diff --git a/src/renderer/handlers/keyboard.test.ts b/src/renderer/handlers/keyboard.test.ts
index a0fce076..35392ed1 100644
--- a/src/renderer/handlers/keyboard.test.ts
+++ b/src/renderer/handlers/keyboard.test.ts
@@ -452,6 +452,7 @@ function createKeyboardHandlerHarness() {
   const testGlobals = installKeyboardTestGlobals();
   const subtitleRootClassList = createClassList();
   const subtitleContainerClassList = createClassList();
+  let mediaTimingReviewKeydownCount = 0;
   let controllerSelectKeydownCount = 0;
   let openControllerSelectCount = 0;
   let openControllerDebugCount = 0;
@@ -494,7 +495,10 @@ function createKeyboardHandlerHarness() {
     handleKikuKeydown: () => false,
     handleJimakuKeydown: () => false,
     handleTsukihimeKeydown: () => false,
-    handleMediaTimingReviewKeydown: () => false,
+    handleMediaTimingReviewKeydown: () => {
+      mediaTimingReviewKeydownCount += 1;
+      return false;
+    },
     handleControllerSelectKeydown: () => {
       controllerSelectKeydownCount += 1;
       return true;
@@ -524,6 +528,7 @@ function createKeyboardHandlerHarness() {
     ctx,
     handlers,
     testGlobals,
+    mediaTimingReviewKeydownCount: () => mediaTimingReviewKeydownCount,
     controllerSelectKeydownCount: () => controllerSelectKeydownCount,
     openControllerSelectCount: () => openControllerSelectCount,
     openControllerDebugCount: () => openControllerDebugCount,
@@ -1368,6 +1373,29 @@ test('keyboard mode: controller select modal handles arrow keys before yomitan p
   }
 });
 
+test('media timing review modal handles keys before later modal handlers', async () => {
+  const {
+    ctx,
+    testGlobals,
+    handlers,
+    mediaTimingReviewKeydownCount,
+    controllerSelectKeydownCount,
+  } = createKeyboardHandlerHarness();
+
+  try {
+    await handlers.setupMpvInputForwarding();
+    ctx.state.mediaTimingReviewModalOpen = true;
+    ctx.state.controllerSelectModalOpen = true;
+
+    testGlobals.dispatchKeydown({ key: 'ArrowDown', code: 'ArrowDown' });
+
+    assert.equal(mediaTimingReviewKeydownCount(), 1);
+    assert.equal(controllerSelectKeydownCount(), 0);
+  } finally {
+    testGlobals.restore();
+  }
+});
+
 test('keyboard mode: playlist browser modal handles arrow keys before yomitan popup', async () => {
   const { ctx, testGlobals, handlers, playlistBrowserKeydownCount } =
     createKeyboardHandlerHarness();
diff --git a/src/renderer/modals/media-timing-review.ts b/src/renderer/modals/media-timing-review.ts
index b39bfb19..dacc2d81 100644
--- a/src/renderer/modals/media-timing-review.ts
+++ b/src/renderer/modals/media-timing-review.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import type { MediaTimingReviewDecision, MediaTimingReviewOpenPayload } from '../../types/anki';
 import type { ModalStateReader, RendererContext } from '../context';
+import { createModalFocusGuard } from './modal-focus-guard';
 
 const MINIMUM_CLIP_SECONDS = 0.1;
 const FINE_ADJUST_SECONDS = 0.1;
@@ -139,6 +140,17 @@ export function createMediaTimingReviewModal(
     trackWidth: number;
     grabOffset: number;
   } | null = null;
+
+  const focus = createModalFocusGuard({
+    isOpen: () => ctx.state.mediaTimingReviewModalOpen,
+    getModalRoot: () => ctx.dom.mediaTimingReviewModal,
+    getPreferredFocusTargets: () => [
+      ctx.dom.mediaTimingReviewStartHandle,
+      ctx.dom.mediaTimingReviewCancelBack,
+    ],
+    getFallbackFocusTarget: () => ctx.dom.mediaTimingReviewCancel,
+    isModalLayer: ctx.platform.isModalLayer,
+  });
   const previewRequest = createMediaTimingPreviewRequestGuard();
 
   function setStatus(message: string, isError = false): void {
@@ -453,6 +465,7 @@ export function createMediaTimingReviewModal(
     ctx.state.mediaTimingReviewModalOpen = false;
     ctx.dom.mediaTimingReviewModal.classList.add('hidden');
     ctx.dom.mediaTimingReviewModal.setAttribute('aria-hidden', 'true');
+    focus.detach();
     window.electronAPI.notifyOverlayModalClosed('media-timing-review');
     options.syncSettingsModalSubtitleSuppression();
     payload = null;
@@ -566,7 +579,10 @@ export function createMediaTimingReviewModal(
     ctx.dom.mediaTimingReviewModal.classList.remove('hidden');
     ctx.dom.mediaTimingReviewModal.setAttribute('aria-hidden', 'false');
     window.electronAPI.notifyOverlayModalOpened('media-timing-review');
-    ctx.dom.mediaTimingReviewStartHandle.focus();
+    focus.attach();
+    focus.requestOverlayFocus();
+    window.focus();
+    focus.enforceModalFocus();
     queueWaveformLoad();
   }
 
diff --git a/src/renderer/style.css b/src/renderer/style.css
index b7084a17..b4702e82 100644
--- a/src/renderer/style.css
+++ b/src/renderer/style.css
@@ -1711,7 +1711,7 @@ body:focus-visible,
 }
 
 .media-timing-review-handle:focus-visible {
-  outline: none;
+  outline: 2px solid transparent;
   box-shadow:
     inset 0 0 0 2px var(--ctp-yellow),
     0 0 16px color-mix(in srgb, var(--ctp-yellow) 55%, transparent);