diff --git a/src/gui/accelerators.c b/src/gui/accelerators.c
index 68f3779a9e7..e6962c0f81e 100644
--- a/src/gui/accelerators.c
+++ b/src/gui/accelerators.c
@@ -4372,6 +4372,27 @@ static gboolean _button_release_delayed(gpointer timed_out)
   return G_SOURCE_REMOVE;
 }
 
+// returns TRUE if a double or triple press shortcut is registered for this key
+static gboolean _shortcut_has_double_triple_press(const dt_input_device_t id,
+                                           const guint key,
+                                           const guint mods)
+{
+  dt_shortcut_t s = { .key_device = id, .key = key, .mods = mods,
+                      .press = DT_SHORTCUT_DOUBLE,
+                      .views = dt_view_get_current() };
+
+  GSequenceIter *multi = _shortcut_search(&s, GINT_TO_POINTER(s.views));
+  for(int checks = 2; checks--; multi = g_sequence_iter_prev(multi))
+  {
+    if(g_sequence_iter_is_end(multi)) continue;
+
+    const dt_shortcut_t *m = g_sequence_get(multi);
+    if(m->key_device == id && m->key == key && m->press >= DT_SHORTCUT_DOUBLE)
+      return TRUE;
+  }
+  return FALSE;
+}
+
 void dt_shortcut_key_press(const dt_input_device_t id,
                            const guint time,
                            const guint key)
@@ -4428,16 +4449,37 @@ void dt_shortcut_key_press(const dt_input_device_t id,
                          _shortcut_description(s), _action_description(s, 2));
         }
 
-        definition->process(NULL, s->element, DT_ACTION_EFFECT_ON, 1);
+        // a hold action must not swallow a fast consecutive press of the same
+        // key: if the key was held and released within the double-click time
+        // window and a double/triple press shortcut exists for it, fall
+        // through to the normal handling below which turns this press into a
+        // double/triple press instead of re-engaging the hold
+        if(key == _sc.key
+           && _sc.key_device == id
+           && !dt_gui_long_click(time, _last_time)
+           && _shortcut_has_double_triple_press(id, key, _sc.mods))
+        {
+          /* fall through to the double/triple press detection below */
+        }
+        else
+        {
+          definition->process(NULL, s->element, DT_ACTION_EFFECT_ON, 1);
+
+          this_key.hold_def = definition;
+          this_key.hold_element = s->element;
 
-        this_key.hold_def = definition;
-        this_key.hold_element = s->element;
+          dt_device_key_t *new_key = calloc(1, sizeof(dt_device_key_t));
+          *new_key = this_key;
+          _hold_keys = g_slist_prepend(_hold_keys, new_key);
 
-        dt_device_key_t *new_key = calloc(1, sizeof(dt_device_key_t));
-        *new_key = this_key;
-        _hold_keys = g_slist_prepend(_hold_keys, new_key);
+          // remember the press so a fast consecutive press of this key
+          // (after release) can be detected as a double/triple press below
+          _last_time = time;
+          _sc.key_device = id;
+          _sc.key = key;
 
-        return;
+          return;
+        }
       }
     }
 
diff --git a/src/gui/color_picker_proxy.c b/src/gui/color_picker_proxy.c
index 831f5d8c52e..11bfa2365c1 100644
--- a/src/gui/color_picker_proxy.c
+++ b/src/gui/color_picker_proxy.c
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 #include "libs/lib.h"
 #include "control/control.h"
 #include "gui/gtk.h"
+#include "gui/accelerators.h"
 #include "develop/blend.h"
 
 /*
@@ -155,7 +156,8 @@ static void _init_picker(dt_iop_color_picker_t *picker,
 }
 
 static gboolean _color_picker_callback_button_press(GtkWidget *button,
-                                                    GdkEventButton *e,
+                                                    const gboolean ctrl,
+                                                    const gboolean right,
                                                     dt_iop_color_picker_t *self)
 {
   // module is NULL if primary colorpicker
@@ -174,9 +176,7 @@ static gboolean _color_picker_callback_button_press(GtkWidget *button,
   if(module && module->off)
     gtk_toggle_button_set_active(GTK_TOGGLE_BUTTON(module->off), TRUE);
 
-  const GdkModifierType state = e != NULL ? e->state : dt_key_modifier_state();
-  const gboolean to_area_mode =
-    dt_modifier_is(state, GDK_CONTROL_MASK) || (e != NULL && e->button == GDK_BUTTON_SECONDARY);
+  const gboolean to_area_mode = ctrl || right;
   dt_iop_color_picker_flags_t flags = self->flags;
 
   // setup if a new picker or switching between point/area mode
@@ -259,7 +259,10 @@ static gboolean _color_picker_callback_button_press(GtkWidget *button,
 static void _color_picker_callback(GtkWidget *button,
                                    dt_iop_color_picker_t *self)
 {
-  _color_picker_callback_button_press(button, NULL, self);
+  _color_picker_callback_button_press(button,
+                                      dt_modifier_is(dt_key_modifier_state(), GDK_CONTROL_MASK),
+                                      FALSE,
+                                      self);
 }
 
 static void _color_picker_clicked(GtkGestureSingle *gesture,
@@ -269,9 +272,102 @@ static void _color_picker_clicked(GtkGestureSingle *gesture,
                                    dt_iop_color_picker_t *self)
 {
   GtkWidget *button = dt_gui_get_widget(gesture);
-  _color_picker_callback_button_press(button, NULL, self);
+  // pass the clicked button through to the callback: a secondary click
+  // switches the picker to area mode (as before the gtk4-prep migration)
+  _color_picker_callback_button_press(button,
+                                      dt_modifier_is(dt_key_modifier_state(), GDK_CONTROL_MASK),
+                                      gtk_gesture_single_get_current_button(gesture)
+                                        == GDK_BUTTON_SECONDARY,
+                                      self);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Claim the event sequence in CAPTURE phase so the toggle button's own
+ * internal GtkGestureMultiPress (GTK_PHASE_BUBBLE, which emits "clicked"
+ * and toggles the button on release) never processes the event; the
+ * picker callback fully controls the button state instead.  Same pattern
+ * as dt_iop_togglebutton_new.
+ *
+ * GTK4 migration: the pattern is the same, just rename
+ * GtkGestureMultiPress to GtkGestureClick. */
+static void _gesture_begin_claim(GtkGesture *gesture,
+                                  GdkEventSequence *sequence,
+                                  gpointer user_data)
+{
+  gtk_gesture_set_sequence_state(gesture, sequence, GTK_EVENT_SEQUENCE_CLAIMED);
+}
+
+/*
+ * Shared activation entry for standalone picker toggle buttons (created
+ * with a NULL container, e.g. AgX "auto tune levels").  Real clicks go
+ * through the CAPTURE-phase gesture above, shortcuts through the action
+ * definition below (dt_action_def_color_picker); both end up here,
+ * mirroring how bauhaus pickers route clicks and shortcuts through
+ * dt_bauhaus_widget_press_quad().
+ */
+static float _color_picker_widget_toggle(GtkWidget *target,
+                                         const dt_action_effect_t effect,
+                                         const float move_size)
+{
+  if(!DT_PERFORM_ACTION(move_size) || !target)
+    return gtk_toggle_button_get_active(GTK_TOGGLE_BUTTON(target));
+
+  dt_iop_color_picker_t *self = g_object_get_data(G_OBJECT(target), DT_COLOR_PICKER_INSTANCE_KEY);
+  if(!self) return 0.f;
+
+  if(!DT_ACTION_TOGGLE_NEEDED(effect, move_size, gtk_toggle_button_get_active(GTK_TOGGLE_BUTTON(target))))
+    return gtk_toggle_button_get_active(GTK_TOGGLE_BUTTON(target));
+
+  _color_picker_callback_button_press(target,
+                                      effect == DT_ACTION_EFFECT_TOGGLE_CTRL
+                                        || effect == DT_ACTION_EFFECT_ON_CTRL,
+                                      effect == DT_ACTION_EFFECT_TOGGLE_RIGHT
+                                        || effect == DT_ACTION_EFFECT_ON_RIGHT,
+                                      self);
+
+  const gboolean active = gtk_toggle_button_get_active(GTK_TOGGLE_BUTTON(target));
+  if(!gtk_widget_is_visible(target))
+    dt_action_widget_toast(NULL, target, active ? _("on") : _("off"));
+
+  return active;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Action definition for standalone picker toggle buttons.
+ *
+ * The generic toggle definition (dt_action_def_toggle in accelerators.c)
+ * activates widgets by synthesizing GObject "button-press-event" signals.
+ * Those only reach the widget class handler (which dispatches
+ * BUBBLE-phase controllers) and carry no device, so they can never
+ * trigger the CAPTURE-phase gesture that picker buttons need in order to
+ * suppress the button's own internal gesture -- which is why picker
+ * shortcuts stopped working after the gtk4-prep migration.  Like bauhaus
+ * widgets, picker buttons therefore use their own definition whose
+ * process calls the same shared entry as real clicks.
+ */
+static const dt_action_element_def_t _color_picker_elements[]
+  = { { NULL, dt_action_effect_toggle } };
+
+static const dt_shortcut_fallback_t _color_picker_fallbacks[]
+  = { { .mods = GDK_CONTROL_MASK    , .effect = DT_ACTION_EFFECT_TOGGLE_CTRL  },
+      { .button = DT_SHORTCUT_RIGHT , .effect = DT_ACTION_EFFECT_TOGGLE_RIGHT },
+      { .press = DT_SHORTCUT_LONG   , .effect = DT_ACTION_EFFECT_TOGGLE_RIGHT },
+      { } };
+
+static float _color_picker_process(gpointer target,
+                                   const dt_action_element_t element,
+                                   const dt_action_effect_t effect,
+                                   const float move_size)
+{
+  return _color_picker_widget_toggle(target, effect, move_size);
+}
+
+const dt_action_def_t dt_action_def_color_picker
+  = { N_("toggle"),
+      _color_picker_process,
+      _color_picker_elements,
+      _color_picker_fallbacks };
+
 void dt_iop_color_picker_set_cst(dt_iop_module_t *module,
                                  const dt_iop_colorspace_type_t picker_cst)
 {
@@ -390,6 +486,10 @@ static void _color_picker_destroy(dt_iop_color_picker_t *picker)
   // before freeing the struct to prevent use-after-free in dt_iop_color_picker_reset.
   if(darktable.lib && darktable.lib->proxy.colorpicker.picker_proxy == picker)
     darktable.lib->proxy.colorpicker.picker_proxy = NULL;
+  if(picker->colorpick)
+  {
+    g_object_set_data(G_OBJECT(picker->colorpick), DT_COLOR_PICKER_INSTANCE_KEY, NULL);
+  }
   g_free(picker);
 }
 
@@ -411,7 +511,28 @@ static GtkWidget *_color_picker_new(dt_iop_module_t *module,
       color_picker->picker_cst = cst;
       color_picker->fixed_cst = TRUE;
     }
-    dt_gui_connect_click(button, _color_picker_clicked, NULL, color_picker);
+    // The button is a GtkToggleButton, which owns its own
+    // GtkGestureMultiPress (bubble phase) that emits "clicked" and toggles
+    // the button on release.  Use a CAPTURE-phase gesture that claims the
+    // event sequence (same pattern as dt_iop_togglebutton_new) so that
+    // internal gesture never runs and the picker callback fully controls
+    // the button state on real clicks.
+    //
+    // Shortcuts (dt_action_def_color_picker, see above) call
+    // _color_picker_widget_toggle() directly instead of synthesizing
+    // GObject "button-press-event" signals, which cannot reach this
+    // CAPTURE-phase gesture (the widget class handler only dispatches
+    // BUBBLE-phase controllers and synthetic events carry no device).
+    GtkGesture *gesture = gtk_gesture_multi_press_new(button);
+    gtk_event_controller_set_propagation_phase(GTK_EVENT_CONTROLLER(gesture),
+                                               GTK_PHASE_CAPTURE);
+    gtk_gesture_single_set_button(GTK_GESTURE_SINGLE(gesture), 0);
+    dt_gui_add_controller(button, gesture);
+    g_signal_connect_data(gesture, "pressed",
+                          G_CALLBACK(_color_picker_clicked),
+                          color_picker, (GClosureNotify)_color_picker_destroy, 0);
+    g_signal_connect(gesture, "begin", G_CALLBACK(_gesture_begin_claim), NULL);
+    g_object_set_data(G_OBJECT(button), DT_COLOR_PICKER_INSTANCE_KEY, color_picker);
     if(w) gtk_box_pack_start(GTK_BOX(w), button, FALSE, FALSE, 0);
 
     return button;
diff --git a/src/gui/color_picker_proxy.h b/src/gui/color_picker_proxy.h
index 59cf7182546..d01a5c2faa0 100644
--- a/src/gui/color_picker_proxy.h
+++ b/src/gui/color_picker_proxy.h
@@ -72,6 +72,12 @@ typedef struct dt_iop_color_picker_t
 
 gboolean dt_iop_color_picker_is_visible(const dt_develop_t *dev);
 
+/* g_object data key on the picker widget: the owning dt_iop_color_picker_t */
+#define DT_COLOR_PICKER_INSTANCE_KEY "dt-color-picker-instance"
+
+/* action definition for standalone picker toggle buttons (see color_picker_proxy.c) */
+extern const struct dt_action_def_t dt_action_def_color_picker;
+
 //* reset current color picker if not keep-active or not keep */
 void dt_iop_color_picker_reset(dt_iop_module_t *module,
                                const gboolean keep);
diff --git a/src/iop/agx.c b/src/iop/agx.c
index cca6b43cf76..b86baa6d486 100644
--- a/src/iop/agx.c
+++ b/src/iop/agx.c
@@ -2071,7 +2071,7 @@ static void _add_exposure_box(dt_iop_module_t *self, dt_iop_agx_gui_data_t *g, d
   GtkWidget *auto_tune_label = dt_ui_label_new(_("auto tune levels"));
   g->range_exposure_picker = dt_color_picker_new(self, DT_COLOR_PICKER_AREA | DT_COLOR_PICKER_DENOISE, NULL);
   gtk_widget_set_tooltip_text(g->range_exposure_picker, _("set black and white relative exposure using the selected area"));
-  dt_action_define_iop(real_self, N_("exposure range"), N_("auto tune levels"), g->range_exposure_picker, &dt_action_def_toggle);
+  dt_action_define_iop(real_self, N_("exposure range"), N_("auto tune levels"), g->range_exposure_picker, &dt_action_def_color_picker);
   dt_gui_box_add(auto_tune_box, dt_gui_expand(auto_tune_label), g->range_exposure_picker);
   dt_gui_box_add(g->range_exposure_picker_group, auto_tune_box);
 
diff --git a/src/iop/borders.c b/src/iop/borders.c
index d01d67f7647..3cd4cda89a7 100644
--- a/src/iop/borders.c
+++ b/src/iop/borders.c
@@ -1017,7 +1017,7 @@ void gui_init(dt_iop_module_t *self)
   gtk_widget_set_tooltip_text(GTK_WIDGET(g->border_picker),
                               _("pick border color from image"));
   dt_action_define_iop(self, N_("pickers"), N_("border color"),
-                       g->border_picker, &dt_action_def_toggle);
+                       g->border_picker, &dt_action_def_color_picker);
   dt_gui_box_add(self->widget, dt_gui_hbox(dt_gui_expand(label), g->colorpick, g->border_picker));
 
   label = dtgtk_reset_label_new(_("frame line color"), self, &p->frame_color, 3 * sizeof(float));
@@ -1031,7 +1031,7 @@ void gui_init(dt_iop_module_t *self)
   gtk_widget_set_tooltip_text(GTK_WIDGET(g->frame_picker),
                               _("pick frame line color from image"));
   dt_action_define_iop(self, N_("pickers"), N_("frame line color"),
-                       g->frame_picker, &dt_action_def_toggle);
+                       g->frame_picker, &dt_action_def_color_picker);
   dt_gui_box_add(self->widget, dt_gui_hbox(dt_gui_expand(label), g->frame_colorpick, g->frame_picker));
 }
 
diff --git a/src/iop/channelmixerrgb.c b/src/iop/channelmixerrgb.c
index 0dc94dce451..79fb7fcc17e 100644
--- a/src/iop/channelmixerrgb.c
+++ b/src/iop/channelmixerrgb.c
@@ -4482,7 +4482,7 @@ void gui_init(dt_iop_module_t *self)
                    G_CALLBACK(_illuminant_color_draw), self);
 
   g->color_picker = dt_color_picker_new(self, DT_COLOR_PICKER_AREA, NULL);
-  dt_action_define_iop(self, NULL, N_("picker"), g->color_picker, &dt_action_def_toggle);
+  dt_action_define_iop(self, NULL, N_("picker"), g->color_picker, &dt_action_def_color_picker);
   gtk_widget_set_tooltip_text(g->color_picker,
                               _("set white balance to detected from area"));
 
diff --git a/src/iop/negadoctor.c b/src/iop/negadoctor.c
index bbee8da05ca..f5943d19b8a 100644
--- a/src/iop/negadoctor.c
+++ b/src/iop/negadoctor.c
@@ -847,7 +847,7 @@ void gui_init(dt_iop_module_t *self)
 
   g->Dmin_sampler = dt_color_picker_new(self, DT_COLOR_PICKER_AREA, NULL);
   gtk_widget_set_tooltip_text(g->Dmin_sampler , _("pick color of film material from image"));
-  dt_action_define_iop(self, N_("pickers"), N_("film material"), g->Dmin_sampler, &dt_action_def_toggle);
+  dt_action_define_iop(self, N_("pickers"), N_("film material"), g->Dmin_sampler, &dt_action_def_color_picker);
 
   dt_gui_box_add(page1, dt_ui_section_label_new(C_("section", "color of the film base")),
                         dt_gui_hbox(dt_gui_expand(g->Dmin_picker), g->Dmin_sampler));
@@ -909,7 +909,7 @@ void gui_init(dt_iop_module_t *self)
 
   g->WB_low_sampler = dt_color_picker_new(self, DT_COLOR_PICKER_AREA, NULL);
   gtk_widget_set_tooltip_text(g->WB_low_sampler, _("pick shadows color from image"));
-  dt_action_define_iop(self, N_("pickers"), N_("shadows"), g->WB_low_sampler, &dt_action_def_toggle);
+  dt_action_define_iop(self, N_("pickers"), N_("shadows"), g->WB_low_sampler, &dt_action_def_color_picker);
 
   dt_gui_box_add(page2, dt_ui_section_label_new(C_("section", "shadows color cast")),
                         dt_gui_hbox(dt_gui_expand(g->WB_low_picker), g->WB_low_sampler));
@@ -943,7 +943,7 @@ void gui_init(dt_iop_module_t *self)
 
   g->WB_high_sampler = dt_color_picker_new(self, DT_COLOR_PICKER_AREA, NULL);
   gtk_widget_set_tooltip_text(g->WB_high_sampler , _("pick illuminant color from image"));
-  dt_action_define_iop(self, N_("pickers"), N_("illuminant"), g->WB_high_sampler, &dt_action_def_toggle);
+  dt_action_define_iop(self, N_("pickers"), N_("illuminant"), g->WB_high_sampler, &dt_action_def_color_picker);
 
   dt_gui_box_add(page2, dt_ui_section_label_new(C_("section", "highlights white balance")),
                         dt_gui_hbox(dt_gui_expand(g->WB_high_picker), g->WB_high_sampler));
diff --git a/src/iop/rgblevels.c b/src/iop/rgblevels.c
index 8ea698fa777..3291917bed4 100644
--- a/src/iop/rgblevels.c
+++ b/src/iop/rgblevels.c
@@ -1054,7 +1054,7 @@ void gui_init(dt_iop_module_t *self)
 #define PICKER_SETUP(color, name, tooltip)                                 \
   g->color##pick = dt_color_picker_new(self, DT_COLOR_PICKER_POINT, NULL); \
   dt_action_define_iop(self, N_("pickers"), name, g->color##pick,          \
-                       &dt_action_def_toggle);                             \
+                       &dt_action_def_color_picker);                             \
   gtk_widget_set_tooltip_text(g->color##pick, tooltip);                    \
   gtk_widget_set_name(GTK_WIDGET(g->color##pick), "picker-"#color);        \
   g_signal_connect(dt_gui_expand(g->color##pick), "toggled",               \
diff --git a/src/iop/tonecurve.c b/src/iop/tonecurve.c
index c7b92043841..e51b8264f3f 100644
--- a/src/iop/tonecurve.c
+++ b/src/iop/tonecurve.c
@@ -1279,7 +1279,7 @@ void gui_init(dt_iop_module_t *self)
   gtk_widget_set_tooltip_text
     (g->colorpicker,
      _("pick GUI color from image\nctrl+click or right-click to select an area"));
-  dt_action_define_iop(self, NULL, N_("pick color"), g->colorpicker, &dt_action_def_toggle);
+  dt_action_define_iop(self, NULL, N_("pick color"), g->colorpicker, &dt_action_def_color_picker);
 
   dt_gui_box_add(self->widget, dt_gui_hbox(dt_gui_expand(g->channel_tabs), 
                                            dt_gui_align_right(g->colorpicker)));
diff --git a/src/iop/watermark.c b/src/iop/watermark.c
index a3afabf29eb..411e50a4540 100644
--- a/src/iop/watermark.c
+++ b/src/iop/watermark.c
@@ -1461,7 +1461,7 @@ void gui_init(dt_iop_module_t *self)
   gtk_widget_set_tooltip_text(GTK_WIDGET(g->color_picker_button),
                               _("pick color from image"));
   dt_action_define_iop(self, NULL, N_("pick color"),
-                       g->color_picker_button, &dt_action_def_toggle);
+                       g->color_picker_button, &dt_action_def_color_picker);
 
   gtk_grid_attach(grid, label, 0, line++, 1, 1);
   gtk_grid_attach_next_to(grid, g->colorpick, label, GTK_POS_RIGHT, 1, 1);
diff --git a/src/libs/colorpicker.c b/src/libs/colorpicker.c
index 39dc733fe61..6eedeb4d6b6 100644
--- a/src/libs/colorpicker.c
+++ b/src/libs/colorpicker.c
@@ -768,7 +768,7 @@ void gui_init(dt_lib_module_t *self)
   g_signal_connect(G_OBJECT(data->picker_button), "toggled",
                    G_CALLBACK(_picker_button_toggled), data);
   dt_action_define(DT_ACTION(self), NULL, N_("pick color"),
-                   data->picker_button, &dt_action_def_toggle);
+                   data->picker_button, &dt_action_def_color_picker);
 
   // The small sample, label and add button
   GtkWidget *sample_row_events = gtk_event_box_new();