diff --git a/demo/smoke_stairs.mjs b/demo/smoke_stairs.mjs
index 47d851bb..9f618607 100644
--- a/demo/smoke_stairs.mjs
+++ b/demo/smoke_stairs.mjs
@@ -641,5 +641,56 @@ const out = await page.evaluate(async () => {
   return result;
 });
 
+// #686: a focused stair link paints no focus frame — neither the browser's
+// ring nor a replacement — and it still follows with Enter. The oracle is
+// pixels: the stair's area with a margin for the ring is captured unfocused
+// and with keyboard focus, and the two frames must be byte-identical.
+const focusProbe = await page.evaluate(async () => {
+  const card = window.__card;
+  const hp = window.__hpTest;
+  await hp.setVolumetricView(false);
+  await hp.switchSpace('f1');
+  await hp.setMode('view');
+  await hp.settled();
+  const node = card.renderRoot.querySelector('[data-hp="stair"][data-target-state="active"]');
+  const rect = node?.getBoundingClientRect();
+  return node ? { id: node.getAttribute('data-id'), x: rect.x, y: rect.y, w: rect.width, h: rect.height } : null;
+});
+out.focusProbeHasActiveStair = !!focusProbe && focusProbe.w > 0 && focusProbe.h > 0;
+if (focusProbe) {
+  const margin = 8;
+  const clip = {
+    x: Math.max(0, Math.floor(focusProbe.x - margin)), y: Math.max(0, Math.floor(focusProbe.y - margin)),
+    width: Math.ceil(focusProbe.w + 2 * margin), height: Math.ceil(focusProbe.h + 2 * margin),
+  };
+  await page.mouse.move(1, 1);
+  const shot = () => page.screenshot({ clip, animations: 'disabled', caret: 'hide' });
+  const unfocused = await shot();
+  // A real key press puts the page into keyboard modality, so the following
+  // programmatic focus matches :focus-visible exactly like Tab would.
+  await page.keyboard.press('Shift');
+  const focused = await page.evaluate(async (id) => {
+    const node = window.__card.renderRoot.querySelector(`[data-hp="stair"][data-id="${id}"]`);
+    node?.focus();
+    await new Promise((resolve) => requestAnimationFrame(() => requestAnimationFrame(resolve)));
+    return {
+      active: window.__card.renderRoot.activeElement === node,
+      visible: !!node?.matches(':focus-visible'),
+    };
+  }, focusProbe.id);
+  const withFocus = await shot();
+  out.keyboardFocusReachesStair = focused.active && focused.visible;
+  out.focusedStairPaintsNoFrame = focused.active && unfocused.equals(withFocus);
+  await page.keyboard.press('Enter');
+  out.focusedStairEnterNavigates = await page.evaluate(async () => {
+    const card = window.__card;
+    for (let guard = 0; card._cameraTransition?.active && guard < 90; guard++)
+      await new Promise((resolve) => requestAnimationFrame(resolve));
+    await window.__hpTest.settled();
+    return card.renderRoot.querySelector('[data-hp="space-tab"][aria-current="page"]')
+      ?.getAttribute('data-id') === 'garden';
+  });
+}
+
 checkAll(out);
 await finish(browser, out);
diff --git a/docs/CHANGELOG.md b/docs/CHANGELOG.md
index 78957a5f..fd54e0b6 100644
--- a/docs/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/docs/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,6 +2,11 @@
 
 ## Unreleased
 
+- A floor-link stair in View no longer shows the browser's black-and-white
+  focus frame when it receives focus; it can still be reached with Tab and
+  followed with Enter or Space
+  ([#686](https://github.com/Matysh/houseplan-card/issues/686)).
+
 ## v1.78.0-beta.7 — 2026-09-28
 
 - Stairs now have two independent line and fill colours with opacity controls. A
diff --git a/docs/CHANGELOG.ru.md b/docs/CHANGELOG.ru.md
index 86c40881..f762841b 100755
--- a/docs/CHANGELOG.ru.md
+++ b/docs/CHANGELOG.ru.md
@@ -8,6 +8,11 @@
 
 ## Не выпущено
 
+- Лестница-переход в режиме просмотра больше не показывает чёрно-белую рамку
+  фокуса браузера; до неё по-прежнему можно дойти клавишей Tab и перейти по
+  Enter или Пробелу
+  ([#686](https://github.com/Matysh/houseplan-card/issues/686)).
+
 ## v1.78.0-beta.7 — 2026-09-28
 
 - У лестниц появились два собственных цвета: для линий и для заливки, а также
diff --git a/docs/STAIRS.md b/docs/STAIRS.md
index 4215358c..792e8e9f 100644
--- a/docs/STAIRS.md
+++ b/docs/STAIRS.md
@@ -57,7 +57,9 @@ state); a missing, self, deleted or fixed-floor target shows no tooltip.
 
 In an ordinary multi-space card, a clean click/tap or keyboard activation on a
 valid stair switches to the target tab and restores that floor's remembered
-camera. Pan, pinch, long press, swipe and pointer cancellation do not navigate.
+camera. A focused stair link draws no focus indicator — neither the browser's
+ring nor an outline of its own (owner's decision, #686); it stays in the Tab
+order, and Enter or Space still follow it. Pan, pinch, long press, swipe and pointer cancellation do not navigate.
 In a card configured with `floor`, stairs are visible but inert. The target
 floor receives no automatic stair, highlight or camera centring.
 
diff --git a/src/styles/plan.styles.ts b/src/styles/plan.styles.ts
index f8510d5f..b1b2a20b 100644
--- a/src/styles/plan.styles.ts
+++ b/src/styles/plan.styles.ts
@@ -1590,6 +1590,11 @@ export const planStyles = css`
     .hp-stair-hit { fill: transparent; stroke: transparent; stroke-width: 14px; pointer-events: none; }
     .hp-stair.input-enabled .hp-stair-hit { pointer-events: all; }
     .hp-stair.navigable { cursor: pointer; }
+    /* #686 (owner, 2026-09-28): a stair link shows no focus indicator at all —
+       neither the browser's ring nor a replacement. It stays focusable, and
+       Enter/Space still follow it (#676). */
+    .hp-stair:focus,
+    .hp-stair:focus-visible { outline: none; }
     :host([data-pointer-hover]) .hp-stair.navigable:hover .hp-stair-outline {
       stroke: var(--hp-accent);
       stroke-opacity: 1;