diff --git a/shell/plugins/osd/Osd.qml b/shell/plugins/osd/Osd.qml
index a571b932..8b592163 100644
--- a/shell/plugins/osd/Osd.qml
+++ b/shell/plugins/osd/Osd.qml
@@ -75,6 +75,9 @@ Item {
     WlrLayershell.layer: WlrLayer.Overlay
     WlrLayershell.keyboardFocus: WlrKeyboardFocus.None
     exclusionMode: ExclusionMode.Ignore
+    // Visual-only surface: keep the layer-shell input region empty so the OSD
+    // never blocks clicks to the desktop below it.
+    mask: Region {}
 
     Rectangle {
       id: card