diff --git a/src/main/browser/document-preview/doc-preview-guest-policy.ts b/src/main/browser/document-preview/doc-preview-guest-policy.ts
index fb6ff0a71f0..2795b9562dd 100644
--- a/src/main/browser/document-preview/doc-preview-guest-policy.ts
+++ b/src/main/browser/document-preview/doc-preview-guest-policy.ts
@@ -66,6 +66,12 @@ export function readDocPreviewGuestBoundGrantId(guest: Electron.WebContents): st
   return previewGuests.get(guest)?.readBoundGrantId() ?? null
 }
 
+/** Browser page of the guest's live grant; null before the grant binds or once it is revoked. */
+export function readDocPreviewGuestBoundPageId(guest: Electron.WebContents): string | null {
+  const grantId = readDocPreviewGuestBoundGrantId(guest)
+  return (grantId && getDocPreviewGrant(grantId)?.browserPageId) || null
+}
+
 /** URL of the guest's committed document; unlike getURL(), pushState cannot rewrite it. */
 export function readDocPreviewGuestDocumentUrl(guest: Electron.WebContents): string {
   return previewGuests.get(guest)?.readDocumentUrl() ?? ''
diff --git a/src/main/browser/guest-lifecycle/manager/registration/browser-manager-guest-policy.ts b/src/main/browser/guest-lifecycle/manager/registration/browser-manager-guest-policy.ts
index 1c527c71636..2385d90a432 100644
--- a/src/main/browser/guest-lifecycle/manager/registration/browser-manager-guest-policy.ts
+++ b/src/main/browser/guest-lifecycle/manager/registration/browser-manager-guest-policy.ts
@@ -5,10 +5,11 @@ import { BrowserManagerGuestCleanup } from './browser-manager-guest-cleanup'
 import { allowPageUnload } from '../../navigation/browser-guest-unload-policy'
 import {
   installDocPreviewGuestPolicy,
-  readDocPreviewGuestBoundGrantId
+  readDocPreviewGuestBoundPageId
 } from '../../../document-preview/doc-preview-guest-policy'
-import { getDocPreviewGrant } from '../../../document-preview/doc-preview-grant-registry'
 import { setupGuestEscapeForwarding } from '../../input/shortcuts/browser-guest-escape-forwarding'
+import { setupGuestShortcutForwarding } from '../../input/shortcuts/browser-guest-shortcut-forwarding'
+import { forwardGuestMousePress } from '../../input/browser-guest-mouse-press'
 import { installGuestDevToolsCloseShortcut } from '../../devtools/browser-guest-devtools-close-shortcut'
 
 export abstract class BrowserManagerGuestPolicy extends BrowserManagerGuestCleanup {
@@ -92,15 +93,37 @@ export abstract class BrowserManagerGuestPolicy extends BrowserManagerGuestClean
     host: Electron.WebContents
   ): void {
     const disposeDocPolicy = installDocPreviewGuestPolicy(guest, host)
+    const resolveHost = (): Electron.WebContents | null => (host.isDestroyed() ? null : host)
     const disposeEscapeForwarding = setupGuestEscapeForwarding({
       guest,
       resolveTarget: () => {
-        const grantId = readDocPreviewGuestBoundGrantId(guest)
-        const browserPageId = grantId ? getDocPreviewGrant(grantId)?.browserPageId : undefined
+        const browserPageId = readDocPreviewGuestBoundPageId(guest)
         return browserPageId ? { browserPageId, renderer: host } : null
       },
       hasActiveGrabOp: (browserPageId) => this.hasActiveGrabOp(browserPageId)
     })
+    // Why: a focused preview swallows keys, so Orca's window shortcuts (Ctrl+Tab, close tab) are
+    // forwarded to its own host as for plugin frames; browser-page chords stay with the document.
+    const disposeShortcutForwarding = setupGuestShortcutForwarding({
+      browserTabId: `workspace-doc:${guest.id}`,
+      guest,
+      resolveRenderer: resolveHost,
+      getKeybindings: () => this.settingsResolver?.().keybindings,
+      browserPage: false
+    })
+    // Why: a press in the preview never reaches the host DOM, so its split stays inactive and
+    // forwarded shortcuts like Close would act on another split (#22144). Presses only: previews
+    // have no history listener for the side buttons a release would send.
+    const reportPress = (_event: Electron.Event, mouse: Electron.MouseInputEvent): void => {
+      if (mouse.type !== 'mouseDown') {
+        return
+      }
+      const browserPageId = readDocPreviewGuestBoundPageId(guest)
+      if (browserPageId) {
+        forwardGuestMousePress(guest, browserPageId, resolveHost, mouse)
+      }
+    }
+    guest.on('before-mouse-event', reportPress)
     const handleDestroyed = (): void => {
       this.cleanupGuestPolicyAttachment(guest.id)
     }
@@ -109,9 +132,11 @@ export abstract class BrowserManagerGuestPolicy extends BrowserManagerGuestClean
     this.policyCleanupByGuestId.set(guest.id, () => {
       disposeDocPolicy()
       disposeEscapeForwarding()
+      disposeShortcutForwarding()
       try {
         guest.off('destroyed', handleDestroyed)
         guest.off('will-prevent-unload', allowPageUnload)
+        guest.off('before-mouse-event', reportPress)
       } catch {
         // guest may already be destroyed
       }
diff --git a/src/main/browser/guest-lifecycle/manager/registration/browser-manager-workspace-doc-shortcuts.test.ts b/src/main/browser/guest-lifecycle/manager/registration/browser-manager-workspace-doc-shortcuts.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..bab2aa74f57
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/browser/guest-lifecycle/manager/registration/browser-manager-workspace-doc-shortcuts.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,90 @@
+import { afterEach, describe, expect, it, vi, type Mock } from 'vitest'
+
+vi.mock('electron', () => ({
+  app: { getPath: () => '/downloads' },
+  BrowserWindow: { fromWebContents: () => null },
+  clipboard: { writeText: vi.fn() },
+  shell: { openExternal: vi.fn() },
+  Menu: { buildFromTemplate: vi.fn() },
+  screen: { getCursorScreenPoint: () => ({ x: 0, y: 0 }) },
+  webContents: { fromId: () => null }
+}))
+vi.mock('../../popups/presentation/popup-origin-bar-window', () => ({
+  openPopupWithOriginBar: vi.fn()
+}))
+
+import { buildDocPreviewUrl } from '../../../../../shared/document-preview/doc-preview-scheme'
+import {
+  mintDocPreviewGrant,
+  revokeAllDocPreviewGrants
+} from '../../../document-preview/doc-preview-grant-registry'
+import {
+  DestroyedGuestTestContents,
+  DestroyedGuestTestManager
+} from './browser-manager-destroyed-guest-test-fixture'
+
+describe('workspace document guest input', () => {
+  const guests: DestroyedGuestTestContents[] = []
+
+  function attachDocumentGuest(): {
+    guest: DestroyedGuestTestContents
+    send: Mock
+  } {
+    const grant = mintDocPreviewGrant({
+      owner: {
+        kind: 'runtime',
+        environmentId: 'env-1',
+        worktreeSelector: 'id:worktree-1',
+        worktreeRoot: '/repo'
+      },
+      root: '/repo',
+      entryRelativePath: 'page.html',
+      browserPageId: 'doc-page-1'
+    })
+    const url = buildDocPreviewUrl(grant.id, grant.entryRelativePath)
+    const guest = Object.assign(new DestroyedGuestTestContents(7), { getURL: () => url })
+    const send = vi.fn()
+    const host = Object.assign(new DestroyedGuestTestContents(5001), { send })
+    new DestroyedGuestTestManager().attachGuestPolicies(guest.asWebContents(), null, {
+      profile: 'workspace-doc',
+      host: host.asWebContents()
+    })
+    guests.push(guest)
+    return { guest, send }
+  }
+
+  afterEach(() => {
+    for (const guest of guests.splice(0)) {
+      guest.destroy()
+    }
+    revokeAllDocPreviewGrants()
+  })
+
+  it('forwards Ctrl+Tab from a focused document preview to its host window', () => {
+    const { guest, send } = attachDocumentGuest()
+    guest.emit(
+      'before-input-event',
+      { preventDefault: vi.fn() },
+      {
+        type: 'keyDown',
+        key: 'Tab',
+        code: 'Tab',
+        control: true,
+        shift: false,
+        alt: false,
+        meta: false
+      }
+    )
+
+    expect(send.mock.calls).toEqual([['ui:ctrlTabKeyDown', { shiftKey: false }]])
+  })
+
+  it('reports a press in the preview so its split becomes active', () => {
+    const { guest, send } = attachDocumentGuest()
+    guest.emit('before-mouse-event', { preventDefault: vi.fn() }, { type: 'mouseDown', x: 1, y: 1 })
+
+    expect(send.mock.calls).toEqual([
+      ['ui:browserPagePointerDown', { browserPageId: 'doc-page-1' }]
+    ])
+  })
+})