diff --git a/super_editor/example/lib/demos/supertextfield/demo_textfield_with_context_menu.dart b/super_editor/example/lib/demos/supertextfield/demo_textfield_with_context_menu.dart
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..859f6abb0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/super_editor/example/lib/demos/supertextfield/demo_textfield_with_context_menu.dart
@@ -0,0 +1,192 @@
+import 'package:flutter/foundation.dart';
+import 'package:flutter/material.dart';
+import 'package:flutter/services.dart';
+import 'package:super_editor/super_editor.dart';
+import 'package:super_text_layout/super_text_layout.dart';
+
+/// Demo of [SuperTextField] with a context menu that opens in response
+/// to various gestures on desktop.
+class TextFieldWithContextMenuDemo extends StatefulWidget {
+  @override
+  _TextFieldWithContextMenuDemoState createState() => _TextFieldWithContextMenuDemoState();
+}
+
+class _TextFieldWithContextMenuDemoState extends State<TextFieldWithContextMenuDemo> {
+  GlobalKey? _textFieldKey;
+  late final _contextMenuOverlay;
+
+  KeyMessageHandler? _existingKeyMessageHandler;
+  bool _isCtrlPressed = false;
+
+  @override
+  void initState() {
+    super.initState();
+    _contextMenuOverlay = _ContextMenuOverlay();
+
+    _existingKeyMessageHandler = ServicesBinding.instance.keyEventManager.keyMessageHandler;
+    ServicesBinding.instance.keyEventManager.keyMessageHandler = _handleGlobalKeyMessage;
+  }
+
+  @override
+  void dispose() {
+    ServicesBinding.instance.keyEventManager.keyMessageHandler = _existingKeyMessageHandler;
+
+    _contextMenuOverlay.hide();
+    super.dispose();
+  }
+
+  bool _handleGlobalKeyMessage(KeyMessage keyMessage) {
+    for (final event in keyMessage.events) {
+      if (event.logicalKey.synonyms.contains(LogicalKeyboardKey.control)) {
+        if (event is KeyDownEvent) {
+          setState(() {
+            _isCtrlPressed = true;
+          });
+        } else if (event is KeyUpEvent) {
+          setState(() {
+            _isCtrlPressed = false;
+          });
+        }
+      }
+    }
+
+    return _existingKeyMessageHandler?.call(keyMessage) ?? false;
+  }
+
+  void _onTapDown(TapDownDetails details) {
+    if (_isCtrlPressed && defaultTargetPlatform == TargetPlatform.macOS) {
+      _contextMenuOverlay.show(context, details.globalPosition);
+    }
+  }
+
+  void _onRightTapDown(TapDownDetails details) {
+    if (defaultTargetPlatform == TargetPlatform.macOS) {
+      _contextMenuOverlay.show(context, details.globalPosition);
+
+      // This shows you how you would calculate the text position for
+      // a gesture override.
+      final textFieldBox = _textFieldKey!.currentContext!.findRenderObject() as RenderBox;
+      final textLayout = (_textFieldKey!.currentState as ProseTextBlock).textLayout;
+      final textPosition = textLayout.getPositionNearestToOffset(
+        textFieldBox.globalToLocal(details.globalPosition),
+      );
+      print("You right-clicked near text position: $textPosition");
+    }
+  }
+
+  void _onRightTapUp(TapUpDetails details) {
+    if (defaultTargetPlatform == TargetPlatform.windows) {
+      _contextMenuOverlay.show(context, details.globalPosition);
+    }
+  }
+
+  @override
+  Widget build(BuildContext context) {
+    return Center(
+      child: ConstrainedBox(
+        constraints: const BoxConstraints(maxWidth: 400),
+        child: Column(
+          mainAxisSize: MainAxisSize.min,
+          crossAxisAlignment: CrossAxisAlignment.stretch,
+          children: [
+            _buildTextField(),
+            const SizedBox(height: 24),
+            _buildDescription(),
+          ],
+        ),
+      ),
+    );
+  }
+
+  Widget _buildTextField() {
+    return DecoratedBox(
+      decoration: BoxDecoration(
+        border: Border.all(color: Colors.black),
+      ),
+      child: SuperTextField(
+        hintBuilder: (context) {
+          return Text(
+            "enter text here...",
+            style: const TextStyle(color: Colors.grey),
+          );
+        },
+        textStyleBuilder: (_) {
+          return const TextStyle(
+            color: Colors.black,
+            fontSize: 18,
+          );
+        },
+        gestureOverrideBuilder: _gestureOverrideBuilder,
+      ),
+    );
+  }
+
+  Widget _gestureOverrideBuilder(BuildContext context, textFieldGlobalKey, [Widget? child]) {
+    _textFieldKey = textFieldGlobalKey;
+    return GestureDetector(
+      onTapDown: _onTapDown,
+      onSecondaryTapDown: _onRightTapDown,
+      onSecondaryTapUp: _onRightTapUp,
+      behavior: HitTestBehavior.translucent,
+      child: child,
+    );
+  }
+
+  Widget _buildDescription() {
+    return const Text(
+      "This SuperTextField includes gesture overrides:\n"
+      " • Right tap down on Mac to open a context menu\n"
+      " • Right tap up on Windows to open a context menu\n"
+      " • Control + Left tap down on Mac to open a context menu",
+      style: TextStyle(
+        color: Colors.grey,
+        fontSize: 14,
+        height: 1.8,
+      ),
+    );
+  }
+}
+
+class _ContextMenuOverlay {
+  OverlayEntry? _entry;
+  late Offset _globalOffset;
+
+  void show(BuildContext context, Offset globalOffset) {
+    _globalOffset = globalOffset;
+
+    if (_entry == null) {
+      _entry = OverlayEntry(builder: (innerContext) {
+        return Stack(
+          children: [
+            Positioned.fill(
+              child: GestureDetector(
+                onTap: () => hide(),
+                child: Container(
+                  color: Colors.black.withOpacity(0.1),
+                ),
+              ),
+            ),
+            Positioned(
+              left: _globalOffset.dx,
+              top: _globalOffset.dy,
+              child: Container(
+                width: 200,
+                height: 125,
+                color: Colors.grey.shade800,
+              ),
+            ),
+          ],
+        );
+      });
+
+      Overlay.of(context)!.insert(_entry!);
+    } else {
+      _entry!.markNeedsBuild();
+    }
+  }
+
+  void hide() {
+    _entry?.remove();
+    _entry = null;
+  }
+}
diff --git a/super_editor/example/lib/main.dart b/super_editor/example/lib/main.dart
index 908690576..68047ceb7 100644
--- a/super_editor/example/lib/main.dart
+++ b/super_editor/example/lib/main.dart
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ import 'demos/demo_switch_document_content.dart';
 import 'demos/scrolling/demo_task_and_chat_with_renderobject.dart';
 import 'demos/super_document/demo_read_only_scrolling_document.dart';
 import 'demos/supertextfield/android/demo_superandroidtextfield.dart';
+import 'demos/supertextfield/demo_textfield_with_context_menu.dart';
 
 /// Demo of a basic text editor, as well as various widgets that
 /// are available in this package.
@@ -326,6 +327,13 @@ final _menu = <_MenuGroup>[
           return TextFieldDemo();
         },
       ),
+      _MenuItem(
+        icon: Icons.text_fields,
+        title: 'SuperTextField with context menu',
+        pageBuilder: (context) {
+          return TextFieldWithContextMenuDemo();
+        },
+      ),
       _MenuItem(
         icon: Icons.text_fields,
         title: 'Super iOS Textfield',
diff --git a/super_editor/lib/src/infrastructure/super_textfield/android/_user_interaction.dart b/super_editor/lib/src/infrastructure/super_textfield/android/_user_interaction.dart
index 47e980b56..cdc13bebd 100644
--- a/super_editor/lib/src/infrastructure/super_textfield/android/_user_interaction.dart
+++ b/super_editor/lib/src/infrastructure/super_textfield/android/_user_interaction.dart
@@ -2,7 +2,9 @@ import 'package:flutter/gestures.dart';
 import 'package:flutter/material.dart';
 import 'package:super_editor/src/infrastructure/_logging.dart';
 import 'package:super_editor/src/infrastructure/multi_tap_gesture.dart';
-import 'package:super_editor/src/infrastructure/super_textfield/super_textfield.dart';
+import 'package:super_editor/src/infrastructure/super_textfield/infrastructure/gesture_overrides.dart';
+import 'package:super_editor/src/infrastructure/super_textfield/infrastructure/text_scrollview.dart';
+import 'package:super_editor/src/infrastructure/super_textfield/input_method_engine/_ime_text_editing_controller.dart';
 import 'package:super_text_layout/super_text_layout.dart';
 
 import '_editing_controls.dart';
@@ -46,6 +48,7 @@ class AndroidTextFieldTouchInteractor extends StatefulWidget {
     required this.textKey,
     required this.isMultiline,
     required this.handleColor,
+    this.gestureOverrideBuilder,
     this.showDebugPaint = false,
     required this.child,
   }) : super(key: key);
@@ -84,6 +87,9 @@ class AndroidTextFieldTouchInteractor extends StatefulWidget {
   /// The color of expanded selection drag handles.
   final Color handleColor;
 
+  /// {@macros SuperTextField_gestureOverrideBuilder}
+  final GestureOverrideBuilder? gestureOverrideBuilder;
+
   /// Whether to paint debugging guides and regions.
   final bool showDebugPaint;
 
@@ -437,6 +443,7 @@ class AndroidTextFieldTouchInteractorState extends State<AndroidTextFieldTouchIn
             },
           ),
         },
+        child: widget.gestureOverrideBuilder?.call(context, widget.textKey),
       ),
     );
   }
diff --git a/super_editor/lib/src/infrastructure/super_textfield/android/android_textfield.dart b/super_editor/lib/src/infrastructure/super_textfield/android/android_textfield.dart
index 1432d46e9..39471dde3 100644
--- a/super_editor/lib/src/infrastructure/super_textfield/android/android_textfield.dart
+++ b/super_editor/lib/src/infrastructure/super_textfield/android/android_textfield.dart
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import 'package:super_editor/src/infrastructure/_listenable_builder.dart';
 import 'package:super_editor/src/infrastructure/attributed_text_styles.dart';
 import 'package:super_editor/src/infrastructure/super_textfield/android/_editing_controls.dart';
 import 'package:super_editor/src/infrastructure/super_textfield/android/_user_interaction.dart';
+import 'package:super_editor/src/infrastructure/super_textfield/infrastructure/gesture_overrides.dart';
 import 'package:super_editor/src/infrastructure/super_textfield/infrastructure/hint_text.dart';
 import 'package:super_editor/src/infrastructure/super_textfield/infrastructure/text_scrollview.dart';
 import 'package:super_editor/src/infrastructure/super_textfield/input_method_engine/_ime_text_editing_controller.dart';
@@ -35,6 +36,7 @@ class SuperAndroidTextField extends StatefulWidget {
     required this.selectionColor,
     required this.handlesColor,
     this.textInputAction = TextInputAction.done,
+    this.gestureOverrideBuilder,
     this.popoverToolbarBuilder = _defaultAndroidToolbarBuilder,
     this.showDebugPaint = false,
   }) : super(key: key);
@@ -112,6 +114,9 @@ class SuperAndroidTextField extends StatefulWidget {
   /// keyboard.
   final TextInputAction textInputAction;
 
+  /// {@macros SuperTextField_gestureOverrideBuilder}
+  final GestureOverrideBuilder? gestureOverrideBuilder;
+
   /// Whether to paint debug guides.
   final bool showDebugPaint;
 
diff --git a/super_editor/lib/src/infrastructure/super_textfield/desktop/desktop_textfield.dart b/super_editor/lib/src/infrastructure/super_textfield/desktop/desktop_textfield.dart
index 0cd89bdfb..246e0581f 100644
--- a/super_editor/lib/src/infrastructure/super_textfield/desktop/desktop_textfield.dart
+++ b/super_editor/lib/src/infrastructure/super_textfield/desktop/desktop_textfield.dart
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import 'package:super_editor/src/infrastructure/_logging.dart';
 import 'package:super_editor/src/infrastructure/attributed_text_styles.dart';
 import 'package:super_editor/src/infrastructure/platform_detector.dart';
 import 'package:super_editor/src/infrastructure/super_textfield/infrastructure/attributed_text_editing_controller.dart';
+import 'package:super_editor/src/infrastructure/super_textfield/infrastructure/gesture_overrides.dart';
 import 'package:super_editor/src/infrastructure/super_textfield/infrastructure/hint_text.dart';
 import 'package:super_text_layout/super_text_layout.dart';
 
@@ -57,6 +58,7 @@ class SuperDesktopTextField extends StatefulWidget {
     this.decorationBuilder,
     this.onRightClick,
     this.keyboardHandlers = defaultTextFieldKeyboardHandlers,
+    this.gestureOverrideBuilder,
   }) : super(key: key);
 
   final FocusNode? focusNode;
@@ -91,12 +93,16 @@ class SuperDesktopTextField extends StatefulWidget {
 
   final DecorationBuilder? decorationBuilder;
 
+  @Deprecated("Use gestureOverrideBuilder to take control of desired gestures")
   final RightClickListener? onRightClick;
 
   /// Priority list of handlers that process all physical keyboard
   /// key presses, for text input, deletion, caret movement, etc.
   final List<TextFieldKeyboardHandler> keyboardHandlers;
 
+  /// {@macros SuperTextField_gestureOverrideBuilder}
+  final GestureOverrideBuilder? gestureOverrideBuilder;
+
   @override
   SuperDesktopTextFieldState createState() => SuperDesktopTextFieldState();
 }
@@ -280,6 +286,7 @@ class SuperDesktopTextFieldState extends State<SuperDesktopTextField> implements
         textScrollKey: _textScrollKey,
         isMultiline: isMultiline,
         onRightClick: widget.onRightClick,
+        gestureOverrideBuilder: widget.gestureOverrideBuilder,
         child: MultiListenableBuilder(
           listenables: {
             _focusNode,
@@ -360,6 +367,7 @@ class SuperTextFieldGestureInteractor extends StatefulWidget {
     required this.textScrollKey,
     required this.isMultiline,
     this.onRightClick,
+    this.gestureOverrideBuilder,
     required this.child,
   }) : super(key: key);
 
@@ -382,8 +390,20 @@ class SuperTextFieldGestureInteractor extends StatefulWidget {
   final bool isMultiline;
 
   /// Callback invoked when the user right clicks on this text field.
+  @Deprecated("Use gestureOverrideBuilder to take control of desired gestures")
   final RightClickListener? onRightClick;
 
+  /// {@template SuperTextField_gestureOverrideBuilder}
+  /// Widget that takes up as much space as the text field, and can be used to override
+  /// default text field gestures, so that clients can handle some of them instead.
+  ///
+  /// For example, a client may want to open a context menu on right-click,
+  /// or on ALT + left-click. Rather than add all possible gesture controls to this
+  /// text field, clients can pass a [gestureOverrideBuilder] to respond to any
+  /// set of desired gestures.
+  /// {@endtemplate}
+  final GestureOverrideBuilder? gestureOverrideBuilder;
+
   /// The rest of the subtree for this text field.
   final Widget child;
 
@@ -433,10 +453,9 @@ class _SuperTextFieldGestureInteractorState extends State<SuperTextFieldGestureI
   }
 
   void _onDoubleTapDown(TapDownDetails details) {
+    _log.fine("Double tap down on SuperTextField");
     _selectionType = _SelectionType.word;
 
-    _log.finer('_onDoubleTapDown - EditableDocument: onDoubleTap()');
-
     final tapTextPosition = _getPositionAtOffset(details.localPosition);
 
     if (tapTextPosition != null) {
@@ -450,11 +469,13 @@ class _SuperTextFieldGestureInteractorState extends State<SuperTextFieldGestureI
     widget.focusNode.requestFocus();
   }
 
-  void _onDoubleTap() {
+  void _onDoubleTapUp(TapUpDetails details) {
+    _log.fine('Double tap up on SuperTextField');
     _selectionType = _SelectionType.position;
   }
 
   void _onTripleTapDown(TapDownDetails details) {
+    _log.fine('Triple tap down on SuperTextField');
     _selectionType = _SelectionType.paragraph;
 
     _log.finer('_onTripleTapDown - EditableDocument: onTripleTapDown()');
@@ -472,11 +493,12 @@ class _SuperTextFieldGestureInteractorState extends State<SuperTextFieldGestureI
     widget.focusNode.requestFocus();
   }
 
-  void _onTripleTap() {
+  void _onTripleTapUp(TapUpDetails details) {
+    _log.fine('Triple tap up on SuperTextField');
     _selectionType = _SelectionType.position;
   }
 
-  void _onRightClick(TapUpDetails details) {
+  void _onRightTapUp(TapUpDetails details) {
     widget.onRightClick?.call(context, widget.textController, details.localPosition);
   }
 
@@ -715,33 +737,38 @@ class _SuperTextFieldGestureInteractorState extends State<SuperTextFieldGestureI
   Widget build(BuildContext context) {
     return Listener(
       onPointerSignal: _onPointerSignal,
-      child: GestureDetector(
-        onSecondaryTapUp: _onRightClick,
-        child: RawGestureDetector(
-          behavior: HitTestBehavior.translucent,
-          gestures: <Type, GestureRecognizerFactory>{
-            TapSequenceGestureRecognizer: GestureRecognizerFactoryWithHandlers<TapSequenceGestureRecognizer>(
-              () => TapSequenceGestureRecognizer(),
-              (TapSequenceGestureRecognizer recognizer) {
-                recognizer
-                  ..onTapDown = _onTapDown
-                  ..onDoubleTapDown = _onDoubleTapDown
-                  ..onDoubleTap = _onDoubleTap
-                  ..onTripleTapDown = _onTripleTapDown
-                  ..onTripleTap = _onTripleTap;
-              },
-            ),
-            PanGestureRecognizer: GestureRecognizerFactoryWithHandlers<PanGestureRecognizer>(
-              () => PanGestureRecognizer(),
-              (PanGestureRecognizer recognizer) {
-                recognizer
-                  ..onStart = _onPanStart
-                  ..onUpdate = _onPanUpdate
-                  ..onEnd = _onPanEnd
-                  ..onCancel = _onPanCancel;
-              },
-            ),
-          },
+      child: RawGestureDetector(
+        behavior: HitTestBehavior.translucent,
+        gestures: <Type, GestureRecognizerFactory>{
+          TapGestureRecognizer: GestureRecognizerFactoryWithHandlers<TapGestureRecognizer>(
+            () => TapGestureRecognizer(),
+            (TapGestureRecognizer recognizer) {
+              recognizer.onSecondaryTapUp = _onRightTapUp;
+            },
+          ),
+          TapSequenceGestureRecognizer: GestureRecognizerFactoryWithHandlers<TapSequenceGestureRecognizer>(
+            () => TapSequenceGestureRecognizer(),
+            (TapSequenceGestureRecognizer recognizer) {
+              recognizer
+                ..onTapDown = _onTapDown
+                ..onDoubleTapDown = _onDoubleTapDown
+                ..onDoubleTapUp = _onDoubleTapUp
+                ..onTripleTapDown = _onTripleTapDown
+                ..onTripleTapUp = _onTripleTapUp;
+            },
+          ),
+          PanGestureRecognizer: GestureRecognizerFactoryWithHandlers<PanGestureRecognizer>(
+            () => PanGestureRecognizer(),
+            (PanGestureRecognizer recognizer) {
+              recognizer
+                ..onStart = _onPanStart
+                ..onUpdate = _onPanUpdate
+                ..onEnd = _onPanEnd
+                ..onCancel = _onPanCancel;
+            },
+          ),
+        },
+        child: _buildGestureOverrides(
           child: MouseRegion(
             cursor: SystemMouseCursors.text,
             child: widget.child,
@@ -750,6 +777,14 @@ class _SuperTextFieldGestureInteractorState extends State<SuperTextFieldGestureI
       ),
     );
   }
+
+  Widget _buildGestureOverrides({required Widget child}) {
+    if (widget.gestureOverrideBuilder == null) {
+      return child;
+    }
+
+    return widget.gestureOverrideBuilder!(context, widget.textKey, child);
+  }
 }
 
 /// Handles all keyboard interactions for text entry in a text field.
diff --git a/super_editor/lib/src/infrastructure/super_textfield/infrastructure/gesture_overrides.dart b/super_editor/lib/src/infrastructure/super_textfield/infrastructure/gesture_overrides.dart
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a42b04d9b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/super_editor/lib/src/infrastructure/super_textfield/infrastructure/gesture_overrides.dart
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+import 'package:flutter/widgets.dart';
+
+/// Builder that returns a widget that handles desired gestures, instead of
+/// letting [SuperTextField] respond to those gestures.
+///
+/// The given [textFieldKey] can be used to access the [RenderBox] and the
+/// [ProseTextLayout] for the [SuperTextField]:
+///
+/// ```
+/// final renderBox = textFieldKey.currentContext.findRenderObject as RenderBox;
+/// final textLayout = (textFieldKey.currentState as ProseTextBlock).textLayout;
+/// ```
+///
+/// The given [child] represents everything in [SuperTextField] beneath the gesture
+/// system. If [child] is non-null, the return [Widget] **must** include that [child]
+/// in its sub-tree.
+typedef GestureOverrideBuilder = Widget Function(BuildContext, GlobalKey textFieldKey, [Widget? child]);
diff --git a/super_editor/lib/src/infrastructure/super_textfield/ios/_user_interaction.dart b/super_editor/lib/src/infrastructure/super_textfield/ios/_user_interaction.dart
index 0c19bc60a..f2c7960df 100644
--- a/super_editor/lib/src/infrastructure/super_textfield/ios/_user_interaction.dart
+++ b/super_editor/lib/src/infrastructure/super_textfield/ios/_user_interaction.dart
@@ -2,7 +2,9 @@ import 'package:flutter/gestures.dart';
 import 'package:flutter/material.dart';
 import 'package:super_editor/src/infrastructure/_logging.dart';
 import 'package:super_editor/src/infrastructure/multi_tap_gesture.dart';
-import 'package:super_editor/src/infrastructure/super_textfield/super_textfield.dart';
+import 'package:super_editor/src/infrastructure/super_textfield/infrastructure/gesture_overrides.dart';
+import 'package:super_editor/src/infrastructure/super_textfield/infrastructure/text_scrollview.dart';
+import 'package:super_editor/src/infrastructure/super_textfield/input_method_engine/_ime_text_editing_controller.dart';
 import 'package:super_text_layout/super_text_layout.dart';
 
 import '_editing_controls.dart';
@@ -39,9 +41,10 @@ class IOSTextFieldTouchInteractor extends StatefulWidget {
     required this.textController,
     required this.editingOverlayController,
     required this.textScrollController,
-    required this.selectableTextKey,
+    required this.textKey,
     required this.isMultiline,
     required this.handleColor,
+    this.gestureOverrideBuilder,
     this.showDebugPaint = false,
     required this.child,
   }) : super(key: key);
@@ -71,7 +74,7 @@ class IOSTextFieldTouchInteractor extends StatefulWidget {
 
   /// [GlobalKey] that references the widget that contains the field's
   /// text.
-  final GlobalKey<ProseTextState> selectableTextKey;
+  final GlobalKey<ProseTextState> textKey;
 
   /// Whether the text field that owns this [IOSTextFieldInteractor] is
   /// a multiline text field.
@@ -80,6 +83,9 @@ class IOSTextFieldTouchInteractor extends StatefulWidget {
   /// The color of expanded selection drag handles.
   final Color handleColor;
 
+  /// {@macros SuperTextField_gestureOverrideBuilder}
+  final GestureOverrideBuilder? gestureOverrideBuilder;
+
   /// Whether to paint debugging guides and regions.
   final bool showDebugPaint;
 
@@ -123,7 +129,7 @@ class IOSTextFieldTouchInteractorState extends State<IOSTextFieldTouchInteractor
     super.dispose();
   }
 
-  ProseTextLayout get _textLayout => widget.selectableTextKey.currentState!.textLayout;
+  ProseTextLayout get _textLayout => widget.textKey.currentState!.textLayout;
 
   void _onTapDown(TapDownDetails details) {
     _log.fine("User tapped down");
@@ -299,7 +305,7 @@ class IOSTextFieldTouchInteractorState extends State<IOSTextFieldTouchInteractor
   /// Converts a screen-level offset to an offset relative to the top-left
   /// corner of the text within this text field.
   Offset _globalOffsetToTextOffset(Offset globalOffset) {
-    final textBox = widget.selectableTextKey.currentContext!.findRenderObject() as RenderBox;
+    final textBox = widget.textKey.currentContext!.findRenderObject() as RenderBox;
     return textBox.globalToLocal(globalOffset);
   }
 
@@ -322,8 +328,7 @@ class IOSTextFieldTouchInteractorState extends State<IOSTextFieldTouchInteractor
     }
 
     final globalOffset = (context.findRenderObject() as RenderBox).localToGlobal(localOffset);
-    final textOffset =
-        (widget.selectableTextKey.currentContext!.findRenderObject() as RenderBox).globalToLocal(globalOffset);
+    final textOffset = (widget.textKey.currentContext!.findRenderObject() as RenderBox).globalToLocal(globalOffset);
     return _textLayout.getPositionAtOffset(textOffset);
   }
 
@@ -400,6 +405,7 @@ class IOSTextFieldTouchInteractorState extends State<IOSTextFieldTouchInteractor
             },
           ),
         },
+        child: widget.gestureOverrideBuilder?.call(context, widget.textKey),
       ),
     );
   }
diff --git a/super_editor/lib/src/infrastructure/super_textfield/ios/ios_textfield.dart b/super_editor/lib/src/infrastructure/super_textfield/ios/ios_textfield.dart
index 191a4b66b..86a87a510 100644
--- a/super_editor/lib/src/infrastructure/super_textfield/ios/ios_textfield.dart
+++ b/super_editor/lib/src/infrastructure/super_textfield/ios/ios_textfield.dart
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import 'package:flutter/services.dart';
 import 'package:super_editor/src/infrastructure/_listenable_builder.dart';
 import 'package:super_editor/src/infrastructure/_logging.dart';
 import 'package:super_editor/src/infrastructure/attributed_text_styles.dart';
+import 'package:super_editor/src/infrastructure/super_textfield/infrastructure/gesture_overrides.dart';
 import 'package:super_editor/src/infrastructure/super_textfield/infrastructure/hint_text.dart';
 import 'package:super_editor/src/infrastructure/super_textfield/infrastructure/text_scrollview.dart';
 import 'package:super_editor/src/infrastructure/super_textfield/input_method_engine/_ime_text_editing_controller.dart';
@@ -39,6 +40,7 @@ class SuperIOSTextField extends StatefulWidget {
     required this.selectionColor,
     required this.handlesColor,
     this.textInputAction = TextInputAction.done,
+    this.gestureOverrideBuilder,
     this.popoverToolbarBuilder = _defaultPopoverToolbarBuilder,
     this.showDebugPaint = false,
   }) : super(key: key);
@@ -116,6 +118,9 @@ class SuperIOSTextField extends StatefulWidget {
   /// keyboard.
   final TextInputAction textInputAction;
 
+  /// {@macros SuperTextField_gestureOverrideBuilder}
+  final GestureOverrideBuilder? gestureOverrideBuilder;
+
   /// Builder that creates the popover toolbar widget that appears when text is selected.
   final Widget Function(BuildContext, IOSEditingOverlayController) popoverToolbarBuilder;
 
@@ -378,7 +383,7 @@ class SuperIOSTextFieldState extends State<SuperIOSTextField>
         link: _textFieldLayerLink,
         child: IOSTextFieldTouchInteractor(
           focusNode: _focusNode,
-          selectableTextKey: _textContentKey,
+          textKey: _textContentKey,
           textFieldLayerLink: _textFieldLayerLink,
           textController: _textEditingController,
           editingOverlayController: _editingOverlayController,
diff --git a/super_editor/lib/src/infrastructure/super_textfield/super_textfield.dart b/super_editor/lib/src/infrastructure/super_textfield/super_textfield.dart
index b9fa7d101..6e41475a4 100644
--- a/super_editor/lib/src/infrastructure/super_textfield/super_textfield.dart
+++ b/super_editor/lib/src/infrastructure/super_textfield/super_textfield.dart
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import 'package:super_editor/src/infrastructure/attributed_text_styles.dart';
 import 'package:super_editor/src/infrastructure/super_textfield/android/android_textfield.dart';
 import 'package:super_editor/src/infrastructure/super_textfield/desktop/desktop_textfield.dart';
 import 'package:super_editor/src/infrastructure/super_textfield/infrastructure/attributed_text_editing_controller.dart';
+import 'package:super_editor/src/infrastructure/super_textfield/infrastructure/gesture_overrides.dart';
 import 'package:super_editor/src/infrastructure/super_textfield/infrastructure/hint_text.dart';
 import 'package:super_editor/src/infrastructure/super_textfield/input_method_engine/_ime_text_editing_controller.dart';
 import 'package:super_editor/src/infrastructure/super_textfield/ios/ios_textfield.dart';
@@ -16,6 +17,7 @@ import 'styles.dart';
 export 'android/android_textfield.dart';
 export 'desktop/desktop_textfield.dart';
 export 'infrastructure/attributed_text_editing_controller.dart';
+export 'infrastructure/gesture_overrides.dart';
 export 'infrastructure/hint_text.dart';
 export 'infrastructure/magnifier.dart';
 export 'infrastructure/text_scrollview.dart';
@@ -63,6 +65,7 @@ class SuperTextField extends StatefulWidget {
     this.maxLines = 1,
     this.lineHeight,
     this.keyboardHandlers = defaultTextFieldKeyboardHandlers,
+    this.gestureOverrideBuilder,
   }) : super(key: key);
 
   final FocusNode? focusNode;
@@ -141,11 +144,14 @@ class SuperTextField extends StatefulWidget {
   /// Only used on desktop.
   final List<TextFieldKeyboardHandler> keyboardHandlers;
 
+  /// {@macros SuperTextField_gestureOverrideBuilder}
+  final GestureOverrideBuilder? gestureOverrideBuilder;
+
   @override
   State<SuperTextField> createState() => SuperTextFieldState();
 }
 
-class SuperTextFieldState extends State<SuperTextField> {
+class SuperTextFieldState extends State<SuperTextField> implements ProseTextBlock {
   final _platformFieldKey = GlobalKey();
   late ImeAttributedTextEditingController _controller;
 
@@ -176,7 +182,7 @@ class SuperTextFieldState extends State<SuperTextField> {
   @visibleForTesting
   AttributedTextEditingController get controller => _controller;
 
-  @visibleForTesting
+  @override
   ProseTextLayout get textLayout => (_platformFieldKey.currentState as ProseTextBlock).textLayout;
 
   bool get _isMultiline => (widget.minLines ?? 1) != 1 || (widget.maxLines ?? 1) != 1;
@@ -238,6 +244,7 @@ class SuperTextFieldState extends State<SuperTextField> {
           minLines: widget.minLines,
           maxLines: widget.maxLines,
           keyboardHandlers: widget.keyboardHandlers,
+          gestureOverrideBuilder: widget.gestureOverrideBuilder,
         );
       case SuperTextFieldPlatformConfiguration.android:
         return Shortcuts(
@@ -257,6 +264,7 @@ class SuperTextFieldState extends State<SuperTextField> {
             maxLines: widget.maxLines,
             lineHeight: widget.lineHeight,
             textInputAction: _isMultiline ? TextInputAction.newline : TextInputAction.done,
+            gestureOverrideBuilder: widget.gestureOverrideBuilder,
           ),
         );
       case SuperTextFieldPlatformConfiguration.iOS:
@@ -277,6 +285,7 @@ class SuperTextFieldState extends State<SuperTextField> {
             maxLines: widget.maxLines,
             lineHeight: widget.lineHeight,
             textInputAction: _isMultiline ? TextInputAction.newline : TextInputAction.done,
+            gestureOverrideBuilder: widget.gestureOverrideBuilder,
           ),
         );
     }
diff --git a/super_editor/test/super_textfield/super_desktop_textfield_gesture_extensions_test.dart b/super_editor/test/super_textfield/super_desktop_textfield_gesture_extensions_test.dart
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4e1d477e0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/super_editor/test/super_textfield/super_desktop_textfield_gesture_extensions_test.dart
@@ -0,0 +1,64 @@
+import 'package:flutter/material.dart';
+import 'package:flutter_test/flutter_test.dart';
+import 'package:super_editor/super_editor.dart';
+
+import '../test_tools.dart';
+import 'super_textfield_inspector.dart';
+
+void main() {
+  group("SuperTextField on desktop", () {
+    group("overrides gestures", () {
+      testWidgetsOnDesktop("with widget properties", (tester) async {
+        int tapDownCount = 0;
+
+        await _pumpScaffold(
+          tester,
+          child: SuperTextField(
+            gestureOverrideBuilder: (context, textLayoutResolver, [child]) {
+              return GestureDetector(
+                onTapDown: (details) {
+                  tapDownCount += 1;
+                },
+                behavior: HitTestBehavior.translucent,
+                child: Container(
+                  decoration: BoxDecoration(
+                    color: Colors.red.withOpacity(1.0),
+                  ),
+                  child: child,
+                ),
+              );
+            },
+          ),
+        );
+
+        // Attempt to place the caret with a tap.
+        await tester.tap(find.byType(SuperTextField));
+        await tester.pump(kTapMinTime + const Duration(milliseconds: 1));
+
+        // Ensure that our override was called.
+        expect(tapDownCount, 1);
+
+        // Ensure that our override prevented text field selection.
+        expect(SuperTextFieldInspector.findSelection(), const TextSelection.collapsed(offset: -1));
+      });
+    });
+  });
+}
+
+Future<void> _pumpScaffold(
+  WidgetTester tester, {
+  required Widget child,
+}) {
+  return tester.pumpWidget(
+    MaterialApp(
+      home: Scaffold(
+        body: Center(
+          child: ConstrainedBox(
+            constraints: const BoxConstraints(minWidth: 300),
+            child: child,
+          ),
+        ),
+      ),
+    ),
+  );
+}