diff --git a/docs/features.md b/docs/features.md
index 625cb074..4249caf5 100644
--- a/docs/features.md
+++ b/docs/features.md
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 - **Tabs & splits** — always open in the current directory
 - **Repo-grouped sidebar** — the left tab sidebar groups rows under a header per git repository, non-repo tabs in a trailing *Scratch* section; branch switches and in-repo `cd`s never move a row (`sidebar_grouping` in `config.json`: `repo` default, `none` for a flat list)
 - **Command palette** <kbd>⌘ P</kbd> · scrollback search <kbd>⌘ F</kbd>
-- **⌘-click links** · desktop notifications · copy on select (opt-in, Settings → Terminal → Clipboard)
+- **⌘/Ctrl-click links** (⌘ on macOS, Ctrl on Windows/Linux) · desktop notifications · copy on select (opt-in, Settings → Terminal → Clipboard)
 - **Smart double-click selection** — double-click grabs the whole URL, file path, bracket/quote pair, or dictionary-segmented CJK word under the cursor; Shift-click extends a selection (toggle in Settings → Terminal → Mouse; word separators via `word_separators` in `config.json`)
 - **Eight themes, plus your own** — YAML seed themes with solid, gradient, or image backgrounds; iTerm2 `.itermcolors` import; in-app color editor with a background-image picker
 - **Sync with system** — Settings → Appearance; pick separate light and dark themes and tty7 follows the OS appearance live (`theme_follow_system`, `theme_preset_light` / `theme_preset_dark` in `config.json`)
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ and SFTP without shelling out to `ssh`. There is no system-ssh compat mode.
 - **`~/.ssh/config` aliases** — type one to connect (resolved natively — common fields, best-effort — over russh), or import them as profiles in Settings
 - **GUI auth** — in-pane sheets for password, key passphrase, 2FA, and host-key confirmation (new vs. changed)
 - **Built-in SFTP** — a slide-in file panel: browse, upload / download, rename / delete / chmod, drag to Finder
-- **Port forwarding** — Local / Remote / Dynamic, preconfigured or added live, plus ⌘-click `localhost:PORT` to auto-forward
+- **Port forwarding** — Local / Remote / Dynamic, preconfigured or added live, plus ⌘/Ctrl-click `localhost:PORT` to auto-forward
 - **Jump hosts & proxies** — multi-hop via profile references or `ProxyJump`, ProxyCommand, SOCKS5 / HTTP
 
 | Entry point | Connects via |
diff --git a/src/terminal/element.rs b/src/terminal/element.rs
index d54fe708..6d8e173d 100644
--- a/src/terminal/element.rs
+++ b/src/terminal/element.rs
@@ -1189,8 +1189,11 @@ impl TerminalElement {
             let button = ev.button;
             let clicks = ev.click_count;
             view.update(cx, |v, cx| {
-                // Cmd+click opens a URL under the cursor.
-                let link_modifier = mods.platform || v.link_modifier_down();
+                // Secondary+click (⌘ on macOS, Ctrl on Windows/Linux) opens a
+                // URL under the cursor. Not the raw platform key: that's Win/
+                // Super off macOS, which the OS mostly swallows — and every
+                // other terminal there opens links on Ctrl+click.
+                let link_modifier = mods.secondary() || v.link_modifier_down();
                 if link_modifier && button == MouseButton::Left && v.open_link_at(col, row, cx) {
                     return;
                 }
@@ -1244,7 +1247,7 @@ impl TerminalElement {
                         if !mods.shift {
                             v.mouse_motion(col, row, &mods);
                         }
-                        let include_files = mods.platform || v.link_modifier_down();
+                        let include_files = mods.secondary() || v.link_modifier_down();
                         v.hover_link_at(col, row, include_files, cx);
                     } else {
                         v.clear_hovered_link(cx);
diff --git a/src/ui/hints.rs b/src/ui/hints.rs
index ca86f68e..030c5bda 100644
--- a/src/ui/hints.rs
+++ b/src/ui/hints.rs
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ impl Tty7App {
         cx: &mut Context<Self>,
     ) {
         let m = &ev.modifiers;
-        self.set_link_modifier(m.platform, cx);
+        self.set_link_modifier(m.secondary(), cx);
 
         // Mirror `on_key_down`'s chord test: reject the other platform-ish key
         // (⌃ on macOS, Win/Super elsewhere), Alt, and Shift, so only the bare
@@ -79,7 +79,8 @@ impl Tty7App {
         .detach();
     }
 
-    /// Push the platform-modifier state down to every pane's link tracking.
+    /// Push the secondary-modifier state (⌘ on macOS, Ctrl elsewhere — the
+    /// same key that opens a link on click) down to every pane's link tracking.
     /// Every tab, not just the active one: `on_modifiers_changed` only fires on
     /// the frontmost window state, so a background tab that saw "⌘ down" but
     /// never the matching release would keep a stale `true` — and a stale
diff --git a/src/ui/settings.rs b/src/ui/settings.rs
index 7c4c8e17..76e3aad5 100644
--- a/src/ui/settings.rs
+++ b/src/ui/settings.rs
@@ -467,7 +467,7 @@ pub(crate) struct SettingsState {
     pub(crate) shell_args_input: Entity<InputState>,
     /// Custom working-directory path (used when the strategy is `Custom`).
     pub(crate) wd_path_input: Entity<InputState>,
-    /// Command template run when ⌘-clicking a file link (Links section). Empty
+    /// Command template run when ⌘/Ctrl-clicking a file link (Links section). Empty
     /// clears the override, restoring the built-in "open in default app".
     pub(crate) link_file_command_input: Entity<InputState>,
     /// Mouse-scroll multiplier slider (Terminal section).
@@ -622,6 +622,14 @@ pub(crate) struct Recording {
 /// unlikely real font name.
 pub(crate) const FONT_DEFAULT_LABEL: &str = "Default (match primary)";
 
+/// How the link-click modifier is spelled in the Links copy. It's gpui's
+/// `secondary` (see `Modifiers::secondary`), so it must read ⌘ on macOS and
+/// Ctrl on Windows/Linux — same split `key_tokens` uses for keycaps.
+#[cfg(target_os = "macos")]
+const LINK_MODIFIER_LABEL: &str = "⌘";
+#[cfg(not(target_os = "macos"))]
+const LINK_MODIFIER_LABEL: &str = "Ctrl";
+
 /// Humanize a CamelCase action name for display: "CloseActiveTab" → "Close
 /// Active Tab".
 pub(crate) fn humanize_action(action: &str) -> String {
@@ -3093,7 +3101,7 @@ impl Tty7App {
             .child(self.section_header("Links", cx))
             .child(self.settings_row(
                 "Detect URLs",
-                "Underline links on hover and open them on ⌘-click.",
+                format!("Underline links on hover and open them on {LINK_MODIFIER_LABEL}-click."),
                 link_switch,
                 cx,
             ))
@@ -3105,9 +3113,12 @@ impl Tty7App {
             ))
             .child(self.settings_row(
                 "Open files with",
-                "Command run when ⌘-clicking a file link, instead of the default app. \
-                 Use {path}, {line}, {column}; a flag whose value is absent is dropped \
-                 (e.g. herdr edit {path} --line={line}). Empty uses the default app.",
+                format!(
+                    "Command run when {LINK_MODIFIER_LABEL}-clicking a file link, instead of \
+                     the default app. Use {{path}}, {{line}}, {{column}}; a flag whose value \
+                     is absent is dropped (e.g. herdr edit {{path}} --line={{line}}). Empty \
+                     uses the default app."
+                ),
                 link_file_command_control,
                 cx,
             ))