diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index b1e909d60..db2cd584e 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -20,6 +20,13 @@ The release run heads these entries with the version and opens a fresh
   it, as a second set of glyphs over the drawn ones. That layer now stays
   transparent under `::selection`.
 
+- A tap opens a sheet cell's editor where the pointer is coarse, so a phone
+  needs one tap rather than a double tap. A mouse keeps the double click.
+
+- **Fix**: a second click on a pinned cell cleared the pin while the sheet was
+  being edited, so a reader who tapped a cell twice lost it. A cell now holds
+  its pin there; a row or column header still clears on that click.
+
 ## v7.1.0 - 2026-09-19
 
 - The pdf view reports the pending annotation count on
diff --git a/src/odr/internal/html/frontend/sheet-editing.js b/src/odr/internal/html/frontend/sheet-editing.js
index ad3c58eac..89e69731a 100644
--- a/src/odr/internal/html/frontend/sheet-editing.js
+++ b/src/odr/internal/html/frontend/sheet-editing.js
@@ -405,12 +405,29 @@
     }
   });
 
+  /// A coarse pointer opens the editor on one tap: a phone gives up the first
+  /// tap of a double tap as a click of its own anyway. A fine pointer keeps the
+  /// double click, because there a single click selects a cell without editing.
+  function tapEdits() {
+    return (
+      typeof window.matchMedia === "function" &&
+      window.matchMedia("(pointer: coarse)").matches
+    );
+  }
+
   // A locked cell says so on the click, not on the double click.
   table.addEventListener("click", function (event) {
     var at =
       odr.editing.isEnabled() && overlay === null ? targetPosition(event) : null;
-    if (at !== null && odr.editing.lockAt(at.column, at.row) !== null) {
+    if (at === null) {
+      return;
+    }
+    if (odr.editing.lockAt(at.column, at.row) !== null) {
       odr.editing.refuseAt(at.column, at.row);
+      return;
+    }
+    if (tapEdits()) {
+      edit(at.column, at.row, null);
     }
   });
 
diff --git a/src/odr/internal/html/frontend/spreadsheet.js b/src/odr/internal/html/frontend/spreadsheet.js
index 5b736904d..2d6a0be8e 100644
--- a/src/odr/internal/html/frontend/spreadsheet.js
+++ b/src/odr/internal/html/frontend/spreadsheet.js
@@ -455,6 +455,16 @@
     paint();
   });
 
+  /// Whether the sheet is in the mode that writes cells. The editor is a
+  /// script of its own, and a read-only view carries none of it.
+  function editingEnabled() {
+    return (
+      odr.editing !== undefined &&
+      typeof odr.editing.isEnabled === "function" &&
+      odr.editing.isEnabled()
+    );
+  }
+
   table.addEventListener("click", function (event) {
     // Selecting inside what is raised must not put the cell back.
     if (raisedContent !== null && raisedContent.contains(event.target)) {
@@ -468,9 +478,12 @@
 
     // Clicking what is pinned clears it - but `detail` counts the clicks, and
     // the second of a double click is the reader selecting a word. Clearing
-    // the pin under that flickers the border off again.
+    // the pin under that flickers the border off again. A cell in an edited
+    // sheet holds its pin too, because the editor opens over that cell and
+    // reads it. A header opens none, so it still clears.
     if (cell === pinnedCell) {
-      if (event.detail <= 1) {
+      var takenByEditor = editingEnabled() && cell.tagName === "TD";
+      if (event.detail <= 1 && !takenByEditor) {
         pin(-1, null, null);
       }
       return;
diff --git a/test/browser/sheet/editing.html b/test/browser/sheet/editing.html
index f83729dc6..743f67b5d 100644
--- a/test/browser/sheet/editing.html
+++ b/test/browser/sheet/editing.html
@@ -372,6 +372,52 @@
           ops().length === 0 &&
           last().dirty === false
       );
+
+      // What a tap does. `tapEdits` reads `(pointer: coarse)`, so the check
+      // answers that query the way a phone does and puts the real one back.
+      var realMatchMedia = window.matchMedia;
+      function pointer(kind) {
+        window.matchMedia = function (query) {
+          return query === "(pointer: coarse)"
+            ? { matches: kind === "coarse" }
+            : realMatchMedia.call(window, query);
+        };
+      }
+
+      check("the mode is still on", odr.editing.isEnabled() === true);
+      pointer("fine");
+      odr.sheet.pin(null);
+      click(cell(0, 0));
+      check("a fine pointer selects a cell rather than opening it", editor() === null);
+      doubleClick(cell(0, 0));
+      check("and opens it on the double click", editor() !== null);
+      press(editor(), "Escape");
+
+      pointer("coarse");
+      click(cell(0, 0));
+      check(
+        "a coarse pointer opens it on one click",
+        editor() !== null && editor().value === "a string that runs on"
+      );
+      press(editor(), "Escape");
+
+      check("the locked cell is the one this uses", odr.editing.lockAt(1, 2) === "formula");
+      click(cell(1, 2));
+      check("a locked cell refuses the tap rather than opening", editor() === null);
+
+      // A tap, a pause, a tap is two clicks of `detail: 1`, so the second one
+      // reaches the cell the first pinned.
+      pointer("fine");
+      odr.sheet.pin({ column: 0, row: 0 });
+      click(cell(0, 0));
+      check("a second click holds the pin while the sheet is edited", odr.sheet.pinned() !== null);
+      var header = document.querySelectorAll(".odr-sheet-column-header")[1];
+      click(header);
+      check("a header takes the pin", odr.sheet.pinned().column === 1);
+      click(header);
+      check("and a second click on it still clears the pin", odr.sheet.pinned() === null);
+
+      window.matchMedia = realMatchMedia;
     </script>
   </body>
 </html>