none() && app.brush_resize.is_none() {
+        app.secondary_erase = false;
+        if down {
+            crate::brush_mode_menu::open(app, ctx, at);
+        }
+        return false;
+    }
     if right_erases(app, tool) {
         app.secondary_erase = down;
         return true;
diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/src/canvas/paint_mouse/tests.rs b/crates/ui-egui/src/canvas/paint_mouse/tests.rs
index 4b54a1ce98..4ea56d1321 100644
--- a/crates/ui-egui/src/canvas/paint_mouse/tests.rs
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/src/canvas/paint_mouse/tests.rs
@@ -65,6 +65,179 @@ fn strokes(h: &Harness<'static, PhotocraftApp>) -> Vec<serde_json::Value> {
     h.state().session.journal.iter().filter(|(id, _)| id == "paint.stroke").map(|(_, p)| p.clone()).collect()
 }
 
+fn mode_right_click(h: &mut Harness<'static, PhotocraftApp>, mods: Modifiers) {
+    let p = h.state().last_canvas_rect.center();
+    h.event(egui::Event::ModifiersChanged(mods));
+    h.event(egui::Event::PointerMoved(p));
+    h.run_steps(1);
+    h.event(egui::Event::PointerButton { pos: p, button: PointerButton::Secondary, pressed: true, modifiers: mods });
+    h.run_steps(1);
+    h.event(egui::Event::PointerButton { pos: p, button: PointerButton::Secondary, pressed: false, modifiers: mods });
+    h.event(egui::Event::ModifiersChanged(Modifiers::NONE));
+    h.run_steps(2);
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn shift_right_mode_picker_selects_journals_and_clear_erases() {
+    use egui_kittest::kittest::Queryable;
+    let mut h = harness(Some("erase"));
+    let history = h.state().session.active().unwrap().history.past_len();
+    let journal = h.state().session.journal.len();
+    mode_right_click(&mut h, Modifiers::SHIFT);
+    assert!(h.state().ui.brush_mode_menu.is_some());
+    assert!(h.state().ui.brush_picker.is_none() && h.state().drag.is_none());
+    assert_eq!(h.state().session.journal.len(), journal);
+    assert_eq!(h.state().session.active().unwrap().history.past_len(), history);
+    h.get_by_label("Multiply").click();
+    h.run_steps(2);
+    assert!(h.state().ui.brush_mode_menu.is_none());
+    assert_eq!(h.state().session.tools.brush.mode, photocraft_doc::BlendMode::Multiply);
+    assert_eq!(h.state().session.journal.last().unwrap(), &("tools.setBrush".into(), json!({"brush": {"mode": "Multiply"}})));
+    let (a, b) = drag(&mut h, PointerButton::Primary);
+    let mid = a + (b - a) * 0.5;
+    assert!(alpha_at(&h, mid) > 0.9);
+    mode_right_click(&mut h, Modifiers::SHIFT);
+    h.get_by_label("Clear").click();
+    h.run_steps(2);
+    assert!(h.state().ui.tool_options.brush_clear);
+    assert_eq!(h.state().session.tools.brush.mode, photocraft_doc::BlendMode::Multiply, "Clear keeps the underlying mode, as the options bar does");
+    drag(&mut h, PointerButton::Primary);
+    assert_eq!(alpha_at(&h, mid), 0.0);
+    assert!(strokes(&h).last().unwrap()["erase"].as_bool().unwrap());
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn mode_picker_outside_dismissal_does_not_paint_or_erase() {
+    for button in [PointerButton::Primary, PointerButton::Secondary] {
+        let mut h = harness(Some("erase"));
+        drag(&mut h, PointerButton::Primary);
+        let journal = h.state().session.journal.len();
+        let history = h.state().session.active().unwrap().history.past_len();
+        mode_right_click(&mut h, Modifiers::SHIFT);
+        // A full outside drag must only dismiss, including its release click.
+        drag(&mut h, button);
+        assert!(h.state().ui.brush_mode_menu.is_none());
+        assert_eq!(h.state().session.journal.len(), journal, "dismissal must not paint/erase with {button:?}");
+        assert_eq!(h.state().session.active().unwrap().history.past_len(), history);
+    }
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn mode_control_can_pick_a_row_with_ui_click() {
+    use crate::control::{ControlRequest, Outcome, handle};
+    use egui_kittest::kittest::Queryable;
+    let mut h = harness(Some("erase"));
+    let ctx = h.ctx.clone();
+    let before = h.state().session.journal.len();
+    let (req, _) = ControlRequest::new(
+        "ui.pointer",
+        json!({"button": "right", "shift": true,
+        "events": [{"kind": "down", "x": 200, "y": 150}, {"kind": "up", "x": 200, "y": 150}]}),
+    );
+    assert!(matches!(handle(h.state_mut(), &ctx, &req), Outcome::Done(_)));
+    h.run_steps(2);
+    assert!(h.state().ui.brush_mode_menu.is_some());
+    assert_eq!(h.state().session.journal.len(), before);
+    let at = h.get_by_label("Darken").rect().center();
+    let (req, _) = ControlRequest::new("ui.click", json!({"x": at.x, "y": at.y}));
+    assert!(matches!(handle(h.state_mut(), &ctx, &req), Outcome::AfterInput));
+    // The app injects these queued control events into its next frame's input.
+    let events = std::mem::take(&mut h.state_mut().synthetic);
+    for event in events {
+        h.event(event);
+    }
+    h.run_steps(2);
+    assert!(h.state().ui.brush_mode_menu.is_none());
+    assert_eq!(h.state().session.tools.brush.mode, photocraft_doc::BlendMode::Darken);
+    assert_eq!(h.state().session.journal.last().unwrap(), &("tools.setBrush".into(), json!({"brush": {"mode": "Darken"}})));
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn shift_right_mode_picker_cancels_and_other_gestures_keep_their_routes() {
+    let mut h = harness(None);
+    let journal = h.state().session.journal.len();
+    mode_right_click(&mut h, Modifiers::SHIFT);
+    h.key_press(egui::Key::Escape);
+    h.run_steps(2);
+    assert!(h.state().ui.brush_mode_menu.is_none());
+    mode_right_click(&mut h, Modifiers::SHIFT);
+    let outside = h.state().last_canvas_rect.min + vec2(2.0, 2.0);
+    h.event(egui::Event::PointerMoved(outside));
+    press(&mut h, outside, PointerButton::Secondary, true);
+    press(&mut h, outside, PointerButton::Secondary, false);
+    assert!(h.state().ui.brush_mode_menu.is_none());
+    mode_right_click(&mut h, Modifiers::SHIFT);
+    h.state_mut().ui.tool = Tool::Pencil;
+    h.run_steps(2);
+    assert!(h.state().ui.brush_mode_menu.is_none());
+    mode_right_click(&mut h, Modifiers::SHIFT);
+    assert!(h.state().ui.brush_mode_menu.is_none() && h.state().ui.brush_picker.is_some());
+    h.state_mut().ui.brush_picker = None;
+    h.state_mut().ui.tool = Tool::Brush;
+    mode_right_click(&mut h, Modifiers::NONE);
+    assert!(h.state().ui.brush_picker.is_some() && h.state().ui.brush_mode_menu.is_none());
+    assert_eq!(h.state().session.journal.len(), journal, "opening/cancelling never changes brush or pixels");
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn escape_dismissal_consumes_a_held_secondary_release() {
+    for release_shift in [false, true] {
+        let mut h = harness(Some("erase"));
+        let journal = h.state().session.journal.len();
+        let history = h.state().session.active().unwrap().history.past_len();
+        let p = h.state().last_canvas_rect.center();
+        h.event(egui::Event::ModifiersChanged(Modifiers::SHIFT));
+        h.event(egui::Event::PointerMoved(p));
+        h.event(egui::Event::PointerButton { pos: p, button: PointerButton::Secondary, pressed: true, modifiers: Modifiers::SHIFT });
+        h.run_steps(1);
+        // A quick second press can arrive in the frame that opens the menu for the first
+        // click's release, leaving the secondary button held while the picker is visible.
+        h.event(egui::Event::PointerButton { pos: p, button: PointerButton::Secondary, pressed: false, modifiers: Modifiers::SHIFT });
+        h.event(egui::Event::PointerButton { pos: p, button: PointerButton::Secondary, pressed: true, modifiers: Modifiers::SHIFT });
+        h.run_steps(1);
+        assert!(h.state().ui.brush_mode_menu.is_some());
+        assert!(h.ctx.input(|i| i.pointer.secondary_down()));
+        h.key_press(egui::Key::Escape);
+        h.run_steps(1);
+        assert!(h.state().ui.brush_mode_menu.is_none());
+        let mods = if release_shift { Modifiers::NONE } else { Modifiers::SHIFT };
+        h.event(egui::Event::ModifiersChanged(mods));
+        h.run_steps(1);
+        h.event(egui::Event::PointerButton { pos: p, button: PointerButton::Secondary, pressed: false, modifiers: mods });
+        h.run_steps(2);
+        assert!(h.state().ui.brush_mode_menu.is_none(), "Escape must consume the pending release");
+        assert!(h.state().ui.brush_picker.is_none() && h.state().drag.is_none() && !h.state().secondary_erase);
+        assert_eq!(h.state().session.journal.len(), journal);
+        assert_eq!(h.state().session.active().unwrap().history.past_len(), history);
+        mode_right_click(&mut h, Modifiers::SHIFT);
+        assert!(h.state().ui.brush_mode_menu.is_some(), "the next gesture must still work");
+    }
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn shift_released_before_the_right_button_still_opens_the_mode_picker() {
+    // egui reports `secondary_clicked` on release. With Erase on, a click that lost Shift a
+    // frame early must open the menu, not erase a dab.
+    let mut h = harness(Some("erase"));
+    let history = h.state().session.active().unwrap().history.past_len();
+    let journal = h.state().session.journal.len();
+    let p = h.state().last_canvas_rect.center();
+    h.event(egui::Event::ModifiersChanged(Modifiers::SHIFT));
+    h.event(egui::Event::PointerMoved(p));
+    h.run_steps(1);
+    h.event(egui::Event::PointerButton { pos: p, button: PointerButton::Secondary, pressed: true, modifiers: Modifiers::SHIFT });
+    h.run_steps(1);
+    // Shift goes up in a frame of its own while the right button is still down.
+    h.event(egui::Event::ModifiersChanged(Modifiers::NONE));
+    h.run_steps(1);
+    h.event(egui::Event::PointerButton { pos: p, button: PointerButton::Secondary, pressed: false, modifiers: Modifiers::NONE });
+    h.run_steps(2);
+    assert!(h.state().ui.brush_mode_menu.is_some(), "the press decided the gesture");
+    assert!(h.state().drag.is_none() && !h.state().secondary_erase);
+    assert_eq!(h.state().session.journal.len(), journal, "no erase dab");
+    assert_eq!(h.state().session.active().unwrap().history.past_len(), history);
+}
+
 #[test]
 fn left_drag_paints() {
     let mut h = harness(None);
diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/src/canvas/tabs.rs b/crates/ui-egui/src/canvas/tabs.rs
index 82a1e2089f..96bd81ee6a 100644
--- a/crates/ui-egui/src/canvas/tabs.rs
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/src/canvas/tabs.rs
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ pub fn document_area(app: &mut PhotocraftApp, ui: &mut egui::Ui) {
     crate::layer_transfer::finish(app, ui.ctx());
     // Once a frame, not per document view: the right-click or options-bar Brush Preset picker.
     crate::paint_mouse::show_picker(app, ui.ctx());
+    crate::brush_mode_menu::show(app, ui.ctx());
 }
 
 /// Window › Arrange tiles: each document shown with its tile in `rect`, or `None` when the
diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/src/control/dispatch.rs b/crates/ui-egui/src/control/dispatch.rs
index f3e2756071..7e83dc631a 100644
--- a/crates/ui-egui/src/control/dispatch.rs
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/src/control/dispatch.rs
@@ -1110,6 +1110,9 @@ fn pointer(app: &mut PhotocraftApp, ctx: &egui::Context, p: &Value) -> Outcome {
         mods: modifiers_from(&parsed.modifiers),
     };
     for sample in parsed.events {
+        if crate::brush_mode_menu::blocks_control(app, ctx, sample.ev) {
+            continue;
+        }
         if !pointer_event_intercepted(app, ctx, &gesture, &sample) {
             forward_pointer_event(app, &gesture, sample);
         }
diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/src/control/inspect.rs b/crates/ui-egui/src/control/inspect.rs
index 12b34034b4..171fe49ef9 100644
--- a/crates/ui-egui/src/control/inspect.rs
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/src/control/inspect.rs
@@ -41,6 +41,11 @@ pub fn inspect(app: &PhotocraftApp, ctx: &egui::Context) -> Value {
         "camTransform": app.ui.cam_transform,
         "layerMenu": app.ui.layer_menu,
         "layerPicker": app.ui.layer_picker,
+        "brushModeMenu": app.ui.brush_mode_menu.map(|pos| json!({
+            "pos": pos,
+            "mode": if app.ui.tool_options.brush_clear { "Clear" } else { app.session.tools.brush.mode.label() },
+            "choices": crate::brush_mode_menu::choices().iter().map(|(_, label)| *label).collect::<Vec<_>>(),
+        })),
         "brushPicker": app.ui.brush_picker.map(|pos| json!({
             "pos": pos,
             // The picker's content size once its corner grip was dragged (null: the default).
diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/src/control/tests.rs b/crates/ui-egui/src/control/tests.rs
index 1db2ec45ad..89c8166e9f 100644
--- a/crates/ui-egui/src/control/tests.rs
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/src/control/tests.rs
@@ -8,6 +8,74 @@ fn call(app: &mut PhotocraftApp, ctx: &egui::Context, method: &str, params: Valu
     }
 }
 
+#[test]
+fn shift_right_brush_does_not_open_presets_or_paint() {
+    let mut app = PhotocraftApp::new(photocraft_engine::Session::new(), crate::Services::default());
+    app.run("file.new", json!({"width": 64, "height": 64})).unwrap();
+    app.ui.tool = crate::state::Tool::Brush;
+    let ctx = egui::Context::default();
+    let before = app.session.journal.len();
+    call(
+        &mut app,
+        &ctx,
+        "ui.pointer",
+        json!({"button": "right", "shift": true,
+        "events": [{"kind": "down", "x": 20, "y": 20}, {"kind": "up", "x": 20, "y": 20}]}),
+    );
+    assert!(app.ui.brush_picker.is_none(), "Shift+right opens Mode, not Brush Presets");
+    assert!(app.drag.is_none());
+    assert_eq!(app.session.journal.len(), before, "opening a menu does not paint or journal");
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn brush_mode_control_routes_modifiers_and_reports_choices_without_history() {
+    let ctx = egui::Context::default();
+    for (tool, modifiers, expected) in [
+        ("brush", json!({"shift": true}), "mode"),
+        ("brush", json!({}), "erase"),
+        ("brush", json!({"shift": true, "alt": true}), "resize"),
+        ("brush", json!({"shift": true, "ctrl": true}), if cfg!(target_os = "macos") { "erase" } else { "layer" }),
+        ("brush", json!({"shift": true, "command": true}), "layer"),
+        ("pencil", json!({"shift": true}), "preset"),
+    ] {
+        let mut app = PhotocraftApp::new(photocraft_engine::Session::new(), crate::Services::default());
+        app.run("file.new", json!({"width": 64, "height": 64, "background": "white"})).unwrap();
+        app.run("prefs.set", json!({"path": "tools.rightClickWithPaintingTools", "value": "erase"})).unwrap();
+        let history = app.session.active().unwrap().history.past_len();
+        call(
+            &mut app,
+            &ctx,
+            "ui.pointer",
+            json!({"tool": tool, "button": "right", "modifiers": modifiers,
+            "events": [{"kind": "down", "x": 20, "y": 20}]}),
+        );
+        assert_eq!(app.ui.brush_mode_menu.is_some(), expected == "mode", "{tool}: {modifiers}");
+        match expected {
+            "mode" => {
+                assert!(app.drag.is_none() && !app.secondary_erase);
+                assert_eq!(app.session.active().unwrap().history.past_len(), history);
+                let inspect = inspect(&app, &ctx);
+                assert_eq!(inspect["brushModeMenu"]["choices"], json!(crate::brush_mode_menu::choices().iter().map(|(_, label)| *label).collect::<Vec<_>>()));
+                let journal = app.session.journal.len();
+                call(
+                    &mut app,
+                    &ctx,
+                    "ui.pointer",
+                    json!({"events": [
+                    {"kind": "down", "x": 10, "y": 10}, {"kind": "move", "x": 30, "y": 30}, {"kind": "up", "x": 30, "y": 30}]}),
+                );
+                assert!(app.ui.brush_mode_menu.is_none() && app.drag.is_none());
+                assert_eq!(app.session.journal.len(), journal, "control dismissal cannot paint");
+            }
+            "preset" => assert!(app.ui.brush_picker.is_some()),
+            "layer" => assert!(app.ui.layer_menu.is_some()),
+            "resize" => assert!(app.brush_resize.is_some()),
+            "erase" => assert!(app.drag.as_ref().is_some_and(|d| d.erase)),
+            _ => panic!("unknown fixture route: {expected}"),
+        }
+    }
+}
+
 #[test]
 fn ui_set_turns_the_stroke_trace_on_and_off_at_runtime() {
     let mut app = PhotocraftApp::new(photocraft_engine::Session::new(), crate::Services::default());
diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/src/lib.rs b/crates/ui-egui/src/lib.rs
index 22d3565ffa..c7b651c1d8 100644
--- a/crates/ui-egui/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/src/lib.rs
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ macro_rules! tl {
         $crate::i18n::t($s)
     };
 }
+mod brush_mode_menu;
 pub mod canvas;
 pub mod control;
 pub mod dialogs;
diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/src/panels/brush_controls.rs b/crates/ui-egui/src/panels/brush_controls.rs
index d6a96112a7..335f9b83bc 100644
--- a/crates/ui-egui/src/panels/brush_controls.rs
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/src/panels/brush_controls.rs
@@ -26,9 +26,7 @@ pub(super) fn tool_mode_dropdown(ui: &mut egui::Ui, id: &str, modes: &[Option<Bl
 /// after Dissolve (#3439). Clear erases with the brush (`clear`); it shows while chosen, or while
 /// `~` is held (`held`). The wheel over it steps the mode, as over the Layers panel's (#2061).
 pub(super) fn paint_mode_dropdown(ui: &mut egui::Ui, id: &str, b: &mut photocraft_engine::BrushSettings, clear: &mut bool, held: bool) {
-    let mut opts: Vec<(Option<BlendMode>, &str)> = BlendMode::LAYER_MODES.iter().map(|m| (Some(*m), m.label())).collect();
-    let at = opts.iter().position(|o| o.0 == Some(BlendMode::Dissolve)).map_or(opts.len(), |i| i + 1);
-    opts.insert(at, (None, "Clear"));
+    let opts = crate::brush_mode_menu::choices();
     let mut mode = if *clear || held { None } else { Some(b.mode) };
     if !widgets::dropdown_wheel_hovered(ui, id, tl!("Mode"), &mut mode, &opts, 96.0).0.is_empty() {
         *clear = mode.is_none();
diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/src/state.rs b/crates/ui-egui/src/state.rs
index eac69a2263..bb9df8945d 100644
--- a/crates/ui-egui/src/state.rs
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/src/state.rs
@@ -273,6 +273,9 @@ pub struct UiState {
     /// its screen position (points).
     #[serde(default)]
     pub brush_picker: Option<[f32; 2]>,
+    /// Brush Mode menu opened by Shift+right-click: screen position in points.
+    #[serde(default)]
+    pub brush_mode_menu: Option<[f32; 2]>,
     /// The Brush Preset picker's preset list: search, collapsed groups, view, a rename in progress.
     #[serde(default = "crate::brush_picker::list_state")]
     pub brush_picker_list: crate::brush_panel::BrushesPanelState,
@@ -508,6 +511,7 @@ impl Default for UiState {
             filter_mask_target: None,
             properties_layer: None,
             brush_picker: None,
+            brush_mode_menu: None,
             brush_picker_list: crate::brush_picker::list_state(),
             brush_picker_size: None,
             layer_menu: None,
diff --git a/docs/brush-parity.md b/docs/brush-parity.md
index 23d0b422c3..691e5c1beb 100644
--- a/docs/brush-parity.md
+++ b/docs/brush-parity.md
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Brush and painting parity
 
-> **Last reviewed:** 2026-10-10 · **Last updated:** 2026-10-25 · **Change:** minor (Art History Brush row added as partial, 8 of 10 styles, TOOL-213-20, #1610; hard-round built-in presets use 5% spacing to remove stacked-tip outlines and reduce pressure-opacity bands, #8842; Mode for Clone Stamp, Pattern Stamp, History Brush, Healing and Paint Bucket; named, stateful Brush Settings locks and visible keyboard focus; independent Brush Pose tilt-axis overrides; Transfer Wetness/Mix tool applicability; dragged preset tip preview; Hue Jitter amount track; Brush Settings minimum fields follow their Control; checkbox-only rows and non-destructive Smoothing switch; shaped-tip cursor follows the view; Color Replacement is a live toolbar tool; no brush-feel estimate changed; 2026-10-11: Pattern Stamp and Background Eraser draw live, TOOL-213-7) · **Target:** Adobe Photoshop 2026
+> **Last reviewed:** 2026-10-10 · **Last updated:** 2026-10-28 · **Change:** minor (Brush Shift+right-click Mode picker and Escape dismissal; Art History Brush row added as partial, 8 of 10 styles, TOOL-213-20, #1610; hard-round built-in presets use 5% spacing to remove stacked-tip outlines and reduce pressure-opacity bands, #8842; Mode for Clone Stamp, Pattern Stamp, History Brush, Healing and Paint Bucket; named, stateful Brush Settings locks and visible keyboard focus; independent Brush Pose tilt-axis overrides; Transfer Wetness/Mix tool applicability; dragged preset tip preview; Hue Jitter amount track; Brush Settings minimum fields follow their Control; checkbox-only rows and non-destructive Smoothing switch; shaped-tip cursor follows the view; Color Replacement is a live toolbar tool; no brush-feel estimate changed; 2026-10-11: Pattern Stamp and Background Eraser draw live, TOOL-213-7) · **Target:** Adobe Photoshop 2026
 
 Painting is where Photoshop users notice differences first, so it gets its own checklist: the
 brush engine (`crates/paint/src/brush.rs`), the Brush Settings UI
@@ -76,6 +76,7 @@ tablets against Photoshop side by side.
 | ⇧-click draws a straight line from the last point | done | |
 | Hold `~` with the Brush or Pencil to erase with its brush: Clear mode while held (rebindable under Tools › Temporary) | done | `hold_keys.rs`, #3439 |
 | Clear painting mode in the Brush and Pencil Mode menus | done | `paint_mode_dropdown` in `panels.rs`, `"mode": "clear"`, #3439 |
+| Shift+right-click with Brush opens its Mode menu, including Clear; Alt and Command/Ctrl keep their existing gestures | done | #4929; shared options-bar choices, `tools.setBrush`, canvas/control interaction regressions and synthetic offscreen checks |
 | Right-click opens the Brush Preset picker | done | [`context-menu-parity.md`](context-menu-parity.md); XP-Pen right-click not (#1980), macOS issue #2360 |
 | Precise / normal / full-size tip cursors, crosshair in the tip | partial | Caps Lock precise cursor not audited; round Pencil cursor requested (#2662, #1057) |
 | Brush choice kept per tool (Brush, Eraser, Blur each their own) | partial | #2542 |
@@ -130,7 +131,9 @@ tablets against Photoshop side by side.
 | 2026-10-12 | minor | A shaped tip's cursor outline turns and flips with a rotated or flipped view, and follows pixel aspect correction |
 | 2026-10-13 | minor | Shape Dynamics and Transfer minimum inputs follow their Control and retain their values while disabled (#3825, partial). No brush-feel estimate changed. |
 | 2026-10-13 | minor | Hue Jitter uses the same themed amount slider as other jitter controls (#3825, partial). No brush-feel estimate changed. |
+| 2026-10-13 | minor | Brush-only Shift+right-click Mode menu shares options-bar choices, including Clear; preserves existing right-click gestures and consumes outside dismissal without painting (#4929). No brush-feel estimate changed. |
 | 2026-10-13 | minor | Transfer Wetness/Mix controls follow the active tool and retain their settings while disabled (#3825, partial). No brush-feel estimate changed. |
 | 2026-10-14 | minor | The 12 existing Brush Settings section locks expose translated names and locked state to AccessKit and show themed keyboard focus (#3477 workflow); icons, hit targets and command behavior retained. No brush-feel estimate changed. |
 | 2026-10-14 | minor | Options-bar Mode for Clone Stamp, Pattern Stamp, History Brush and Healing (kept in each tool's brush) and Paint Bucket (with Clear); each tool's first brush starts in Normal. No brush-feel estimate changed. |
 | 2026-10-13 | minor | Dragging a brush preset shows its cached tip thumbnail and name in the Brushes panel and preset picker (#4225, partial). No brush-feel estimate changed. |
+| 2026-10-23 | minor | Escape also consumes a held right-button release after a rapid second press, so the Brush Mode picker stays dismissed without painting or changing history (#4929). |
diff --git a/docs/control-protocol.md b/docs/control-protocol.md
index e13f64fedc..c3db027130 100644
--- a/docs/control-protocol.md
+++ b/docs/control-protocol.md
@@ -77,11 +77,13 @@ The transport is `apps/photocraft/src/control_server.rs`, and the handlers are i
   - A pixel tool pressed on a type, shape, Smart Object or fill layer (e.g. through `ui.pointer`) opens the "Rasterize?" prompt instead of painting: a dialog with `__rasterize` (`type|shape|smartObject|fill`), `message`, `layer`, `tool` and `at`. `ui.dialog.confirm` runs the `layer.rasterize.*` command and then paints at `at` (two history states, `{"rasterized", "painted"}`); `ui.dialog.cancel` does nothing.
   - Edit › Transform › Warp on editable type (`ui.menu.invoke {"id":"edit.transform.warp"}`, or the warp toggle of an open transform box) opens Warp mode with no prompt, as in Photoshop: the mesh can't be dragged or split, only the options bar's warp style, Bend, H and V apply, and the commit sets the layer's Warp Text in one step, so the type stays editable. Directly: `engine.execute {"command":"edit.transform.warp","params":{"style":"flag","bend":40}}` on a type layer. Distort and Perspective stay greyed for type.
 - `ui.window.open {document?}` / `ui.window.close {window}`: extra document windows
-- `ui.pointer {events: [{kind: down|move|up, x, y, pressure?, tiltX?, tiltY?, rotation?}], tool?, modifiers?, button?}`: drive the active tool in document coordinates (pressure 0..1, tilt in degrees -90..90, barrel rotation 0..360: a simulated pen). Modifier flags (`shift`, `alt`, `command`, `ctrl`, `space`) go either at the top level or grouped under `modifiers`; when `modifiers` is present, top-level flags are ignored. `space: true` holds Space (the Crop frame, marquee, lasso or shape being drawn then moves instead of growing). With the Crop tool in its default mode (Use Classic Mode off) a drag inside the box moves the image and one outside turns it, the view panning and turning with it; a drag's `move`/`up` points are read as the view showed the document at its `down`, so an `up` where the last `move` was changes nothing more. `command: true` with a painting, retouching, eraser, gradient, eyedropper or other non-selection tool makes the gesture the Move tool's, as holding ⌘ (Ctrl off the Mac) does in the app: a drag moves the active layer (the selected pixels when there is a selection), with `alt: true` as well it duplicates the layer first, and a click picks the layer under the point; the tool is unchanged afterwards. The Hand, Rotate View, Zoom, Crop, Slice, Path Selection, Pen, shape, Type and selection tools keep `command` for themselves. `ctrl: true` with `alt: true` and a brush tool is the on-canvas brush resize instead (in the app, Ctrl+Alt-drag off the Mac). `button: "right"` (or `"secondary"`) is the right button: with the Move tool (or `command: true` with any tool) it opens the canvas layer menu (`layerMenu` in `ui.inspect` lists the layers there, topmost first; select one with `layer.select`); with Marquee, Lasso, Magic Wand, Object Selection, or Pen, or with a Type tool on text being edited or on committed type, it opens a tool context menu (`canvasToolMenu` in `ui.inspect`, with ordered command ids, separators, and enabled states); with Zoom or Hand it opens the view menu there (Zoom In and Zoom Out step about the pressed point; `view.fillScreen` is its Fill Screen row); with a painting tool it opens the Brush Preset picker, or erases with Preferences › Tools › Right-click with painting tools = erase. The menus open at the screen position of the pressed document point. Use `ui.context.choose {id}` for enabled tool-context actions. The Pen menu is documented in `docs/context-menu-parity.md`. `button` is `left` (default), `right`, `secondary` or `middle`, and an event's `kind` is `down`, `move` (default) or `up`. With a Color Picker as the top dialog, `down` and `move` sample the image into its new colour instead (its eyedropper, like a click on the canvas) and the tool is not driven. A `down`/`up` at the same point with the Rectangle, Ellipse, Triangle or Polygon tool opens Create Rectangle / Ellipse / Triangle / Polygon (Photoshop's click-to-size dialog); set its `width` and `height` (document pixels), `fromCenter`, `radii` [tl, tr, br, bl] (Rectangle) or `sides` and `starRatio` (percent, Polygon) with `ui.dialog.set`, then `ui.dialog.confirm` runs `shape.create` at the clicked point.
+- `ui.pointer {events: [{kind: down|move|up, x, y, pressure?, tiltX?, tiltY?, rotation?}], tool?, modifiers?, button?}`: drive the active tool in document coordinates (pressure 0..1, tilt in degrees -90..90, barrel rotation 0..360: a simulated pen). Modifier flags (`shift`, `alt`, `command`, `ctrl`, `space`) go either at the top level or grouped under `modifiers`; when `modifiers` is present, top-level flags are ignored. `space: true` holds Space (the Crop frame, marquee, lasso or shape being drawn then moves instead of growing). With the Crop tool in its default mode (Use Classic Mode off) a drag inside the box moves the image and one outside turns it, the view panning and turning with it; a drag's `move`/`up` points are read as the view showed the document at its `down`, so an `up` where the last `move` was changes nothing more. `command: true` with a painting, retouching, eraser, gradient, eyedropper or other non-selection tool makes the gesture the Move tool's, as holding ⌘ (Ctrl off the Mac) does in the app: a drag moves the active layer (the selected pixels when there is a selection), with `alt: true` as well it duplicates the layer first, and a click picks the layer under the point; the tool is unchanged afterwards. The Hand, Rotate View, Zoom, Crop, Slice, Path Selection, Pen, shape, Type and selection tools keep `command` for themselves. `ctrl: true` with `alt: true` and a brush tool is the on-canvas brush resize instead (in the app, Ctrl+Alt-drag off the Mac). `button: "right"` (or `"secondary"`) is the right button: with the Move tool (or `command: true` with any tool) it opens the canvas layer menu (`layerMenu` in `ui.inspect` lists the layers there, topmost first; select one with `layer.select`); with Marquee, Lasso, Magic Wand, Object Selection, or Pen, or with a Type tool on text being edited or on committed type, it opens a tool context menu (`canvasToolMenu` in `ui.inspect`, with ordered command ids, separators, and enabled states); with Zoom or Hand it opens the view menu there (Zoom In and Zoom Out step about the pressed point; `view.fillScreen` is its Fill Screen row); with a painting tool it opens the Brush Preset picker, or erases with Preferences › Tools › Right-click with painting tools = erase. For Brush Shift+right-click, see the Mode menu exception below. The menus open at the screen position of the pressed document point. Use `ui.context.choose {id}` for enabled tool-context actions. The Pen menu is documented in `docs/context-menu-parity.md`. `button` is `left` (default), `right`, `secondary` or `middle`, and an event's `kind` is `down`, `move` (default) or `up`. With a Color Picker as the top dialog, `down` and `move` sample the image into its new colour instead (its eyedropper, like a click on the canvas) and the tool is not driven. A `down`/`up` at the same point with the Rectangle, Ellipse, Triangle or Polygon tool opens Create Rectangle / Ellipse / Triangle / Polygon (Photoshop's click-to-size dialog); set its `width` and `height` (document pixels), `fromCenter`, `radii` [tl, tr, br, bl] (Rectangle) or `sides` and `starRatio` (percent, Polygon) with `ui.dialog.set`, then `ui.dialog.confirm` runs `shape.create` at the clicked point.
   - Magnetic Lasso (`tool: "magneticLasso"`): a `down`/`up` pair is a click. The first sets the first fastening point (its modifiers set the selection mode); later clicks fasten a point, or close the border on the first point. `move` events trace the border with or without a button held, fastening points by themselves; with `alt: true` a click draws a straight segment and a drag a freehand one. `ui.inspect` shows the border in progress under `magnetic` (`path`, `anchors`, `live`, `mode`). `ui.key` Enter closes it along the edges, Backspace removes the last fastening point, Escape cancels. To select along edges in one call instead, use the `select.magneticLasso` command with rough points around the shape.
   - Image › Adjustments › Curves on top, no eyedropper armed (#7325): a `down` with `command: true` adds a point on the curve the dialog shows (its Channel popup), at the pixel's tone (RGB: Rec. 709 luma; Gray: the mean) and at the curve's current output there, so the preview does not change; with `shift: true` as well, one point on each of Red, Green and Blue at that channel's value. It samples the merged image like the eyedroppers, never moves an existing point (a point already within 2 levels is selected instead, a 16-point curve takes no more), and the tool is not driven. Nothing is added with a pencil-drawn curve, in Lab or CMYK, or with a mask, saved channel or Quick Mask targeted.
   - Levels or Curves adjustment layer, Properties eyedropper armed (`layerPicker` in `ui.inspect`: `{layer, point, tool}`, set by the panel's Set Black/Neutral Gray/White Point buttons): a `down` sets that point from the image below the layer as one `layer.setAdjustment {"layer", "eyedropper": {"point", "at": [x, y], "size"}}` (send that command directly to skip the UI) and the tool is not driven; Esc, another tool or another layer disarms it.
+  - With Brush, Shift+right-click (without Alt, Ctrl or Command) opens the Mode menu even when right-click painting is set to Erase. `ui.inspect.brushModeMenu` reports its screen position, current mode and choices. Pick a row with `ui.click`; the choice uses `tools.setBrush`. Clear has the same painting-only erase meaning as the options bar. Escape, an outside press or a tool change closes the menu without changing the brush or document.
 - `ui.click {x, y, button?, count?}` / `ui.move {x, y}`: synthetic pointer input in screen points (`button`: `left` (default), `right` (or `secondary`) or `middle`). `count` (default 1, `2` for a double-click) is at most 256; a larger one is an error and queues nothing
+
 - `ui.key {key, command?, shift?, alt?, ctrl?}` (flags may also be grouped under `modifiers`): press and release a key, e.g. `{"key": "ArrowLeft", "shift": true}`. `{"key": "AltLeft"}` is a tap on Alt, which puts the keyboard on the in-window menu bar (then `ArrowRight`, `ArrowDown`, `Enter`, `Escape` or a menu's letter drive it); `{"key": "F", "alt": true}` opens the menu with that mnemonic (#4988)
 - `ui.pointer`, `ui.click`, `ui.move`, `ui.key` and `ui.screenshot` validate every parameter before acting, as `ui.set` does: an unknown field (top-level, under `modifiers` or in an event), a value of the wrong JSON type (`"x": "abc"`, `"ctrl": "yes"`), a `button`, `kind`, `tool` or `key` outside the accepted set, or a number outside its range (`pressure`, tilt, `rotation`, `count`) is an error naming the parameter, and nothing is queued or applied. A `null` field counts as omitted and takes its default
 - Engine commands (`engine.execute`, `photocraft-cli run`, MCP `command_run`) reject a param key their `params` doc does not name for the commands listed in `STRICT` (`crates/engine/src/param_check.rs`, today `layer.hideLayers` and `layer.showLayers`): `{"ids":[4]}` is the error `unknown parameter \`ids\` (expected: layer)`, and nothing runs. Other commands still ignore unknown keys until their `params` doc is complete and they are added to that list (`coalesce` and `target` are always accepted).