diff --git a/electron/main.js b/electron/main.js
index 1c48b9d5..fc69b505 100644
--- a/electron/main.js
+++ b/electron/main.js
@@ -2254,6 +2254,18 @@ function routeNewTabShortcut(event, input) {
   } catch (_) {}
 }
 
+// Cmd/Ctrl+1..9: focus the Nth dock tile, Arc-style. Routed through main so it works from a focused webview too.
+function routeDockShortcut(event, input) {
+  if (input.type !== 'keyDown') return;
+  if (!(input.meta || input.control) || input.shift || input.alt) return;
+  const key = input.key || '';
+  if (key < '1' || key > '9' || key.length !== 1) return;
+  event.preventDefault();
+  try {
+    if (mainWindow && !mainWindow.isDestroyed()) mainWindow.webContents.send('openswarm:dock-shortcut', Number(key) - 1);
+  } catch (_) {}
+}
+
 // Cmd/Ctrl+R: the default menu's Reload accelerator reloads the WHOLE app even when a browser webview is focused (the "Ctrl+R reloads OpenSwarm, not the browser" complaint). preventDefault kills that accelerator (same electron#19279 path as Cmd+W, dispatched against whichever webContents is focused, hence both main window AND guests); the renderer then reloads the last-interacted browser, or the app if none. Shift+R (force reload) is left alone.
 function routeReloadShortcut(event, input) {
   if (input.type !== 'keyDown') return;
@@ -2458,6 +2470,7 @@ app.on('web-contents-created', (_event, contents) => {
     contents.on('before-input-event', swallowCloseWindowShortcut);
     contents.on('before-input-event', routeReloadShortcut);
     contents.on('before-input-event', routeNewTabShortcut);
+    contents.on('before-input-event', routeDockShortcut);
   }
   // The main app window (created while this flag is set) gets a text-focused native menu; OAuth
   // popups are 'window' contents created with the flag OFF, so they keep the OS default.
diff --git a/electron/preload.js b/electron/preload.js
index df9a07ab..978d18bb 100644
--- a/electron/preload.js
+++ b/electron/preload.js
@@ -92,6 +92,12 @@ contextBridge.exposeInMainWorld('openswarm', {
   revealBundle: (folderPath) => ipcRenderer.invoke('help:reveal-bundle', folderPath),
   // Reveal a user-attached file in Finder/Explorer (reveal-only; main checks existence).
   revealPath: (filePath) => ipcRenderer.invoke('files:reveal', filePath),
+  // Cmd/Ctrl+1..9: focus the Nth dock tile (0-based index arrives here).
+  onDockShortcut: (cb) => {
+    const listener = (_event, index) => cb(index);
+    ipcRenderer.on('openswarm:dock-shortcut', listener);
+    return () => ipcRenderer.removeListener('openswarm:dock-shortcut', listener);
+  },
 
   // Native OS notification for a finished workflow run, posted by the MAIN process
   // so it survives a minimized/hidden/backgrounded renderer (the renderer's own
diff --git a/frontend/src/app/pages/Dashboard/canvas/DashboardCanvas.tsx b/frontend/src/app/pages/Dashboard/canvas/DashboardCanvas.tsx
index 2eb51e53..6e9a5866 100644
--- a/frontend/src/app/pages/Dashboard/canvas/DashboardCanvas.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/app/pages/Dashboard/canvas/DashboardCanvas.tsx
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@ import React, { useEffect, type RefObject } from 'react';
 import Box from '@mui/material/Box';
 import { useAppDispatch, useAppSelector } from '@/shared/hooks';
 import { addViewCard, addBrowserTab, clearTiledCard, toggleMinimizeCard, selectFullscreenCardId } from '@/shared/state/dashboardLayoutSlice';
+import { store } from '@/shared/state/store';
+import { buildDockEntries } from '../desktop/dockEntries';
 import DashboardHeader from './DashboardHeader';
 import TetherLayerHost from './TetherLayerHost';
 import { useLiveMultiDrag } from '../hooks/interaction/useLiveMultiDrag';
@@ -296,7 +298,7 @@ const DashboardCanvas: React.FC<DashboardCanvasProps> = ({
   // (including from focused guests), so these bridges are the only firing path, no double-handling.
   const browserHomepage = useAppSelector((st) => st.settings.data.browser_homepage ?? 'https://www.google.com');
   React.useEffect(() => {
-    const w = window as unknown as { openswarm?: { onCloseShortcut?: (cb: () => void) => () => void; onNewTabShortcut?: (cb: () => void) => () => void } };
+    const w = window as unknown as { openswarm?: { onCloseShortcut?: (cb: () => void) => () => void; onNewTabShortcut?: (cb: () => void) => () => void; onDockShortcut?: (cb: (index: number) => void) => () => void } };
     const offs: Array<() => void> = [];
     if (w.openswarm?.onCloseShortcut) offs.push(w.openswarm.onCloseShortcut(() => handleDeleteSelected()));
     if (w.openswarm?.onNewTabShortcut) {
@@ -306,8 +308,16 @@ const DashboardCanvas: React.FC<DashboardCanvasProps> = ({
         else onAddBrowser();
       }));
     }
+    if (w.openswarm?.onDockShortcut) {
+      offs.push(w.openswarm.onDockShortcut((index: number) => {
+        // Same order the dock draws, so Cmd+N matches what the user sees top-to-bottom.
+        const entries = buildDockEntries({ sessions: store.getState().agents.sessions, cards, viewCards, browserCards, workflowCards, outputs });
+        const entry = entries[index];
+        if (entry) handleFocusCard(entry.id, entry.rect);
+      }));
+    }
     return () => { offs.forEach((off) => off()); };
-  }, [handleDeleteSelected, browserCards, browserHomepage, dispatch, onAddBrowser]);
+  }, [handleDeleteSelected, browserCards, browserHomepage, dispatch, onAddBrowser, cards, viewCards, workflowCards, outputs, handleFocusCard]);
 
   // Gestures write the transform imperatively (no React commit per frame), so a foreign render mid-gesture would paint the stale committed transform for a frame. Re-applying live after EVERY render seals that; do not remove.
   React.useLayoutEffect(() => {
diff --git a/frontend/src/types/electron.d.ts b/frontend/src/types/electron.d.ts
index d2d3a058..27385e55 100644
--- a/frontend/src/types/electron.d.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/types/electron.d.ts
@@ -102,6 +102,7 @@ declare global {
     notify?: (payload: OpenSwarmNotifyRequest) => Promise<boolean>;
     onNotificationAction?: (cb: (payload: OpenSwarmNotifyAction) => void) => () => void;
     revealPath?: (filePath: string) => Promise<{ ok: boolean }>;
+    onDockShortcut?: (cb: (index: number) => void) => () => void;
   }
 
   interface Window {