diff --git a/v3/pkg/application/application_darwin.go b/v3/pkg/application/application_darwin.go
index 466514c9ea4..542fcc0f28e 100644
--- a/v3/pkg/application/application_darwin.go
+++ b/v3/pkg/application/application_darwin.go
@@ -432,6 +432,36 @@ func processWindowKeyDownEvent(windowID C.uint, acceleratorString *C.char) {
 	}
 }
 
+// processWindowKeyEquivalent is the synchronous counterpart to
+// processWindowKeyDownEvent. Called from -[WebviewWindow performKeyEquivalent:]
+// before the responder chain runs, so the caller can decide whether to
+// consume a modifier-key combo (returning true) or let the WKWebView see it
+// (returning false). Required for accelerators the webview would otherwise
+// swallow before NSWindow's keyDown: is ever reached — Ctrl+Tab is the
+// canonical example.
+//
+//export processWindowKeyEquivalent
+func processWindowKeyEquivalent(windowID C.uint, acceleratorString *C.char) C.bool {
+	if globalApplication == nil {
+		return C.bool(false)
+	}
+	globalApplication.windowsLock.RLock()
+	window, ok := globalApplication.windows[uint(windowID)]
+	globalApplication.windowsLock.RUnlock()
+	if !ok {
+		return C.bool(false)
+	}
+	webviewWindow, ok := window.(*WebviewWindow)
+	if !ok {
+		return C.bool(false)
+	}
+	accelerator, err := parseAccelerator(C.GoString(acceleratorString))
+	if err != nil {
+		return C.bool(false)
+	}
+	return C.bool(webviewWindow.processKeyBinding(accelerator.String()))
+}
+
 //export processDragItems
 func processDragItems(windowID C.uint, arr **C.char, length C.int, x C.int, y C.int) {
 	var filenames []string
diff --git a/v3/pkg/application/webview_window_darwin.m b/v3/pkg/application/webview_window_darwin.m
index cee15bf8133..c674c703807 100644
--- a/v3/pkg/application/webview_window_darwin.m
+++ b/v3/pkg/application/webview_window_darwin.m
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 extern void processURLRequest(unsigned int, void *);
 extern void processDragItems(unsigned int windowId, char** arr, int length, int x, int y);
 extern void processWindowKeyDownEvent(unsigned int, const char*);
+extern bool processWindowKeyEquivalent(unsigned int, const char*);
 extern bool hasListeners(unsigned int);
 extern bool windowShouldUnconditionallyClose(unsigned int);
 extern bool windowIsHidden(unsigned int);
@@ -46,11 +47,9 @@ - (WebviewWindow*) initWithContentRect:(NSRect)contentRect styleMask:(NSUInteger
     [self setMovableByWindowBackground:YES];
     return self;
 }
-- (void)keyDown:(NSEvent *)event {
+- (NSString *)acceleratorStringFromEvent:(NSEvent *)event {
     NSUInteger modifierFlags = event.modifierFlags;
-    // Create an array to hold the modifier strings
     NSMutableArray *modifierStrings = [NSMutableArray array];
-    // Check for modifier flags and add corresponding strings to the array
     if (modifierFlags & NSEventModifierFlagShift) {
         [modifierStrings addObject:@"shift"];
     }
@@ -67,11 +66,29 @@ - (void)keyDown:(NSEvent *)event {
     if (keyString.length > 0) {
         [modifierStrings addObject:keyString];
     }
-    // Combine the modifier strings with the key character
-    NSString *keyEventString = [modifierStrings componentsJoinedByString:@"+"];
-    const char* utf8String = [keyEventString UTF8String];
+    return [modifierStrings componentsJoinedByString:@"+"];
+}
+- (void)keyDown:(NSEvent *)event {
+    NSString *keyEventString = [self acceleratorStringFromEvent:event];
     WebviewWindowDelegate *delegate = (WebviewWindowDelegate*)self.delegate;
-    processWindowKeyDownEvent(delegate.windowId, utf8String);
+    processWindowKeyDownEvent(delegate.windowId, [keyEventString UTF8String]);
+}
+// performKeyEquivalent is invoked by Cocoa for every modifier-key combo
+// BEFORE the responder chain runs, giving the window a chance to claim
+// accelerators (e.g. Ctrl+Tab) that the WKWebView would otherwise consume
+// silently. Returns YES only when there is an actual KeyBinding match;
+// otherwise falls through to super so normal Cocoa handling — including
+// main-menu key equivalents — continues unchanged.
+- (BOOL)performKeyEquivalent:(NSEvent *)event {
+    WebviewWindowDelegate *delegate = (WebviewWindowDelegate*)self.delegate;
+    if (delegate != nil) {
+        NSString *keyEventString = [self acceleratorStringFromEvent:event];
+        if (keyEventString.length > 0 &&
+            processWindowKeyEquivalent(delegate.windowId, [keyEventString UTF8String])) {
+            return YES;
+        }
+    }
+    return [super performKeyEquivalent:event];
 }
 - (NSString *)keyStringFromEvent:(NSEvent *)event {
     // Get the pressed key