diff --git a/turnstone/console/static/governance.js b/turnstone/console/static/governance.js
index 976a14cc..0c5b0868 100644
--- a/turnstone/console/static/governance.js
+++ b/turnstone/console/static/governance.js
@@ -1527,8 +1527,15 @@ function showEditTemplateModal(tmplId) {
     );
     // Focus management — only on the initial open. Re-renders preserve
     // wherever focus was so a screen reader doesn't get a transition.
+    // For readonly skills, prefer the lock button so keyboard users land
+    // on the unlock affordance instead of having to Tab past every
+    // disabled spec field to reach it. Cancel is still one Shift-Tab away.
     if (isReadonly) {
-      if (cancelBtn) cancelBtn.focus();
+      if (lockBtn && lockBtn.style.display !== "none") {
+        lockBtn.focus();
+      } else if (cancelBtn) {
+        cancelBtn.focus();
+      }
     } else {
       document.getElementById("etm-name").focus();
     }
diff --git a/turnstone/console/static/index.html b/turnstone/console/static/index.html
index fcd67ee0..bd7a4f4a 100644
--- a/turnstone/console/static/index.html
+++ b/turnstone/console/static/index.html
@@ -3307,7 +3307,7 @@
           aria-label="Customize skill (detach from upstream and unlock editing)"
           title="Customize — detach from upstream and unlock editing"
         >
-          <span aria-hidden="true">🔒</span>
+          <span aria-hidden="true">🔒︎</span>
         </button>
         <div
           id="etm-origin-badge"
diff --git a/turnstone/console/static/style.css b/turnstone/console/static/style.css
index 23d69e34..56a237e0 100644
--- a/turnstone/console/static/style.css
+++ b/turnstone/console/static/style.css
@@ -2028,6 +2028,16 @@ textarea.skill-content-area {
   .skill-config-grid {
     grid-template-columns: 1fr 1fr;
   }
+  /* Touch target: 44×44 minimum on mobile (WCAG 2.5.5 / Apple HIG). */
+  .skill-lock-btn {
+    width: 44px;
+    height: 44px;
+    top: 8px;
+    right: 8px;
+  }
+  .admin-modal-skill > h2 {
+    padding-right: 56px;
+  }
 }
 
 .modal-buttons {
@@ -2096,7 +2106,9 @@ textarea.skill-content-area {
    button class. */
 .skill-lock-btn {
   position: absolute;
-  top: 14px;
+  /* top: 18px (not 14px) so the button drops below the modal's accent-line
+     decoration's visual zone instead of competing with it horizontally. */
+  top: 18px;
   right: 14px;
   width: 32px;
   height: 32px;