diff --git a/doc/fixes3-7-0.txt b/doc/fixes3-7-0.txt
index f37232824..1d511ff35 100644
--- a/doc/fixes3-7-0.txt
+++ b/doc/fixes3-7-0.txt
@@ -1777,6 +1777,8 @@ tty: changes to support TTY_PERM_INVENT resulted in blank inventory menu when
 tty: for the !DEF_PAGER configuration, redraw screen properly if attempting
 	to display a file fails and tty_display_file()'s caller requests
 	feedback for that situation
+tty: if a group accelerator matched a menu command ('^' in menu for '/')
+	it wouldn't work to select, just to manipulate the menu
 Unix: after lua changes to Makefiles, 'make spotless' for dat subdirectory
 	left some generated data files which should have been deleted
 Windows: new tile additions in win/share did not trigger the creation of a new
@@ -1802,6 +1804,8 @@ X11: use visctrl(response) when X11_yn_function() echoes prompt+response in
 X11: when trying to lookup scrollbars in order to handle scrolling via keys,
 	menu handling always ended up finding the top window
 X11: enable horizontal scrollbar for persistent inventory window
+X11: if a group accelerator matched a menu command ('^' in menu for '/')
+	it wouldn't work to select, just to manipulate the menu
 X11+macOS: after the "bad Atom" fix (below), the persistent inventory window
 	crept downward every time it got updated
 
diff --git a/win/X11/winmenu.c b/win/X11/winmenu.c
index 550b81fe6..067de1a42 100644
--- a/win/X11/winmenu.c
+++ b/win/X11/winmenu.c
@@ -254,9 +254,11 @@ menu_key(Widget w, XEvent *event, String *params, Cardinal *num_params)
     if (menu_info->is_active || perminv_scrolling) { /* handle the input */
         /* first check for an explicit selector match, so that it won't be
            overridden if it happens to duplicate a mapped menu command (':'
-           to look inside a container vs ':' to select via search string) */
+           to look inside a container vs ':' to select via search string);
+           check for group accelerator match too */
         for (curr = menu_info->curr_menu.base; curr; curr = curr->next)
-            if (curr->identifier.a_void != 0 && curr->selector == ch)
+            if (curr->identifier.a_void != 0
+                && (curr->selector == ch || curr->gselector == ch))
                 goto make_selection;
 
         ch = map_menu_cmd(ch);
@@ -366,7 +368,8 @@ menu_key(Widget w, XEvent *event, String *params, Cardinal *num_params)
             selected_something = FALSE;
             for (count = 0, curr = menu_info->curr_menu.base; curr;
                  curr = curr->next, count++)
-                if (curr->identifier.a_void != 0 && curr->selector == ch)
+                if (curr->identifier.a_void != 0
+                    && (curr->selector == ch || curr->gselector == ch))
                     break;
 
             if (curr) {
diff --git a/win/tty/wintty.c b/win/tty/wintty.c
index e8ed9d934..3bcefbdd5 100644
--- a/win/tty/wintty.c
+++ b/win/tty/wintty.c
@@ -1493,11 +1493,15 @@ process_menu_window(winid window, struct WinDesc *cw)
                 }
             }
             /* set extra chars.. */
-            Strcat(resp, default_menu_cmds);
+            if (*gacc) {
+                Strcat(resp, gacc);             /* group accelerators */
+                if (cw->how == PICK_ONE)
+                    resp_len = (int) strlen(resp);
+            }
             Strcat(resp, " ");                  /* next page or end */
             Strcat(resp, "0123456789\033\n\r"); /* counts, quit */
-            Strcat(resp, gacc);                 /* group accelerators */
             Strcat(resp, gm.mapped_menu_cmds);
+            Strcat(resp, default_menu_cmds);
 
             if (cw->npages > 1)
                 Sprintf(cw->morestr, "(%d of %d)", curr_page + 1,