diff --git a/ILSpy.Tests/Commands/HelpCommandTests.cs b/ILSpy.Tests/Commands/HelpCommandTests.cs
index c1e9e3963..a0bf07eab 100644
--- a/ILSpy.Tests/Commands/HelpCommandTests.cs
+++ b/ILSpy.Tests/Commands/HelpCommandTests.cs
@@ -132,6 +132,20 @@ public class HelpCommandTests
 		licenseTab.Text.Should().Contain("Permission is hereby granted");
 	}
 
+	[Test]
+	public void ResourceLinkGenerator_Does_Not_Require_Ctrl_Modifier_For_Click()
+	{
+		// AvaloniaEdit's TextEditorOptions.RequireControlModifierForHyperlinkClick only
+		// propagates to the *built-in* LinkElementGenerator via IBuiltinElementGenerator.
+		// FetchOptions; user-added subclasses keep whatever the base parameterless ctor sets
+		// (default true). The About-page generator must opt out explicitly so its links
+		// activate on a plain click.
+		var gen = new ResourceLinkGenerator(
+			"MIT License",
+			new System.Uri("resource:license.txt"));
+		gen.RequireControlModifierForClick.Should().BeFalse();
+	}
+
 	[AvaloniaTest]
 	public async Task Decompiler_Editor_Activates_Hyperlinks_Without_Ctrl_Modifier()
 	{
diff --git a/ILSpy/Commands/ResourceLinkGenerator.cs b/ILSpy/Commands/ResourceLinkGenerator.cs
index 4ab920147..7c62f8539 100644
--- a/ILSpy/Commands/ResourceLinkGenerator.cs
+++ b/ILSpy/Commands/ResourceLinkGenerator.cs
@@ -36,6 +36,13 @@ namespace ILSpy.Commands
 			: base(new Regex(Regex.Escape(phrase)))
 		{
 			this.target = target ?? throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(target));
+			// AvaloniaEdit's TextEditorOptions.RequireControlModifierForHyperlinkClick only
+			// propagates to its *built-in* LinkElementGenerator (via the
+			// IBuiltinElementGenerator.FetchOptions hook the editor invokes from
+			// UpdateBuiltinElementGeneratorsFromOptions). User-added subclasses inherit
+			// whatever the parameterless base constructor set (default true), so we have to
+			// opt out explicitly here.
+			RequireControlModifierForClick = false;
 		}
 
 		protected override Uri GetUriFromMatch(Match match) => target;