diff --git a/.changes/playback-controls-hide-after-button-click.md b/.changes/playback-controls-hide-after-button-click.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..39a6cc15b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changes/playback-controls-hide-after-button-click.md
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+---
+type: fix
+area: playback
+---
+
+The built-in player controls now hide on their own after you click a button
+in the bar with the mouse, such as fullscreen or mute. Previously the clicked
+button kept the bar pinned on screen until you clicked the video, which also
+paused it. Applies to the shared controls in the web players and the
+Embedded MPV frame-copy engine.
diff --git a/AGENTS.md b/AGENTS.md
index 09fa0e868..73276dca9 100644
--- a/AGENTS.md
+++ b/AGENTS.md
@@ -203,6 +203,18 @@ Key files:
   `PortalInlinePlayerComponent.seriesTitle` and `WebPlayerViewComponent.mediaTitle`;
   movie and live hosts fall back to `playback.title`, skipping raw stream-URL
   fallbacks. Outside fullscreen the overlay stays hidden.
+- Auto-hide pauses while the pointer is over the controls bar or keyboard
+  focus is inside it, but only keyboard-originated focus pins the bar open.
+  Chromium also focuses a clicked `<button>`, so
+  `ControlsSurface.wasPointerInteraction` attributes a `focusin` to a recent
+  `pointerdown` inside the focused element; such focus reveals without
+  blocking auto-hide (otherwise the fullscreen button left the controls on
+  screen until a click-to-pause on the viewport). The press record is
+  discarded on the first bar focus event it is asked about or on any
+  `keydown`, a `pointerdown` inside the bar releases a keyboard pin, and a
+  `keydown` bubbling out of a bar control re-pins it, since operating a
+  focused control produces no focus event. Contract:
+  `docs/architecture/player-controls-contract.md` (auto-hide paragraph).
 - Persisted `Settings.webPlayerSharedControls` is default-ON (absent stored
   values coerce with `!== false`; only an explicit false opts out to the legacy
   vendor chrome), and its checkbox appears only when HTML5, Video.js, or
diff --git a/CLAUDE.md b/CLAUDE.md
index acf22cc27..cc0366b65 100644
--- a/CLAUDE.md
+++ b/CLAUDE.md
@@ -1129,7 +1129,7 @@ engine` (restart required) or
   helper: `apps/electron-backend/native/helper/`; canonical packaging/runtime
   contracts: `docs/architecture/embedded-mpv-native.md` and
   `tools/embedded-mpv/README.md`.
-- Shared player-controls layer: `libs/ui/playback/src/lib/player-controls/` exports the engine-neutral `PlayerController` contract, standalone `app-player-controls`, a generic web-video adapter/helper, and component-scoped `WEB_PLAYER_SHARED_CONTROLS` rollout token. Its subtitle menu carries capability-gated advanced subtitle support (#1408): external subtitle file loading, a ±0.5 s timing-offset row, and size/color styling persisted in the shared `subtitleStyle` localStorage key. HTML5/ArtPlayer implement it through the neutral source bridge (`.srt`/`.vtt` via a DOM file picker with encoding detection, native `TextTrack` rendering, `::cue` styling, delay only while the loaded file is the selected track; picks are source-generation-guarded and engine deselection precedes external track activation); the canonical style shape and clamp/normalize rules are shared with the main process via `@iptvnator/shared/interfaces` (`subtitle-style.util.ts`). Embedded MPV frame-copy implements it through new helper protocol commands (`sub-add`/`sub-delay`/`sub-scale`/`sub-color`, main-process file dialog, ASS supported, delay for all tracks). Video.js shared mode, vendor-chrome paths, native-view, and the Linux out-of-process path advertise no such capability and render no UI. Contract details: `docs/architecture/player-controls-contract.md` ("Advanced subtitle support"). Shared controls include a per-session quality menu (Auto + “1080p”-style levels via `setQualityLevel`; `AUTO_QUALITY_LEVEL_ID` restores ABR): the capability derives from the manifest — advertised only when the source exposes >1 video rendition (multi-variant HLS via hls.js `nextLevel`/`manualLevel`, DASH via Shaka variant tracks pinned to the active variant's exact audio stream (`audioId`, language fallback) with ABR toggled off for manual picks, Video.js via videojs-contrib-quality-levels) — so single-bitrate VOD and raw MPEG-TS never show it, nothing persists to Settings, and Embedded MPV/external players report the capability false. In fullscreen, `app-player-controls` shows a pointer-transparent media-title overlay at the top while controls are revealed (`mediaTitle` input: movie/channel/series name, plus an `S01E03` second line for episodes; series names flow from the detail views through `PortalInlinePlayerComponent.seriesTitle` and `WebPlayerViewComponent.mediaTitle`). Persisted `Settings.webPlayerSharedControls` is default-ON (absent stored values coerce with `!== false` in every normalization site; only an explicit false — the Settings > Playback checkbox — opts out to the legacy vendor chrome), and its checkbox appears only when HTML5, Video.js, or ArtPlayer is selected. The shared surface has explicit touch semantics (`ControlsSurface.wasTouchInteraction`): viewport taps toggle overlay visibility instead of pausing, the volume popover opens on tap instead of hover, coarse pointers get a taller scrub strip, and at container widths ≤640px the bar reflows to two rows (full-width timeline above transport + an end-aligned, wrapping actions cluster with 40px buttons whose panels remain unclipped). Deliberately dropped vs. vendor chrome (opt-out retains them): Video.js spatial navigation, ArtPlayer screenshot/AirPlay/web-fullscreen/mini-progress/vendor gestures — listed in the contract doc's "Known differences" section. `WebPlayerViewComponent` snapshots the preference into the immutable token for each new player host. The parent `/workspace` route awaits the initial `SettingsStore` load, including cold-start direct links, before this snapshot can occur. Saving applies to the next host without an application restart; an existing session never changes controls mode in place. Embedded MPV ignores the web-player preference: frame-copy always uses shared DOM controls through `EmbeddedMpvControlsAdapter`, native-view retains its compositor-safe legacy dock, and external MPV/VLC retain their own UI. The Embedded MPV host selects exactly one controls UI for its reported engine. `showControls=false` detaches the shared surface, modal overlays gate frame-copy playback shortcuts, fullscreen remains DOM-based with Embedded MPV bounds sync — its owner is the `app-web-player-view` host (`WebPlayerViewComponent.fullscreenSurface`, passed to every engine as `fullscreenTarget`), not the engine shell, because the view remounts the engine component per playback application and the Fullscreen API exits when its element leaves the document; that is what keeps fullscreen across episode/channel/alternative-source switches (the vendor-chrome opt-out still loses it) — and a playback/session transition key prevents engine or session handoff from presenting stale recording feedback while timers and pending commands are cancelled. Same-session IPC replies yield to a broadcast snapshot received while the command was pending, so a successful recording acknowledgement cannot be rolled back by a stale reply. The built-in HTML5/hls.js player is the second guarded consumer: `HtmlVideoPlayerComponent` provides a component-scoped `WebVideoControlsAdapter`, while its neutral `web-video-support` bridge is shared with ArtPlayer and owns HLS/Shaka(DASH)/native tracks, MPEG-TS VOD duration correction, caption preference, and source cleanup. `HtmlVideoElementSession` owns native video-event lifecycle, persisted volume, and start-time/time/ended propagation. Video.js is the third guarded consumer: `VjsPlayerComponent` provides a component-scoped `WebVideoControlsAdapter`; its bridge rebinds the current Tech video after `playerreset`, exposes source-stable audio/subtitle IDs, preserves caption preference and explicit subtitle-off state, and reads Video.js duration. Reset-driven raw MPEG-TS changes pause first, coalesce to the latest desired source, preserve actual volume across Video.js's reset, and restart when authoritative live/VOD metadata changes. In shared-controls mode, Video.js native controls, click/double-click/hotkey actions, and spatial navigation are disabled. ArtPlayer is the fourth guarded consumer: `ArtPlayerComponent` provides a component-scoped `WebVideoControlsAdapter`; `ArtPlayerSourceSession` owns HLS/DASH(Shaka)/MPEG-TS/native sources, the neutral web-video bridge, exact cleanup, and a destroyed-session guard for delayed `customType` callbacks, while `ArtPlayerVideoSession` owns native media/ArtPlayer events. Shared ArtPlayer mode uses authoritative live/VOD metadata, HLS/Shaka/native tracks and caption preference, MPEG-TS VOD duration correction, and reapplies app volume directly after ArtPlayer restores its own stored volume. Vendor chrome/hotkeys are disabled, and a transparent capture layer gives shared controls exclusive click and double-click ownership. `WebPlayerViewComponent.resolvedIsLive` supplies authoritative metadata; visible playback diagnostics disable shared pointer/keyboard ownership and exit only the shared controls' resolved fullscreen owner (the host-supplied `fullscreenTarget`, i.e. the `app-web-player-view` host, else the engine shell) so ranked recovery actions remain visible. On the preference-off path, all three web players retain their existing controls, source behavior, and legacy series navigation — but the playback keyboard shortcuts (Space/K, F, arrow seek/volume, M) still work: each vendor-chrome player attaches `LegacyPlayerShortcuts` (a wrapper over the same `ControlsShortcuts` arbitration/ignore rules) with engine-specific command wiring (`html-video-legacy-shortcuts.ts`, `vjs-legacy-shortcuts.ts`, `art-player-legacy-shortcuts.ts`); seek is gated on authoritative `isLive` plus a finite positive duration, `interactionEnabled` (visible playback diagnostic) disables the keys, and the legacy ArtPlayer chrome passes `hotkey: false` because ArtPlayer's focus-scoped hotkeys ignore `defaultPrevented` and would double-handle every key (its lost Escape-exits-`fullscreenWeb` behavior is restored by the wiring). `Settings.showCaptions` is deliberately outside this rollout gate: it is engine state, so the preference-off players apply it through the same helpers without an adapter (`WebVideoSourceTracks` for HTML5/ArtPlayer, `VjsLegacyTracks` for Video.js), re-applying it as the engine adds or switches text tracks. The two modes differ in how long it is enforced: shared controls are authoritative for the session (user intent arrives via `setSubtitleTrack`), while vendor chrome is source-default — the preference seeds each new source and is released once the media reports `playing`, so the engine's own caption menu keeps working. Mode selection is the optional `playbackStarted` probe the legacy owners pass to all three helpers (HLS, native text tracks, Shaka); in that mode the HLS helper deselects (`subtitleTrack = -1`) rather than hiding, since `subtitleDisplay` would override the vendor menu, and DASH is seeded by `ShakaVideoSession.start()` after the manifest loads. `WebPlayerViewComponent` reads it from `SettingsStore` instead of a host input so every host (M3U, Xtream/Stalker live layouts, portal detail inline player) inherits it. Contract: `docs/architecture/player-controls-contract.md`.
+- Shared player-controls layer: `libs/ui/playback/src/lib/player-controls/` exports the engine-neutral `PlayerController` contract, standalone `app-player-controls`, a generic web-video adapter/helper, and component-scoped `WEB_PLAYER_SHARED_CONTROLS` rollout token. Its subtitle menu carries capability-gated advanced subtitle support (#1408): external subtitle file loading, a ±0.5 s timing-offset row, and size/color styling persisted in the shared `subtitleStyle` localStorage key. HTML5/ArtPlayer implement it through the neutral source bridge (`.srt`/`.vtt` via a DOM file picker with encoding detection, native `TextTrack` rendering, `::cue` styling, delay only while the loaded file is the selected track; picks are source-generation-guarded and engine deselection precedes external track activation); the canonical style shape and clamp/normalize rules are shared with the main process via `@iptvnator/shared/interfaces` (`subtitle-style.util.ts`). Embedded MPV frame-copy implements it through new helper protocol commands (`sub-add`/`sub-delay`/`sub-scale`/`sub-color`, main-process file dialog, ASS supported, delay for all tracks). Video.js shared mode, vendor-chrome paths, native-view, and the Linux out-of-process path advertise no such capability and render no UI. Contract details: `docs/architecture/player-controls-contract.md` ("Advanced subtitle support"). Shared controls include a per-session quality menu (Auto + “1080p”-style levels via `setQualityLevel`; `AUTO_QUALITY_LEVEL_ID` restores ABR): the capability derives from the manifest — advertised only when the source exposes >1 video rendition (multi-variant HLS via hls.js `nextLevel`/`manualLevel`, DASH via Shaka variant tracks pinned to the active variant's exact audio stream (`audioId`, language fallback) with ABR toggled off for manual picks, Video.js via videojs-contrib-quality-levels) — so single-bitrate VOD and raw MPEG-TS never show it, nothing persists to Settings, and Embedded MPV/external players report the capability false. In fullscreen, `app-player-controls` shows a pointer-transparent media-title overlay at the top while controls are revealed (`mediaTitle` input: movie/channel/series name, plus an `S01E03` second line for episodes; series names flow from the detail views through `PortalInlinePlayerComponent.seriesTitle` and `WebPlayerViewComponent.mediaTitle`). Persisted `Settings.webPlayerSharedControls` is default-ON (absent stored values coerce with `!== false` in every normalization site; only an explicit false — the Settings > Playback checkbox — opts out to the legacy vendor chrome), and its checkbox appears only when HTML5, Video.js, or ArtPlayer is selected. The shared surface has explicit touch semantics (`ControlsSurface.wasTouchInteraction`): viewport taps toggle overlay visibility instead of pausing, the volume popover opens on tap instead of hover, coarse pointers get a taller scrub strip, and at container widths ≤640px the bar reflows to two rows (full-width timeline above transport + an end-aligned, wrapping actions cluster with 40px buttons whose panels remain unclipped). Only keyboard-originated focus pins the bar open: Chromium also focuses a clicked `<button>`, so `ControlsSurface.wasPointerInteraction` attributes a `focusin` to a recent `pointerdown` inside the focused element and such focus reveals without blocking auto-hide (otherwise the fullscreen button left the controls on screen until a click-to-pause on the viewport); the press record is discarded on the first bar focus event or any `keydown`, a `pointerdown` inside the bar releases a keyboard pin, and a `keydown` bubbling out of a bar control re-pins it, since operating a focused control produces no focus event. Deliberately dropped vs. vendor chrome (opt-out retains them): Video.js spatial navigation, ArtPlayer screenshot/AirPlay/web-fullscreen/mini-progress/vendor gestures — listed in the contract doc's "Known differences" section. `WebPlayerViewComponent` snapshots the preference into the immutable token for each new player host. The parent `/workspace` route awaits the initial `SettingsStore` load, including cold-start direct links, before this snapshot can occur. Saving applies to the next host without an application restart; an existing session never changes controls mode in place. Embedded MPV ignores the web-player preference: frame-copy always uses shared DOM controls through `EmbeddedMpvControlsAdapter`, native-view retains its compositor-safe legacy dock, and external MPV/VLC retain their own UI. The Embedded MPV host selects exactly one controls UI for its reported engine. `showControls=false` detaches the shared surface, modal overlays gate frame-copy playback shortcuts, fullscreen remains DOM-based with Embedded MPV bounds sync — its owner is the `app-web-player-view` host (`WebPlayerViewComponent.fullscreenSurface`, passed to every engine as `fullscreenTarget`), not the engine shell, because the view remounts the engine component per playback application and the Fullscreen API exits when its element leaves the document; that is what keeps fullscreen across episode/channel/alternative-source switches (the vendor-chrome opt-out still loses it) — and a playback/session transition key prevents engine or session handoff from presenting stale recording feedback while timers and pending commands are cancelled. Same-session IPC replies yield to a broadcast snapshot received while the command was pending, so a successful recording acknowledgement cannot be rolled back by a stale reply. The built-in HTML5/hls.js player is the second guarded consumer: `HtmlVideoPlayerComponent` provides a component-scoped `WebVideoControlsAdapter`, while its neutral `web-video-support` bridge is shared with ArtPlayer and owns HLS/Shaka(DASH)/native tracks, MPEG-TS VOD duration correction, caption preference, and source cleanup. `HtmlVideoElementSession` owns native video-event lifecycle, persisted volume, and start-time/time/ended propagation. Video.js is the third guarded consumer: `VjsPlayerComponent` provides a component-scoped `WebVideoControlsAdapter`; its bridge rebinds the current Tech video after `playerreset`, exposes source-stable audio/subtitle IDs, preserves caption preference and explicit subtitle-off state, and reads Video.js duration. Reset-driven raw MPEG-TS changes pause first, coalesce to the latest desired source, preserve actual volume across Video.js's reset, and restart when authoritative live/VOD metadata changes. In shared-controls mode, Video.js native controls, click/double-click/hotkey actions, and spatial navigation are disabled. ArtPlayer is the fourth guarded consumer: `ArtPlayerComponent` provides a component-scoped `WebVideoControlsAdapter`; `ArtPlayerSourceSession` owns HLS/DASH(Shaka)/MPEG-TS/native sources, the neutral web-video bridge, exact cleanup, and a destroyed-session guard for delayed `customType` callbacks, while `ArtPlayerVideoSession` owns native media/ArtPlayer events. Shared ArtPlayer mode uses authoritative live/VOD metadata, HLS/Shaka/native tracks and caption preference, MPEG-TS VOD duration correction, and reapplies app volume directly after ArtPlayer restores its own stored volume. Vendor chrome/hotkeys are disabled, and a transparent capture layer gives shared controls exclusive click and double-click ownership. `WebPlayerViewComponent.resolvedIsLive` supplies authoritative metadata; visible playback diagnostics disable shared pointer/keyboard ownership and exit only the shared controls' resolved fullscreen owner (the host-supplied `fullscreenTarget`, i.e. the `app-web-player-view` host, else the engine shell) so ranked recovery actions remain visible. On the preference-off path, all three web players retain their existing controls, source behavior, and legacy series navigation — but the playback keyboard shortcuts (Space/K, F, arrow seek/volume, M) still work: each vendor-chrome player attaches `LegacyPlayerShortcuts` (a wrapper over the same `ControlsShortcuts` arbitration/ignore rules) with engine-specific command wiring (`html-video-legacy-shortcuts.ts`, `vjs-legacy-shortcuts.ts`, `art-player-legacy-shortcuts.ts`); seek is gated on authoritative `isLive` plus a finite positive duration, `interactionEnabled` (visible playback diagnostic) disables the keys, and the legacy ArtPlayer chrome passes `hotkey: false` because ArtPlayer's focus-scoped hotkeys ignore `defaultPrevented` and would double-handle every key (its lost Escape-exits-`fullscreenWeb` behavior is restored by the wiring). `Settings.showCaptions` is deliberately outside this rollout gate: it is engine state, so the preference-off players apply it through the same helpers without an adapter (`WebVideoSourceTracks` for HTML5/ArtPlayer, `VjsLegacyTracks` for Video.js), re-applying it as the engine adds or switches text tracks. The two modes differ in how long it is enforced: shared controls are authoritative for the session (user intent arrives via `setSubtitleTrack`), while vendor chrome is source-default — the preference seeds each new source and is released once the media reports `playing`, so the engine's own caption menu keeps working. Mode selection is the optional `playbackStarted` probe the legacy owners pass to all three helpers (HLS, native text tracks, Shaka); in that mode the HLS helper deselects (`subtitleTrack = -1`) rather than hiding, since `subtitleDisplay` would override the vendor menu, and DASH is seeded by `ShakaVideoSession.start()` after the manifest loads. `WebPlayerViewComponent` reads it from `SettingsStore` instead of a host input so every host (M3U, Xtream/Stalker live layouts, portal detail inline player) inherits it. Contract: `docs/architecture/player-controls-contract.md`.
 - Shared web picture-in-picture stays inside that default-on rollout.
   `PlayerController` exposes capability `pictureInPicture`, state
   `pictureInPictureActive`/`canPictureInPicture`, and command
diff --git a/docs/architecture/player-controls-contract.md b/docs/architecture/player-controls-contract.md
index 6085fd153..fe6ff3dc2 100644
--- a/docs/architecture/player-controls-contract.md
+++ b/docs/architecture/player-controls-contract.md
@@ -334,7 +334,29 @@ controls instance.
 Auto-hide pauses while the pointer is over the controls bar or keyboard focus
 is anywhere inside it. Focus entering a hidden bar reveals it; moving focus
 between controls does not restart hiding, and leaving the bar resumes the normal
-hide delay. In fullscreen playback, hiding the controls also hides the pointer
+hide delay. Only keyboard-originated focus pins the bar: Chromium also moves
+focus to a clicked `<button>`, and that focus is a side effect of the click,
+so `ControlsSurface.wasPointerInteraction` attributes a `focusin` to the press
+when a `pointerdown` was recorded within the last second whose target lies
+inside the newly focused element. A press moves focus at most once and does so
+synchronously, so the record is discarded on the first bar focus event it is
+asked about, matching or not, and on any key press; nothing a later Tab or
+Shift+Tab focuses can be attributed to a stale press, not even the control
+the press hit while it was already focused and hence produced no focus event.
+Such focus reveals like any pointer activity and the bar hides on the normal
+delay while the button stays the active element; a Tab shortly after a click
+on the video still counts as keyboard navigation because the press did not
+land inside the focused control. A key press that bubbles out of a control
+inside the bar (Space or Enter on the still-focused button, arrows on a
+slider) hands ownership back to the keyboard and pins the bar exactly as Tab
+focus does, because operating a focused control produces no focus event. A
+pointer press anywhere in the bar also releases an existing keyboard pin: the
+press may produce no focus event at all (clicking the control that already has
+focus) or only a transfer inside the bar, which `focusout` ignores by design,
+so the pin cannot be cleared from focus events alone. Without
+this distinction the fullscreen button kept the controls on screen until a
+click on the viewport took focus away — and that click also paused playback.
+In fullscreen playback, hiding the controls also hides the pointer
 over both the controls host and the supplied player surface; revealing controls
 or destroying the component restores the surface's previous inline cursor.
 
diff --git a/libs/ui/playback/src/lib/player-controls/controls-surface.spec.ts b/libs/ui/playback/src/lib/player-controls/controls-surface.spec.ts
index cf4a4e9fb..12c06b5ba 100644
--- a/libs/ui/playback/src/lib/player-controls/controls-surface.spec.ts
+++ b/libs/ui/playback/src/lib/player-controls/controls-surface.spec.ts
@@ -241,15 +241,15 @@ describe('ControlsSurface', () => {
 
         it('attributes pointer-typeless events to a recent touch pointerdown', () => {
             document.dispatchEvent(pointerTypedEvent('pointerdown', 'touch'));
-            expect(
-                surface.wasTouchInteraction(new FocusEvent('focusin'))
-            ).toBe(true);
+            expect(surface.wasTouchInteraction(new FocusEvent('focusin'))).toBe(
+                true
+            );
             expect(surface.wasTouchInteraction(undefined)).toBe(true);
 
             document.dispatchEvent(pointerTypedEvent('pointerdown', 'mouse'));
-            expect(
-                surface.wasTouchInteraction(new FocusEvent('focusin'))
-            ).toBe(false);
+            expect(surface.wasTouchInteraction(new FocusEvent('focusin'))).toBe(
+                false
+            );
         });
 
         it('trusts an explicit pointer type over the pointerdown history', () => {
@@ -260,10 +260,96 @@ describe('ControlsSurface', () => {
                 )
             ).toBe(false);
             expect(
-                surface.wasTouchInteraction(
-                    pointerTypedEvent('click', 'touch')
-                )
+                surface.wasTouchInteraction(pointerTypedEvent('click', 'touch'))
             ).toBe(true);
         });
     });
+
+    describe('pointer-originated focus attribution', () => {
+        let button: HTMLButtonElement;
+        let icon: HTMLElement;
+
+        beforeEach(() => {
+            button = document.createElement('button');
+            icon = document.createElement('span');
+            button.appendChild(icon);
+            element.appendChild(button);
+        });
+
+        const focusOn = (target: EventTarget) => {
+            const event = new FocusEvent('focusin');
+            Object.defineProperty(event, 'target', { value: target });
+            return event;
+        };
+
+        it('attributes focus to a recent press inside the focused element', () => {
+            icon.dispatchEvent(pointerTypedEvent('pointerdown', 'mouse'));
+            expect(surface.wasPointerInteraction(focusOn(button))).toBe(true);
+        });
+
+        it('treats a press on the focused element itself as pointer focus', () => {
+            button.dispatchEvent(pointerTypedEvent('pointerdown', 'pen'));
+            expect(surface.wasPointerInteraction(focusOn(button))).toBe(true);
+        });
+
+        it('reports keyboard focus when no press was recorded', () => {
+            expect(surface.wasPointerInteraction(focusOn(button))).toBe(false);
+        });
+
+        it('reports keyboard focus when the press landed outside the focused element', () => {
+            element.dispatchEvent(pointerTypedEvent('pointerdown', 'mouse'));
+            expect(surface.wasPointerInteraction(focusOn(button))).toBe(false);
+        });
+
+        it('consumes the press on its first matching focus event', () => {
+            icon.dispatchEvent(pointerTypedEvent('pointerdown', 'mouse'));
+            expect(surface.wasPointerInteraction(focusOn(button))).toBe(true);
+            // Shift+Tab away and Tab back within the window: keyboard focus.
+            expect(surface.wasPointerInteraction(focusOn(button))).toBe(false);
+        });
+
+        it('discards the press on the first focus event even without a match', () => {
+            const other = document.createElement('button');
+            element.appendChild(other);
+            icon.dispatchEvent(pointerTypedEvent('pointerdown', 'mouse'));
+            // The press hit an already focused control (no focus event of its
+            // own); the next focus event is keyboard navigation elsewhere...
+            expect(surface.wasPointerInteraction(focusOn(other))).toBe(false);
+            // ...and returning to the pressed control is keyboard navigation.
+            expect(surface.wasPointerInteraction(focusOn(button))).toBe(false);
+        });
+
+        it('discards the press on any key press', () => {
+            icon.dispatchEvent(pointerTypedEvent('pointerdown', 'mouse'));
+            document.dispatchEvent(
+                new KeyboardEvent('keydown', { key: 'Tab', bubbles: true })
+            );
+            expect(surface.wasPointerInteraction(focusOn(button))).toBe(false);
+        });
+
+        it('removes its capture-phase keydown listener on dispose', () => {
+            const remove = jest.spyOn(document, 'removeEventListener');
+            surface.dispose();
+            expect(remove).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+                'keydown',
+                expect.any(Function),
+                { capture: true }
+            );
+            remove.mockRestore();
+        });
+
+        it('forgets a press after the attribution window', () => {
+            jest.useFakeTimers();
+            jest.setSystemTime(new Date('2026-01-01T00:00:00Z'));
+            icon.dispatchEvent(pointerTypedEvent('pointerdown', 'mouse'));
+            jest.setSystemTime(new Date('2026-01-01T00:00:01.500Z'));
+            expect(surface.wasPointerInteraction(focusOn(button))).toBe(false);
+        });
+
+        it('stops recording presses after dispose', () => {
+            surface.dispose();
+            icon.dispatchEvent(pointerTypedEvent('pointerdown', 'mouse'));
+            expect(surface.wasPointerInteraction(focusOn(button))).toBe(false);
+        });
+    });
 });
diff --git a/libs/ui/playback/src/lib/player-controls/controls-surface.ts b/libs/ui/playback/src/lib/player-controls/controls-surface.ts
index 5ac1bdf7c..df00cee71 100644
--- a/libs/ui/playback/src/lib/player-controls/controls-surface.ts
+++ b/libs/ui/playback/src/lib/player-controls/controls-surface.ts
@@ -28,11 +28,11 @@ export interface ControlsSurfaceHandlers {
 const VIEWPORT_CLICK_PAUSE_DELAY_MS = 250;
 
 /**
- * How long after a touch pointerdown a focus/click event is still attributed
- * to that touch. Covers browsers whose click events are plain MouseEvents
- * (no pointerType) and focusin handlers, which never carry a pointer type.
+ * How long after a pointerdown a focus/click event is still attributed to
+ * that press. Covers browsers whose click events are plain MouseEvents (no
+ * pointerType) and focus handlers, which never carry a pointer type.
  */
-const TOUCH_ATTRIBUTION_WINDOW_MS = 1000;
+const POINTER_ATTRIBUTION_WINDOW_MS = 1000;
 
 const INTERACTIVE_SELECTOR = 'button, input, [role="slider"]';
 
@@ -48,10 +48,14 @@ export class ControlsSurface {
     private surfaceCleanup: (() => void) | null = null;
     private clickPauseTimer: ReturnType<typeof setTimeout> | null = null;
     private lastTouchPointerDownAt: number | null = null;
+    private lastPointerDown: { at: number; target: EventTarget | null } | null =
+        null;
 
     private readonly onDocumentPointerDown = (event: PointerEvent) => {
+        const now = Date.now();
         this.lastTouchPointerDownAt =
-            event.pointerType === 'touch' ? Date.now() : null;
+            event.pointerType === 'touch' ? now : null;
+        this.lastPointerDown = { at: now, target: event.target };
         const path = event.composedPath();
         if (
             !this.surface ||
@@ -63,6 +67,14 @@ export class ControlsSurface {
         this.handlers.closePopovers();
     };
 
+    /**
+     * Keyboard input ends pointer attribution: focus that moves after a key
+     * press was moved by the keyboard, whatever the last press hit.
+     */
+    private readonly onDocumentKeyDown = () => {
+        this.lastPointerDown = null;
+    };
+
     constructor(
         private readonly handlers: ControlsSurfaceHandlers,
         /** Additional root whose descendants count as inside for dismissal. */
@@ -73,6 +85,9 @@ export class ControlsSurface {
                 'pointerdown',
                 this.onDocumentPointerDown
             );
+            document.addEventListener('keydown', this.onDocumentKeyDown, {
+                capture: true,
+            });
         }
     }
 
@@ -118,6 +133,9 @@ export class ControlsSurface {
                 'pointerdown',
                 this.onDocumentPointerDown
             );
+            document.removeEventListener('keydown', this.onDocumentKeyDown, {
+                capture: true,
+            });
         }
     }
 
@@ -134,7 +152,40 @@ export class ControlsSurface {
         return (
             this.lastTouchPointerDownAt !== null &&
             Date.now() - this.lastTouchPointerDownAt <=
-                TOUCH_ATTRIBUTION_WINDOW_MS
+                POINTER_ATTRIBUTION_WINDOW_MS
+        );
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Whether a focus event is the side effect of a pointer press on the
+     * element that received focus. Chromium focuses a clicked `<button>`, so
+     * `focusin` alone cannot tell a mouse click from Tab navigation; only the
+     * latter should keep the controls pinned. The press must be recent and
+     * must have landed inside the newly focused element — a Tab shortly after
+     * a click on the video still counts as keyboard navigation.
+     *
+     * A press moves focus at most once, and it does so synchronously, so the
+     * focus change it caused is always the first focus event after it. The
+     * record is therefore discarded on the first focus event it is asked
+     * about, matching or not, and on any key press (`onDocumentKeyDown`).
+     * Nothing a later Tab or Shift+Tab focuses can be attributed to a stale
+     * press, including the control the press hit while it was already
+     * focused and hence produced no focus event at all.
+     */
+    wasPointerInteraction(event: FocusEvent): boolean {
+        const press = this.lastPointerDown;
+        this.lastPointerDown = null;
+        if (
+            press === null ||
+            Date.now() - press.at > POINTER_ATTRIBUTION_WINDOW_MS
+        ) {
+            return false;
+        }
+        const focused = event.target;
+        return (
+            focused instanceof Node &&
+            press.target instanceof Node &&
+            focused.contains(press.target)
         );
     }
 
diff --git a/libs/ui/playback/src/lib/player-controls/player-controls.component.html b/libs/ui/playback/src/lib/player-controls/player-controls.component.html
index 17bbb2b0a..23e350342 100644
--- a/libs/ui/playback/src/lib/player-controls/player-controls.component.html
+++ b/libs/ui/playback/src/lib/player-controls/player-controls.component.html
@@ -33,7 +33,9 @@
         [class.player-controls__bar--visible]="controlsAreVisible()"
         (pointerenter)="onBarPointerEnter()"
         (pointerleave)="onBarPointerLeave()"
-        (focusin)="onBarFocusIn()"
+        (pointerdown)="onBarPointerDown()"
+        (keydown)="onBarKeyDown()"
+        (focusin)="onBarFocusIn($event)"
         (focusout)="onBarFocusOut($event)"
     >
         <div class="player-controls__transport">
diff --git a/libs/ui/playback/src/lib/player-controls/player-controls.component.spec.ts b/libs/ui/playback/src/lib/player-controls/player-controls.component.spec.ts
index 33d3f0ecc..23048ba2d 100644
--- a/libs/ui/playback/src/lib/player-controls/player-controls.component.spec.ts
+++ b/libs/ui/playback/src/lib/player-controls/player-controls.component.spec.ts
@@ -318,6 +318,249 @@ describe('PlayerControlsComponent', () => {
             expect(fixture.componentInstance.controlsAreVisible()).toBe(false);
             outside.remove();
         });
+
+        it('does not pin the bar on the focus a mouse click on a control produces', () => {
+            setCapabilities({ fullscreen: true });
+            setState({ status: 'playing' });
+            const surface = document.createElement('div');
+            document.body.appendChild(surface);
+            (
+                surface as unknown as { requestFullscreen: unknown }
+            ).requestFullscreen = jest.fn(() => Promise.resolve());
+            (
+                document as unknown as { exitFullscreen: unknown }
+            ).exitFullscreen = jest.fn(() => Promise.resolve());
+            fixture.componentRef.setInput('playerSurface', surface);
+            fixture.detectChanges();
+
+            const button = query(
+                '[aria-label="Enter fullscreen"]'
+            ) as HTMLButtonElement;
+            const icon = button.querySelector('mat-icon') as HTMLElement;
+            // Chromium: pointerdown on the icon, focus moves to the button
+            // (focusin on the bar), then click — all from one mouse press.
+            bar()?.dispatchEvent(new MouseEvent('pointerenter'));
+            icon.dispatchEvent(
+                new MouseEvent('pointerdown', { bubbles: true })
+            );
+            button.focus();
+            button.click();
+            fixture.detectChanges();
+            expect(document.activeElement).toBe(button);
+            expect(fixture.componentInstance.controlsAreVisible()).toBe(true);
+
+            // The pointer leaves the bar and moves over the video while the
+            // button is still the active element.
+            bar()?.dispatchEvent(new MouseEvent('pointerleave'));
+            surface.dispatchEvent(new MouseEvent('pointermove'));
+            fixture.detectChanges();
+            jest.advanceTimersByTime(10000);
+            fixture.detectChanges();
+            expect(fixture.componentInstance.controlsAreVisible()).toBe(false);
+
+            surface.remove();
+            delete (document as unknown as { exitFullscreen?: unknown })
+                .exitFullscreen;
+        });
+
+        it('still pins the bar for keyboard focus that follows a click on the video', () => {
+            const surface = document.createElement('div');
+            document.body.appendChild(surface);
+            fixture.componentRef.setInput('playerSurface', surface);
+            fixture.detectChanges();
+
+            // A click on the viewport, then Tab into the bar within a second:
+            // the press did not land on the focused control, so it is
+            // keyboard navigation and keeps the controls visible.
+            surface.dispatchEvent(
+                new MouseEvent('pointerdown', { bubbles: true })
+            );
+            const buttons = Array.from(
+                bar()?.querySelectorAll('button') ?? []
+            ) as HTMLButtonElement[];
+            buttons[0].focus();
+            fixture.detectChanges();
+            bar()?.dispatchEvent(new MouseEvent('pointerleave'));
+            jest.advanceTimersByTime(10000);
+            fixture.detectChanges();
+            expect(fixture.componentInstance.controlsAreVisible()).toBe(true);
+            surface.remove();
+        });
+
+        it('releases a keyboard pin when the mouse clicks another bar control', () => {
+            setCapabilities({ seek: true });
+            setState({
+                status: 'playing',
+                canSeek: true,
+                durationSeconds: 600,
+            });
+            fixture.detectChanges();
+            const buttons = Array.from(
+                bar()?.querySelectorAll('button') ?? []
+            ) as HTMLButtonElement[];
+            // Tab into the bar: pinned.
+            buttons[0].focus();
+            fixture.detectChanges();
+            jest.advanceTimersByTime(10000);
+            expect(fixture.componentInstance.controlsAreVisible()).toBe(true);
+
+            // Mouse click on a different control. The focus transfer stays
+            // inside the bar, which focusout ignores by design.
+            bar()?.dispatchEvent(new MouseEvent('pointerenter'));
+            buttons[1].dispatchEvent(
+                new MouseEvent('pointerdown', { bubbles: true })
+            );
+            buttons[1].focus();
+            buttons[1].click();
+            fixture.detectChanges();
+            bar()?.dispatchEvent(new MouseEvent('pointerleave'));
+            jest.advanceTimersByTime(10000);
+            fixture.detectChanges();
+            expect(fixture.componentInstance.controlsAreVisible()).toBe(false);
+        });
+
+        it('releases a keyboard pin when the mouse clicks the focused control itself', () => {
+            const buttons = Array.from(
+                bar()?.querySelectorAll('button') ?? []
+            ) as HTMLButtonElement[];
+            buttons[0].focus();
+            fixture.detectChanges();
+            jest.advanceTimersByTime(10000);
+            expect(fixture.componentInstance.controlsAreVisible()).toBe(true);
+
+            // Clicking the already focused button produces no focus event.
+            bar()?.dispatchEvent(new MouseEvent('pointerenter'));
+            buttons[0].dispatchEvent(
+                new MouseEvent('pointerdown', { bubbles: true })
+            );
+            buttons[0].click();
+            fixture.detectChanges();
+            expect(document.activeElement).toBe(buttons[0]);
+            bar()?.dispatchEvent(new MouseEvent('pointerleave'));
+            jest.advanceTimersByTime(10000);
+            fixture.detectChanges();
+            expect(fixture.componentInstance.controlsAreVisible()).toBe(false);
+        });
+
+        it('pins again when keyboard focus returns to the clicked control within the window', () => {
+            setCapabilities({ seek: true });
+            setState({
+                status: 'playing',
+                canSeek: true,
+                durationSeconds: 600,
+            });
+            fixture.detectChanges();
+            const buttons = Array.from(
+                bar()?.querySelectorAll('button') ?? []
+            ) as HTMLButtonElement[];
+
+            // Mouse click on the second control...
+            bar()?.dispatchEvent(new MouseEvent('pointerenter'));
+            buttons[1].dispatchEvent(
+                new MouseEvent('pointerdown', { bubbles: true })
+            );
+            buttons[1].focus();
+            buttons[1].click();
+            fixture.detectChanges();
+            // ...then Shift+Tab away and Tab back before the press expires.
+            buttons[0].focus();
+            buttons[1].focus();
+            fixture.detectChanges();
+
+            bar()?.dispatchEvent(new MouseEvent('pointerleave'));
+            jest.advanceTimersByTime(10000);
+            fixture.detectChanges();
+            expect(document.activeElement).toBe(buttons[1]);
+            expect(fixture.componentInstance.controlsAreVisible()).toBe(true);
+        });
+
+        it('pins again after a click on the focused control, Tab away and Shift+Tab back', () => {
+            setCapabilities({ seek: true });
+            setState({
+                status: 'playing',
+                canSeek: true,
+                durationSeconds: 600,
+            });
+            fixture.detectChanges();
+            const buttons = Array.from(
+                bar()?.querySelectorAll('button') ?? []
+            ) as HTMLButtonElement[];
+            const tab = (shift: boolean) =>
+                document.dispatchEvent(
+                    new KeyboardEvent('keydown', {
+                        key: 'Tab',
+                        shiftKey: shift,
+                        bubbles: true,
+                    })
+                );
+
+            // Keyboard focus on the second control, then a mouse click on
+            // it: no focus event, so the press record is not consumed.
+            buttons[1].focus();
+            fixture.detectChanges();
+            bar()?.dispatchEvent(new MouseEvent('pointerenter'));
+            buttons[1].dispatchEvent(
+                new MouseEvent('pointerdown', { bubbles: true })
+            );
+            buttons[1].click();
+            fixture.detectChanges();
+            // Tab to the next control and Shift+Tab back within the window.
+            tab(false);
+            buttons[2].focus();
+            tab(true);
+            buttons[1].focus();
+            fixture.detectChanges();
+
+            bar()?.dispatchEvent(new MouseEvent('pointerleave'));
+            jest.advanceTimersByTime(10000);
+            fixture.detectChanges();
+            expect(document.activeElement).toBe(buttons[1]);
+            expect(fixture.componentInstance.controlsAreVisible()).toBe(true);
+        });
+
+        it('pins the bar when the keyboard operates a mouse-focused control', () => {
+            setCapabilities({ seek: true });
+            setState({
+                status: 'playing',
+                canSeek: true,
+                durationSeconds: 600,
+            });
+            fixture.detectChanges();
+            const buttons = Array.from(
+                bar()?.querySelectorAll('button') ?? []
+            ) as HTMLButtonElement[];
+
+            // Mouse click leaves the control focused but not pinned...
+            bar()?.dispatchEvent(new MouseEvent('pointerenter'));
+            buttons[1].dispatchEvent(
+                new MouseEvent('pointerdown', { bubbles: true })
+            );
+            buttons[1].focus();
+            buttons[1].click();
+            fixture.detectChanges();
+            bar()?.dispatchEvent(new MouseEvent('pointerleave'));
+            fixture.detectChanges();
+
+            // ...then Space on that control: no focus event, but keyboard use.
+            buttons[1].dispatchEvent(
+                new KeyboardEvent('keydown', { key: ' ', bubbles: true })
+            );
+            fixture.detectChanges();
+            jest.advanceTimersByTime(10000);
+            fixture.detectChanges();
+            expect(document.activeElement).toBe(buttons[1]);
+            expect(fixture.componentInstance.controlsAreVisible()).toBe(true);
+
+            // Focus leaving the bar releases the pin again.
+            const outside = document.createElement('button');
+            document.body.appendChild(outside);
+            outside.focus();
+            fixture.detectChanges();
+            jest.advanceTimersByTime(10000);
+            fixture.detectChanges();
+            expect(fixture.componentInstance.controlsAreVisible()).toBe(false);
+            outside.remove();
+        });
     });
 
     describe('bar-hover state', () => {
diff --git a/libs/ui/playback/src/lib/player-controls/player-controls.component.ts b/libs/ui/playback/src/lib/player-controls/player-controls.component.ts
index 10937beda..714a95b65 100644
--- a/libs/ui/playback/src/lib/player-controls/player-controls.component.ts
+++ b/libs/ui/playback/src/lib/player-controls/player-controls.component.ts
@@ -372,7 +372,41 @@ export class PlayerControlsComponent implements OnDestroy {
         this.visibility.scheduleHide();
     }
 
-    onBarFocusIn(): void {
+    /**
+     * A pointer press anywhere in the bar hands the interaction over to the
+     * pointer: a keyboard pin set by an earlier Tab is released here, because
+     * the press may not produce any focus event at all (clicking the control
+     * that is already focused) or only a focus transfer inside the bar, which
+     * `onBarFocusOut` deliberately ignores.
+     */
+    onBarPointerDown(): void {
+        this.barFocused.set(false);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * A key press that bubbles out of a control inside the bar means the
+     * keyboard is operating that control (Space/Enter on a button, arrows on
+     * a slider): the bar is pinned exactly as if the control had been focused
+     * with Tab. A mouse click leaves its button focused without a pin, and
+     * the key press produces no new focus event, so this is the only place
+     * that hands ownership back to the keyboard.
+     */
+    onBarKeyDown(): void {
+        this.barFocused.set(true);
+        this.reveal({ scheduleHide: false });
+    }
+
+    onBarFocusIn(event: FocusEvent): void {
+        // Chromium moves focus to a clicked <button>. That focus is a side
+        // effect of the click, not keyboard navigation: it must reveal like
+        // any pointer activity, but never pin the bar open until the next
+        // click on the video takes focus away (issue: fullscreen button left
+        // the controls on screen until a click-to-pause on the viewport).
+        if (this.surface.wasPointerInteraction(event)) {
+            this.barFocused.set(false);
+            this.reveal();
+            return;
+        }
         this.barFocused.set(true);
         this.reveal({ scheduleHide: false });
     }