diff --git a/web/src/styles.css b/web/src/styles.css
index 3ef4d52..775e5b6 100644
--- a/web/src/styles.css
+++ b/web/src/styles.css
@@ -1192,10 +1192,13 @@ textarea {
   background: var(--surface);
 }
 
-/* Shown on touch only while the terminal is focused (soft keyboard up) — the
-   `keybar-active` class is toggled on textarea focus/blur in attach.ts. */
+/* Shown on touch only while *this* terminal is focused (`keybar-active`, toggled
+   on textarea focus/blur in attach.ts) AND the soft keyboard is actually up
+   (`html.kb-open`, detected from the visual-viewport shrink in viewport.ts).
+   Both are needed: dismissing the keyboard doesn't blur the terminal, so focus
+   alone would leave the bar lingering. */
 @media (pointer: coarse) {
-  .attach-keybar.keybar-active {
+  html.kb-open .attach-keybar.keybar-active {
     display: grid;
   }
 }
diff --git a/web/src/viewport.ts b/web/src/viewport.ts
index f5f400b..45f98bd 100644
--- a/web/src/viewport.ts
+++ b/web/src/viewport.ts
@@ -19,18 +19,42 @@
  * it, where offsetTop stays non-zero.)
  *
  * No-ops where `visualViewport` is unavailable; the CSS falls back to `100%`.
+ *
+ * It also toggles an `html.kb-open` class that reflects whether the soft
+ * keyboard is actually up, used to gate the mobile key bar. Focus is the wrong
+ * signal: dismissing the keyboard (e.g. the Android back button) keeps the
+ * terminal focused, so the bar would linger. Instead we watch the visual
+ * viewport shrink: while an editable element is focused, a height noticeably
+ * below the tallest height seen with nothing focused means the keyboard is open.
+ * The baseline resets whenever nothing is being edited, so it self-corrects
+ * across orientation changes and URL-bar collapse.
  */
+const KB_OPEN_THRESHOLD = 150;
+
 export function installViewportSizing(): void {
   const vv = window.visualViewport;
   if (!vv) return;
 
   const root = document.documentElement;
   let raf = 0;
+  let baseline = vv.height;
+
+  const isEditing = () => {
+    const a = document.activeElement as HTMLElement | null;
+    if (!a) return false;
+    return a.tagName === "TEXTAREA" || a.tagName === "INPUT" || a.isContentEditable;
+  };
 
   const sync = () => {
     raf = 0;
     root.style.setProperty("--app-vh", `${Math.round(vv.height)}px`);
     root.style.setProperty("--app-top", `${Math.round(vv.offsetTop)}px`);
+
+    // Nothing focused ⇒ keyboard can't be open ⇒ this height is the baseline.
+    const editing = isEditing();
+    if (!editing) baseline = vv.height;
+    const kbOpen = editing && baseline - vv.height > KB_OPEN_THRESHOLD;
+    root.classList.toggle("kb-open", kbOpen);
   };
   const schedule = () => {
     if (raf) return;