diff --git a/src/kits/tracker/ContainerWindow.cpp b/src/kits/tracker/ContainerWindow.cpp
index 6ebb5d9b34..19dc0d557e 100644
--- a/src/kits/tracker/ContainerWindow.cpp
+++ b/src/kits/tracker/ContainerWindow.cpp
@@ -1864,7 +1864,7 @@ BContainerWindow::SetCutItem(BMenu* menu)
 			item->SetEnabled(false);
 		} else {
 			item->SetEnabled(PoseView()->CountSelected() > 0
-				&& !PoseView()->TargetVolumeIsReadOnly());
+				&& !PoseView()->SelectedVolumeIsReadOnly());
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -2710,7 +2710,7 @@ BContainerWindow::SetupMoveCopyMenus(const entry_ref* item_ref, BMenu* parent)
 	}
 
 	fMoveToItem->SetEnabled(PoseView()->CountSelected() > 0
-		&& !PoseView()->TargetVolumeIsReadOnly());
+		&& !PoseView()->SelectedVolumeIsReadOnly());
 	fCopyToItem->SetEnabled(PoseView()->CountSelected() > 0);
 	fCreateLinkItem->SetEnabled(PoseView()->CountSelected() > 0);
 
@@ -2758,7 +2758,7 @@ BContainerWindow::ShowDropContextMenu(BPoint where, BPoseView* source)
 			break;
 
 		if (item->Command() == kMoveSelectionTo && source != NULL) {
-			item->SetEnabled(!source->TargetVolumeIsReadOnly()
+			item->SetEnabled(!source->SelectedVolumeIsReadOnly()
 				&& !PoseView()->TargetVolumeIsReadOnly());
 		} else
 			item->SetEnabled(!PoseView()->TargetVolumeIsReadOnly());
diff --git a/src/kits/tracker/PoseView.cpp b/src/kits/tracker/PoseView.cpp
index afce345cc4..fab030fb17 100644
--- a/src/kits/tracker/PoseView.cpp
+++ b/src/kits/tracker/PoseView.cpp
@@ -8865,9 +8865,38 @@ bool
 BPoseView::SelectedVolumeIsReadOnly() const
 {
 	BVolume volume;
-	BPose* firstPose = fSelectionList->FirstItem();
-	if (firstPose != NULL)
-		volume.SetTo(firstPose->TargetModel()->NodeRef()->device);
+	BEntry entry;
+	BNode parent;
+	node_ref nref;
+	int32 selectCount = fSelectionList->CountItems();
+
+	if (selectCount > 1 && TargetModel()->IsQuery()) {
+		// multiple items selected in query, consider the whole selection
+		// to be read-only if any item's volume is read-only
+		for (int32 i = 0; i < selectCount; i++) {
+			BPose* pose = fSelectionList->ItemAt(i);
+			if (pose == NULL || pose->TargetModel() == NULL)
+				continue;
+
+			entry.SetTo(pose->TargetModel()->EntryRef());
+			if (FSGetParentVirtualDirectoryAware(entry, parent) == B_OK) {
+				parent.GetNodeRef(&nref);
+				volume.SetTo(nref.device);
+				if (volume.InitCheck() == B_OK && volume.IsReadOnly())
+					return true;
+			}
+		}
+	} else if (selectCount > 0) {
+		// only check first item's volume, assume rest are the same
+		entry.SetTo(fSelectionList->FirstItem()->TargetModel()->EntryRef());
+		if (FSGetParentVirtualDirectoryAware(entry, parent) == B_OK) {
+			parent.GetNodeRef(&nref);
+			volume.SetTo(nref.device);
+		}
+	} else {
+		// no items selected, check target volume instead
+		volume.SetTo(TargetModel()->NodeRef()->device);
+	}
 
 	return volume.InitCheck() == B_OK && volume.IsReadOnly();
 }
@@ -8877,8 +8906,7 @@ bool
 BPoseView::TargetVolumeIsReadOnly() const
 {
 	Model* target = TargetModel();
-	BVolume volume;
-	volume.SetTo(target->NodeRef()->device);
+	BVolume volume(target->NodeRef()->device);
 
 	return target->IsQuery() || target->IsQueryTemplate()
 		|| target->IsVirtualDirectory()
diff --git a/src/kits/tracker/TextWidget.cpp b/src/kits/tracker/TextWidget.cpp
index 514ee80fb4..6a8a7025e0 100644
--- a/src/kits/tracker/TextWidget.cpp
+++ b/src/kits/tracker/TextWidget.cpp
@@ -456,7 +456,7 @@ BTextWidget::StartEdit(BRect bounds, BPoseView* view, BPose* pose)
 
 	textView->AddFilter(new BMessageFilter(B_KEY_DOWN, TextViewKeyDownFilter));
 
-	if (view->TargetVolumeIsReadOnly()) {
+	if (view->SelectedVolumeIsReadOnly()) {
 		textView->MakeEditable(false);
 		textView->MakeSelectable(true);
 	} else