diff --git a/apps/desktop/src/components/editor/EditorSearchPanel.vue b/apps/desktop/src/components/editor/EditorSearchPanel.vue
index 9ed4127775..2f5a2b625d 100644
--- a/apps/desktop/src/components/editor/EditorSearchPanel.vue
+++ b/apps/desktop/src/components/editor/EditorSearchPanel.vue
@@ -317,6 +317,10 @@ function openReplace(): boolean {
 
 function closeSearch() {
   const wasVisible = searchVisible.value;
+  // Escape also reaches this command while editing. A hidden panel must not
+  // dispatch a selection reset, which would dismiss completion before its
+  // Escape handler can consume the key and preserve snippet navigation.
+  if (!wasVisible) return false;
   searchVisible.value = false;
   showReplace.value = false;
   clearDocumentSearchUpdate();
diff --git a/apps/desktop/src/components/editor/QueryEditor.vue b/apps/desktop/src/components/editor/QueryEditor.vue
index 17f44d4cdf..58941ecf9c 100644
--- a/apps/desktop/src/components/editor/QueryEditor.vue
+++ b/apps/desktop/src/components/editor/QueryEditor.vue
@@ -136,6 +136,7 @@ import { EDITOR_FONT_FAMILY_CSS_VAR, EDITOR_FONT_SIZE_CSS_VAR, editorDiagnosticC
 import { createStatementGutterMarkerDom, shouldShowStatementGutter } from "@/lib/editor/codemirrorStatementGutter";
 import { createQueryEditorSqlShortcutDomHandler, isCharacterProducingShortcut } from "@/lib/editor/queryEditorSqlShortcut";
 import { createQueryEditorReplaceShortcutBindings, createQueryEditorReplaceShortcutHandler, createQueryEditorSearchKeymap } from "@/lib/editor/queryEditorSearchKeymap";
+import { createQueryEditorEscapeHandler } from "@/lib/editor/queryEditorEscape";
 import { buildQueryEditorLineNumbersExtension, createQueryEditorLineNumberAlignmentExtension } from "@/lib/editor/queryEditorLineNumbers";
 import { searchKeymapWithoutModD } from "@/lib/editor/codemirrorSearchKeymap";
 import { defaultKeymapForGlobalShortcuts } from "@/lib/editor/codemirrorDefaultKeymap";
@@ -892,7 +893,12 @@ function editorIndentUnit(): string {
 }
 
 function handleTab(view: EditorViewType): boolean {
-  if (view.state.selection.ranges.some((range) => !range.empty)) return codeMirrorIndentMore?.(view) ?? false;
+  if (isEditorComposing(view)) return false;
+  if (view.state.selection.ranges.some((range) => !range.empty)) {
+    // Snippet navigation selects the whole field, including after Shift+Tab.
+    // Give that active session priority over ordinary selected-text indentation.
+    return (codeMirrorNextSnippetField?.(view) ?? false) || (codeMirrorIndentMore?.(view) ?? false);
+  }
   if (tabKeyAcceptsCompletion()) {
     return acceptCompletionOrNextSnippetField(view) || performNormalTab(view);
   }
@@ -2393,9 +2399,8 @@ function selectAllSelectionOccurrencesFromContextMenu() {
 }
 
 function acceptCompletionOrNextSnippetField(view: EditorViewType): boolean {
-  // Any non-empty selection range means Tab is being used for block indent,
-  // not word completion. A completion popup can still appear as a side effect
-  // of the indent edit itself, so it must never hijack this or a following Tab.
+  // A non-empty selection belongs to snippet navigation or block indentation,
+  // not word completion. A popup opened by an indent edit must not hijack Tab.
   if (isEditorComposing(view)) return false;
   if (view.state.selection.ranges.every((range) => range.empty)) {
     const completionStatus = codeMirrorCompletionStatus?.(view.state) ?? null;
@@ -6384,10 +6389,15 @@ onMounted(async () => {
           { key: "Tab", run: handleTab },
           {
             key: "Escape",
-            run: () => {
-              clearBatchColumnSelectionSession();
-              return searchPanelRef.value?.closeSearch() ?? false;
-            },
+            run: createQueryEditorEscapeHandler({
+              clearBatchSelection: clearBatchColumnSelectionSession,
+              cancelPendingAcceptance: () => {
+                clearPendingCompletionEnter();
+                clearPendingCompletionTab();
+              },
+              closeSearch: () => searchPanelRef.value?.closeSearch() ?? false,
+              closeCompletion: (currentView) => codeMirrorCloseCompletion?.(currentView) ?? false,
+            }),
           },
         ]),
       ),
diff --git a/apps/desktop/src/components/editor/__tests__/QueryEditor.snippetEscape.integration.spec.ts b/apps/desktop/src/components/editor/__tests__/QueryEditor.snippetEscape.integration.spec.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4af9bce152
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/desktop/src/components/editor/__tests__/QueryEditor.snippetEscape.integration.spec.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,153 @@
+// @vitest-environment happy-dom
+
+import { createApp, h, reactive, type App } from "vue";
+import { createPinia, setActivePinia } from "pinia";
+import { createI18n } from "vue-i18n";
+import { completionStatus, hasNextSnippetField, hasPrevSnippetField, snippet, startCompletion } from "@codemirror/autocomplete";
+import { EditorView } from "@codemirror/view";
+import { afterEach, describe, expect, it, vi } from "vitest";
+import QueryEditor from "../QueryEditor.vue";
+
+// Keep the real autocomplete state, keymaps, editor, and search child. Only
+// replace SQL candidate retrieval so this regression needs no database.
+vi.mock("@codemirror/autocomplete", async (importOriginal) => {
+  const actual = await importOriginal<typeof import("@codemirror/autocomplete")>();
+  return {
+    ...actual,
+    autocompletion: (config: Parameters<typeof actual.autocompletion>[0]) =>
+      actual.autocompletion({
+        ...config,
+        override: [(context) => ({ from: context.pos, options: [{ label: "candidate" }] })],
+      }),
+  };
+});
+
+const cleanups: Array<() => void> = [];
+afterEach(() => {
+  for (const cleanup of cleanups.splice(0)) cleanup();
+});
+
+async function mountEditor() {
+  const pinia = createPinia();
+  setActivePinia(pinia);
+  const state = reactive({ sql: "" });
+  const host = document.createElement("div");
+  document.body.append(host);
+  const app: App = createApp({
+    render: () =>
+      h(QueryEditor, {
+        modelValue: state.sql,
+        tabId: "snippet-escape-integration",
+        databaseType: "mysql",
+        dialect: "mysql",
+        autoFocus: false,
+        "onUpdate:modelValue": (value: string) => {
+          state.sql = value;
+        },
+      }),
+  });
+  app.use(pinia);
+  app.use(createI18n({ legacy: false, locale: "en", messages: { en: {} }, missingWarn: false, fallbackWarn: false }));
+  app.mount(host);
+  cleanups.push(() => {
+    app.unmount();
+    host.remove();
+  });
+  await vi.waitFor(() => expect(host.querySelector(".cm-editor")).not.toBeNull(), { timeout: 5000 });
+  return EditorView.findFromDOM(host.querySelector(".cm-editor") as HTMLElement)!;
+}
+
+function press(view: EditorView, key: string, shiftKey = false) {
+  const event = new KeyboardEvent("keydown", { key, shiftKey, bubbles: true, cancelable: true });
+  view.contentDOM.dispatchEvent(event);
+  expect(event.defaultPrevented).toBe(true);
+}
+function selectedText(view: EditorView) {
+  return view.state.sliceDoc(view.state.selection.main.from, view.state.selection.main.to);
+}
+
+describe("mounted QueryEditor snippet Escape", () => {
+  it.each([false, true])("returns to the first field with Shift+Tab after Escape (second field edited: %s)", async (editSecondField) => {
+    const view = await mountEditor();
+    snippet("CREATE TABLE ${table} (${column} ${type});")(view, { label: "create table" }, 0, 0);
+    view.dispatch(view.state.replaceSelection("demo"));
+    startCompletion(view);
+    await vi.waitFor(() => expect(completionStatus(view.state)).toBe("active"));
+    press(view, "Escape");
+    press(view, "Tab");
+    expect(selectedText(view)).toBe("column");
+    if (editSecondField) view.dispatch(view.state.replaceSelection("id"));
+    const beforeBack = view.state.doc.toString();
+    expect(hasPrevSnippetField(view.state)).toBe(true);
+
+    press(view, "Tab", true);
+    expect(selectedText(view)).toBe("demo");
+    expect(view.state.selection.main.from).toBe("CREATE TABLE ".length);
+    expect(view.state.doc.toString()).toBe(beforeBack);
+    expect(hasPrevSnippetField(view.state)).toBe(false);
+    expect(hasNextSnippetField(view.state)).toBe(true);
+
+    press(view, "Tab");
+    expect(selectedText(view)).toBe(editSecondField ? "id" : "column");
+    expect(view.state.doc.toString()).toBe(beforeBack);
+  });
+
+  it("navigates untouched fields with Tab, Shift+Tab, Tab without indenting", async () => {
+    const view = await mountEditor();
+    snippet("CREATE TABLE ${table} (${column} ${type});")(view, { label: "create table" }, 0, 0);
+    const original = view.state.doc.toString();
+    expect(selectedText(view)).toBe("table");
+    press(view, "Tab");
+    expect(selectedText(view)).toBe("column");
+    press(view, "Tab", true);
+    expect(selectedText(view)).toBe("table");
+    press(view, "Tab");
+    expect(selectedText(view)).toBe("column");
+    press(view, "Tab");
+    expect(selectedText(view)).toBe("type");
+    expect(view.state.doc.toString()).toBe(original);
+    expect(hasNextSnippetField(view.state)).toBe(false);
+    expect(hasPrevSnippetField(view.state)).toBe(false);
+  });
+
+  it("still indents an ordinary selected range outside a snippet", async () => {
+    const view = await mountEditor();
+    const sql = "SELECT id\nFROM users;";
+    view.dispatch({ changes: { from: 0, insert: sql }, selection: { anchor: 0, head: sql.length } });
+    press(view, "Tab");
+    expect(view.state.doc.toString()).toMatch(/^[ \t]+SELECT id\n[ \t]+FROM users;$/);
+    expect(hasNextSnippetField(view.state)).toBe(false);
+  });
+
+  it("still accepts completion after typing into a snippet field", async () => {
+    const view = await mountEditor();
+    snippet("CREATE TABLE ${table} (${column} ${type});")(view, { label: "create table" }, 0, 0);
+    view.dispatch(view.state.replaceSelection("demo"));
+    startCompletion(view);
+    await vi.waitFor(() => expect(completionStatus(view.state)).toBe("active"));
+    press(view, "Tab");
+    await vi.waitFor(() => expect(view.state.doc.toString()).toContain("candidate"));
+    expect(selectedText(view)).not.toBe("column");
+  });
+
+  it("dismisses completion through the real hidden search panel and keeps later fields", async () => {
+    const view = await mountEditor();
+    snippet("CREATE TABLE ${table} (${column} ${type});")(view, { label: "create table" }, 0, 0);
+    view.dispatch(view.state.replaceSelection("demo"));
+    startCompletion(view);
+    await vi.waitFor(() => expect(completionStatus(view.state)).toBe("active"));
+
+    press(view, "Escape");
+    expect(completionStatus(view.state)).toBeNull();
+    expect(hasNextSnippetField(view.state)).toBe(true);
+    press(view, "Tab");
+    expect(selectedText(view)).toBe("column");
+    view.dispatch(view.state.replaceSelection("id"));
+    press(view, "Tab");
+    expect(selectedText(view)).toBe("type");
+    expect(view.state.doc.toString()).toBe("CREATE TABLE demo (id type);");
+    // CodeMirror ends the snippet session on entry into its final field.
+    expect(hasNextSnippetField(view.state)).toBe(false);
+    expect(hasPrevSnippetField(view.state)).toBe(false);
+  });
+});
diff --git a/apps/desktop/src/components/editor/__tests__/QueryEditor.snippetEscape.spec.ts b/apps/desktop/src/components/editor/__tests__/QueryEditor.snippetEscape.spec.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8190fe7550
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/desktop/src/components/editor/__tests__/QueryEditor.snippetEscape.spec.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,195 @@
+// @vitest-environment happy-dom
+
+import componentSource from "../QueryEditor.vue?raw";
+import ts from "typescript";
+import { indentMore } from "@codemirror/commands";
+import { autocompletion, nextSnippetField, closeCompletion, completionKeymap, completionStatus, hasNextSnippetField, snippet, startCompletion, type CompletionResult } from "@codemirror/autocomplete";
+import { EditorState, Prec } from "@codemirror/state";
+import { getSearchQuery, SearchQuery, setSearchQuery } from "@codemirror/search";
+import { EditorView, keymap } from "@codemirror/view";
+import { createApp, h, type App } from "vue";
+import { afterEach, describe, expect, it, vi } from "vitest";
+import { createQueryEditorEscapeHandler } from "@/lib/editor/queryEditorEscape";
+import EditorSearchPanel from "../EditorSearchPanel.vue";
+
+vi.mock("vue-i18n", () => ({ useI18n: () => ({ t: (key: string) => key }) }));
+vi.mock("@/stores/settingsStore", () => ({ useSettingsStore: () => ({ editorSettings: { regexMaxMatchCount: 1000 } }) }));
+
+const views: EditorView[] = [];
+const mountedApps: Array<{ app: App; host: HTMLElement }> = [];
+
+// Exercise the component's highest-priority Tab handler with real selections,
+// including typing into each field before advancing to the next one.
+const componentAst = ts.createSourceFile("QueryEditor.ts", componentSource.match(/^<script setup[^>]*>([\s\S]*?)<\/script>/m)![1], ts.ScriptTarget.Latest, true);
+const tabFunctions = new Set(["handleTab", "tabKeyAcceptsCompletion", "handleTabWithoutAcceptingCompletion", "performNormalTab", "editorIndentUnit", "acceptCompletionOrNextSnippetField"]);
+const tabSource = componentAst.statements
+  .filter((statement) => ts.isFunctionDeclaration(statement) && statement.name && tabFunctions.has(statement.name.text))
+  .map((statement) => statement.getText(componentAst))
+  .join("\n");
+const handleTab = new Function(
+  "codeMirrorCompletionStatus",
+  "codeMirrorNextSnippetField",
+  "codeMirrorIndentMore",
+  "settingsStore",
+  "normalizeShortcutSettings",
+  "shortcutToCodeMirrorKey",
+  "isEditorComposing",
+  "isBatchColumnSelectionCompletionActive",
+  ts.transpileModule(tabSource, { compilerOptions: { target: ts.ScriptTarget.ES2022 } }).outputText + "\nreturn handleTab;",
+)(
+  completionStatus,
+  nextSnippetField,
+  indentMore,
+  { editorSettings: { sqlFormatter: { useTabs: false, tabWidth: 2 }, shortcuts: { acceptCompletion: "Tab" } } },
+  (value: unknown) => value,
+  (value: unknown) => value,
+  () => false,
+  () => false,
+) as (view: EditorView) => boolean;
+
+afterEach(() => {
+  for (const { app, host } of mountedApps.splice(0)) {
+    app.unmount();
+    host.remove();
+  }
+  for (const view of views.splice(0)) view.destroy();
+});
+
+function createEditor(pending = false, searchOpen = false) {
+  let resolveCompletion: ((result: CompletionResult) => void) | undefined;
+  let searchPanel: { openSearch: () => boolean; closeSearch: () => boolean };
+  const closeSearch = vi.fn(() => searchPanel.closeSearch());
+  const clearBatchSelection = vi.fn();
+  const cancelPendingAcceptance = vi.fn();
+  const view = new EditorView({
+    parent: document.createElement("div"),
+    state: EditorState.create({
+      extensions: [
+        keymap.of(completionKeymap),
+        autocompletion({
+          defaultKeymap: false,
+          activateOnTyping: false,
+          override: [
+            () =>
+              pending
+                ? new Promise<CompletionResult>((resolve) => {
+                    resolveCompletion = resolve;
+                  })
+                : { from: 13, options: [{ label: "aaa" }] },
+          ],
+        }),
+        Prec.highest(
+          keymap.of([
+            { key: "Tab", run: handleTab },
+            { key: "Escape", run: createQueryEditorEscapeHandler({ closeSearch, clearBatchSelection, cancelPendingAcceptance, closeCompletion }) },
+          ]),
+        ),
+      ],
+    }),
+  });
+  views.push(view);
+  const host = document.createElement("div");
+  document.body.append(host);
+  const app = createApp({
+    render: () =>
+      h(EditorSearchPanel, {
+        view,
+        ref: (instance) => {
+          searchPanel = instance as unknown as typeof searchPanel;
+        },
+      }),
+  });
+  app.mount(host);
+  mountedApps.push({ app, host });
+  snippet("CREATE TABLE ${table} (${column} ${type});")(view, { label: "create table" }, 0, 0);
+  view.dispatch(view.state.replaceSelection("aa"));
+  if (searchOpen) searchPanel!.openSearch();
+  return { view, closeSearch, clearBatchSelection, cancelPendingAcceptance, isQueryRunning: () => !!resolveCompletion, resolveCompletion: () => resolveCompletion?.({ from: 13, options: [{ label: "aaa" }] }) };
+}
+
+function press(view: EditorView, key: string) {
+  const event = new KeyboardEvent("keydown", { key, bubbles: true, cancelable: true });
+  view.contentDOM.dispatchEvent(event);
+  return event.defaultPrevented;
+}
+
+function selectedText(view: EditorView) {
+  return view.state.sliceDoc(view.state.selection.main.from, view.state.selection.main.to);
+}
+
+describe("QueryEditor Escape within snippet fields", () => {
+  it.each([false, true])("does not mutate editor state when dismissing a hidden search panel (pending: %s)", async (pending) => {
+    const { view, closeSearch, isQueryRunning } = createEditor(pending);
+    startCompletion(view);
+    await vi.waitFor(() => expect(completionStatus(view.state)).toBe(pending ? "pending" : "active"));
+    if (pending) await vi.waitFor(() => expect(isQueryRunning()).toBe(true));
+    const before = view.state;
+    const focus = vi.spyOn(view, "focus");
+
+    expect(closeSearch()).toBe(false);
+    expect(view.state).toBe(before);
+    expect(focus).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+    expect(completionStatus(view.state)).toBe(pending ? "pending" : "active");
+    expect(hasNextSnippetField(view.state)).toBe(true);
+  });
+
+  it.each([false, true])("dismisses completion and preserves both later Tab stops (pending: %s)", async (pending) => {
+    const { view, clearBatchSelection, cancelPendingAcceptance, isQueryRunning, resolveCompletion } = createEditor(pending);
+    startCompletion(view);
+    await vi.waitFor(() => expect(completionStatus(view.state)).toBe(pending ? "pending" : "active"));
+    if (pending) await vi.waitFor(() => expect(isQueryRunning()).toBe(true));
+
+    expect(press(view, "Escape")).toBe(true);
+    expect(completionStatus(view.state)).toBeNull();
+    expect(clearBatchSelection).toHaveBeenCalledOnce();
+    expect(cancelPendingAcceptance).toHaveBeenCalledOnce();
+    expect(hasNextSnippetField(view.state)).toBe(true);
+    const doc = view.state.doc.toString();
+    expect(press(view, "Tab")).toBe(true);
+    expect(selectedText(view)).toBe("column");
+    view.dispatch(view.state.replaceSelection("id"));
+    expect(press(view, "Tab")).toBe(true);
+    expect(selectedText(view)).toBe("type");
+    expect(view.state.doc.toString()).toBe(doc.replace("column", "id"));
+
+    resolveCompletion();
+    await new Promise((resolve) => setTimeout(resolve, 100));
+    expect(completionStatus(view.state)).toBeNull();
+    expect(selectedText(view)).toBe("type");
+  });
+
+  it("still exits the snippet when there is no completion", () => {
+    const { view } = createEditor();
+    expect(press(view, "Escape")).toBe(true);
+    expect(hasNextSnippetField(view.state)).toBe(false);
+  });
+
+  it("allows a second Escape to exit the snippet after closing completion", async () => {
+    const { view } = createEditor();
+    startCompletion(view);
+    await vi.waitFor(() => expect(completionStatus(view.state)).toBe("active"));
+    press(view, "Escape");
+    expect(hasNextSnippetField(view.state)).toBe(true);
+    press(view, "Escape");
+    expect(hasNextSnippetField(view.state)).toBe(false);
+  });
+
+  it("preserves search dismissal priority", async () => {
+    const { view, closeSearch } = createEditor(false, true);
+    startCompletion(view);
+    await vi.waitFor(() => expect(completionStatus(view.state)).toBe("active"));
+    expect(press(view, "Escape")).toBe(true);
+    expect(closeSearch).toHaveBeenCalledOnce();
+    expect(completionStatus(view.state)).toBeNull();
+    expect(hasNextSnippetField(view.state)).toBe(true);
+  });
+
+  it("still clears the query and collapses the selection when closing a visible search panel", () => {
+    const { view, closeSearch } = createEditor(false, true);
+    view.dispatch({ effects: setSearchQuery.of(new SearchQuery({ search: "aa" })), selection: { anchor: 13, head: 15 } });
+    expect(closeSearch()).toBe(true);
+    expect(getSearchQuery(view.state).search).toBe("");
+    expect(view.state.selection.main.empty).toBe(true);
+    expect(view.state.selection.main.head).toBe(15);
+  });
+});
diff --git a/apps/desktop/src/lib/__tests__/editor/queryEditorCompletionKeymap.spec.ts b/apps/desktop/src/lib/__tests__/editor/queryEditorCompletionKeymap.spec.ts
index aaecf91a4b..2dde447556 100644
--- a/apps/desktop/src/lib/__tests__/editor/queryEditorCompletionKeymap.spec.ts
+++ b/apps/desktop/src/lib/__tests__/editor/queryEditorCompletionKeymap.spec.ts
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import { readFileSync } from "node:fs";
 import ts from "typescript";
 import { afterEach, describe, expect, it, vi } from "vitest";
 import { acceptSelectedCompletionWithRetry, acceptSelectedOrFirstCompletion } from "@/lib/editor/queryEditorCompletionAcceptance";
+import { createQueryEditorEscapeHandler } from "@/lib/editor/queryEditorEscape";
 import { DEFAULT_SHORTCUT_SETTINGS, normalizeShortcutSettings, shortcutToCodeMirrorKey } from "@/lib/editor/shortcutRegistry";
 
 const queryEditorSource = readFileSync(new URL("../../../components/editor/QueryEditor.vue", import.meta.url), "utf8");
@@ -318,6 +319,59 @@ describe("QueryEditor completion Tab keymap", () => {
     expect(view.dispatch).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
   });
 
+  it.each(["Tab", "Enter"])("advances the snippet after Escape dismisses completion with %s acceptance", (acceptCompletionShortcut) => {
+    let status: "active" | null = "active";
+    const nextSnippetField = vi.fn(() => true);
+    const acceptCompletion = vi.fn(() => true);
+    const harness = createHarness({ completionStatus: () => status, nextSnippetField, acceptCompletion, acceptCompletionShortcut });
+    const closeCompletion = vi.fn(() => {
+      status = null;
+      return true;
+    });
+    const escape = createQueryEditorEscapeHandler({
+      clearBatchSelection: vi.fn(),
+      cancelPendingAcceptance: harness.clearPendingCompletionTab,
+      closeSearch: () => false,
+      closeCompletion,
+    });
+    const view = createView();
+
+    expect(escape(view as unknown as Parameters<typeof escape>[0])).toBe(true);
+    expect(harness.handleTab(view)).toBe(true);
+    expect(nextSnippetField).toHaveBeenCalledWith(view);
+    expect(acceptCompletion).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+    expect(view.dispatch).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+  });
+
+  it("cancels a queued Tab on Escape without advancing until the next explicit Tab", async () => {
+    vi.useFakeTimers();
+    let status: "pending" | null = "pending";
+    const nextSnippetField = vi.fn(() => true);
+    const harness = createHarness({ completionStatus: () => status, nextSnippetField });
+    const escape = createQueryEditorEscapeHandler({
+      clearBatchSelection: vi.fn(),
+      cancelPendingAcceptance: harness.clearPendingCompletionTab,
+      closeSearch: () => false,
+      closeCompletion: () => {
+        status = null;
+        return true;
+      },
+    });
+    const view = createView();
+    expect(harness.handleTab(view)).toBe(true);
+    expect(vi.getTimerCount()).toBe(1);
+
+    expect(escape(view as unknown as Parameters<typeof escape>[0])).toBe(true);
+    await vi.advanceTimersByTimeAsync(100);
+    expect(nextSnippetField).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+    expect(view.dispatch).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+    expect(vi.getTimerCount()).toBe(0);
+
+    expect(harness.handleTab(view)).toBe(true);
+    expect(nextSnippetField).toHaveBeenCalledOnce();
+    expect(view.dispatch).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+  });
+
   it("waits for pending completion before advancing a snippet field", async () => {
     vi.useFakeTimers();
     let status: "active" | "pending" | null = "pending";
@@ -417,7 +471,7 @@ describe("QueryEditor completion Tab keymap", () => {
   it("indents mixed multi-range selections instead of accepting an active completion", () => {
     const completionStatus = vi.fn(() => "active" as const);
     const acceptCompletion = vi.fn(() => true);
-    const nextSnippetField = vi.fn(() => true);
+    const nextSnippetField = vi.fn(() => false);
     const indentMore = vi.fn(() => true);
     const harness = createHarness({ completionStatus, acceptCompletion, nextSnippetField, indentMore });
     const view = createMixedMultiRangeView();
@@ -426,10 +480,33 @@ describe("QueryEditor completion Tab keymap", () => {
     expect(indentMore).toHaveBeenCalledWith(view);
     expect(completionStatus).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
     expect(acceptCompletion).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
-    expect(nextSnippetField).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+    expect(nextSnippetField).toHaveBeenCalledWith(view);
     expect(view.state.replaceSelection).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
   });
 
+  it("navigates a selected snippet field even when completion acceptance is remapped", () => {
+    const nextSnippetField = vi.fn(() => true);
+    const indentMore = vi.fn(() => true);
+    const acceptCompletion = vi.fn(() => true);
+    const harness = createHarness({ completionStatus: () => "active", nextSnippetField, indentMore, acceptCompletion, acceptCompletionShortcut: "Enter" });
+    const view = createMultiLineSelectionView();
+
+    expect(harness.handleTab(view)).toBe(true);
+    expect(nextSnippetField).toHaveBeenCalledWith(view);
+    expect(indentMore).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+    expect(acceptCompletion).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+  });
+
+  it("does not navigate or indent a selected field during IME composition", () => {
+    const nextSnippetField = vi.fn(() => true);
+    const indentMore = vi.fn(() => true);
+    const harness = createHarness({ completionStatus: () => "active", nextSnippetField, indentMore, imeComposing: () => true });
+
+    expect(harness.handleTab(createMultiLineSelectionView())).toBe(false);
+    expect(nextSnippetField).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+    expect(indentMore).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+  });
+
   it("does not accept or wait for completion when a mixed multi-range selection is active", async () => {
     vi.useFakeTimers();
     let status: "active" | "pending" | null = "pending";
diff --git a/apps/desktop/src/lib/editor/queryEditorEscape.ts b/apps/desktop/src/lib/editor/queryEditorEscape.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..61aa6cd72d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/desktop/src/lib/editor/queryEditorEscape.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+import type { Command } from "@codemirror/view";
+
+interface QueryEditorEscapeOptions {
+  clearBatchSelection: () => void;
+  cancelPendingAcceptance: () => void;
+  closeSearch: () => boolean;
+  closeCompletion: Command;
+}
+
+/** Run at highest precedence, before the dynamically installed snippet keymap. */
+export function createQueryEditorEscapeHandler(options: QueryEditorEscapeOptions): Command {
+  return (view) => {
+    options.clearBatchSelection();
+    options.cancelPendingAcceptance();
+    // Keep search dismissal first. Consume completion dismissal so Escape does
+    // not reach clearSnippet and discard the remaining placeholder navigation.
+    return options.closeSearch() || options.closeCompletion(view);
+  };
+}