diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/src/widgets/look_tests.rs b/crates/ui-egui/src/widgets/look_tests.rs
index 6ec7112cb..3f2241576 100644
--- a/crates/ui-egui/src/widgets/look_tests.rs
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/src/widgets/look_tests.rs
@@ -427,3 +427,44 @@ fn a_popover_stays_open_for_a_click_on_its_anchor_or_during_a_panel_drag() {
     let open = [open_after_click(far, None), open_after_click(None, None), open_after_click(far, panel_drag())];
     assert_eq!(open, [false, true, true]);
 }
+
+/// #4267: a click on a spinner arrow steps once; an arrow held down steps again and again after a
+/// pause, and letting go of it doesn't step once more.
+#[test]
+fn a_held_spinner_arrow_repeats() {
+    let ctx = themed(Default::default());
+    let value = std::cell::Cell::new(5.0);
+    let mut add = |ui: &mut Ui| {
+        ui.horizontal(|ui| {
+            if let Some(v) = spin_plain(ui, "repeat", value.get(), "", 0, 100.0, 1.0, 0.0, &[]) {
+                value.set(v);
+            }
+        });
+    };
+    let shapes = frame(&ctx, 0.0, vec![], &mut add);
+    let spinner = shapes
+        .iter()
+        .filter_map(|s| match s {
+            egui::Shape::Rect(r) if r.rect.height() > 20.0 && r.fill != Color32::TRANSPARENT => Some(r.rect),
+            _ => None,
+        })
+        .min_by(|a, b| a.min.x.total_cmp(&b.min.x))
+        .expect("the spinner box");
+    let up = spinner.center_top() + vec2(0.0, 6.0);
+    let button = |pressed| egui::Event::PointerButton { pos: up, button: egui::PointerButton::Primary, pressed, modifiers: Default::default() };
+    // A click: one step, on release.
+    frame(&ctx, 0.1, vec![egui::Event::PointerMoved(up), button(true)], &mut add);
+    frame(&ctx, 0.2, vec![button(false)], &mut add);
+    assert_eq!(value.get(), 6.0, "a click steps once");
+    // Held: nothing more until the pause is over, then a step every repeat.
+    frame(&ctx, 1.0, vec![button(true)], &mut add);
+    frame(&ctx, 1.3, vec![], &mut add);
+    assert_eq!(value.get(), 6.0, "no step before the pause");
+    for (i, t) in [1.5, 1.6, 1.7].into_iter().enumerate() {
+        frame(&ctx, t, vec![], &mut add);
+        assert_eq!(value.get(), 7.0 + i as f64, "a step every repeat at {t}");
+    }
+    frame(&ctx, 1.75, vec![button(false)], &mut add);
+    frame(&ctx, 1.8, vec![], &mut add);
+    assert_eq!(value.get(), 9.0, "letting go doesn't step once more");
+}
diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/src/widgets/numeric.rs b/crates/ui-egui/src/widgets/numeric.rs
index 360c9ab5e..e815d75fe 100644
--- a/crates/ui-egui/src/widgets/numeric.rs
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/src/widgets/numeric.rs
@@ -620,8 +620,10 @@ fn spin_generic(
             ui.painter().line_segment([m + vec2(0.0, d), m + vec2(3.0, -d)], Stroke::new(1.2, c));
         }
         sresp.widget_info(|| egui::WidgetInfo::labeled(egui::Role::Button, enabled, tl!("Step up or down")));
-        // A blank field (values that differ) has nothing to step from.
-        if sresp.clicked()
+        // A blank field (values that differ) has nothing to step from. A click steps once; an
+        // arrow held down steps again and again after a pause, as a spin button does (#4267).
+        let repeat = held_repeat(ui, &sresp);
+        if (repeat == Some(true) || (sresp.clicked() && repeat.is_none()))
             && let Some(p) = sresp.interact_pointer_pos()
             && let Some(v) = value
         {
@@ -653,6 +655,29 @@ fn spin_generic(
     out
 }
 
+/// How long a spinner arrow is held before it repeats, and how often it repeats then, in seconds.
+const REPEAT_DELAY: f64 = 0.45;
+const REPEAT_EVERY: f64 = 0.06;
+
+/// A spinner arrow (`resp`) held down. `None` until it has been held for [`REPEAT_DELAY`]: a
+/// click then steps once, on release. After that, `Some(true)` on each frame it steps again
+/// (every [`REPEAT_EVERY`]) and `Some(false)` on the frames between and on the release, which
+/// must not step once more.
+fn held_repeat(ui: &Ui, resp: &egui::Response) -> Option<bool> {
+    let id = resp.id.with("repeat");
+    let now = ui.input(|i| i.time);
+    let state: Option<(f64, f64, bool)> = ui.data(|d| d.get_temp(id));
+    if !resp.is_pointer_button_down_on() {
+        ui.data_mut(|d| d.remove::<(f64, f64, bool)>(id));
+        return state.filter(|(_, _, repeated)| *repeated).map(|_| false);
+    }
+    let (start, last, repeated) = state.unwrap_or((now, now, false));
+    let due = now - start >= REPEAT_DELAY && now - last >= REPEAT_EVERY;
+    ui.data_mut(|d| d.insert_temp(id, (start, if due { now } else { last }, repeated || due)));
+    ui.ctx().request_repaint_after(std::time::Duration::from_millis(30));
+    (repeated || due).then_some(due)
+}
+
 /// Spinner buttons follow the same modifier sizes as ↑/↓ in a focused number field:
 /// Shift ×10, Ctrl/Cmd ÷10, otherwise the caller's normal step, which also stops at each of
 /// `stops` ([`step_through`]). A stop that `show` writes with the same text as the value counts as