diff --git a/amethyst/src/main/java/com/vitorpamplona/amethyst/ui/screen/loggedIn/embed/EmbeddedTabLayer.kt b/amethyst/src/main/java/com/vitorpamplona/amethyst/ui/screen/loggedIn/embed/EmbeddedTabLayer.kt
index d8441ae2ff..f0b00c2319 100644
--- a/amethyst/src/main/java/com/vitorpamplona/amethyst/ui/screen/loggedIn/embed/EmbeddedTabLayer.kt
+++ b/amethyst/src/main/java/com/vitorpamplona/amethyst/ui/screen/loggedIn/embed/EmbeddedTabLayer.kt
@@ -377,6 +377,7 @@ fun EmbeddedTabLayer(barFavoriteIds: List<String>) {
                         // Cancel any in-flight scroll-hide from the page phase: otherwise the field's own
                         // selection-reveal scrolls keep it armed and the new field handles/toolbar never appear.
                         sel.scrolling = false
+                        sel.onFieldReadOnly(event.readOnly)
                         sel.onFieldGeometry(event.geometry, event.text.isNotEmpty())
                     }
                     ImeEvent.WantKeyboard -> {
@@ -398,6 +399,7 @@ fun EmbeddedTabLayer(barFavoriteIds: List<String>) {
                         // Re-arm "the field has text" so a tap can show the insertion handle again (a tab
                         // switch resets it). Geometry stays null here, so this can't pop a handle up on its
                         // own — native shows nothing until the user touches the field.
+                        sel.onFieldReadOnly(event.focus.readOnly)
                         sel.onFieldGeometry(null, event.focus.text.isNotEmpty())
                     }
                     ImeEvent.Blur -> {
@@ -529,19 +531,29 @@ fun EmbeddedTabLayer(barFavoriteIds: List<String>) {
         // In-field (<input>/<textarea>) range selection: cut/copy/paste/select-all routed to the hidden
         // EditText, plus draggable start/end handles (drag → `ime.fieldextend`). The toolbar hides while a
         // handle is dragged or the page scrolls; the handles hide only while scrolling.
+        // A readonly field offers only the non-destructive half: its text can be selected and copied, but Cut
+        // and Paste would silently do nothing (the page rejects the edit), so native never offers them there.
         val fieldItems =
-            listOf(
-                "Cut" to {
-                    imeView.cutSelection()
-                    Unit
+            listOfNotNull(
+                if (sel.fieldReadOnly) {
+                    null
+                } else {
+                    "Cut" to {
+                        imeView.cutSelection()
+                        Unit
+                    }
                 },
                 "Copy" to {
                     imeView.copySelection()
                     Unit
                 },
-                "Paste" to {
-                    imeView.pasteClipboard()
-                    Unit
+                if (sel.fieldReadOnly) {
+                    null
+                } else {
+                    "Paste" to {
+                        imeView.pasteClipboard()
+                        Unit
+                    }
                 },
                 "Select all" to {
                     imeView.selectAllText()
diff --git a/amethyst/src/main/java/com/vitorpamplona/amethyst/ui/screen/loggedIn/embed/RemoteImeView.kt b/amethyst/src/main/java/com/vitorpamplona/amethyst/ui/screen/loggedIn/embed/RemoteImeView.kt
index 27be249c47..e240e04cc7 100644
--- a/amethyst/src/main/java/com/vitorpamplona/amethyst/ui/screen/loggedIn/embed/RemoteImeView.kt
+++ b/amethyst/src/main/java/com/vitorpamplona/amethyst/ui/screen/loggedIn/embed/RemoteImeView.kt
@@ -164,9 +164,12 @@ class RemoteImeView(
 
     fun copySelection(): Boolean = onTextContextMenuItem(android.R.id.copy)
 
-    fun cutSelection(): Boolean = onTextContextMenuItem(android.R.id.cut)
+    // Cut and paste mutate the field, so they are refused on a readonly one: the page would reject the edit
+    // and the mirror would drift out of sync with it. The toolbar already hides them there — this is the
+    // backstop, kept next to the ops themselves so a future call site can't reintroduce the divergence.
+    fun cutSelection(): Boolean = !fieldReadOnly && onTextContextMenuItem(android.R.id.cut)
 
-    fun pasteClipboard(): Boolean = onTextContextMenuItem(android.R.id.paste)
+    fun pasteClipboard(): Boolean = !fieldReadOnly && onTextContextMenuItem(android.R.id.paste)
 
     fun selectAllText(): Boolean = onTextContextMenuItem(android.R.id.selectAll)
 
diff --git a/amethyst/src/main/java/com/vitorpamplona/amethyst/ui/screen/loggedIn/embed/SelectionUiState.kt b/amethyst/src/main/java/com/vitorpamplona/amethyst/ui/screen/loggedIn/embed/SelectionUiState.kt
index 0012c48c9b..541a0c4bd4 100644
--- a/amethyst/src/main/java/com/vitorpamplona/amethyst/ui/screen/loggedIn/embed/SelectionUiState.kt
+++ b/amethyst/src/main/java/com/vitorpamplona/amethyst/ui/screen/loggedIn/embed/SelectionUiState.kt
@@ -66,6 +66,14 @@ class SelectionUiState {
     var fieldHasText by mutableStateOf(false)
         private set
 
+    /**
+     * The focused field is `readonly`. Its text can still be selected and copied — that is what native offers
+     * — but nothing can be placed or changed in it, so it gets no insertion caret handle and no editing
+     * actions in the toolbar.
+     */
+    var fieldReadOnly by mutableStateOf(false)
+        private set
+
     /** Plain page-text (non-editable) selection. */
     var pageSelection by mutableStateOf<ImeEvent.PageSelection?>(null)
         private set
@@ -86,7 +94,7 @@ class SelectionUiState {
     // ---- derived visibility (read in composition; track the backing state) ----
 
     val insertionHandle: SelectionGeometry?
-        get() = if (caretShown && fieldHasText && !fieldHasRange && !scrolling) insertionGeometry else null
+        get() = if (caretShown && fieldHasText && !fieldReadOnly && !fieldHasRange && !scrolling) insertionGeometry else null
 
     /** Geometry for the insertion-handle Paste/Select-All popup, or null when it shouldn't show. */
     val insertionPopupAt: SelectionGeometry?
@@ -165,10 +173,16 @@ class SelectionUiState {
         fieldRange = null
         fieldHasRange = false
         fieldHasText = false
+        fieldReadOnly = false
         caretShown = false
         insertionPopup = false
     }
 
+    /** Records whether the newly focused field is `readonly` — see [fieldReadOnly]. */
+    fun onFieldReadOnly(readOnly: Boolean) {
+        fieldReadOnly = readOnly
+    }
+
     fun onPageSelection(sel: ImeEvent.PageSelection?) {
         pageSelection = sel
     }