diff --git a/docs/changes/unreleased/1506-enter-takes-the-pointers-answer.md b/docs/changes/unreleased/1506-enter-takes-the-pointers-answer.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c92e1fbf7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/changes/unreleased/1506-enter-takes-the-pointers-answer.md
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+---
+kind: fixed
+title: enter takes the answer the pointer stands on, on a standing card
+pr: 1506
+surface: [chat]
+invalidates:
+  - "On a standing card with a text question, Enter did nothing: the typed answer sat in the field until the button was clicked, and a question asked for words looked like it refused the keyboard. Enter now takes the answer the pointer stands on and sends it as the person's words; with nothing picked, Enter still does nothing."
+---
+
+The standing card is the prompt a person answers every session, so its
+keyboard has to work like every other card's. The Enter key takes the answer
+the pointer stands on — the option highlighted, or the words typed into the
+field — and travels as the person's words. A text question with nothing
+picked keeps its old refusal, so a stray Enter cannot send an empty answer.
diff --git a/internal/tui3/question.go b/internal/tui3/question.go
index 87c14088a..17334c704 100644
--- a/internal/tui3/question.go
+++ b/internal/tui3/question.go
@@ -3186,8 +3186,27 @@ func (a *app) questionEnter(head questionShown, typing bool) (tea.Cmd, bool) {
 	// as a decline; it does nothing, the question stands, and the way out is the
 	// answer that says so ([questionOwnsBox] is the same fact from the other
 	// side, and takes this key while there ARE words).
+	//
+	// AND THE WAY OUT IS NOT THE WHOLE QUESTION. A correction, a connect key or
+	// a standing card is still a question WITH ANSWERS, and every question with
+	// answers has a pointer the arrows walk ([questionPointerStart]) — a
+	// standing card whose Enter did nothing while the pointer stood on
+	// `1 keep this rule` was the owner, 2026-09-25 (#1506). So the give-up below
+	// yields to a pointer: enter over an empty box takes the answer the pointer
+	// is on, and only a question with nothing under the pointer — and no
+	// asker's pick beside it — hands the key back untouched.
 	if head.question.Input.Kind == session.InputText {
-		return nil, false
+		// THE POINTER STANDS FOR A PICK ONLY WHERE A PICK EXISTS. A connect
+		// question keeps exactly one answer, the way out, and that answer is
+		// taken by a digit, never by enter — enter there means the words ([#1506
+		// broke it wide]). A standing card is a real choice between answers, so
+		// a pointer standing on one of them IS the pick enter takes.
+		choice := head.question.Ask == session.AskChoice || head.question.Ask == session.AskJudgement
+		under := choice && head.pick >= 0 && head.pick < len(head.question.Options)
+		picked := head.question.Pick != nil && strings.TrimSpace(head.question.Pick.Key) != ""
+		if !under && !picked {
+			return nil, false
+		}
 	}
 	// ENTER TAKES THE ANSWER THE POINTER IS ON, through the same door a digit
 	// goes through, so a widening answer still gets its second beat and a
diff --git a/internal/tui3/questionkeys.go b/internal/tui3/questionkeys.go
index 2e709fe50..c22b8ca7e 100644
--- a/internal/tui3/questionkeys.go
+++ b/internal/tui3/questionkeys.go
@@ -619,9 +619,20 @@ func (a *app) questionOffers(q questionShown, need questionNeed) bool {
 			return len(room.picked) > 0 || (q.question.Pick != nil && strings.TrimSpace(q.question.Pick.Key) != "")
 		}
 		if q.question.Input.Kind == session.InputText {
-			// A question answered in words has nothing for enter to take
-			// while the box is empty ([app.questionEnter]).
-			return q.question.Pick != nil && strings.TrimSpace(q.question.Pick.Key) != ""
+			// A question answered in words has nothing for enter to take while
+			// the box is empty AND nothing stands under the pointer — the same
+			// give-up [app.questionEnter] makes ([#1506]): a correction or a
+			// standing card still carries answers the arrows walk, so a
+			// pointer on one is enter taking it.
+			if q.question.Pick != nil && strings.TrimSpace(q.question.Pick.Key) != "" {
+				return true
+			}
+			// A PICK LIVES ON A CHOICE. A connect question keeps one answer, the
+			// way out, and its enter means the words — the offer row says so.
+			if q.question.Ask != session.AskChoice && q.question.Ask != session.AskJudgement {
+				return false
+			}
+			return q.pick >= 0 && q.pick < len(q.question.Options)
 		}
 		if len(q.question.Options) > 0 {
 			return true
diff --git a/internal/tui3/standingenter_test.go b/internal/tui3/standingenter_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0f154ae54
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/tui3/standingenter_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,154 @@
+package tui3
+
+import (
+	"strings"
+	"testing"
+	"time"
+
+	"github.com/Agent-Field/codeaf/internal/session"
+	"github.com/Agent-Field/codeaf/internal/standing"
+)
+
+// standingQuestionOf is the question a standing card raises: the same shape
+// [app.standingQuestion] builds for the lane's notice, spelled here so the
+// test owns the shape it is holding [app.questionEnter] to.
+func standingQuestionOf() session.Question {
+	it := standing.Item{When: standing.When{Kind: standing.WhenHold}}
+	return session.Question{
+		ID:      5,
+		Kind:    session.QuestionStanding,
+		Ask:     session.AskChoice,
+		Form:    session.FormCard,
+		Asker:   session.Asker{Kind: session.AskerModel},
+		Head:    session.StandingHeadRule,
+		Reason:  session.StandingAskReason,
+		Subject: session.SubjectRef{Kind: session.SubjectOrder, ID: 5, Name: "daily build check"},
+		Options: session.StandingOptions(it),
+		Stakes:  session.StakesReversible,
+		Scope:   []session.AnswerScope{session.ScopeOnce, session.ScopeAlways},
+		Input:   session.InputShape{Kind: session.InputText, Prompt: session.StandingChangeHint(it)},
+		Asked:   time.Date(2026, time.September, 25, 14, 0, 0, 0, time.UTC),
+	}
+}
+
+// ENTER ON A STANDING CARD TAKES THE ANSWER THE POINTER IS ON. The card's box
+// is its correction lane ([session.InputText]), but the card is still a
+// question WITH ANSWERS, and every question with answers has a pointer the
+// arrows walk — so `enter` over an empty box takes the pointed answer rather
+// than doing nothing. The owner, 2026-09-25, #1506: Enter selected nothing;
+// only a mouse click answered.
+func TestEnterOnAStandingCardTakesTheAnswerThePointerIsOn(t *testing.T) {
+	lab := newQuestionLab(t)
+	lab.raise(standingQuestionOf())
+	lab.tick(2 * time.Second) // past the settle guard
+
+	// The box is empty and the pointer stands on the first answer.
+	if !lab.press(questionEnterKey) {
+		t.Fatalf("enter was not taken on the standing card at all")
+	}
+	if len(lab.answer) != 1 {
+		t.Fatalf("enter answered nothing: %v", lab.answer)
+	}
+	got := lab.answer[0]
+	if len(got.Picked) == 0 || got.Picked[0] != "1" {
+		t.Fatalf("enter took %v, want the first answer (keep the rule)", got.Picked)
+	}
+	if got.Change != "" {
+		t.Fatalf("enter sent words %q from an empty box", got.Change)
+	}
+}
+
+// THE ARROWS MOVE THE POINTER AND ENTER MOVES WITH IT, so a person who walked
+// down to the second answer and pressed enter answered that one — not the
+// first row, and not nothing.
+func TestEnterOnAStandingCardTakesTheAnswerThePointerWalkedTo(t *testing.T) {
+	lab := newQuestionLab(t)
+	lab.raise(standingQuestionOf())
+	lab.tick(2 * time.Second) // past the settle guard
+
+	if !lab.press("down") {
+		t.Fatalf("the walk was not taken on the standing card")
+	}
+	if !lab.press(questionEnterKey) {
+		t.Fatalf("enter was not taken after the walk")
+	}
+	if len(lab.answer) != 1 {
+		t.Fatalf("enter answered nothing: %v", lab.answer)
+	}
+	if len(lab.answer[0].Picked) == 0 || lab.answer[0].Picked[0] == "1" {
+		t.Fatalf("enter took %v, want the second answer the pointer stood on", lab.answer[0].Picked)
+	}
+}
+
+// AND THE CARD ANSWERS TO THE WORDS THE PROMPT ASKS FOR, which is the
+// correction lane this card always had: typing before enter sends the words,
+// not the pick ([app.questionEnter]).
+func TestAStandingCardTypedAnswerStillTravelsAsWords(t *testing.T) {
+	lab := newQuestionLab(t)
+	lab.raise(standingQuestionOf())
+	lab.tick(2 * time.Second)
+
+	lab.a.input.setText("only on weekdays")
+	if !lab.press(questionEnterKey) {
+		t.Fatalf("enter was not taken with words in the box")
+	}
+	if len(lab.answer) != 1 || lab.answer[0].Change != "only on weekdays" {
+		t.Fatalf("enter took %+v, want the correction as words", lab.answer)
+	}
+}
+
+// AND THE CONNECT KEY OFFER KEEPS ITS OWN LAW, which is what the pointer
+// give-up must not reach: one answer, the way out, taken by a digit — enter
+// over an empty box does nothing there (connectkey_test.go's own test holds
+// this too; this one pins the standing shape BESIDE it).
+func TestEnterOnATextQuestionWithNoPickStillDoesNothing(t *testing.T) {
+	lab := newQuestionLab(t)
+	lab.raise(session.Question{
+		ID:      7,
+		Kind:    session.QuestionConnect,
+		Ask:     session.AskClarification,
+		Form:    session.FormCard,
+		Head:    "connect your Notion account?",
+		Options: []session.AnswerOption{{Key: "2", Label: "not now", Safe: true}},
+		Stakes:  session.StakesReversible,
+		Scope:   []session.AnswerScope{session.ScopeOnce},
+		Input:   session.InputShape{Kind: session.InputText, Prompt: "paste your Notion key"},
+		Asked:   time.Date(2026, time.September, 25, 14, 0, 0, 0, time.UTC),
+	})
+	lab.tick(2 * time.Second)
+
+	if lab.press(questionEnterKey) && len(lab.answer) != 0 {
+		t.Fatalf("enter answered a words question with nothing to take: %v", lab.answer)
+	}
+	if len(lab.a.questions) != 1 {
+		t.Fatalf("the offer did not stand")
+	}
+	// the way out is still the digit
+	if !lab.press("2") {
+		t.Fatalf("the way out was not taken")
+	}
+	if len(lab.answer) != 1 {
+		t.Fatalf("the digit answered nothing: %v", lab.answer)
+	}
+}
+
+// AND THE OFFER ROW SAYS WHAT ENTER DOES ON A STANDING CARD, once the table
+// offers it ([app.questionAnswerKeys] is one reading for drawn and taken
+// alike): the walk and the pick are named where the question offers them.
+func TestAStandingCardTableOffersEnterWhileThePointerStandsOnAnAnswer(t *testing.T) {
+	lab := newQuestionLab(t)
+	lab.raise(standingQuestionOf())
+
+	keys := lab.a.questionAnswerKeys(lab.a.questions[0], formsCard)
+	var words []string
+	for _, verb := range keys {
+		words = append(words, questionKeySpelling(verb.key)+" "+verb.word)
+	}
+	row := strings.Join(words, questionKeyGap)
+	if !strings.Contains(row, "enter take it") {
+		t.Fatalf("the standing card's table never offered enter: %s", row)
+	}
+	if !strings.Contains(row, "↓ choose") {
+		t.Fatalf("the standing card's table never offered the walk: %s", row)
+	}
+}