diff --git a/src/input/InputManager.cpp b/src/input/InputManager.cpp
index 5c659b3..aa7a103 100644
--- a/src/input/InputManager.cpp
+++ b/src/input/InputManager.cpp
@@ -85,11 +85,16 @@ void InputManager::update() {
                 _clickPending = true;
                 _longPressFired = false;
                 _clickStartMs = millis();
+                // Capture screen state BEFORE activity wakes it, so long-press
+                // doesn't blank a freshly-woken screen (wake-then-blank ping-pong)
+                _clickFromScreenOn = _powerMgr ? _powerMgr->isScreenOn() : true;
                 _activity = true;
                 _strongActivity = true;  // Click wakes from screen off
             } else if (!_longPressFired && millis() - _clickStartMs >= LONG_PRESS_MS) {
-                // Long press threshold reached
-                _longPress = true;
+                // Long press threshold reached — only emit if click started screen-on
+                if (_clickFromScreenOn) {
+                    _longPress = true;
+                }
                 _longPressFired = true;
                 _hasKey = false;  // Suppress any concurrent events
                 _activity = true;
@@ -117,8 +122,10 @@ void InputManager::update() {
         }
     }
 
-    // Touch activity check — throttled to ~50Hz
-    if (_touch) {
+    // Touch activity check — throttled to ~50Hz.
+    // Suppressed while screen is off (pocket-carry safety: prevents
+    // accidental wakes from pressure on the touch panel).
+    if (_touch && (!_powerMgr || _powerMgr->isScreenOn())) {
         unsigned long now = millis();
         if (now - _lastTouchPoll >= TOUCH_POLL_MS) {
             _lastTouchPoll = now;
diff --git a/src/input/InputManager.h b/src/input/InputManager.h
index 341bc8e..923c6b3 100644
--- a/src/input/InputManager.h
+++ b/src/input/InputManager.h
@@ -3,10 +3,12 @@
 #include "hal/Keyboard.h"
 #include "hal/Trackball.h"
 #include "hal/TouchInput.h"
+#include "hal/Power.h"
 
 class InputManager {
 public:
     void begin(Keyboard* kb, Trackball* tb, TouchInput* touch);
+    void setPowerMgr(Power* pm) { _powerMgr = pm; }
     void update();
 
     // Keyboard events
@@ -26,6 +28,7 @@ private:
     Keyboard* _kb = nullptr;
     Trackball* _tb = nullptr;
     TouchInput* _touch = nullptr;
+    Power* _powerMgr = nullptr;
 
     bool _hasKey = false;
     KeyEvent _keyEvent;
@@ -34,6 +37,7 @@ private:
     bool _longPress = false;
     bool _clickPending = false;
     bool _longPressFired = false;
+    bool _clickFromScreenOn = true;  // Captured at click DOWN to gate long-press
     unsigned long _clickStartMs = 0;
     unsigned long _lastClickDownMs = 0;
     static constexpr unsigned long LONG_PRESS_MS = 1200;
diff --git a/src/main.cpp b/src/main.cpp
index 1e883a6..c1cd567 100644
--- a/src/main.cpp
+++ b/src/main.cpp
@@ -435,6 +435,7 @@ void setup() {
 
     // Step 10: Input manager
     inputManager.begin(&keyboard, &trackball, &touch);
+    inputManager.setPowerMgr(&powerMgr);
 
     // Step 10.5: LVGL input drivers
     LvInput::init(&keyboard, &trackball, &touch);
@@ -933,9 +934,11 @@ void loop() {
         powerMgr.weakActivity();   // Trackball: wake from dim only
     }
 
-    // 2. Long-press dispatch
+    // 2. Long-press dispatch — screen blanking is the default if no screen consumes it
     if (inputManager.hadLongPress()) {
-        ui.handleLongPress();
+        if (!ui.handleLongPress()) {
+            powerMgr.forceScreenOff();
+        }
     }
 
     // 3. Key event dispatch