diff --git a/src/features/debugger/__tests__/quickEvaluate.test.ts b/src/features/debugger/__tests__/quickEvaluate.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..4de18562
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/features/debugger/__tests__/quickEvaluate.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,158 @@
+import { afterEach, beforeEach, describe, expect, it, vi } from "vitest";
+import { EditorState } from "@codemirror/state";
+import { EditorView } from "@codemirror/view";
+import { executeAction, registerAction } from "@/platform/actions";
+import * as hints from "@/editor/lsp/hint";
+import { setContext } from "@/platform/context";
+import { installKeyboardDispatcher, useKeymap } from "@/platform/keymap";
+import { usePlatform } from "@/platform/platformInfo";
+import { menuGroupItems } from "@/workbench/contributions";
+import { navigationExtension } from "@/editor/lsp/navigation";
+import { activate } from "../index";
+import { adoptSession, publishContext, useDebug } from "../state";
+import { quickEvaluateMouse, quickEvaluateMouseDown } from "../editor/quickEvaluate";
+import { useOverlays } from "../ui/popoverStore";
+
+const ipc = vi.hoisted(() => ({
+  debugEvaluateIn: vi.fn(async () => ({
+    status: "ok",
+    data: {
+      name: "result",
+      value: "42",
+      typeName: "int",
+      variablesReference: 0,
+      evaluateName: null,
+    },
+  })),
+}));
+vi.mock("@/platform/ipc", async (original) => {
+  const real = await original<typeof import("@/platform/ipc")>();
+  return { ...real, commands: { ...real.commands, ...ipc } };
+});
+const editor = vi.hoisted(() => ({ current: null as unknown }));
+vi.mock("@/editor/api", async (original) => ({
+  ...(await original<typeof import("@/editor/api")>()),
+  activeEditor: () => editor.current,
+}));
+
+let view: EditorView;
+let dispose: () => void;
+let uninstall: () => void;
+const doc = "total + order.items";
+function session(adapter = "debugpy", status: "paused" | "running" | "terminated" = "paused") {
+  adoptSession(7, { adapter });
+  useDebug.setState((s) => ({ sessions: { 7: { ...s.sessions[7]!, status, selectedFrame: 10 } }, active: 7 }));
+  publishContext();
+}
+function click() {
+  const e = new MouseEvent("mousedown", { button: 0, altKey: true, bubbles: true, cancelable: true });
+  view.contentDOM.dispatchEvent(e);
+  return e;
+}
+beforeEach(() => {
+  vi.clearAllMocks();
+  useDebug.setState({ sessions: {}, active: null });
+  setContext("textEditorActive", true);
+  usePlatform.setState({ os: "macos" });
+  useKeymap.setState({ preset: "intellij-macos", overrides: {} });
+  dispose = activate();
+  uninstall = installKeyboardDispatcher(window);
+  view = new EditorView({
+    state: EditorState.create({ doc, extensions: [navigationExtension(), quickEvaluateMouse()] }),
+    parent: document.body,
+  });
+  editor.current = { view, ctx: { path: "/p/app.py" } };
+  vi.spyOn(view, "posAtCoords").mockReturnValue(16);
+});
+afterEach(() => {
+  uninstall();
+  dispose();
+  view.destroy();
+  editor.current = null;
+  document.body.replaceChildren();
+  useDebug.setState({ sessions: {}, active: null });
+  publishContext();
+  useKeymap.setState({ overrides: {} });
+  vi.restoreAllMocks();
+});
+
+describe("paused editor evaluation", () => {
+  it.each(["java-debug", "js-debug", "debugpy"])("evaluates the clicked member through %s", async (adapter) => {
+    session(adapter);
+    view.dispatch({ selection: { anchor: 0, head: 5 } });
+    expect(click().defaultPrevented).toBe(true);
+    await vi.waitFor(() => expect(document.querySelector(".cm-lsp-hint")?.textContent).toContain("order.items = 42"));
+    expect(ipc.debugEvaluateIn).toHaveBeenCalledExactlyOnceWith(7, 10, "order.items", "hover");
+    expect(view.state.selection.main.head).toBe(16);
+  });
+
+  it.each(["intellij-macos", "intellij-windows"])("preserves a clicked selection with %s", async (preset) => {
+    const showHint = vi.spyOn(hints, "showHint");
+    useKeymap.setState({ preset });
+    session();
+    view.dispatch({ selection: { anchor: 0, head: doc.length } });
+    click();
+    await vi.waitFor(() => expect(ipc.debugEvaluateIn).toHaveBeenCalledWith(7, 10, doc, "hover"));
+    expect(view.state.selection.main.from).toBe(0);
+    expect(view.state.selection.main.to).toBe(doc.length);
+    await vi.waitFor(() =>
+      expect(showHint).toHaveBeenCalledWith(view, expect.any(Function), { pos: 16, timeout: 60_000 }),
+    );
+  });
+
+  it("uses a selected expression spanning several lines", async () => {
+    session();
+    const text = "(total +\n order.items)";
+    view.dispatch({ changes: { from: 0, to: doc.length, insert: text }, selection: { anchor: 0, head: text.length } });
+    click();
+    await vi.waitFor(() => expect(ipc.debugEvaluateIn).toHaveBeenCalledWith(7, 10, text, "hover"));
+  });
+
+  it("lets a higher priority custom mouse action win the shared gesture", () => {
+    session();
+    const run = vi.fn();
+    const remove = registerAction({ id: "test.mouseOverride", title: "Custom", run });
+    useKeymap.setState({ overrides: { "test.mouseOverride": ["Alt+Button1"] } });
+    try {
+      click();
+      expect(run).toHaveBeenCalledOnce();
+      expect(ipc.debugEvaluateIn).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+    } finally {
+      remove();
+    }
+  });
+
+  it.each(["none", "running", "terminated"] as const)("leaves Option+click to the editor when %s", async (status) => {
+    if (status !== "none") session("debugpy", status);
+    view.dispatch({ selection: { anchor: 0, head: 5 } });
+    const dispatch = vi.spyOn(view, "dispatch");
+    const e = new MouseEvent("mousedown", { button: 0, altKey: true, cancelable: true });
+    expect(quickEvaluateMouseDown(e, view)).toBe(false);
+    expect(e.defaultPrevented).toBe(false);
+    expect(dispatch).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+    expect(ipc.debugEvaluateIn).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+  });
+
+  it("honours removal of the mouse binding", () => {
+    session();
+    useKeymap.setState({ overrides: { "debug.quickEvaluate": ["Meta+Alt+F8"] } });
+    click();
+    expect(ipc.debugEvaluateIn).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+  });
+
+  it.each(["none", "running", "paused", "terminated"] as const)(
+    "shows the contributed menu only while paused: %s",
+    async (status) => {
+      if (status !== "none") session("debugpy", status);
+      const items = menuGroupItems("editor", { paths: ["/p/app.py"], text: doc });
+      const evaluate = items.find((item) => item.kind === "action" && item.action === "debug.evaluate");
+      expect(!!evaluate).toBe(status === "paused");
+      if (evaluate) {
+        view.dispatch({ selection: { anchor: 16 } });
+        await executeAction("debug.evaluate");
+        expect(useOverlays.getState().evaluate?.expression).toBe("order.items");
+      }
+      expect(menuGroupItems("editorTab", { paths: ["/p/app.py"] })).toEqual([]);
+    },
+  );
+});
diff --git a/src/features/debugger/actions.ts b/src/features/debugger/actions.ts
index 3112affc..235b86be 100644
--- a/src/features/debugger/actions.ts
+++ b/src/features/debugger/actions.ts
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import { call, commands, isCancelled, isTauri, nextRequestId, type RunConfig, ty
 import { downloadJdkActions } from "@/platform/jdk";
 import { useProject } from "@/platform/project";
 import { activeEditor } from "@/editor/api";
+import type { EditorView } from "@codemirror/view";
 import { maybeEditorService, notifications, showStatusInfo, toolWindowService } from "@/workbench/contributions";
 import { classFileBreakpointReason } from "@/platform/classFiles";
 import { canPlaceBreakpoint } from "./breakpoints/languages";
@@ -39,6 +40,7 @@ import {
 import { focusedDebugView } from "./ui/focusedView";
 import { browseFocusedConsoleHistory } from "./ui/expressionHistory";
 import { expressionAt, valueHint } from "./editor/valueTooltip";
+import { mouseEvaluateTarget } from "./editor/quickEvaluate";
 import { showHint } from "@/editor/lsp/hint";
 import { pausedLineTargets, startInlineSmartStep } from "./editor/smartStep";
 import {
@@ -157,28 +159,29 @@ function cursor(): { path: string; line: number; selection: string } | null {
 }
 
 /** Evaluate's initial text, as in IDEA: the selection, else the expression at the caret. */
-function evaluateSeed(): string {
-  const ed = activeEditor();
-  if (!ed) return "";
-  const { state } = ed.view;
+function evaluateSeed(view: EditorView | undefined = activeEditor()?.view, pos?: number): string {
+  if (!view) return "";
+  const { state } = view;
   const sel = state.selection.main;
-  if (!sel.empty) return state.sliceDoc(sel.from, sel.to);
-  return expressionAt(ed.view, sel.head)?.text ?? "";
+  if (!sel.empty && (pos == null || (sel.from <= pos && pos <= sel.to))) return state.sliceDoc(sel.from, sel.to);
+  return expressionAt(view, pos ?? sel.head)?.text ?? "";
 }
 
-async function quickEvaluate() {
-  const view = activeEditor()?.view;
+async function quickEvaluate(arg?: unknown) {
+  const target = mouseEvaluateTarget(arg);
+  const view = target?.view ?? activeEditor()?.view;
   if (!view) return;
   const sel = view.state.selection.main;
-  const expression = evaluateSeed().trim();
+  const pos = target?.pos ?? sel.from;
+  const expression = evaluateSeed(view, target?.pos).trim();
   if (!expression) return showHint(view, "Nothing to evaluate at the caret");
   const session = activeSession();
   try {
     const value = await evaluate(expression, "hover", session);
     if (!session) return;
-    showHint(view, () => valueHint(expression, value, session.id), { pos: sel.from, timeout: 60_000 });
+    showHint(view, () => valueHint(expression, value, session.id), { pos, timeout: 60_000 });
   } catch (e) {
-    showHint(view, e instanceof Error ? e.message : String(e), { pos: sel.from, tone: "error" });
+    showHint(view, e instanceof Error ? e.message : String(e), { pos, tone: "error" });
   }
 }
 
@@ -677,8 +680,8 @@ export function registerDebugActions(): () => void {
       id: "debug.quickEvaluate",
       title: "Quick Evaluate Expression",
       category: "Debug",
-      when: "debugSessionActive && textEditorActive",
-      run: () => quickEvaluate(),
+      when: "debugSessionPaused && textEditorActive",
+      run: ({ arg }) => quickEvaluate(arg),
     },
     {
       id: "debug.showToolWindow",
diff --git a/src/features/debugger/editor/quickEvaluate.ts b/src/features/debugger/editor/quickEvaluate.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..76f94df1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/features/debugger/editor/quickEvaluate.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+import { EditorSelection, Prec, type Extension } from "@codemirror/state";
+import { EditorView } from "@codemirror/view";
+import { dispatchMouseShortcut } from "@/platform/keymap";
+
+export function mouseEvaluateTarget(arg: unknown): { view: EditorView; pos: number } | null {
+  if (!arg || typeof arg !== "object" || !("view" in arg) || !("pos" in arg)) return null;
+  return arg.view instanceof EditorView && typeof arg.pos === "number" ? { view: arg.view, pos: arg.pos } : null;
+}
+
+/** Preserve a clicked selection and anchor the value hint at the mouse position. */
+export function quickEvaluateMouse(): Extension {
+  return Prec.highest(EditorView.domEventHandlers({ mousedown: quickEvaluateMouseDown }));
+}
+
+export function quickEvaluateMouseDown(e: MouseEvent, view: EditorView): boolean {
+  if (e.button !== 0) return false;
+  const over = e.target instanceof Element ? e.target : null;
+  if (over?.closest(".cm-tooltip, .cm-lsp-inlay") || (over && !over.closest(".cm-content"))) return false;
+  const pos = view.posAtCoords({ x: e.clientX, y: e.clientY }, false);
+  if (pos == null) return false;
+  const handled = dispatchMouseShortcut(
+    e,
+    (id) => {
+      if (id !== "debug.quickEvaluate") return false;
+      const sel = view.state.selection.main;
+      if (sel.empty || pos < sel.from || pos > sel.to) view.dispatch({ selection: EditorSelection.cursor(pos) });
+      view.focus();
+      return true;
+    },
+    { view, pos },
+  );
+  if (handled) e.preventDefault();
+  return handled;
+}
diff --git a/src/features/debugger/index.ts b/src/features/debugger/index.ts
index fa5db45f..5c606dfa 100644
--- a/src/features/debugger/index.ts
+++ b/src/features/debugger/index.ts
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import { lazyComponent } from "@/ui";
 import { onIdeEvent } from "@/platform/ipc";
 import { useProject } from "@/platform/project";
 import { selectionValueTooltip, valueTooltip } from "./editor/valueTooltip";
+import { quickEvaluateMouse } from "./editor/quickEvaluate";
 import { registerEditorContribution } from "@/editor/api";
 import {
   registerMenuGroup,
@@ -24,7 +25,16 @@ import { executionPoint } from "./editor/execution";
 import { runToCursorInlay } from "./editor/runToCursor";
 import { installSmartStepPicking, smartStepTargets } from "./editor/smartStep";
 import { onHotCodeReplace } from "./hotswap";
-import { handleDebugEvent, isLive, loadWatches, publishContext, resetSessions, stopSession, useDebug } from "./state";
+import {
+  activeSession,
+  handleDebugEvent,
+  isLive,
+  loadWatches,
+  publishContext,
+  resetSessions,
+  stopSession,
+  useDebug,
+} from "./state";
 import { DebuggerOverlays } from "./ui/Overlays";
 import { REMOTE_TYPES } from "./remote";
 
@@ -53,6 +63,11 @@ export function activate(): () => void {
       headerContent: lazyComponent(() => import("./ui/DebugToolWindow").then((m) => m.DebugTabs)),
     }),
     registerOverlay({ id: "debugger", component: DebuggerOverlays }),
+    registerMenuGroup({
+      id: "debugger.evaluate",
+      menus: ["editor"],
+      items: () => (activeSession()?.status === "paused" ? [{ kind: "action", action: "debug.evaluate" }] : []),
+    }),
     // Stop (⌘F2) offers the running debug sessions beside run processes.
     registerMenuGroup({
       id: "debugger.stop",
@@ -71,6 +86,7 @@ export function activate(): () => void {
         runToCursorInlay(ctx),
         valueTooltip(),
         selectionValueTooltip(),
+        quickEvaluateMouse(),
         smartStepTargets(ctx),
       ],
     }),
diff --git a/src/platform/keymap.ts b/src/platform/keymap.ts
index d236c023..a99bd83c 100644
--- a/src/platform/keymap.ts
+++ b/src/platform/keymap.ts
@@ -407,15 +407,20 @@ function runIfEnabled(id: string): boolean {
 }
 
 /** Run a configured mouse binding; editors prepare the clicked caret and focus first. */
-export function dispatchMouseShortcut(e: MouseEvent, prepare?: () => boolean): boolean {
+export function dispatchMouseShortcut(e: MouseEvent, prepare?: (id: string) => boolean, arg?: unknown): boolean {
   if (suspended > 0) return false;
   const stroke = mouseStrokeOf(e);
   if (!stroke) return false;
   const ids = effectiveBindings()
     .filter(([b]) => b === stroke)
     .map(([, id]) => id);
-  if (!ids.length || (prepare && !prepare())) return false;
-  for (const id of ids.reverse()) if (runIfEnabled(id)) return true;
+  for (const id of ids.reverse()) {
+    const action = getAction(id);
+    if (!action || !isActionKeyEnabled(action)) continue;
+    if (prepare && !prepare(id)) return false;
+    void executeAction(id, arg);
+    return true;
+  }
   return false;
 }
 
diff --git a/src/platform/keymapMouse.test.ts b/src/platform/keymapMouse.test.ts
index 38d4e659..ddb4b080 100644
--- a/src/platform/keymapMouse.test.ts
+++ b/src/platform/keymapMouse.test.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import { afterEach, beforeEach, describe, expect, it, vi } from "vitest";
 import {
   formatBinding,
+  dispatchMouseShortcut,
   installKeyboardDispatcher,
   isMouseBinding,
   isValidBinding,
@@ -13,6 +14,7 @@ import {
   useKeymap,
 } from "./keymap";
 import { registerAction } from "./actions";
+import { setContext } from "./context";
 
 const noMods = { metaKey: false, ctrlKey: false, altKey: false, shiftKey: false };
 
@@ -84,6 +86,23 @@ describe("mouse shortcuts", () => {
       return events;
     };
 
+    it("does not prepare the editor for a disabled mouse action", () => {
+      const run = vi.fn();
+      const prepare = vi.fn(() => true);
+      const remove = registerAction({ id: "test.pausedMouse", title: "Evaluate", when: "debugSessionPaused", run });
+      useKeymap.setState({ overrides: { "test.pausedMouse": ["Alt+Button1"] } });
+      setContext("debugSessionPaused", false);
+      const e = new MouseEvent("mousedown", { button: 0, altKey: true, cancelable: true });
+      try {
+        expect(dispatchMouseShortcut(e, prepare)).toBe(false);
+        expect(prepare).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+        expect(run).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+        expect(e.defaultPrevented).toBe(false);
+      } finally {
+        remove();
+      }
+    });
+
     it.each([
       ["the editor", () => editor],
       ["another component", () => document.getElementById("tree")!],
diff --git a/src/platform/keymaps/ideaParity.test.ts b/src/platform/keymaps/ideaParity.test.ts
index 9cff980b..31a77539 100644
--- a/src/platform/keymaps/ideaParity.test.ts
+++ b/src/platform/keymaps/ideaParity.test.ts
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ describe("IDEA keymap parity", () => {
     ["navigate.nextHighlightedUsage", ["Ctrl+Alt+Down"], ["Ctrl+Alt+Down"]],
     ["analyze.inspectFile", ["Alt+Shift+I"], ["Alt+Shift+I"]],
     ["project.copyElement", ["F5"], ["F5"]],
-    ["debug.quickEvaluate", ["Meta+Alt+F8"], ["Ctrl+Alt+F8"]],
+    ["debug.quickEvaluate", ["Meta+Alt+F8", "Alt+Button1"], ["Ctrl+Alt+F8", "Alt+Button1"]],
     ["run.chooseDebugConfig", ["Ctrl+Alt+D"], ["Alt+Shift+F9"]],
     ["editor.nextSplitter", ["Alt+Tab"], ["Alt+Tab"]],
     ["toolwindow.resizeLeft", ["Ctrl+Alt+Left"], ["Ctrl+Alt+Shift+Left"]],
diff --git a/src/platform/keymaps/intellij-macos.ts b/src/platform/keymaps/intellij-macos.ts
index 8df2664a..2351a26b 100644
--- a/src/platform/keymaps/intellij-macos.ts
+++ b/src/platform/keymaps/intellij-macos.ts
@@ -284,7 +284,7 @@ export const intellijMacos: Record<string, string[]> = {
   "debug.setValue": ["F2"],
   "debug.jumpToSource": ["F4", "Meta+Down"],
   "debug.evaluate": ["Alt+F8"],
-  "debug.quickEvaluate": ["Meta+Alt+F8"],
+  "debug.quickEvaluate": ["Meta+Alt+F8", "Alt+Button1"],
   "debug.browseConsoleHistory": ["Meta+Alt+E"],
 
   // VCS
diff --git a/src/platform/keymaps/intellij-windows.ts b/src/platform/keymaps/intellij-windows.ts
index 64bb4ffb..951641d2 100644
--- a/src/platform/keymaps/intellij-windows.ts
+++ b/src/platform/keymaps/intellij-windows.ts
@@ -278,7 +278,7 @@ export const intellijWindows: Record<string, string[]> = {
   "debug.setValue": ["F2"],
   "debug.jumpToSource": ["F4"],
   "debug.evaluate": ["Alt+F8"],
-  "debug.quickEvaluate": ["Ctrl+Alt+F8"],
+  "debug.quickEvaluate": ["Ctrl+Alt+F8", "Alt+Button1"],
   "debug.browseConsoleHistory": ["Ctrl+Alt+E"],
 
   // VCS