diff --git a/HelpSource/editor.js b/HelpSource/editor.js
index 608cb5d8ffa..7c71e858cd1 100644
--- a/HelpSource/editor.js
+++ b/HelpSource/editor.js
@@ -38,7 +38,10 @@ const init = () => {
             lineWrapping: true,
             viewportMargin: Infinity,
             extraKeys: {
-                'Shift-Enter': evalLine
+                // noop: prevent both codemirror and the browser to handle Shift-Enter
+                'Shift-Enter': ()=>{}, 
+                // prevent only codemirror to handle Ctrl+D
+                'Ctrl-D': false
             }
         })
 
@@ -59,15 +62,6 @@ const init = () => {
 
 }
 
-const evalLine = () => {
-    // If we are not running in the SC IDE, do nothing.
-    if (!window.IDE) {
-        return;
-    }
-    // Ask IDE to eval line. Calls back to `selectLine()`
-    window.IDE.evaluateLine();
-}
-
 /* returns the code selection, line or region */
 const selectRegion = (options = { flash: true }) => {
     let range = window.getSelection().getRangeAt(0)
diff --git a/QtCollider/factories.cpp b/QtCollider/factories.cpp
index 85bb89bec8b..afe9304f5da 100644
--- a/QtCollider/factories.cpp
+++ b/QtCollider/factories.cpp
@@ -26,6 +26,11 @@
 
 QC_DECLARE_QWIDGET_FACTORY(QLabel);
 
+#ifdef SC_USE_QTWEBENGINE
+#    include "widgets/QcWebView.h"
+QC_DECLARE_QWIDGET_FACTORY(WebView);
+#endif
+
 static void doLoadFactories() {
     QC_ADD_FACTORY(QcDefaultWidget);
     QC_ADD_FACTORY(QcHLayoutWidget);
diff --git a/QtCollider/widgets/QcWebView.cpp b/QtCollider/widgets/QcWebView.cpp
index 2c9e72e1ae4..fe4b1b68ae9 100644
--- a/QtCollider/widgets/QcWebView.cpp
+++ b/QtCollider/widgets/QcWebView.cpp
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@
 
 #    include "QcWebView.h"
 #    include "../widgets/web_page.hpp"
-#    include "../QcWidgetFactory.h"
 #    include <QWebEnginePage>
 #    include <QWebEngineSettings>
 #    include <QWebEngineContextMenuData>
@@ -35,13 +34,10 @@
 #    include <QStyle>
 #    include <QWebEngineCallback>
 
-QC_DECLARE_QWIDGET_FACTORY(WebView);
-
 namespace QtCollider {
 
-WebView::WebView(QWidget* parent): QWebEngineView(parent), _interpretSelection(false), _editable(false) {
+WebView::WebView(QWidget* parent): QWebEngineView(parent), _editable(false) {
     QtCollider::WebPage* page = new WebPage(this);
-    page->setDelegateReload(true);
     setPage(page);
     connectPage(page);
 
@@ -55,9 +51,7 @@ WebView::WebView(QWidget* parent): QWebEngineView(parent), _interpretSelection(f
     page->action(QWebEnginePage::Paste)->setShortcut(QKeySequence::Paste);
     page->action(QWebEnginePage::Reload)->setShortcut(QKeySequence::Refresh);
 
-    connect(this, SIGNAL(interpret(QString)), qApp, SLOT(interpret(QString)), Qt::QueuedConnection);
-
-    connect(this, SIGNAL(loadFinished(bool)), this, SLOT(updateEditable(bool)));
+    connect(this, SIGNAL(loadFinished(bool)), this, SLOT(pageLoaded(bool)));
 }
 
 void WebView::connectPage(QtCollider::WebPage* page) {
@@ -159,7 +153,8 @@ void WebView::toPlainText(QcCallback* cb) const {
 void WebView::runJavaScript(const QString& script, QcCallback* cb) {
     if (page()) {
         if (cb) {
-            page()->runJavaScript(script, cb->asFunctor());
+            // convert QVariant to string until we deal with QVariants
+            page()->runJavaScript(script, [cb](const QVariant& t) { cb->call(t.toString()); });
         } else {
             page()->runJavaScript(script, [](const QVariant&) {});
         }
@@ -228,29 +223,34 @@ void WebView::contextMenuEvent(QContextMenuEvent* event) {
     menu.exec(event->globalPos());
 }
 
-void WebView::keyPressEvent(QKeyEvent* e) {
-    int key = e->key();
-    int mods = e->modifiers();
-
-    if (_interpretSelection
-        && (key == Qt::Key_Enter || (key == Qt::Key_Return && mods & (Qt::ControlModifier | Qt::ShiftModifier)))) {
-        QString selection = selectedText();
-        if (!selection.isEmpty()) {
-            Q_EMIT(interpret(selection));
-            return;
-        }
+// webView's renderer keypresses don't arrive to webView
+// duplicate them
+bool WebView::eventFilter(QObject* obj, QEvent* event) {
+    if (event->type() == QEvent::KeyPress) {
+        // takes ownership of newEvent
+        QApplication::postEvent(this, new QKeyEvent(*static_cast<QKeyEvent*>(event)));
     }
 
-    QWebEngineView::keyPressEvent(e);
+    event->ignore();
+    return false;
 }
 
-void WebView::updateEditable(bool ok) {
-    if (ok) {
-        if (_editable) {
-            page()->runJavaScript("document.documentElement.contentEditable = true");
-        } else {
-            page()->runJavaScript("document.documentElement.contentEditable = false");
-        }
+// stop keypresses here to avoid duplicates in parents
+bool WebView::event(QEvent* ev) {
+    if (ev->type() == QEvent::KeyPress)
+        return true;
+
+    return QWebEngineView::event(ev);
+}
+
+void WebView::pageLoaded(bool ok) { this->focusProxy()->installEventFilter(this); }
+
+void WebView::setEditable(bool b) {
+    _editable = b;
+    if (_editable) {
+        page()->runJavaScript("document.documentElement.contentEditable = true");
+    } else {
+        page()->runJavaScript("document.documentElement.contentEditable = false");
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/QtCollider/widgets/QcWebView.h b/QtCollider/widgets/QcWebView.h
index 530f1319d3d..01895dcd07e 100644
--- a/QtCollider/widgets/QcWebView.h
+++ b/QtCollider/widgets/QcWebView.h
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ class WebView : public QWebEngineView {
 
 public:
     Q_INVOKABLE void setFontFamily(int genericFontFamily, const QString& fontFamily);
-    Q_INVOKABLE void triggerPageAction(int action, bool checked);
+    Q_INVOKABLE void triggerPageAction(int action, bool checked = false);
     Q_INVOKABLE QAction* pageAction(QWebEnginePage::WebAction) const;
 
     // QWebEnginePage forwards
@@ -58,13 +58,12 @@ class WebView : public QWebEngineView {
     Q_INVOKABLE void navigate(const QString& url);
 
 public Q_SLOTS:
-    void findText(const QString& searchText, bool reversed, QtCollider::QcCallback* cb);
+    void findText(const QString& searchText, bool reversed, QtCollider::QcCallback* cb = nullptr);
 
 Q_SIGNALS:
     void linkActivated(const QString&, int, bool);
     void jsConsoleMsg(const QString&, int, const QString&);
     void reloadTriggered(const QString&);
-    void interpret(const QString& code);
 
     // QWebEnginePage forwards
     void linkHovered(const QString& url);
@@ -99,16 +98,9 @@ public Q_SLOTS:
     bool delegateReload() const;
     void setDelegateReload(bool);
 
-    Q_PROPERTY(bool enterInterpretsSelection READ interpretSelection WRITE setInterpretSelection);
-    bool interpretSelection() const { return _interpretSelection; }
-    void setInterpretSelection(bool b) { _interpretSelection = b; }
-
     Q_PROPERTY(bool editable READ editable WRITE setEditable);
     bool editable() const { return _editable; }
-    void setEditable(bool b) {
-        _editable = b;
-        updateEditable(true);
-    }
+    void setEditable(bool b);
 
     // QWebEnginePage properties
     Q_PROPERTY(QString requestedUrl READ requestedUrl)
@@ -140,19 +132,19 @@ public Q_SLOTS:
     inline static QUrl urlFromString(const QString& str) { return QUrl::fromUserInput(str); }
 
 protected:
-    virtual void keyPressEvent(QKeyEvent*);
-    virtual void contextMenuEvent(QContextMenuEvent*);
+    void contextMenuEvent(QContextMenuEvent*) override;
+    bool event(QEvent* ev) override;
+    bool eventFilter(QObject* obj, QEvent* event) override;
 
 public Q_SLOTS:
     void onPageReload();
     void onRenderProcessTerminated(QWebEnginePage::RenderProcessTerminationStatus, int);
     void onLinkClicked(const QUrl&, QWebEnginePage::NavigationType, bool);
-    void updateEditable(bool);
+    void pageLoaded(bool);
 
 private:
     void connectPage(QtCollider::WebPage* page);
 
-    bool _interpretSelection;
     bool _editable;
 };
 
diff --git a/SCClassLibrary/Common/GUI/Base/QWebView.sc b/SCClassLibrary/Common/GUI/Base/QWebView.sc
index 3148a4b33ef..997b82dd908 100644
--- a/SCClassLibrary/Common/GUI/Base/QWebView.sc
+++ b/SCClassLibrary/Common/GUI/Base/QWebView.sc
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ WebView : View {
 
 	var <onLoadFinished, <onLoadFailed, <onLoadProgress, <onLoadStarted, <onLinkActivated, <onLinkHovered, <onReloadTriggered, <onJavaScriptMsg,
 		<onSelectionChanged, <onTitleChanged, <onUrlChanged, <onScrollPositionChanged, <onContentsSizeChanged, <onAudioMutedChanged,
-		<onRecentlyAudibleChanged;
+		<onRecentlyAudibleChanged, <enterInterpretsSelection = false;
 
 	*qtClass { ^'QtCollider::WebView'; }
 
@@ -107,6 +107,7 @@ WebView : View {
 		onReloadTriggered = func;
 	}
 
+	// this function is called by a javascript callback: see enterInterpretsSelection below
 	onInterpret {
 		|code|
 		code.interpret();
@@ -223,8 +224,25 @@ WebView : View {
 	url { ^this.getProperty('url') }
 	url_ { |url| this.setProperty('url', url) }
 
-	enterInterpretsSelection { ^this.getProperty('enterInterpretsSelection') }
-	enterInterpretsSelection_ { |b| this.setProperty('enterInterpretsSelection', b) }
+	enterInterpretsSelection_ { |b|
+		enterInterpretsSelection = b;
+		if(enterInterpretsSelection) {
+			this.keyDownAction = { |view, char, mods, u, keycode, key|
+				// 01000004 is Qt's keycode for Enter, needed on Mac
+				if((char == Char.ret).or(key == 0x01000004)){
+					case
+					{ mods.isShift } {
+						view.runJavaScript("selectLine()", this.onInterpret(_));
+					}
+					{ mods.isCtrl || mods.isCmd }{
+						view.runJavaScript("selectRegion()", this.onInterpret(_));
+					}
+				}
+			};
+		}{
+			this.keyDownAction = {}
+		}
+	}
 
 	editable { ^this.getProperty('editable') }
 	editable_ { |b| this.setProperty('editable', b) }
diff --git a/SCClassLibrary/Common/GUI/tools/HelpBrowser.sc b/SCClassLibrary/Common/GUI/tools/HelpBrowser.sc
index fc009058f90..7520a31088f 100644
--- a/SCClassLibrary/Common/GUI/tools/HelpBrowser.sc
+++ b/SCClassLibrary/Common/GUI/tools/HelpBrowser.sc
@@ -184,7 +184,7 @@ HelpBrowser {
 				.resize_(1)
 				.string_(str)
 				.value_(openNewWin)
-				.action_({ |b| openNewWin = b.value; webView.overrideNavigation = openNewWin; });
+				.action_({ |b| openNewWin = b.value; });
 		} {
 			str = "Open links in same window";
 			w = str.bounds.width + 5;
@@ -192,7 +192,7 @@ HelpBrowser {
 				.resize_(1)
 				.states_([[str],["Open links in new window"]])
 				.value_(openNewWin.asInteger)
-				.action_({ |b| openNewWin = b.value.asBoolean; webView.overrideNavigation = openNewWin; });
+				.action_({ |b| openNewWin = b.value.asBoolean; });
 		};
 
 		x = 0;
@@ -223,6 +223,8 @@ HelpBrowser {
 			{ "Monospace" }
 		));
 
+		webView.overrideNavigation = true;
+
 		webView.onLoadFinished = {
 			this.stopAnim;
 			window.name = "SuperCollider Help: %".format(webView.title);
@@ -233,16 +235,13 @@ HelpBrowser {
 		webView.onLinkActivated = {|wv, url|
 			var redirected, newPath, oldPath;
 			redirected = this.redirectTextFile(url);
-
 			if (not(redirected)) {
-				if(openNewWin) {
-					#newPath, oldPath = [url,webView.url].collect {|x|
-						if(x.notEmpty) {x.findRegexp("(^\\w+://)?([^#]+)(#.*)?")[1..].flop[1][1]}
-					};
-
+				#newPath, oldPath = [url,webView.url].collect {|x|
+					if(x.notEmpty) {x.findRegexp("(^\\w+://)?([^#]+)(#.*)?")[1..].flop[1][1]}
 				};
-				if(newPath!=oldPath) {
-					HelpBrowser.new(newWin:true).goTo(url);
+
+				if(newPath != oldPath && openNewWin) {
+						HelpBrowser.new(newWin:openNewWin).goTo(url);
 				} {
 					this.goTo(url);
 				};
@@ -272,11 +271,7 @@ HelpBrowser {
 		};
 
 		webView.enterInterpretsSelection = true;
-		webView.keyDownAction = { arg view, char, mods;
-			if( (char.ascii == 13) && (mods.isCtrl || mods.isCmd || mods.isShift) ) {
-				view.tryPerform(\evaluateJavaScript,"selectLine()");
-			};
-		};
+
 		window.view.keyDownAction = { arg view, char, mods, uni, kcode, key;
 			var keyPlus, keyZero, keyMinus, keyEquals, keyF;
 			var modifier, zoomIn;
diff --git a/editors/sc-ide/CMakeLists.txt b/editors/sc-ide/CMakeLists.txt
index 9c011e997a6..b650a5e3d81 100644
--- a/editors/sc-ide/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/editors/sc-ide/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -193,11 +193,14 @@ set(ide_webengine_moc_hdrs
     widgets/util/WebSocketClientWrapper.hpp
     widgets/util/IDEWebChannelWrapper.hpp
     ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/QtCollider/widgets/web_page.hpp
+    ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/QtCollider/widgets/QcWebView.h
+    ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/QtCollider/QcCallback.hpp
 )
 set(ide_webengine_src
     widgets/help_browser.cpp
     widgets/util/WebSocketTransport.cpp
     ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/QtCollider/widgets/web_page.cpp
+    ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/QtCollider/widgets/QcWebView.cpp
 )
 
 if(SC_USE_QTWEBENGINE)
diff --git a/editors/sc-ide/widgets/help_browser.cpp b/editors/sc-ide/widgets/help_browser.cpp
index b2a28faf80a..4ade3ea2549 100644
--- a/editors/sc-ide/widgets/help_browser.cpp
+++ b/editors/sc-ide/widgets/help_browser.cpp
@@ -49,22 +49,12 @@
 
 namespace ScIDE {
 
-HelpWebPage::HelpWebPage(HelpBrowser* browser): WebPage(browser), mBrowser(browser) {
-    setDelegateNavigation(true);
-    connect(this, SIGNAL(navigationRequested(const QUrl&, QWebEnginePage::NavigationType, bool)), browser,
-            SLOT(onLinkClicked(const QUrl&, QWebEnginePage::NavigationType, bool)));
-}
-
 HelpBrowser::HelpBrowser(QWidget* parent): QWidget(parent) {
     QRect availableScreenRect = qApp->desktop()->availableGeometry(this);
     mSizeHint = QSize(availableScreenRect.width() * 0.4, availableScreenRect.height() * 0.7);
 
-    HelpWebPage* webPage = new HelpWebPage(this);
-    webPage->setDelegateReload(true);
-
-    mWebView = new QWebEngineView;
     // setPage does not take ownership of webPage; it must be deleted manually later (see below)
-    mWebView->setPage(webPage);
+    mWebView = new QtCollider::WebView(this);
     mWebView->settings()->setAttribute(QWebEngineSettings::LocalStorageEnabled, true);
     mWebView->setContextMenuPolicy(Qt::CustomContextMenu);
 
@@ -90,11 +80,15 @@ HelpBrowser::HelpBrowser(QWidget* parent): QWidget(parent) {
     setLayout(layout);
 
     connect(mWebView, SIGNAL(loadStarted()), mLoadProgressIndicator, SLOT(start()));
-    connect(mWebView, SIGNAL(loadFinished(bool)), mLoadProgressIndicator, SLOT(stop()));
+    connect(mWebView, SIGNAL(loadFinished(bool)), this, SLOT(onPageLoad()));
     connect(mWebView, SIGNAL(customContextMenuRequested(QPoint)), this, SLOT(onContextMenuRequest(QPoint)));
 
-    connect(webPage->action(QWebEnginePage::Reload), SIGNAL(triggered(bool)), this, SLOT(onReload()));
-    connect(webPage, SIGNAL(jsConsoleMsg(QString, int, QString)), this, SLOT(onJsConsoleMsg(QString, int, QString)));
+    mWebView->setOverrideNavigation(true);
+    connect(mWebView->page(), SIGNAL(navigationRequested(const QUrl&, QWebEnginePage::NavigationType, bool)), this,
+            SLOT(onLinkClicked(const QUrl&, QWebEnginePage::NavigationType, bool)));
+    mWebView->setDelegateReload(true);
+    connect(mWebView->page()->action(QWebEnginePage::Reload), SIGNAL(triggered(bool)), this, SLOT(onReload()));
+    connect(mWebView, SIGNAL(jsConsoleMsg(QString, int, QString)), this, SLOT(onJsConsoleMsg(QString, int, QString)));
 
     ScProcess* scProcess = Main::scProcess();
     connect(scProcess, SIGNAL(response(QString, QString)), this, SLOT(onScResponse(QString, QString)));
@@ -104,7 +98,7 @@ HelpBrowser::HelpBrowser(QWidget* parent): QWidget(parent) {
 
     // Delete the help browser's page to avoid an assert/crash during shutdown. See QTBUG-56441, QTBUG-50160.
     // Note that putting this in the destructor doesn't work.
-    connect(QApplication::instance(), &QApplication::aboutToQuit, [webPage]() { delete webPage; });
+    connect(QApplication::instance(), &QApplication::aboutToQuit, [this]() { delete mWebView->page(); });
 
     createActions();
 
@@ -114,9 +108,10 @@ HelpBrowser::HelpBrowser(QWidget* parent): QWidget(parent) {
 }
 
 void HelpBrowser::onPageLoad() {
-    if (mServerPort) {
-        mWebView->page()->runJavaScript(QString("setUpWebChannel(%1)").arg(mServerPort));
-    }
+    mLoadProgressIndicator->stop();
+    // add these actions to weview's renderer, to capture shift+enter and possibly other swallowed shortcuts
+    static_cast<OverridingAction*>(mActions[EvaluateRegion])->addToWidget(mWebView->focusProxy());
+    static_cast<OverridingAction*>(mActions[Evaluate])->addToWidget(mWebView->focusProxy());
 }
 
 void HelpBrowser::createActions() {
@@ -142,10 +137,11 @@ void HelpBrowser::createActions() {
     connect(ovrAction, SIGNAL(triggered()), this, SLOT(resetZoom()));
     ovrAction->addToWidget(this);
 
+    // eval actions are added to mWebView->focusProxy() in onPageLoad()
     mActions[Evaluate] = ovrAction = new OverridingAction(tr("Evaluate as Code"), this);
     connect(ovrAction, SIGNAL(triggered()), this, SLOT(evaluateSelection()));
-    ovrAction->addToWidget(this);
-
+    mActions[EvaluateRegion] = new OverridingAction(tr("Evaluate as Code Region"), this);
+    connect(mActions[EvaluateRegion], &OverridingAction::triggered, this, [=]() { this->evaluateSelection(true); });
     // For the sake of display:
     mWebView->pageAction(QWebEnginePage::Copy)->setShortcut(QKeySequence::Copy);
     mWebView->pageAction(QWebEnginePage::Paste)->setShortcut(QKeySequence::Paste);
@@ -167,10 +163,10 @@ void HelpBrowser::applySettings(Settings::Manager* settings) {
     mActions[ResetZoom]->setShortcut(settings->shortcut("editor-reset-font-size"));
 
     QList<QKeySequence> evalShortcuts;
-    evalShortcuts.append(settings->shortcut("editor-eval-smart"));
     evalShortcuts.append(settings->shortcut("editor-eval-line"));
     evalShortcuts.append(QKeySequence(Qt::Key_Enter));
     mActions[Evaluate]->setShortcuts(evalShortcuts);
+    mActions[EvaluateRegion]->setShortcut(settings->shortcut("editor-eval-smart"));
 
     settings->endGroup();
 
@@ -248,7 +244,7 @@ void HelpBrowser::findText(const QString& text, bool backwards) {
     QWebEnginePage::FindFlags flags;
     if (backwards)
         flags |= QWebEnginePage::FindBackward;
-    mWebView->findText(text, flags);
+    mWebView->findText(text, backwards);
 }
 
 bool HelpBrowser::helpBrowserHasFocus() const {
@@ -284,12 +280,8 @@ bool HelpBrowser::eventFilter(QObject* object, QEvent* event) {
             break;
         }
         case QEvent::ShortcutOverride: {
-            QKeyEvent* kevent = static_cast<QKeyEvent*>(event);
-            if (kevent == QKeySequence::Copy || kevent == QKeySequence::Paste) {
-                kevent->accept();
-                return true;
-            }
-            break;
+            event->accept();
+            return true;
         }
         default:
             break;
@@ -352,7 +344,7 @@ void HelpBrowser::evaluateSelection(bool evaluateRegion) {
 }
 
 void HelpBrowser::onJsConsoleMsg(const QString& arg1, int arg2, const QString& arg3) {
-    qWarning() << "*** ERROR in JavaScript:" << arg1;
+    qWarning() << "*** JavaScript Message:" << arg1;
     qWarning() << "* line:" << arg2;
     qWarning() << "* source ID:" << arg3;
 }
@@ -378,7 +370,9 @@ void HelpBrowser::onContextMenuRequest(const QPoint& pos) {
     menu.addAction(mWebView->pageAction(QWebEnginePage::Forward));
     menu.addAction(mWebView->pageAction(QWebEnginePage::Reload));
 
-    if (!contextData.selectedText().isEmpty())
+    if (contextData.selectedText().isEmpty())
+        menu.addAction(mActions[EvaluateRegion]);
+    else
         menu.addAction(mActions[Evaluate]);
 
     menu.addSeparator();
diff --git a/editors/sc-ide/widgets/help_browser.hpp b/editors/sc-ide/widgets/help_browser.hpp
index 652234e3bf0..d833a213dba 100644
--- a/editors/sc-ide/widgets/help_browser.hpp
+++ b/editors/sc-ide/widgets/help_browser.hpp
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 
 #include "util/docklet.hpp"
 #include "QtCollider/widgets/web_page.hpp"
+#include "QtCollider/widgets/QcWebView.h"
 
 #include <QWebEngineView>
 #include <QLabel>
@@ -75,15 +76,6 @@ public slots:
     int mDotCount;
 };
 
-class HelpWebPage : public QtCollider::WebPage {
-    Q_OBJECT
-
-public:
-    HelpWebPage(HelpBrowser* browser);
-
-private:
-    HelpBrowser* mBrowser;
-};
 
 class HelpBrowser : public QWidget {
     Q_OBJECT
@@ -96,6 +88,7 @@ class HelpBrowser : public QWidget {
         ZoomOut,
         ResetZoom,
         Evaluate,
+        EvaluateRegion,
 
         ActionCount
     };
@@ -148,7 +141,7 @@ private slots:
     void sendRequest(const QString& code);
     QString symbolUnderCursor();
 
-    QWebEngineView* mWebView;
+    QtCollider::WebView* mWebView;
     LoadProgressIndicator* mLoadProgressIndicator;
 
     QSize mSizeHint;