diff --git a/apps/desktop/src/components/editor/SqlPreviewPanel.vue b/apps/desktop/src/components/editor/SqlPreviewPanel.vue
index 18a1871bd..5edb79065 100644
--- a/apps/desktop/src/components/editor/SqlPreviewPanel.vue
+++ b/apps/desktop/src/components/editor/SqlPreviewPanel.vue
@@ -182,10 +182,10 @@ onBeforeUnmount(() => {
       </div>
 
       <!-- Shiki highlighted SQL -->
-      <div v-else-if="highlightedHtml" class="p-3 text-xs leading-relaxed [&_pre]:!bg-transparent [&_pre]:!p-0 [&_code]:!font-mono [&_code]:text-xs" v-html="highlightedHtml" />
+      <div v-else-if="highlightedHtml" data-native-clipboard class="p-3 text-xs leading-relaxed [&_pre]:!bg-transparent [&_pre]:!p-0 [&_code]:!font-mono [&_code]:text-xs" v-html="highlightedHtml" />
 
       <!-- Plain text fallback -->
-      <pre v-else class="p-3 text-xs font-mono whitespace-pre-wrap select-text">{{ displaySql }}</pre>
+      <pre v-else data-native-clipboard class="p-3 text-xs font-mono whitespace-pre-wrap select-text">{{ displaySql }}</pre>
     </div>
   </div>
 </template>
diff --git a/apps/desktop/src/components/grid/DataGrid.vue b/apps/desktop/src/components/grid/DataGrid.vue
index 9638814a0..80a1e2912 100644
--- a/apps/desktop/src/components/grid/DataGrid.vue
+++ b/apps/desktop/src/components/grid/DataGrid.vue
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ import { parseClipboardTable } from "@/lib/gridSelection";
 
 import { useToast } from "@/composables/useToast";
 import { useDataGridExport } from "@/composables/useDataGridExport";
-import { readTextFromClipboard } from "@/lib/clipboard";
+import { eventTargetAllowsNativeClipboard, isPlainClipboardShortcut, readTextFromClipboard } from "@/lib/clipboard";
 import ExportProgressDialog from "@/components/export/ExportProgressDialog.vue";
 import { DATA_GRID_ROW_NUM_WIDTH, useDataGridColumnResize } from "@/composables/useDataGridColumnResize";
 import { useDataGridSelection } from "@/composables/useDataGridSelection";
@@ -4746,25 +4746,6 @@ function openImagePreview(src: string, title: string) {
   imagePreviewOpen.value = true;
 }
 
-function selectionNodeElement(node: Node | null): Element | null {
-  if (!node) return null;
-  return node instanceof Element ? node : node.parentElement;
-}
-
-function hasNativeClipboardSelection(): boolean {
-  const selection = window.getSelection();
-  if (!selection || selection.isCollapsed) return false;
-  const anchorRegion = selectionNodeElement(selection.anchorNode)?.closest("[data-native-clipboard]");
-  const focusRegion = selectionNodeElement(selection.focusNode)?.closest("[data-native-clipboard]");
-  return !!anchorRegion && anchorRegion === focusRegion;
-}
-
-function eventTargetAllowsNativeClipboard(event: KeyboardEvent): boolean {
-  const target = event.target as HTMLElement | null;
-  if (target?.closest("input, textarea, [contenteditable='true'], [role='textbox']")) return true;
-  return clipboardShortcut(event, "c") && hasNativeClipboardSelection();
-}
-
 function onDrawerContextMenu(event: MouseEvent) {
   event.stopPropagation();
   const target = event.target as HTMLElement | null;
@@ -4773,7 +4754,7 @@ function onDrawerContextMenu(event: MouseEvent) {
 }
 
 function clipboardShortcut(event: KeyboardEvent, key: string): boolean {
-  return (event.metaKey || event.ctrlKey) && !event.altKey && event.key.toLowerCase() === key;
+  return isPlainClipboardShortcut(event, key);
 }
 
 let lastPasteEventAt = 0;
diff --git a/apps/desktop/src/lib/clipboard.ts b/apps/desktop/src/lib/clipboard.ts
index da60ce809..716c95bce 100644
--- a/apps/desktop/src/lib/clipboard.ts
+++ b/apps/desktop/src/lib/clipboard.ts
@@ -37,6 +37,55 @@ export interface ClipboardEnvironment {
   document?: ClipboardDocument;
 }
 
+export interface ClipboardShortcutEvent {
+  key: string;
+  metaKey?: boolean;
+  ctrlKey?: boolean;
+  altKey?: boolean;
+  shiftKey?: boolean;
+  target?: EventTarget | null;
+}
+
+interface SelectionLike {
+  anchorNode: Node | null;
+  focusNode: Node | null;
+  isCollapsed: boolean;
+}
+
+interface NativeClipboardSelectionEnvironment {
+  getSelection?: () => SelectionLike | null;
+}
+
+const EDITABLE_CLIPBOARD_TARGET_SELECTOR = "input, textarea, [contenteditable='true'], [role='textbox']";
+const NATIVE_CLIPBOARD_REGION_SELECTOR = "[data-native-clipboard]";
+
+function closestElement(target: unknown, selector: string): unknown {
+  return (target as { closest?: (selector: string) => unknown } | null)?.closest?.(selector) ?? null;
+}
+
+function selectionNodeElement(node: Node | null): Element | null {
+  if (!node) return null;
+  if (typeof Element !== "undefined" && node instanceof Element) return node;
+  return (node as { parentElement?: Element | null }).parentElement ?? null;
+}
+
+export function isPlainClipboardShortcut(event: ClipboardShortcutEvent, key: string): boolean {
+  return !!(event.metaKey || event.ctrlKey) && !event.altKey && !event.shiftKey && event.key.toLowerCase() === key;
+}
+
+export function hasNativeClipboardSelection(env: NativeClipboardSelectionEnvironment = globalThis as unknown as NativeClipboardSelectionEnvironment): boolean {
+  const selection = env.getSelection?.();
+  if (!selection || selection.isCollapsed) return false;
+  const anchorRegion = selectionNodeElement(selection.anchorNode)?.closest(NATIVE_CLIPBOARD_REGION_SELECTOR);
+  const focusRegion = selectionNodeElement(selection.focusNode)?.closest(NATIVE_CLIPBOARD_REGION_SELECTOR);
+  return !!anchorRegion && anchorRegion === focusRegion;
+}
+
+export function eventTargetAllowsNativeClipboard(event: ClipboardShortcutEvent, env: NativeClipboardSelectionEnvironment = globalThis as unknown as NativeClipboardSelectionEnvironment): boolean {
+  if (closestElement(event.target, EDITABLE_CLIPBOARD_TARGET_SELECTOR)) return true;
+  return isPlainClipboardShortcut(event, "c") && hasNativeClipboardSelection(env);
+}
+
 export async function readTextFromClipboard(env: ClipboardEnvironment = globalThis as unknown as ClipboardEnvironment): Promise<string> {
   if (isTauriRuntime(env as unknown as Record<string, unknown>)) {
     try {
diff --git a/packages/app-tests/clipboard.test.ts b/packages/app-tests/clipboard.test.ts
index 08d2bd267..1c9f4ec29 100644
--- a/packages/app-tests/clipboard.test.ts
+++ b/packages/app-tests/clipboard.test.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import { strict as assert } from "node:assert";
 import { test } from "vitest";
-import { copyToClipboard, readTextFromClipboard } from "../../apps/desktop/src/lib/clipboard.ts";
+import { copyToClipboard, eventTargetAllowsNativeClipboard, hasNativeClipboardSelection, isPlainClipboardShortcut, readTextFromClipboard } from "../../apps/desktop/src/lib/clipboard.ts";
 
 test("copyToClipboard falls back when navigator clipboard is unavailable", async () => {
   const appended: unknown[] = [];
@@ -60,3 +60,55 @@ test("readTextFromClipboard uses navigator clipboard when available", async () =
 
   assert.equal(text, "orders\t42");
 });
+
+test("clipboard shortcut detection requires a plain mod shortcut", () => {
+  assert.equal(isPlainClipboardShortcut({ key: "C", ctrlKey: true }, "c"), true);
+  assert.equal(isPlainClipboardShortcut({ key: "c", metaKey: true }, "c"), true);
+  assert.equal(isPlainClipboardShortcut({ key: "c", ctrlKey: true, shiftKey: true }, "c"), false);
+  assert.equal(isPlainClipboardShortcut({ key: "c", altKey: true }, "c"), false);
+});
+
+test("eventTargetAllowsNativeClipboard lets editable targets keep clipboard shortcuts", () => {
+  const inputTarget = {
+    closest: (selector: string) => (selector.includes("input") ? {} : null),
+  } as unknown as EventTarget;
+
+  assert.equal(eventTargetAllowsNativeClipboard({ key: "v", ctrlKey: true, target: inputTarget }), true);
+});
+
+test("hasNativeClipboardSelection detects selections inside one native clipboard region", () => {
+  const region = {};
+  const element = {
+    closest: (selector: string) => (selector === "[data-native-clipboard]" ? region : null),
+  };
+  const textNode = { parentElement: element } as unknown as Node;
+
+  assert.equal(
+    hasNativeClipboardSelection({
+      getSelection: () => ({
+        anchorNode: textNode,
+        focusNode: textNode,
+        isCollapsed: false,
+      }),
+    }),
+    true,
+  );
+});
+
+test("eventTargetAllowsNativeClipboard lets native regions handle copy only with a text selection", () => {
+  const region = {};
+  const element = {
+    closest: (selector: string) => (selector === "[data-native-clipboard]" ? region : null),
+  };
+  const textNode = { parentElement: element } as unknown as Node;
+  const env = {
+    getSelection: () => ({
+      anchorNode: textNode,
+      focusNode: textNode,
+      isCollapsed: false,
+    }),
+  };
+
+  assert.equal(eventTargetAllowsNativeClipboard({ key: "c", ctrlKey: true }, env), true);
+  assert.equal(eventTargetAllowsNativeClipboard({ key: "x", ctrlKey: true }, env), false);
+});