diff --git a/src/renderer/src/components/browser-pane/assemble-chrome/BrowserAddressBar.test.tsx b/src/renderer/src/components/browser-pane/assemble-chrome/BrowserAddressBar.test.tsx
index 5473a7514e7..b5c0770eb38 100644
--- a/src/renderer/src/components/browser-pane/assemble-chrome/BrowserAddressBar.test.tsx
+++ b/src/renderer/src/components/browser-pane/assemble-chrome/BrowserAddressBar.test.tsx
@@ -248,4 +248,40 @@ describe('BrowserAddressBar autocomplete preview', () => {
     expect(onNavigate).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
     expect(onSubmit).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
   })
+
+  it('lets the second press of a double-click select a word instead of the whole URL', async () => {
+    const url = 'https://github.com/stablyai/orca/pull/27021'
+    await act(async () => {
+      root.render(<AddressBarHarness initialValue={url} onNavigate={vi.fn()} onSubmit={vi.fn()} />)
+    })
+    const input = container.querySelector<HTMLInputElement>('input[data-orca-browser-address-bar]')!
+
+    act(() => {
+      input.dispatchEvent(new MouseEvent('mousedown', { bubbles: true, button: 0, detail: 1 }))
+      input.setSelectionRange(url.length, url.length)
+      input.dispatchEvent(new MouseEvent('click', { bubbles: true, button: 0, detail: 1 }))
+    })
+    expect([input.selectionStart, input.selectionEnd]).toEqual([0, url.length])
+
+    act(() => {
+      input.dispatchEvent(new MouseEvent('mousedown', { bubbles: true, button: 0, detail: 2 }))
+    })
+    // Collapsed, so Chromium's native double-click word selection is not suppressed.
+    expect(input.selectionStart).toBe(input.selectionEnd)
+  })
+
+  it('clears a selection kept from before blur when a press refocuses the bar', async () => {
+    const url = 'https://github.com/stablyai/orca/pull/27021'
+    await act(async () => {
+      root.render(<AddressBarHarness initialValue={url} onNavigate={vi.fn()} onSubmit={vi.fn()} />)
+    })
+    const input = container.querySelector<HTMLInputElement>('input[data-orca-browser-address-bar]')!
+    input.setSelectionRange(0, url.length)
+
+    act(() => {
+      input.dispatchEvent(new MouseEvent('mousedown', { bubbles: true, button: 0, detail: 1 }))
+    })
+    // Collapsed, so the press places a caret and the click can expand it to the whole URL.
+    expect(input.selectionStart).toBe(input.selectionEnd)
+  })
 })
diff --git a/src/renderer/src/components/browser-pane/assemble-chrome/BrowserAddressBar.tsx b/src/renderer/src/components/browser-pane/assemble-chrome/BrowserAddressBar.tsx
index 18a75ef85cd..f3c540a8aa7 100644
--- a/src/renderer/src/components/browser-pane/assemble-chrome/BrowserAddressBar.tsx
+++ b/src/renderer/src/components/browser-pane/assemble-chrome/BrowserAddressBar.tsx
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import type { BrowserPageDocLocation } from '../../../../../shared/browser-works
 import { buildBrowserAddressBarSuggestions } from './browser-address-bar-suggestions'
 import { shouldOverlayBrowserAddressBar } from './browser-address-bar-expansion'
 import { saveBrowserAddressBarEditSession } from './browser-address-bar-edit-session'
+import { useBrowserAddressBarClickSelect } from './use-browser-address-bar-click-select'
 import { useBrowserAddressBarDismissal } from './use-browser-address-bar-dismissal'
 import type { BrowserAddressBarEditSessionBinding } from './use-browser-address-bar-edit-session'
 import BrowserAddressBarSuggestionList from './BrowserAddressBarSuggestionList'
@@ -53,7 +54,7 @@ export default function BrowserAddressBar({
   const browserDefaultSearchEngine = useAppStore((s) => s.browserDefaultSearchEngine)
   const browserKagiSessionLink = useAppStore((s) => s.browserKagiSessionLink)
   const closingRef = useRef(false)
-  const initialMouseDownRef = useRef(false)
+  const addressBarClickSelect = useBrowserAddressBarClickSelect()
   const openedAtRef = useRef(0)
   const blurCloseTimerRef = useRef<number | null>(null)
   const closingResetTimerRef = useRef<number | null>(null)
@@ -242,15 +243,12 @@ export default function BrowserAddressBar({
       window.clearTimeout(blurCloseTimerRef.current)
       blurCloseTimerRef.current = null
     }
-    if (!initialMouseDownRef.current) {
-      inputRef.current?.select()
-    }
+    inputRef.current?.select()
     openedAtRef.current = Date.now()
     setOpen(true)
   }, [inputRef])
 
   const handleBlur = useCallback(() => {
-    initialMouseDownRef.current = false
     // Why: delay close so that clicking a suggestion item registers before
     // the popover unmounts. Without this, onSelect never fires because the
     // mousedown on PopoverContent triggers input blur first.
@@ -428,18 +426,8 @@ export default function BrowserAddressBar({
               ref={inputRef}
               value={value}
               onFocus={handleFocus}
-              onMouseDown={(event) => {
-                initialMouseDownRef.current =
-                  event.button === 0 && document.activeElement !== event.currentTarget
-              }}
-              onClick={(event) => {
-                const input = event.currentTarget
-                // Preserve native drag selection; only expand a collapsed initial click.
-                if (initialMouseDownRef.current && input.selectionStart === input.selectionEnd) {
-                  input.select()
-                }
-                initialMouseDownRef.current = false
-              }}
+              onMouseDown={addressBarClickSelect.onMouseDown}
+              onClick={addressBarClickSelect.onClick}
               onBlur={handleBlur}
               onKeyDown={handleKeyDown}
               data-orca-browser-address-bar="true"
diff --git a/src/renderer/src/components/browser-pane/assemble-chrome/use-browser-address-bar-click-select.ts b/src/renderer/src/components/browser-pane/assemble-chrome/use-browser-address-bar-click-select.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..71f1d9e50cb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/renderer/src/components/browser-pane/assemble-chrome/use-browser-address-bar-click-select.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+import { useCallback, useRef, type MouseEvent } from 'react'
+
+/**
+ * Browser-style mouse selection for the address bar: the click that focuses it selects the whole
+ * URL, a double-click selects a word, and a triple-click selects everything again.
+ */
+export function useBrowserAddressBarClickSelect(): {
+  onMouseDown: (event: MouseEvent<HTMLInputElement>) => void
+  onClick: (event: MouseEvent<HTMLInputElement>) => void
+} {
+  const pressFocusedRef = useRef(false)
+
+  const onMouseDown = useCallback((event: MouseEvent<HTMLInputElement>) => {
+    const input = event.currentTarget
+    pressFocusedRef.current = event.button === 0 && document.activeElement !== input
+    // Why: Chromium treats a press inside a selection as a text drag, so it neither places a caret
+    // nor picks a double-click word; clear the old or click-made selection first.
+    if (pressFocusedRef.current) {
+      // Focus first: a press that focuses the bar would restore the selection being cleared.
+      input.focus()
+      input.setSelectionRange(0, 0)
+    } else if (event.detail === 2) {
+      input.setSelectionRange(0, 0)
+    }
+  }, [])
+
+  const onClick = useCallback((event: MouseEvent<HTMLInputElement>) => {
+    const input = event.currentTarget
+    // Preserve native drag selection; only expand a collapsed focusing click.
+    if (pressFocusedRef.current && input.selectionStart === input.selectionEnd) {
+      input.select()
+    }
+    pressFocusedRef.current = false
+  }, [])
+
+  return { onMouseDown, onClick }
+}