diff --git a/src/cascadia/TerminalApp/CommandPalette.cpp b/src/cascadia/TerminalApp/CommandPalette.cpp
index 82fb48ed9a7..d2ac84fcfeb 100644
--- a/src/cascadia/TerminalApp/CommandPalette.cpp
+++ b/src/cascadia/TerminalApp/CommandPalette.cpp
@@ -95,6 +95,8 @@ namespace winrt::TerminalApp::implementation
             }
             _sizeChangedRevoker.revoke();
         });
+
+        _filteredActionsView().SelectionChanged({ this, &CommandPalette::_selectedCommandChanged });
     }
 
     // Method Description:
@@ -117,6 +119,29 @@ namespace winrt::TerminalApp::implementation
         _filteredActionsView().ScrollIntoView(_filteredActionsView().SelectedItem());
     }
 
+    // Method Description:
+    // - Called when the command selection changes. We'll use this in the tab
+    //   switcher to "preview" tabs as the user navigates the list of tabs. To
+    //   do that, we'll dispatch the switch to tab command for this tab, but not
+    //   dismiss the switcher.
+    // Arguments:
+    // - <unused>
+    // Return Value:
+    // - <none>
+    void CommandPalette::_selectedCommandChanged(const IInspectable& /*sender*/,
+                                                 const Windows::UI::Xaml::RoutedEventArgs& /*args*/)
+    {
+        if (_currentMode == CommandPaletteMode::TabSwitchMode)
+        {
+            const auto& selectedCommand = _filteredActionsView().SelectedItem();
+            if (const auto& command = selectedCommand.try_as<TerminalApp::Command>())
+            {
+                const auto& actionAndArgs = command.Action();
+                _dispatch.DoAction(actionAndArgs);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
     void CommandPalette::_previewKeyDownHandler(IInspectable const& /*sender*/,
                                                 Windows::UI::Xaml::Input::KeyRoutedEventArgs const& e)
     {
diff --git a/src/cascadia/TerminalApp/CommandPalette.h b/src/cascadia/TerminalApp/CommandPalette.h
index c1e1830dda7..27a57b847cc 100644
--- a/src/cascadia/TerminalApp/CommandPalette.h
+++ b/src/cascadia/TerminalApp/CommandPalette.h
@@ -64,6 +64,9 @@ namespace winrt::TerminalApp::implementation
         void _keyUpHandler(Windows::Foundation::IInspectable const& sender,
                            Windows::UI::Xaml::Input::KeyRoutedEventArgs const& e);
 
+        void _selectedCommandChanged(Windows::Foundation::IInspectable const& sender,
+                                     Windows::UI::Xaml::RoutedEventArgs const& args);
+
         void _updateUIForStackChange();
 
         void _rootPointerPressed(Windows::Foundation::IInspectable const& sender, Windows::UI::Xaml::Input::PointerRoutedEventArgs const& e);
diff --git a/src/cascadia/TerminalApp/TerminalPage.cpp b/src/cascadia/TerminalApp/TerminalPage.cpp
index 8dc7142a3f0..39493eecea7 100644
--- a/src/cascadia/TerminalApp/TerminalPage.cpp
+++ b/src/cascadia/TerminalApp/TerminalPage.cpp
@@ -1967,7 +1967,20 @@ namespace winrt::TerminalApp::implementation
                 _tabContent.Children().Clear();
                 _tabContent.Children().Append(tab->GetRootElement());
 
-                tab->SetFocused(true);
+                // GH#7409: If the tab switcher is open, then we _don't_ want to
+                // automatically focus the new tab here. The tab switcher wants
+                // to be able to "preview" the selected tab as the user tabs
+                // through the menu, but if we toss the focus to the control
+                // here, then the user won't be able to navigate the ATS any
+                // longer.
+                //
+                // When the tab swither is eventually dismissed, the focus will
+                // get tossed back to the focused terminal control, so we don't
+                // need to worry about focus getting lost.
+                if (CommandPalette().Visibility() != Visibility::Visible)
+                {
+                    tab->SetFocused(true);
+                }
 
                 // Raise an event that our title changed
                 _titleChangeHandlers(*this, tab->GetActiveTitle());