diff --git a/app/src/main/java/de/jeanlucmakiola/calendula/ui/edit/EventEditScreen.kt b/app/src/main/java/de/jeanlucmakiola/calendula/ui/edit/EventEditScreen.kt
index b05edfa..b14978f 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/de/jeanlucmakiola/calendula/ui/edit/EventEditScreen.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/de/jeanlucmakiola/calendula/ui/edit/EventEditScreen.kt
@@ -1125,10 +1125,17 @@ private fun EventEditContent(
                 viewModel.setCalendar(it)
                 showCalendarPicker = false
             },
-            // Leaves the form and its picker standing underneath: the manager
-            // slides over, and a calendar switched on there is in the list on
-            // the way back (the provider notifies, the flow re-queries).
-            onManageCalendars = onManageCalendars,
+            // Close the picker on the way out. It is a Compose Dialog — its own
+            // window, always above the activity's content — so the manager would
+            // otherwise open behind it and the tap would look dead. The form
+            // stays standing underneath, its calendar row one tap from a picker
+            // that re-queries on open.
+            onManageCalendars = onManageCalendars?.let { openManager ->
+                {
+                    showCalendarPicker = false
+                    openManager()
+                }
+            },
             onDismiss = { showCalendarPicker = false },
         )
     }