diff --git a/crates/engine/src/tests_draw2.rs b/crates/engine/src/tests_draw2.rs
index 1f8f5b65a..d635fd291 100644
--- a/crates/engine/src/tests_draw2.rs
+++ b/crates/engine/src/tests_draw2.rs
@@ -1609,14 +1609,15 @@ fn pen_with_cmd_borrows_direct_selection_and_goes_on_drawing() {
 }
 
 #[test]
-fn cmd_alt_lends_group_selection_when_direct_selection_was_last() {
+fn cmd_alt_lends_group_selection_while_direct_selection_is_active() {
     let (cmd, cmd_alt) = (Mods { cmd: true, ..Mods::default() }, Mods { cmd: true, alt: true, ..Mods::default() });
     let v = view();
     let mut s = session();
+    // Cmd+Alt while the Pen borrows Direct Selection keeps Direct Selection (Alt is copy/subtract).
     s.select_tool("directSelection", v).unwrap();
     s.select_tool("pen", v).unwrap();
     s.pointer(&PointerEvent::new(PointerKind::Down, 50.0, 50.0).with_mods(cmd_alt), v).unwrap();
-    assert_eq!(s.tool_id(), "groupSelection");
+    assert_eq!(s.tool_id(), "directSelection");
     s.pointer(&PointerEvent::new(PointerKind::Up, 50.0, 50.0).with_mods(cmd_alt), v).unwrap();
     assert_eq!(s.tool_id(), "pen");
     // Cmd alone still lends Direct Selection.
diff --git a/crates/engine/src/tooling.rs b/crates/engine/src/tooling.rs
index a24499c2d..3a868a390 100644
--- a/crates/engine/src/tooling.rs
+++ b/crates/engine/src/tooling.rs
@@ -104,8 +104,9 @@ impl Session {
 
     /// The selection tool Cmd lends tool `id` for a drag: the one chosen last; until one is,
     /// Direct Selection to the tools that edit anchors (the Pen) and Selection to the others.
-    /// Cmd+Alt lends Group Selection when the lend would be Direct Selection (including while
-    /// Direct Selection is active). None for the other selection tools and the view tools.
+    /// Cmd+Alt lends Group Selection while Direct Selection is active. Cmd still lends the last
+    /// selection tool from other tools (Alt on the lent Direct Selection gesture stays copy/subtract).
+    /// None for the other selection tools and the view tools.
     fn lent_tool(&self, id: &str, mods: &Mods) -> Option<&'static str> {
         use vectorcraft_tools::catalog::{edits_anchors, is_selection_tool};
         if matches!(id, "hand" | "zoom" | "rotateView") {
@@ -117,11 +118,7 @@ impl Session {
         if is_selection_tool(id) {
             return None;
         }
-        let base = self.last_selection_tool.unwrap_or(if edits_anchors(id) { "directSelection" } else { "selection" });
-        if mods.alt && base == "directSelection" {
-            return Some("groupSelection");
-        }
-        Some(base)
+        Some(self.last_selection_tool.unwrap_or(if edits_anchors(id) { "directSelection" } else { "selection" }))
     }
 
     /// A press with Cmd held (Ctrl elsewhere) and any other tool than a selection tool: the
diff --git a/docs/ui-parity.md b/docs/ui-parity.md
index 99f56d9a3..db0d7ed1c 100644
--- a/docs/ui-parity.md
+++ b/docs/ui-parity.md
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ tools, never checked side by side) isn't captured row by row.
 |---|---|---|
 | Space: Hand; Cmd+Space / Cmd+Alt+Space: zoom in/out; middle button pans | done | |
 | Document window scroll bars along the right and bottom edges (Normal and Full Screen Mode with Menu Bar; none in Full Screen and Presentation Mode): a thumb as long as the view against the art and the artboards; dragging it scrolls, a click on the track pages, the wheel over a bar scrolls along it; in a rotated view they follow the screen's axes | partial | #2322. The span is the art and the artboards with half a window around them, not Illustrator's 227 in canvas: VectorCraft has no bounded drawing area (#2284). A track click pages rather than jumping to the click; the page size and the rotated-view behaviour are our own choice (the public documentation gives neither) |
-| Cmd/Ctrl: last-used selection tool; Cmd+Alt: Group Selection inside Direct Selection | done | Cmd+Alt lends Group Selection when the lend would be Direct Selection, including while Direct Selection is active; engine pointer regressions |
+| Cmd/Ctrl: last-used selection tool; Cmd+Alt: Group Selection inside Direct Selection | done | Cmd+Alt lends Group Selection only while Direct Selection is active (Cmd borrow from the Pen keeps Direct Selection so Alt stays copy/subtract); engine pointer regressions |
 | Eyedropper reads visible sources while their layer/object is locked or outside isolation | done | Ordinary/Shift/Shift+Alt and gradient-stop reads preserve the source and selection; Alt reverse remains editable-only; hidden art stays excluded (`eyedropper_sources.rs`, #1251) |
 | Add a visible stroke after drawing with inherited None/zero-width paint | done | Paint and Swap Fill/Stroke restore the existing 1 pt default; positive widths and painted zero widths stay as set; Undo/Redo and targeted appearance items tested (`stroke_visibility.rs`, #1253) |
 | Double-click a stroked segment to create a width point in Width Point Edit | done | Finite-arithmetic follow-up: engine regressions and full CI passed; [Validation evidence](target-app-parity.md#evidence-what-ships-today-by-area). Command and pointer regressions cover opening, sampled widths, adjoining adjustment on/off through checkbox/OK, compound paths, Cancel/Delete and Undo/Redo; dialog layout reviewed. [Validation evidence](target-app-parity.md#evidence-what-ships-today-by-area) |