diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/src/panels/appearance.rs b/crates/ui-egui/src/panels/appearance.rs
index ca1f3c28f..4e39c75b7 100644
--- a/crates/ui-egui/src/panels/appearance.rs
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/src/panels/appearance.rs
@@ -385,9 +385,23 @@ pub(crate) fn row_popup(app: &mut VectorcraftApp, ctx: &egui::Context, panel: Re
     let area_id = egui::Id::unique("ap-row-popup");
     let shown = ctx.memory(|m| m.area_rect(area_id));
     // A press outside it (not one that closes a dropdown the popup opened) or Escape puts it away.
+    // With a field in it that has the keyboard, a press draws it once more first, so the field lets
+    // go of the keyboard to that press and commits what was typed, as in a panel (#6429). Escape
+    // drops what was typed.
     let pressed_outside = ctx.input(|i| i.pointer.any_pressed() && i.pointer.interact_pos().is_some_and(|p| shown.is_some_and(|r| !r.contains(p))));
-    if pressed_outside && !egui::Popup::is_any_open(ctx) || ctx.input_mut(|i| i.consume_key(egui::Modifiers::NONE, egui::Key::Escape)) {
+    let mut last = false;
+    if ctx.input_mut(|i| i.consume_key(egui::Modifiers::NONE, egui::Key::Escape)) {
         return close(app);
+    } else if pressed_outside && !egui::Popup::is_any_open(ctx) {
+        if !widgets::field_focused_in(ctx, egui::LayerId::new(egui::Order::Foreground, area_id)) {
+            return close(app);
+        }
+        last = true;
+    }
+    // Fields let go of the keyboard on a click, which this press isn't yet.
+    let surrender = ctx.options(|o| o.input_options.surrender_focus_on);
+    if last {
+        ctx.options_mut(|o| o.input_options.surrender_focus_on = egui::SurrenderFocusOn::Presses);
     }
     let screen = ctx.content_rect();
     let left = panel.left() - POPUP_GAP - POPUP_W;
@@ -415,6 +429,10 @@ pub(crate) fn row_popup(app: &mut VectorcraftApp, ctx: &egui::Context, panel: Re
             }
         });
     });
+    if last {
+        ctx.options_mut(|o| o.input_options.surrender_focus_on = surrender);
+        close(app);
+    }
 }
 
 /// A row's name that edits the row when clicked ([`link`]), with the tooltip "Click to edit".
diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/src/panels/tests_appearance.rs b/crates/ui-egui/src/panels/tests_appearance.rs
index 0431d6dec..2cf78847a 100644
--- a/crates/ui-egui/src/panels/tests_appearance.rs
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/src/panels/tests_appearance.rs
@@ -1994,3 +1994,31 @@ fn the_drop_buttons_light_up_while_a_row_is_dragged() {
     assert_eq!(drop_buttons_on(&ctx, &mut app, vec![]), [false, false], "dark again once it is released");
     assert_eq!(stack_items(&app).len(), 2, "released elsewhere: nothing removed");
 }
+
+/// #6429: a dash length typed into the Stroke panel that the Appearance panel's "Stroke:" row or
+/// the Properties panel's Stroke link opens sticks when a click outside closes the popup, as it
+/// does when Enter ends the edit. The popup used to close without drawing again, so the field
+/// never saw itself lose the keyboard and the value went back.
+#[test]
+fn a_dash_typed_in_a_stroke_popup_sticks_when_a_click_outside_closes_it() {
+    type Panel = fn(&mut VectorcraftApp, &mut egui::Ui);
+    let hosts: [(&str, Panel); 2] = [("Stroke:", appearance::show), ("Stroke", super::properties::show)];
+    for (link, show) in hosts {
+        let mut app = app_with_rect();
+        run(&mut app, "stroke.set", json!({"dash": [10.0]}));
+        let ctx = egui::Context::default();
+        let texts = frame_events(&ctx, &mut app, vec![], show);
+        click(&ctx, &mut app, text_rect(&texts, link).center(), show);
+        // The popup's first dash field: a click gives it the keyboard with its text selected.
+        let texts = frame_events(&ctx, &mut app, vec![], show);
+        click(&ctx, &mut app, text_rect(&texts, "10").center(), show);
+        frame_events(&ctx, &mut app, vec![egui::Event::Text("4".into())], show);
+        let dash = |app: &VectorcraftApp| current_stroke(app).and_then(|s| s.dash).map(|d| d.pattern);
+        assert_eq!(dash(&app), Some(vec![10.0]), "{link}: nothing set while typing");
+        click(&ctx, &mut app, egui::pos2(5.0, 3000.0), show);
+        frame_events(&ctx, &mut app, vec![], show);
+        assert_eq!(dash(&app).and_then(|p| p.first().copied()), Some(4.0), "{link}: the typed dash stuck: {:?}", dash(&app));
+        let texts = frame_events(&ctx, &mut app, vec![], show);
+        assert!(!texts.iter().any(|(t, _)| t == "Dashed Line"), "{link}: the popup closed");
+    }
+}
diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/src/widgets.rs b/crates/ui-egui/src/widgets.rs
index 56bac9808..be2965ef3 100644
--- a/crates/ui-egui/src/widgets.rs
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/src/widgets.rs
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ pub use drag::{
 use dropdowns::combo_button_id;
 #[cfg(test)]
 pub(crate) use dropdowns::menu_floor;
-pub(crate) use dropdowns::{combo, combo_menu, combo_menu_field, combo_named, popover_is_open};
+pub(crate) use dropdowns::{combo, combo_menu, combo_menu_field, combo_named, field_focused_in, popover_is_open};
 pub use dropdowns::{
     dropdown, dropdown_named, dropdown_names, dropdown_names_named, dropdown_with, dropdown_with_named, list_scroll_style, menu_room, menu_scroll,
     panel_scroll, popover, set_menu_floor, strip_scroll,
diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/src/widgets/dropdowns.rs b/crates/ui-egui/src/widgets/dropdowns.rs
index 1046e56a7..d5d914b7b 100644
--- a/crates/ui-egui/src/widgets/dropdowns.rs
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/src/widgets/dropdowns.rs
@@ -234,8 +234,13 @@ pub fn popover<R>(resp: &Response, toggle: bool, content: impl FnOnce(&mut Ui) -
             && click_pos.is_some_and(|pos| ctx.layer_id_at(pos).is_none_or(|l| l.order != egui::Order::Foreground));
         was_open && !clicked_elsewhere
     };
+    // Closing with a field in it that has the keyboard: it draws once more, so the field lets go of
+    // the keyboard to the click and commits what was typed, as in a panel (#6429).
+    let last = was_open && !open && field_focused_in(ctx, egui::LayerId::new(egui::Order::Foreground, id));
+    let mut shown = open || last;
     let inner =
-        egui::Popup::menu(resp).id(id).open_bool(&mut open).close_behavior(egui::PopupCloseBehavior::IgnoreClicks).show(content).map(|r| r.inner);
+        egui::Popup::menu(resp).id(id).open_bool(&mut shown).close_behavior(egui::PopupCloseBehavior::IgnoreClicks).show(content).map(|r| r.inner);
+    open = shown && !last;
     ctx.data_mut(|d| {
         if open {
             d.insert_temp(id, frame);
@@ -246,6 +251,13 @@ pub fn popover<R>(resp: &Response, toggle: bool, content: impl FnOnce(&mut Ui) -
     inner
 }
 
+/// Whether a field in the popup on `layer` has the keyboard. A popup closing with one draws once
+/// more before it goes: the field lets go of the keyboard to the click away and commits what was
+/// typed, as it does in a panel. A popup that closed without drawing again dropped it (#6429).
+pub(crate) fn field_focused_in(ctx: &egui::Context, layer: egui::LayerId) -> bool {
+    ctx.memory(|m| m.focused()).and_then(|id| ctx.read_response(id)).is_some_and(|r| r.layer_id == layer)
+}
+
 /// Whether the popover for this anchor was open in the latest completed frame.
 pub(crate) fn popover_is_open(ctx: &egui::Context, anchor: egui::Id) -> bool {
     let frame = ctx.cumulative_frame_nr();