diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/src/canvas.rs b/crates/ui-egui/src/canvas.rs
index 354a06a5b..013b585d8 100644
--- a/crates/ui-egui/src/canvas.rs
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/src/canvas.rs
@@ -3308,6 +3308,54 @@ mod tests {
         assert_eq!(o.frame().unwrap().2.wrap, wordcraft_doc::para::Wrap::Square);
     }
 
+    /// #996: on macOS a Control-click is the right-click (the trackpad's and the one-button
+    /// mouse's way to it), so it opens the same menu and leaves the caret where the menu needs it.
+    #[cfg(target_os = "macos")]
+    #[test]
+    fn control_click_on_macos_opens_the_context_menu() {
+        use egui_kittest::kittest::Queryable;
+        let mut a = WordApp::new(wordcraft_engine::Session::new(wordcraft_doc::Document::new()), Default::default());
+        a.run("text.insert", json!({"text": "The quick brwn fox"})).unwrap();
+        a.session.sel = wordcraft_engine::Selection::caret(Pos::body(0, 12));
+        let mut h = egui_kittest::Harness::builder().with_size(egui::vec2(1440.0, 900.0)).build_ui_state(
+            |ui, app: &mut WordApp| {
+                let ctx = ui.ctx().clone();
+                app.logic(&ctx);
+                app.ui(ui);
+            },
+            a,
+        );
+        for _ in 0..6 {
+            h.step();
+        }
+        let (p, ht) = caret_screen(h.state_mut()).unwrap();
+        let at = p + egui::vec2(0.0, ht / 2.0);
+        h.state_mut().session.sel = wordcraft_engine::Selection::caret(Pos::body(0, 0));
+        h.step();
+        let ctrl = egui::Modifiers { ctrl: true, ..Default::default() };
+        // The events winit delivers for a Control-click, through the app's input hook as eframe runs it.
+        let send = |h: &mut egui_kittest::Harness<'_, WordApp>, events: Vec<egui::Event>| {
+            let mut raw = egui::RawInput { events, ..Default::default() };
+            h.state_mut().raw_input_hook(&mut raw);
+            for e in raw.events {
+                h.event(e);
+            }
+            h.step();
+        };
+        send(&mut h, vec![egui::Event::ModifiersChanged(ctrl), egui::Event::PointerMoved(at)]);
+        for pressed in [true, false] {
+            send(&mut h, vec![egui::Event::PointerButton { pos: at, button: egui::PointerButton::Primary, pressed, modifiers: ctrl }]);
+        }
+        h.event(egui::Event::ModifiersChanged(Default::default()));
+        h.step();
+        assert!(h.state().canvas.context_menu_open, "the Control-click opened the menu");
+        h.get_by_label("brown").click();
+        for _ in 0..3 {
+            h.step();
+        }
+        assert_eq!(h.state().session.doc.plain_text(StoryRef::Body), "The quick brown fox");
+    }
+
     #[test]
     fn only_web_and_email_links_are_followed() {
         for ok in ["https://example.com/a?b#c", "http://example.com", "HTTPS://EXAMPLE.COM", "mailto:someone@example.com"] {
diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/src/lib.rs b/crates/ui-egui/src/lib.rs
index 21961482b..af91b3f4e 100644
--- a/crates/ui-egui/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/src/lib.rs
@@ -442,6 +442,8 @@ pub struct WordApp {
     queued_shots: Vec<(u64, f64, u32)>,
     pending_shots: Vec<(u64, Option<String>, std::sync::mpsc::Sender<Value>, f64)>,
     pub(crate) synthetic: Vec<egui::Event>,
+    /// macOS: the primary button went down with Control, so it is being read as the secondary.
+    control_click: bool,
     /// Badge rects recorded during layout for the current keytip phase (cleared by `logic`, painted by `show`).
     pub(crate) keytip_rects: Vec<(egui::Rect, String)>,
     /// The Navigation pane's search box takes the keyboard on its next frame (Ctrl+F, #712).
@@ -571,6 +573,7 @@ impl WordApp {
             queued_shots: Vec::new(),
             pending_shots: Vec::new(),
             synthetic: Vec::new(),
+            control_click: false,
             keytip_rects: Vec::new(),
             nav_search_focus: false,
             styled: false,
@@ -1776,8 +1779,12 @@ impl WordApp {
         }
     }
 
-    /// Inject synthetic input events from the control channel (one pointer event per frame).
+    /// Read a Control-click as the right-click on macOS, then inject synthetic input events from
+    /// the control channel (one pointer event per frame).
     pub fn raw_input_hook(&mut self, raw: &mut egui::RawInput) {
+        if cfg!(target_os = "macos") {
+            control_click_as_secondary(&mut raw.events, &mut self.control_click);
+        }
         if self.synthetic.is_empty() {
             return;
         }
@@ -2227,6 +2234,25 @@ pub fn now_ms() -> f64 {
     }
 }
 
+/// macOS reads a Control-click as the right-click (winit reports the primary button with Control
+/// held), so menus open on it as on a two-finger click. The release follows its press even if
+/// Control was let go in between.
+fn control_click_as_secondary(events: &mut [egui::Event], held: &mut bool) {
+    for e in events {
+        if let egui::Event::PointerButton { button: button @ egui::PointerButton::Primary, pressed, modifiers, .. } = e {
+            if *pressed {
+                *held = modifiers.ctrl && !modifiers.mac_cmd;
+            }
+            if *held {
+                *button = egui::PointerButton::Secondary;
+            }
+            if !*pressed {
+                *held = false;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
+
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod tests_perf;