diff --git a/src/editor/core/cm/clipboard.test.ts b/src/editor/core/cm/clipboard.test.ts
index 0b8b7fe0e..4839a2994 100644
--- a/src/editor/core/cm/clipboard.test.ts
+++ b/src/editor/core/cm/clipboard.test.ts
@@ -256,13 +256,45 @@ describe("multi-caret paste", () => {
     );
   });
 
-  it("pastes the whole text at every caret when the counts differ", () => {
+  it("drops the extra lines when there are more lines than carets (IDEA parity)", () => {
+    // IntelliJ's ClipboardTextPerCaretSplitter gives caret i line i and simply
+    // ignores the lines beyond the caret count: 2 carets + "x\ny\nz" → "x", "y".
     const v = view("a b", [
       [1, 1],
       [3, 3],
     ]);
     pasteEditorText(v, "x\ny\nz");
-    expect(v.state.doc.toString()).toBe("ax\ny\nz bx\ny\nz");
+    expect(v.state.doc.toString()).toBe("ax by");
+  });
+
+  it("pastes empty lines into the extra carets when there are more carets than lines", () => {
+    const v = view("a b c", [
+      [1, 1],
+      [3, 3],
+      [5, 5],
+    ]);
+    pasteEditorText(v, "x\ny");
+    expect(v.state.doc.toString()).toBe("ax by c");
+  });
+
+  it("repeats a single line at every caret", () => {
+    const v = view("a b", [
+      [1, 1],
+      [3, 3],
+    ]);
+    pasteEditorText(v, "xyz");
+    expect(v.state.doc.toString()).toBe("axyz bxyz");
+  });
+
+  it("treats a single copied line with a trailing newline as one line (IDEA parity)", () => {
+    // IntelliJ's splitter ignores the trailing newline of a one-line clipboard,
+    // so "x\n" at two carets repeats "x" instead of spreading "x" and "".
+    const v = view("a b", [
+      [1, 1],
+      [3, 3],
+    ]);
+    pasteEditorText(v, "x\n");
+    expect(v.state.doc.toString()).toBe("ax bx");
   });
 
   it("pastes the whole text at a single caret", () => {
diff --git a/src/editor/core/cm/clipboard.ts b/src/editor/core/cm/clipboard.ts
index 4a4e8b283..a82ba5881 100644
--- a/src/editor/core/cm/clipboard.ts
+++ b/src/editor/core/cm/clipboard.ts
@@ -15,16 +15,19 @@ function clipboardFileFormatter(view: EditorView): ((paths: string[]) => string)
 
 /**
  * The dispatch shared by every paste entry point. With several carets and a
- * clipboard of exactly one line per caret, each caret gets its own line
- * (JetBrains behavior): `"a\nb"` at two carets inserts `a` then `b`, not the
- * block twice. Any other count pastes the full text at every caret.
+ * multi-line clipboard, the lines spread across the carets the way IntelliJ
+ * does (its ClipboardTextPerCaretSplitter): caret *i* gets line *i*, missing
+ * lines become empty inserts, and lines beyond the caret count are dropped —
+ * `"a\nb"` at two carets inserts `a` then `b`, not the block twice, while a
+ * single line (a trailing newline doesn't make it multi-line) repeats at every
+ * caret without the newline.
  * `userEvent` is `"input.paste"` unless the caller passes another (plain-text
  * paste opts out of Reformat on Paste through `"input.pastePlain"`).
  */
 export function dispatchPaste(view: EditorView, text: string, userEvent = "input.paste") {
   const ranges = view.state.selection.ranges;
-  const lines = text.replace(/\r\n?/g, "\n").split("\n");
-  if (ranges.length > 1 && lines.length === ranges.length) {
+  const lines = pasteLinesPerCaret(text, ranges.length);
+  if (lines) {
     let i = 0;
     const spec = view.state.changeByRange((range) => {
       const insert = lines[i++]!;
@@ -39,6 +42,22 @@ export function dispatchPaste(view: EditorView, text: string, userEvent = "input
   }
 }
 
+/**
+ * The per-caret inserts for `text` at `caretCount` carets, mirroring IntelliJ's
+ * ClipboardTextPerCaretSplitter: line *i* for caret *i*, `""` for the carets
+ * left over when there are more carets than lines, and the lines beyond the
+ * caret count dropped. A clipboard of a single line — a lone trailing newline
+ * is an artifact of copying, not an extra empty line — repeats at every caret
+ * without its newline. `undefined` keeps the single-caret fallback.
+ */
+function pasteLinesPerCaret(text: string, caretCount: number): string[] | undefined {
+  if (caretCount <= 1) return undefined;
+  const lines = text.replace(/\r\n?/g, "\n").split("\n");
+  if (lines.length === 2 && lines[1] === "") lines.pop();
+  if (lines.length === 1) return Array(caretCount).fill(lines[0]!);
+  return Array.from({ length: caretCount }, (_, i) => lines[i] ?? "");
+}
+
 export function pasteEditorText(view: EditorView, text: string) {
   if (!text || !view.dom.isConnected || view.state.readOnly) return;
   dispatchPaste(view, text);