diff --git a/nw/gui/elements/doceditor.py b/nw/gui/elements/doceditor.py
index 6fa2294f..9d7bd083 100644
--- a/nw/gui/elements/doceditor.py
+++ b/nw/gui/elements/doceditor.py
@@ -441,7 +441,7 @@ class GuiDocEditor(QTextEdit):
         elif theAction == nwDocAction.REPL_NEXT:
             self._replaceNext()
         else:
-            logger.error("Unknown or unsupported document action %s" % str(theAction))
+            logger.debug("Unknown or unsupported document action %s" % str(theAction))
             return False
         return True
 
diff --git a/nw/gui/elements/docviewer.py b/nw/gui/elements/docviewer.py
index ab9585f6..39d8f57f 100644
--- a/nw/gui/elements/docviewer.py
+++ b/nw/gui/elements/docviewer.py
@@ -15,10 +15,10 @@ import nw
 
 from PyQt5.QtCore import Qt
 from PyQt5.QtWidgets import QTextBrowser
-from PyQt5.QtGui import QTextOption, QFont, QPalette, QColor
+from PyQt5.QtGui import QTextOption, QFont, QPalette, QColor, QTextCursor
 
 from nw.convert import ToHtml
-from nw.constants import nwAlert, nwItemType
+from nw.constants import nwAlert, nwItemType, nwDocAction
 
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ class GuiDocViewer(QTextBrowser):
         self.qDocument.setDefaultTextOption(theOpt)
 
         self.anchorClicked.connect(self._linkClicked)
+        self.setFocusPolicy(Qt.StrongFocus)
 
         logger.debug("DocViewer initialisation complete")
 
@@ -142,10 +143,35 @@ class GuiDocViewer(QTextBrowser):
 
         return True
 
+    def docAction(self, theAction):
+        logger.verbose("Requesting action: %s" % theAction.name)
+        if self.theHandle is None:
+            logger.error("No document open")
+            return False
+        if theAction == nwDocAction.CUT:
+            self.copy()
+        elif theAction == nwDocAction.COPY:
+            self.copy()
+        elif theAction == nwDocAction.SEL_ALL:
+            self._makeSelection(QTextCursor.Document)
+        elif theAction == nwDocAction.SEL_PARA:
+            self._makeSelection(QTextCursor.BlockUnderCursor)
+        else:
+            logger.debug("Unknown or unsupported document action %s" % str(theAction))
+            return False
+        return True
+
     ##
     #  Internal Functions
     ##
 
+    def _makeSelection(self, selMode):
+        theCursor = self.textCursor()
+        theCursor.clearSelection()
+        theCursor.select(selMode)
+        self.setTextCursor(theCursor)
+        return
+
     def _linkClicked(self, theURL):
 
         theLink = theURL.url()
diff --git a/nw/gui/mainmenu.py b/nw/gui/mainmenu.py
index 5966509d..66b4cb31 100644
--- a/nw/gui/mainmenu.py
+++ b/nw/gui/mainmenu.py
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ class GuiMainMenu(QMenuBar):
         self._buildHelpMenu()
 
         # Function Pointers
-        self._docAction    = self.theParent.docEditor.docAction
+        self._docAction    = self.theParent.passDocumentAction
         self._moveTreeItem = self.theParent.treeView.moveTreeItem
         self._newTreeItem  = self.theParent.treeView.newTreeItem
 
diff --git a/nw/guimain.py b/nw/guimain.py
index 95e0c6a3..e07af0bd 100644
--- a/nw/guimain.py
+++ b/nw/guimain.py
@@ -458,6 +458,15 @@ class GuiMain(QMainWindow):
 
         return True
 
+    def passDocumentAction(self, theAction):
+        if self.docEditor.hasFocus():
+            self.docEditor.docAction(theAction)
+        elif self.docViewer.hasFocus():
+            self.docViewer.docAction(theAction)
+        else:
+            logger.debug("Document action requested, but no document has focus")
+        return True
+
     ##
     #  Tree Item Actions
     ##