diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/src/shortcuts.rs b/crates/ui-egui/src/shortcuts.rs
index 217b53c65..3c27eae2c 100644
--- a/crates/ui-egui/src/shortcuts.rs
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/src/shortcuts.rs
@@ -930,9 +930,16 @@ mod tests {
         assert!(wrong.is_empty(), "{wrong:#?}");
     }
 
-    /// Ctrl and Ctrl+Alt chords that type no text still run their commands while the Type tool
-    /// edits, and with the Selection tool a Ctrl+Alt press runs its chord as before. Ctrl+L is New
-    /// Layer, and Ctrl+Alt+L is New Layer Options…, which opens Layer Options for a new layer.
+    /// What egui reports for the command key: Cmd on a Mac, Ctrl elsewhere. The keymap reads a
+    /// Mac's Ctrl as a key of its own, so Ctrl+L there is not Cmd+L.
+    fn command_key() -> Modifiers {
+        if crate::keymap::platform().is_mac() { Modifiers::MAC_CMD | Modifiers::COMMAND } else { Modifiers::CTRL | Modifiers::COMMAND }
+    }
+
+    /// Ctrl and Ctrl+Alt chords (Cmd and Cmd+Alt on a Mac) that type no text still run their
+    /// commands while the Type tool edits, and with the Selection tool a Ctrl+Alt press runs its
+    /// chord as before. Ctrl+L is New Layer, and Ctrl+Alt+L is New Layer Options…, which opens
+    /// Layer Options for a new layer.
     #[test]
     fn ctrl_alt_chords_without_typed_text_still_run() {
         let mut app = VectorcraftApp::new(vectorcraft_engine::Session::new(), Default::default());
@@ -944,20 +951,21 @@ mod tests {
         let layers = text_and_layers(&mut app, id).1;
         let new_layer_options =
             |app: &VectorcraftApp| app.ui.dialog.as_ref().is_some_and(|d| d.kind == "layerOptions" && d.fields.get("mode") == Some(&json!("new")));
-        let m = Modifiers::COMMAND | Modifiers::CTRL;
-        let ctrl_l = egui::Event::Key { key: Key::L, physical_key: Some(Key::L), pressed: true, repeat: false, modifiers: m };
-        frame(&mut app, vec![egui::Event::ModifiersChanged(m), ctrl_l]);
+        let m = command_key();
+        frame(&mut app, press(Key::L, m));
         assert_eq!(text_and_layers(&mut app, id), ("Hi".into(), layers + 1), "Ctrl+L while editing: New Layer");
         assert!(app.ui.dialog.is_none(), "Ctrl+L opens no dialog");
         app.select_tool("type");
         app.session.apply_actions(vec![vectorcraft_tools::Action::Notify("text.editNew".into())]).unwrap();
         assert!(app.session.tool_wants_text());
-        frame(&mut app, ctrl_alt_press(Key::L, None));
+        frame(&mut app, press(Key::L, m | Modifiers::ALT));
         assert!(new_layer_options(&app), "Ctrl+Alt+L with no text typed while editing: New Layer Options…");
         assert_eq!(text_and_layers(&mut app, id), ("Hi".into(), layers + 1), "no layer is added until OK");
         crate::dialogs::cancel(&mut app);
         app.select_tool("selection");
-        frame(&mut app, ctrl_alt_press(Key::L, Some("ł")));
+        let mut typed = press(Key::L, m | Modifiers::ALT);
+        typed.push(egui::Event::Text("ł".into()));
+        frame(&mut app, typed);
         assert!(new_layer_options(&app), "Selection tool: Ctrl+Alt+L runs New Layer Options… as before");
         assert_eq!(text_and_layers(&mut app, id), ("Hi".into(), layers + 1), "no layer is added until OK");
     }