diff --git a/src/frontend/src/features/pip/components/PipView.tsx b/src/frontend/src/features/pip/components/PipView.tsx
index 77e0f7b8..d73d7238 100644
--- a/src/frontend/src/features/pip/components/PipView.tsx
+++ b/src/frontend/src/features/pip/components/PipView.tsx
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import { pipLayoutStore } from '../stores/pipLayoutStore'
 import { useEscapeDismiss } from '../hooks/useEscapeDismiss'
 import { usePipKeyboardShortcuts } from '../hooks/usePipKeyboardShortcuts'
 import { usePipRestoreFocus } from '../hooks/usePipRestoreFocus'
+import { usePipFocusModality } from '../hooks/usePipFocusModality'
 import { PipControlBar } from './PipControlBar'
 import { PipReactionsToolbar } from './PipReactionsToolbar'
 import { PipStage } from './layouts/PipStage'
@@ -29,6 +30,9 @@ export const PipView = () => {
   // Forward keyboard shortcuts (Ctrl+D, Ctrl+E, etc.) to the main store.
   usePipKeyboardShortcuts(containerRef)
 
+  // Sync React Aria's focus-visible modality with the PiP document.
+  usePipFocusModality(containerRef)
+
   // Side panels open via a menu item that unmounts on click; fall back to the
   // options button so focus returns somewhere visible.
   const resolveTrigger = useCallback((activeEl: HTMLElement | null) => {
diff --git a/src/frontend/src/features/pip/hooks/usePipFocusModality.ts b/src/frontend/src/features/pip/hooks/usePipFocusModality.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..8b57ef13
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/frontend/src/features/pip/hooks/usePipFocusModality.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+import { useEffect, type RefObject } from 'react'
+import { setInteractionModality } from '@react-aria/interactions'
+
+/**
+ * Sync React Aria's interaction modality with the PiP document.
+ * React Aria only installs keyboard/mouse listeners on the main document,
+ * so focus-visible rings never appear in PiP without this bridge.
+ */
+export const usePipFocusModality = (
+  containerRef: RefObject<HTMLElement | null>
+) => {
+  useEffect(() => {
+    const doc = containerRef.current?.ownerDocument
+    if (!doc || doc === document) return
+
+    const onKeyDown = () => setInteractionModality('keyboard')
+    const onMouseDown = () => setInteractionModality('pointer')
+
+    doc.addEventListener('keydown', onKeyDown, true)
+    doc.addEventListener('mousedown', onMouseDown, true)
+    return () => {
+      doc.removeEventListener('keydown', onKeyDown, true)
+      doc.removeEventListener('mousedown', onMouseDown, true)
+    }
+  }, [containerRef])
+}