diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/src/dialogs.rs b/crates/ui-egui/src/dialogs.rs
index ca6cbba33..dd71ceb6b 100644
--- a/crates/ui-egui/src/dialogs.rs
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/src/dialogs.rs
@@ -269,6 +269,8 @@ pub enum Dialog {
     Link {
         url: String,
         text: String,
+        /// Focus and select the address when the dialog first opens.
+        focus: bool,
         /// "Place in This Document" instead of "Existing File or Web Page".
         place: bool,
         /// The document's places (`link.targets`), read when that tab is first shown.
@@ -1008,7 +1010,9 @@ impl Dialog {
                     valign: sp.valign,
                 }
             }
-            "link" => Dialog::Link { url: "https://".into(), text: app.session.selected_text(), place: false, targets: None, pick: None },
+            "link" => {
+                Dialog::Link { url: "https://".into(), text: app.session.selected_text(), place: false, targets: None, pick: None, focus: true }
+            }
             "bookmark" => Dialog::Bookmark { name: bookmark_at_caret(&app.session), by_location: false, hidden: false, deleted: false },
             "wordCount" => Dialog::WordCount { stats: app.session.run("review.wordCount", &json!({})).unwrap_or_default() },
             "zoom" => Dialog::Zoom { percent: (app.session.view.zoom * 100.0).round() },
@@ -2011,7 +2015,7 @@ fn body(app: &mut WordApp, ui: &mut Ui, d: &mut Dialog) -> bool {
             }
             ok || cancel
         }
-        Dialog::Link { url, text, place, targets, pick } => {
+        Dialog::Link { url, text, place, targets, pick, focus } => {
             // Word's "Link to:" choices; the places are read once, when that tab is first shown.
             ui.horizontal(|ui| {
                 ui.label(tl!("Link to:"));
@@ -2027,7 +2031,13 @@ fn body(app: &mut WordApp, ui: &mut Ui, d: &mut Dialog) -> bool {
                 ui.end_row();
                 if !*place {
                     ui.label(tl!("Address:"));
-                    ui.text_edit_singleline(url);
+                    let mut out = egui::TextEdit::singleline(url).id(egui::Id::new("link_address")).show(ui);
+                    if std::mem::take(focus) {
+                        out.response.request_focus();
+                        let all = egui::text::CCursorRange::two(egui::text::CCursor::new(0), egui::text::CCursor::new(url.chars().count()));
+                        out.state.cursor.set_char_range(Some(all));
+                        out.state.store(ui.ctx(), out.response.id);
+                    }
                     ui.end_row();
                 }
             });
diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/src/lib.rs b/crates/ui-egui/src/lib.rs
index 9e0f72cbb..42eafa268 100644
--- a/crates/ui-egui/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/src/lib.rs
@@ -2981,6 +2981,45 @@ mod tests {
         assert!(a.session.doc.plain_text(wordcraft_doc::StoryRef::Body).is_empty(), "nothing was typed into the document");
     }
 
+    /// #1610: opening a hyperlink must direct typing and paste into its address.
+    #[test]
+    fn hyperlink_shortcut_focuses_address_and_preserves_document() {
+        let ctx = egui::Context::default();
+        let mut a = app();
+        a.run("text.insert", json!({"text": "Keep this text"})).unwrap();
+        a.run("select.text", json!({"text": "Keep this text"})).unwrap();
+        let frame = |a: &mut WordApp, events: Vec<egui::Event>| {
+            ctx.run_ui(egui::RawInput { events, ..Default::default() }, |ui| {
+                a.logic(ui.ctx());
+                a.ui(ui);
+            })
+            .drop_without_applying_deltas();
+        };
+        for _ in 0..3 {
+            frame(&mut a, Vec::new());
+        }
+        let key = |key, modifiers| egui::Event::Key { key, physical_key: None, pressed: true, repeat: false, modifiers };
+        for (event, expected) in [
+            (egui::Event::Paste("https://example.com".into()), "https://example.com"),
+            (egui::Event::Text("https://example.org".into()), "https://example.org"),
+        ] {
+            frame(&mut a, vec![key(egui::Key::K, egui::Modifiers::COMMAND)]);
+            for _ in 0..2 {
+                frame(&mut a, Vec::new());
+            }
+            assert!(ctx.memory(|m| m.has_focus(egui::Id::new("link_address"))), "Address has focus");
+            frame(&mut a, vec![event]);
+            let Some(dialogs::Dialog::Link { url, text, .. }) = &a.dialog else { panic!("no Link dialog") };
+            assert_eq!(url, expected, "input replaces the initial address");
+            assert_eq!(text, "Keep this text");
+            assert_eq!(a.session.doc.plain_text(wordcraft_doc::StoryRef::Body), "Keep this text");
+            frame(&mut a, vec![key(egui::Key::Escape, egui::Modifiers::NONE)]);
+            frame(&mut a, Vec::new());
+            assert!(a.dialog.is_none(), "Cancel closes the dialog");
+            assert_eq!(a.session.selected_text(), "Keep this text", "Cancel preserves selection");
+        }
+    }
+
     /// Issue #139: Ctrl+wheel over the page didn't zoom.
     #[test]
     fn ctrl_wheel_over_canvas_zooms() {