diff --git a/src/workbench/focus.test.ts b/src/workbench/focus.test.ts
index af1ee43de..965176321 100644
--- a/src/workbench/focus.test.ts
+++ b/src/workbench/focus.test.ts
@@ -38,6 +38,42 @@ describe("focus after popups", () => {
     dispose();
   });
 
+  it("drops the editor's caret when focus moves to a menu, so focusing the editor again cannot scroll to it", () => {
+    document.body.innerHTML = `<div class="cm-content" contenteditable="true" tabindex="0">first line</div><button id="other">x</button>`;
+    const editor = document.querySelector<HTMLElement>(".cm-content")!;
+    const dispose = installFocusTracking(() => {});
+    editor.focus();
+    document.getSelection()!.collapse(editor.firstChild, 3);
+    // WebKit keeps the caret during a mouse press; jsdom moves the selection on focus, so check
+    // what is left once the editor has lost focus.
+    let caretLeft: Node | null = null;
+    const probe = () => (caretLeft = document.getSelection()!.anchorNode);
+    document.addEventListener("focusout", probe);
+    document.getElementById("other")!.focus();
+    document.removeEventListener("focusout", probe);
+    expect(caretLeft).toBeNull();
+    dispose();
+  });
+
+  it.each([
+    '<div contenteditable="true" tabindex="0">draft message</div>',
+    '<div class="cm-content" contenteditable="false" tabindex="0">preview text</div>',
+  ])("keeps the selection in an unrelated editable or read-only preview: %s", (markup) => {
+    document.body.innerHTML = `${markup}<button id="other">x</button>`;
+    const content = document.body.firstElementChild as HTMLElement;
+    const dispose = installFocusTracking(() => {});
+    content.focus();
+    const selection = document.getSelection()!;
+    selection.setBaseAndExtent(content.firstChild!, 1, content.firstChild!, 5);
+    let selectedOnBlur = "";
+    const probe = () => (selectedOnBlur = selection.toString());
+    document.addEventListener("focusout", probe);
+    document.getElementById("other")!.focus();
+    document.removeEventListener("focusout", probe);
+    dispose();
+    expect(selectedOnBlur).toBe(content.textContent!.slice(1, 5));
+  });
+
   it("leaves focus alone when the popup handed it to another component", () => {
     vi.useFakeTimers();
     setup();
diff --git a/src/workbench/focus.ts b/src/workbench/focus.ts
index fb824bb66..03b2426a7 100644
--- a/src/workbench/focus.ts
+++ b/src/workbench/focus.ts
@@ -26,6 +26,23 @@ function focusEditorNow() {
   target?.focus({ preventScroll: true });
 }
 
+/**
+ * WebKit keeps the DOM caret of an editor that loses focus during a mouse press, as when a
+ * right-click opens the context menu. The editor redraws its lines while unfocused, which moves
+ * that caret to an unrelated line, and focusing the editor again scrolls to it even with
+ * `preventScroll`. Without it, focusing puts the caret at the start of the content without
+ * scrolling and CodeMirror restores its own selection.
+ */
+function dropEditorCaret(e: FocusEvent) {
+  const editor = e.target;
+  if (!(editor instanceof HTMLElement) || !editor.matches('.cm-content[contenteditable="true"]')) return;
+  // The window lost focus and keeps the editor focused for its return.
+  if (document.activeElement === editor) return;
+  if (e.relatedTarget instanceof Node && editor.contains(e.relatedTarget)) return;
+  const selection = document.getSelection();
+  if (selection?.anchorNode && editor.contains(selection.anchorNode)) selection.removeAllRanges();
+}
+
 /**
  * Tracks which workbench part holds focus and publishes `toolWindowFocus`,
  * `activeToolWindow` and `editorAreaFocus`. Returns an uninstaller.
@@ -38,6 +55,7 @@ export function installFocusTracking(onToolWindowFocus: (id: string | null) => v
     setContext("editorAreaFocus", !!el?.closest?.(EDITOR_AREA_SELECTOR));
   };
   const onFocusOut = (e: FocusEvent) => {
+    dropEditorCaret(e);
     if (e.relatedTarget) return;
     // Focus left to nowhere (window blur keeps document.activeElement).
     queueMicrotask(() => {