diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/src/canvas.rs b/crates/ui-egui/src/canvas.rs
index d377f4a3..3800b615 100644
--- a/crates/ui-egui/src/canvas.rs
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/src/canvas.rs
@@ -891,9 +891,14 @@ fn ruler_rects(full: egui::Rect) -> [egui::Rect; 3] {
 /// ruler, snapped as a moved guide is (with Shift to the ruler's ticks). Released anywhere else,
 /// it makes none.
 fn ruler_guides(app: &mut VectorcraftApp, ui: &Ui, full: egui::Rect, canvas: egui::Rect, xf: &Xf) {
-    let [top, left, _] = ruler_rects(full);
+    let [top, left, corner] = ruler_rects(full);
+    // Right-click on a ruler or the origin box: the document units, to swap between them as
+    // Preferences ▸ Units ▸ General does ([`crate::menus::ruler_menu_body`]).
+    let mut unit_clicked = None;
     for (r, vertical, id) in [(top, false, "ruler-top"), (left, true, "ruler-left")] {
-        let resp = ui.interact(r, egui::Id::new(id), Sense::drag());
+        // Click-and-drag so the same widget drags out guides (left) and opens the unit menu (right).
+        let resp = ui.interact(r, egui::Id::new(id), Sense::click_and_drag());
+        resp.context_menu(|ui| crate::menus::ruler_menu_body(app, ui, &mut unit_clicked));
         let kind = if resp.drag_stopped() {
             PointerKind::Up
         } else if resp.dragged() {
@@ -912,6 +917,11 @@ fn ruler_guides(app: &mut VectorcraftApp, ui: &Ui, full: egui::Rect, canvas: egu
             app.status(e.to_string());
         }
     }
+    let corner = ui.interact(corner, egui::Id::new("ruler-corner"), Sense::click());
+    corner.context_menu(|ui| crate::menus::ruler_menu_body(app, ui, &mut unit_clicked));
+    if let Some((id, p)) = unit_clicked {
+        crate::menus::invoke(app, &id, p);
+    }
 }
 
 fn rulers(ui: &Ui, full: egui::Rect, xf: &Xf, hover: Option<Point>, unit: Unit, t: &Tokens) {
diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/src/menus.rs b/crates/ui-egui/src/menus.rs
index f409d949..e5953ab7 100644
--- a/crates/ui-egui/src/menus.rs
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/src/menus.rs
@@ -1388,6 +1388,10 @@ pub fn checked(app: &VectorcraftApp, id: &str, p: &Value) -> Option<bool> {
             let cmyk = app.session.active().is_some_and(|d| d.doc.color_mode == vectorcraft_engine::doc::ColorMode::Cmyk);
             p.get("mode").and_then(Value::as_str) == Some(if cmyk { "cmyk" } else { "rgb" })
         }
+        // The ruler context menu lists the document units, the current one checked.
+        "document.setUnits" => {
+            p.get("units").and_then(Value::as_str).and_then(vectorcraft_engine::doc::Unit::named) == Some(app.session.general_unit())
+        }
         _ => return None,
     })
 }
@@ -2559,6 +2563,21 @@ pub fn context_menu_body(app: &VectorcraftApp, ui: &mut egui::Ui, clicked: &mut
     });
 }
 
+/// The document units a right-click on a ruler offers: each runs `document.setUnits`, exactly as
+/// Preferences ▸ Units ▸ General does, with the current one checked ([`checked`]).
+pub fn ruler_unit_items() -> Vec<Item> {
+    vectorcraft_engine::doc::Unit::ALL.iter().map(|u| cp(u.label(), "document.setUnits", json!({ "units": u.label() }))).collect()
+}
+
+/// The ruler context menu's popup (right-click a ruler or the origin box); the unit clicked goes in
+/// `clicked`, for [`invoke`].
+pub fn ruler_menu_body(app: &VectorcraftApp, ui: &mut egui::Ui, clicked: &mut Option<(String, Value)>) {
+    widgets::menu_scroll(ui, |ui| {
+        ui.set_min_width(160.0);
+        render_items(app, ui, &ruler_unit_items(), true, clicked);
+    });
+}
+
 /// Render the menu bar.
 /// The in-window menu bar. Returns where its titles end (x): the bar itself takes the full width.
 pub fn menu_bar(app: &mut VectorcraftApp, ui: &mut egui::Ui) -> f32 {
diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/src/tests_contextmenu.rs b/crates/ui-egui/src/tests_contextmenu.rs
index 893583f5..7cc7dc1c 100644
--- a/crates/ui-egui/src/tests_contextmenu.rs
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/src/tests_contextmenu.rs
@@ -110,6 +110,32 @@ fn right_click_on_empty_canvas_offers_the_view_and_a_dismissing_click_does_nothi
     assert_eq!(app.session.active().unwrap().doc.art_bounds(), None);
 }
 
+/// #: right-clicking a ruler offers the document units, the current one checked, and choosing one
+/// swaps them — the same effect as Preferences ▸ Units ▸ General (`document.setUnits`).
+#[test]
+fn right_clicking_a_ruler_swaps_the_document_units() {
+    use vectorcraft_doc::Unit;
+    let mut app = app();
+    app.ui.view.rulers = true;
+    let ctx = egui::Context::default();
+    frame(&mut app, &ctx, vec![]);
+    assert_eq!(app.session.general_unit(), Unit::Points, "a new document starts in the prefs unit");
+    // Right-click on the top ruler (the band along the top, past the origin box).
+    let texts = click(&mut app, &ctx, pos2(400.0, 8.0), PointerButton::Secondary);
+    for label in ["Points", "Picas", "Inches", "Millimeters", "Feet & Inches", "Pixels"] {
+        assert!(has(&texts, label), "{label} in {texts:?}");
+    }
+    assert!(texts.iter().any(|(t, _)| t == "✓  Points"), "the current unit is checked: {texts:?}");
+    // Choosing a unit runs document.setUnits and closes the menu.
+    let mm = texts.iter().find(|(t, _)| t.trim_start_matches(['✓', ' ']) == "Millimeters").map(|(_, r)| r.center()).expect("Millimeters");
+    let texts = click(&mut app, &ctx, mm, PointerButton::Primary);
+    assert_eq!(app.session.general_unit(), Unit::Millimeters, "the ruler's unit changed");
+    assert!(!has(&texts, "Inches"), "the menu closed");
+    // The left ruler offers the same menu, now checking the new unit.
+    let texts = click(&mut app, &ctx, pos2(8.0, 300.0), PointerButton::Secondary);
+    assert!(texts.iter().any(|(t, _)| t == "✓  Millimeters"), "the left ruler reflects the current unit: {texts:?}");
+}
+
 fn labels(items: &[Item]) -> Vec<&'static str> {
     items
         .iter()