diff --git a/apps/ui.immich.app/src/lib/constants.ts b/apps/ui.immich.app/src/lib/constants.ts
index 938e8403..1ae98ed1 100644
--- a/apps/ui.immich.app/src/lib/constants.ts
+++ b/apps/ui.immich.app/src/lib/constants.ts
@@ -208,7 +208,7 @@ export const components: ComponentItem[] = [
   { name: 'Tooltip', icon: mdiInformationSlabCircleOutline, activeIcon: mdiInformationSlabCircle },
 ];
 
-const onAction: ActionItemHandler = (item) => {
+const onAction: ActionItemHandler = ({ action: item }) => {
   toastManager.show({
     title: `Clicked ${item.title}`,
     color: item.color ?? 'primary',
diff --git a/apps/ui.immich.app/src/routes/(docs)/components/action-button/BasicExample.svelte b/apps/ui.immich.app/src/routes/(docs)/components/action-button/BasicExample.svelte
index e07ce897..83641380 100644
--- a/apps/ui.immich.app/src/routes/(docs)/components/action-button/BasicExample.svelte
+++ b/apps/ui.immich.app/src/routes/(docs)/components/action-button/BasicExample.svelte
@@ -1,6 +1,43 @@
 <script lang="ts">
   import { ExampleActions } from '$lib/constants.js';
-  import { ActionButton, Heading } from '@immich/ui';
+  import {
+    ActionButton,
+    type ActionEvent,
+    type ActionItem,
+    CommandPaletteDefaultProvider,
+    Heading,
+    Kbd,
+    Text,
+    toastManager,
+  } from '@immich/ui';
+  import { mdiDeleteForeverOutline, mdiTrashCanOutline } from '@mdi/js';
+
+  const onAction = ({ action, event }: ActionEvent) => {
+    if (event.type === 'click') {
+      toastManager.show({
+        title: `Clicked ${action.title}…`,
+        description: '…using the mouse',
+        icon: action.icon,
+      });
+    } else {
+      const { key, ctrlKey: force } = event as KeyboardEvent;
+
+      toastManager.show({
+        title: `Used shortcut for ${action.title}…`,
+        description: `…using ${force ? 'Ctrl+' : ''}${key}`,
+        color: force ? 'danger' : undefined,
+        icon: force ? mdiDeleteForeverOutline : action.icon,
+      });
+    }
+  };
+
+  const DeleteWithShortcuts: ActionItem = {
+    title: 'Delete',
+    icon: mdiTrashCanOutline,
+    color: 'danger',
+    shortcuts: [{ key: 'Delete' }, { key: 'Delete', ctrl: true }],
+    onAction,
+  };
 </script>
 
 <Heading size="small" class="mb-2">Icon buttons</Heading>
@@ -20,3 +57,13 @@
   <ActionButton type="button" action={ExampleActions.Delete} />
   <ActionButton type="button" action={ExampleActions.Download} variant="filled" color="primary" />
 </div>
+
+<CommandPaletteDefaultProvider name="Example action" actions={[DeleteWithShortcuts]} />
+
+<Heading size="small" class="mt-6 mb-2">Event info</Heading>
+<div class="flex flex-col gap-2">
+  <Text>Use the mouse or keyboard shortcuts <Kbd>Del</Kbd> or <Kbd>Ctrl Del</Kbd></Text>
+  <div class="w-fit">
+    <ActionButton action={DeleteWithShortcuts} type="button" />
+  </div>
+</div>
diff --git a/apps/ui.immich.app/src/routes/(docs)/components/command-palette/+page.svelte b/apps/ui.immich.app/src/routes/(docs)/components/command-palette/+page.svelte
index 25283dc5..34f4b51d 100644
--- a/apps/ui.immich.app/src/routes/(docs)/components/command-palette/+page.svelte
+++ b/apps/ui.immich.app/src/routes/(docs)/components/command-palette/+page.svelte
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@
   import { Markdown, Text } from '@immich/ui';
   import BasicExample from './BasicExample.svelte';
   import basicExample from './BasicExample.svelte?raw';
+  import EventExample from './EventExample.svelte';
+  import eventExample from './EventExample.svelte?raw';
 </script>
 
 <ComponentPage name="CommandPalette" description="A command menu that can be used to search, filter, and select items">
@@ -12,4 +14,5 @@
     <Text>See <ComponentLink name="CommandPaletteButton" /> for a dedicated button to open the component</Text>
   </Markdown.Alert>
   <ComponentExamples examples={[{ title: 'Basic', code: basicExample, component: BasicExample }]} />
+  <ComponentExamples examples={[{ title: 'Event types', code: eventExample, component: EventExample }]} />
 </ComponentPage>
diff --git a/apps/ui.immich.app/src/routes/(docs)/components/command-palette/EventExample.svelte b/apps/ui.immich.app/src/routes/(docs)/components/command-palette/EventExample.svelte
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..5ca8fa47
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/ui.immich.app/src/routes/(docs)/components/command-palette/EventExample.svelte
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+<script lang="ts">
+  import {
+    Button,
+    CommandPaletteDefaultProvider,
+    commandPaletteManager,
+    Text,
+    toastManager,
+    type ActionEvent,
+    type ActionItem,
+  } from '@immich/ui';
+  import { mdiCallMerge } from '@mdi/js';
+
+  const onAction = ({ event }: ActionEvent) => {
+    toastManager.info(`Event type: ${event.type}`);
+    if (event instanceof KeyboardEvent) {
+      toastManager.info(`Key used: ${event.key}`);
+    }
+  };
+
+  const action: ActionItem = {
+    title: 'Trigger me',
+    description: 'Trigger me using your mouse or keyboard',
+    icon: mdiCallMerge,
+    onAction,
+  };
+</script>
+
+<CommandPaletteDefaultProvider actions={[action]} types={['custom']} />
+
+<Text>Get the event that triggered the action</Text>
+<Button onclick={() => commandPaletteManager.open('type:custom')}>Open</Button>
diff --git a/apps/ui.immich.app/src/routes/(docs)/components/context-menu/BasicExample.svelte b/apps/ui.immich.app/src/routes/(docs)/components/context-menu/BasicExample.svelte
index 9aeb7600..b8d85b0f 100644
--- a/apps/ui.immich.app/src/routes/(docs)/components/context-menu/BasicExample.svelte
+++ b/apps/ui.immich.app/src/routes/(docs)/components/context-menu/BasicExample.svelte
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
     mdiTrashCanOutline,
   } from '@mdi/js';
 
-  const onAction: ActionItemHandler = (item) => {
+  const onAction: ActionItemHandler = ({ action: item }) => {
     toastManager.show({
       title: `Clicked ${item.title}`,
       color: item.color ?? 'primary',
diff --git a/packages/ui/src/lib/components/ActionButton/ActionButton.svelte b/packages/ui/src/lib/components/ActionButton/ActionButton.svelte
index 392c5c67..cabfa071 100644
--- a/packages/ui/src/lib/components/ActionButton/ActionButton.svelte
+++ b/packages/ui/src/lib/components/ActionButton/ActionButton.svelte
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
   const common = $derived({
     variant: variantOverride ?? 'ghost',
     color: colorOverride ?? action.color ?? 'secondary',
-    onclick: () => onAction(action),
+    onclick: (event: MouseEvent) => onAction({ action, event }),
   });
 </script>
 
diff --git a/packages/ui/src/lib/components/CommandPalette/CommandPaletteItem.svelte b/packages/ui/src/lib/components/CommandPalette/CommandPaletteItem.svelte
index 3046a1dd..8ded7b8b 100644
--- a/packages/ui/src/lib/components/CommandPalette/CommandPaletteItem.svelte
+++ b/packages/ui/src/lib/components/CommandPalette/CommandPaletteItem.svelte
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
   type Props = {
     item: ActionItem;
     selected: boolean;
-    onSelect: () => void;
+    onSelect: (event: MouseEvent) => void;
   };
 
   const { item, selected, onSelect }: Props = $props();
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
 
 <div bind:this={ref} class="p-1">
   <Button
-    onclick={() => onSelect()}
+    onclick={(event: MouseEvent) => onSelect(event)}
     fullWidth
     variant={selected ? 'outline' : 'ghost'}
     color="secondary"
diff --git a/packages/ui/src/lib/components/ContextMenu/ContextMenu.svelte b/packages/ui/src/lib/components/ContextMenu/ContextMenu.svelte
index 28367f78..4cf7f11f 100644
--- a/packages/ui/src/lib/components/ContextMenu/ContextMenu.svelte
+++ b/packages/ui/src/lib/components/ContextMenu/ContextMenu.svelte
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@
                   <DropdownMenu.Item
                     textValue={item.title}
                     closeOnSelect
-                    onSelect={() => item.onAction(item)}
+                    onSelect={(event) => item.onAction({ action: item, event })}
                     class={itemStyles({ color: item.color, inset: true })}
                   >
                     {@render itemText(item)}
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@
                       <DropdownMenu.Item
                         textValue={item.title}
                         closeOnSelect
-                        onSelect={() => item.onAction(item)}
+                        onSelect={(event) => item.onAction({ action: item, event })}
                         title={item.title}
                         class={itemStyles({ color: item.color })}
                       >
diff --git a/packages/ui/src/lib/internal/CommandPaletteModal.svelte b/packages/ui/src/lib/internal/CommandPaletteModal.svelte
index 330a2163..d3fe0807 100644
--- a/packages/ui/src/lib/internal/CommandPaletteModal.svelte
+++ b/packages/ui/src/lib/internal/CommandPaletteModal.svelte
@@ -16,11 +16,11 @@
     type CommandPaletteTranslations,
   } from '$lib/services/command-palette-manager.svelte.js';
   import { t } from '$lib/services/translation.svelte.js';
-  import type { ActionItem } from '$lib/types.js';
+  import type { ActionEvent, ActionItem } from '$lib/types.js';
   import { mdiArrowDown, mdiArrowUp, mdiKeyboardEsc, mdiKeyboardReturn, mdiMagnify } from '@mdi/js';
 
   type Props = {
-    onClose: (action?: ActionItem) => void;
+    onClose: (actionEvent?: ActionEvent) => void;
     translations?: CommandPaletteTranslations;
     initialQuery?: string;
   };
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@
       }
 
       case 'select': {
-        onClose(commandPaletteManager.selectedItem);
+        onClose({ action: commandPaletteManager.selectedItem, event });
         break;
       }
     }
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@
               <CommandPaletteItem
                 {item}
                 selected={commandPaletteManager.isSelected(item)}
-                onSelect={() => onClose(item)}
+                onSelect={(event) => onClose({ action: item, event })}
               />
             {/each}
           </div>
diff --git a/packages/ui/src/lib/services/command-palette-manager.svelte.ts b/packages/ui/src/lib/services/command-palette-manager.svelte.ts
index 00bd18aa..1e663da3 100644
--- a/packages/ui/src/lib/services/command-palette-manager.svelte.ts
+++ b/packages/ui/src/lib/services/command-palette-manager.svelte.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import { matchesShortcut, shortcuts, shouldIgnoreEvent } from '$lib/actions/shor
 import CommandPaletteModal from '$lib/internal/CommandPaletteModal.svelte';
 import { modalManager } from '$lib/services/modal-manager.svelte.js';
 import { isModalOpen } from '$lib/state/modal-state.svelte.js';
-import type { ActionItem, MaybePromise, TranslationProps } from '$lib/types.js';
+import type { ActionEvent, ActionItem, MaybePromise, TranslationProps } from '$lib/types.js';
 import { isEnabled } from '$lib/utilities/common.js';
 import { asArray, generateId } from '$lib/utilities/internal.js';
 import Fuse, { type FuseResult, type FuseResultMatch, type IFuseOptions } from 'fuse.js';
@@ -220,13 +220,13 @@ class CommandPaletteManager {
         event.preventDefault();
       }
 
-      action?.onAction(action);
+      action?.onAction({ action, event });
       return;
     }
   }
 
-  async #onClose(action?: ActionItem) {
-    await action?.onAction(action);
+  async #onClose(actionEvent?: ActionEvent) {
+    await actionEvent?.action.onAction(actionEvent);
     this.#isOpen = false;
     this.#results = [];
   }
diff --git a/packages/ui/src/lib/types.ts b/packages/ui/src/lib/types.ts
index a7306afc..3dabf3cc 100644
--- a/packages/ui/src/lib/types.ts
+++ b/packages/ui/src/lib/types.ts
@@ -370,7 +370,17 @@ export type DatePickerProps = {
 
 export type IfLike = { $if?: () => boolean };
 
-export type ActionItemHandler<T extends ActionItem = ActionItem> = (item: T) => unknown | Promise<unknown>;
+/**
+ * The event will be a `KeyboardEvent | MouseEvent` for actions triggered via
+ * normal (icon) buttons and the command palette (including shortcuts), and
+ * a custom event type for actions triggered via bits-ui components like the
+ * context menu.
+ */
+export type ActionEvent<T extends ActionItem = ActionItem> = { action: T; event: Event };
+
+export type ActionItemHandler<T extends ActionItem = ActionItem> = (
+  actionEvent: ActionEvent<T>,
+) => unknown | Promise<unknown>;
 
 export type LinkItem = {
   title: string;