diff --git a/apps/web/src/components/files/FileBrowserPanel.browser.test.tsx b/apps/web/src/components/files/FileBrowserPanel.browser.test.tsx
index 75e55cc46f4c4..1c0e1bc914bed 100644
--- a/apps/web/src/components/files/FileBrowserPanel.browser.test.tsx
+++ b/apps/web/src/components/files/FileBrowserPanel.browser.test.tsx
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 import { EnvironmentId, type ProjectEntry } from "@t3tools/contracts";
 import { describe, expect, it, vi } from "vite-plus/test";
+import { page, userEvent } from "vite-plus/test/browser";
 
 import { COMPOSER_MENTION_DRAG_TYPE } from "~/components/chat/composerMentionDrag";
+import { dismissContextMenu } from "~/contextMenuFallback";
 import { render } from "../../../test/render";
 import FileBrowserPanel from "./FileBrowserPanel";
 
@@ -43,6 +45,43 @@ function findTreeRow(path: string): HTMLElement | null {
 }
 
 describe("FileBrowserPanel", () => {
+  it("copies with the pointer and returns to the row after keyboard dismissal", async () => {
+    await using _screen = await render(
+      <FileBrowserPanel
+        environmentId={EnvironmentId.make("env-files")}
+        cwd="/repo"
+        projectName="repo"
+        selectedPath={null}
+        selectedPathRevealId={0}
+        onOpenFile={() => {}}
+        workspaceMutationId={null}
+      />,
+    );
+    using _menu = { [Symbol.dispose]: () => dismissContextMenu() };
+    using clipboard = vi.spyOn(navigator.clipboard, "writeText").mockResolvedValue(undefined);
+    await vi.waitFor(() => expect(findTreeRow("README.md")).not.toBeNull());
+    findTreeRow("README.md")!.dispatchEvent(
+      new MouseEvent("contextmenu", {
+        bubbles: true,
+        cancelable: true,
+        composed: true,
+        button: 2,
+      }),
+    );
+    const action = page.getByRole("menuitem", { name: "Copy mention", exact: true });
+    await expect.element(action).toBeVisible();
+    await userEvent.click(action);
+    await vi.waitFor(() => expect(clipboard).toHaveBeenCalledWith("[README.md](README.md)"));
+
+    const row = findTreeRow("README.md")!;
+    await userEvent.keyboard("{Tab}");
+    row.focus();
+    await userEvent.keyboard("{Shift>}{F10}{/Shift}");
+    await expect.element(action).toHaveFocus();
+    await userEvent.keyboard("{Escape}");
+    await vi.waitFor(() => expect((row.getRootNode() as ShadowRoot).activeElement).toBe(row));
+  });
+
   it("dragging a file row carries a composer mention without opening it, and dragend releases it", async () => {
     const onOpenFile = vi.fn();
     await using _screen = await render(
diff --git a/apps/web/src/components/files/FileBrowserPanel.tsx b/apps/web/src/components/files/FileBrowserPanel.tsx
index 147ed7614c704..b02baf31b0acf 100644
--- a/apps/web/src/components/files/FileBrowserPanel.tsx
+++ b/apps/web/src/components/files/FileBrowserPanel.tsx
@@ -192,6 +192,8 @@ export default function FileBrowserPanel({
         : { x: anchorRect.left, y: anchorRect.bottom };
       const fileTarget = { environmentId, filePath: relativePath, workspaceRoot: cwd };
       const fileMenuItems = fileContextMenu.buildItems(fileTarget);
+      // The app menu owns focus; the tree's outside-click handler would dismiss it before click.
+      context.close({ restoreFocus: !pointerIsFresh });
       void settlePromise(async () => {
         const clicked = await api.contextMenu.show(
           [
@@ -246,7 +248,6 @@ export default function FileBrowserPanel({
           }
         }
       }).then((result) => {
-        context.close();
         if (!AsyncResult.isSuccess(result)) throw Cause.squash(result.cause);
       });
     },
diff --git a/apps/web/src/contextMenuFallback.ts b/apps/web/src/contextMenuFallback.ts
index b63fc5b3ff7a2..a3e760ddc58ab 100644
--- a/apps/web/src/contextMenuFallback.ts
+++ b/apps/web/src/contextMenuFallback.ts
@@ -245,8 +245,11 @@ export function showContextMenuFallback<T extends string>(
 ): Promise<T | null> {
   dismissContextMenu();
   return new Promise<T | null>((resolve) => {
-    const previouslyFocusedElement =
-      document.activeElement instanceof HTMLElement ? document.activeElement : null;
+    let focusedElement = document.activeElement;
+    while (focusedElement?.shadowRoot?.activeElement) {
+      focusedElement = focusedElement.shadowRoot.activeElement;
+    }
+    const previouslyFocusedElement = focusedElement instanceof HTMLElement ? focusedElement : null;
     const menuStack: HTMLDivElement[] = [];
     const submenuTriggerStack: Array<HTMLButtonElement | undefined> = [];
     let isDisposed = false;