diff --git a/Sources/Crow/App/AppDelegate.swift b/Sources/Crow/App/AppDelegate.swift
index 5cc4868..7395898 100644
--- a/Sources/Crow/App/AppDelegate.swift
+++ b/Sources/Crow/App/AppDelegate.swift
@@ -1080,6 +1080,23 @@ final class AppDelegate: NSObject, NSApplicationDelegate {
         appMenuItem.submenu = appMenu
         mainMenu.addItem(appMenuItem)
 
+        // Edit menu — registers the standard cut/copy/paste/select-all/undo
+        // selectors on the responder chain so ⌘V and dictation work in SwiftUI
+        // text fields (Settings). Routed to the first responder (target nil).
+        // The terminal is unaffected: GhosttySurfaceView.performKeyEquivalent
+        // intercepts ⌘V/⌘C at the view level before the main menu sees them. (#512)
+        let editMenuItem = NSMenuItem()
+        let editMenu = NSMenu(title: "Edit")
+        editMenu.addItem(withTitle: "Undo", action: Selector(("undo:")), keyEquivalent: "z")
+        editMenu.addItem(withTitle: "Redo", action: Selector(("redo:")), keyEquivalent: "Z")
+        editMenu.addItem(.separator())
+        editMenu.addItem(withTitle: "Cut", action: #selector(NSText.cut(_:)), keyEquivalent: "x")
+        editMenu.addItem(withTitle: "Copy", action: #selector(NSText.copy(_:)), keyEquivalent: "c")
+        editMenu.addItem(withTitle: "Paste", action: #selector(NSText.paste(_:)), keyEquivalent: "v")
+        editMenu.addItem(withTitle: "Select All", action: #selector(NSText.selectAll(_:)), keyEquivalent: "a")
+        editMenuItem.submenu = editMenu
+        mainMenu.addItem(editMenuItem)
+
         NSApp.mainMenu = mainMenu
     }