diff --git a/src/ui/cockpitBridge.test.mjs b/src/ui/cockpitBridge.test.mjs
index 3da1d72e5..0eb68022a 100644
--- a/src/ui/cockpitBridge.test.mjs
+++ b/src/ui/cockpitBridge.test.mjs
@@ -439,6 +439,27 @@ test('C enters the selected vessel bridge and aircraft-only entry refuses it', a
   assert.equal(event.defaultPrevented, true);
 });
 
+test('C stays the CCTV shortcut when the bridge gate is shut', async (t) => {
+  const { cockpit } = fixture(t, { bridgeAllowed: false });
+  let stopped = false;
+  const event = {
+    key: 'c',
+    target: document.body,
+    defaultPrevented: false,
+    preventDefault() {
+      this.defaultPrevented = true;
+    },
+    stopImmediatePropagation() {
+      stopped = true;
+    },
+  };
+  cockpit.onKeyDown(event);
+  await settle();
+  assert.equal(cockpit.active, false);
+  assert.equal(event.defaultPrevented, false);
+  assert.equal(stopped, false, 'the application shortcut still sees C');
+});
+
 test('a slow-frame bridge keeps pace with its ship', async (t) => {
   // One rendered frame a second, as software rendering manages. The bridge
   // must still cover the ship's distance, not a capped fraction of it.
diff --git a/src/ui/cockpitInput.js b/src/ui/cockpitInput.js
index a5c1146c2..227ccb4c7 100644
--- a/src/ui/cockpitInput.js
+++ b/src/ui/cockpitInput.js
@@ -141,7 +141,18 @@ const LOOK_KEY_OWNERS = [
   'textarea',
   'select',
   '[contenteditable]',
+  '[role=combobox]',
+  '[role=grid]',
+  '[role=menubar]',
+  '[role=menuitemcheckbox]',
+  '[role=menuitemradio]',
+  '[role=scrollbar]',
+  '[role=searchbox]',
   '[role=slider]',
+  '[role=spinbutton]',
+  '[role=textbox]',
+  '[role=tree]',
+  '[role=treeitem]',
   '[role=tab]',
   '[role=tablist]',
   '[role=radio]',
@@ -231,13 +242,18 @@ export function onKeyDown(event) {
       const cockpitAttempt = !!(
         this.readAircraftInfo() && this.viewer.trackedEntity?.position
       );
-      // With no tracked aircraft, C takes the selected vessel's bridge.
-      const bridgeAttempt = !cockpitAttempt && !!this.readVesselInfo();
+      // With no tracked aircraft, C takes the selected vessel's bridge, but
+      // only when the bridge can be entered: otherwise C stays the CCTV
+      // shortcut, as it is with nothing selected.
+      const bridgeAttempt =
+        !cockpitAttempt &&
+        !!this.readVesselInfo() &&
+        this.isBridgeEntryAllowed();
       if (!cockpitAttempt && !bridgeAttempt) return;
       if (bridgeAttempt) {
         event.preventDefault();
         event.stopImmediatePropagation();
-        if (this.isBridgeEntryAllowed()) this.enter({ kind: 'vessel' });
+        this.enter({ kind: 'vessel' });
         return;
       }
     }