From 5220a1704ee4c554db7506df9628c8f7c970fa7e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ammar Ahmed <ammarahmed6506@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 27 Aug 2026 13:58:31 +0500
Subject: [PATCH] editor: stop focus dragging the view back to the caret on
 load

---
 apps/web/src/components/editor/tiptap.tsx | 5 ++++-
 packages/editor/src/hooks/use-editor.ts   | 4 +++-
 2 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/apps/web/src/components/editor/tiptap.tsx b/apps/web/src/components/editor/tiptap.tsx
index 247a716a7..c2e2308f0 100644
--- a/apps/web/src/components/editor/tiptap.tsx
+++ b/apps/web/src/components/editor/tiptap.tsx
@@ -298,7 +298,10 @@ function TipTap(props: TipTapProps) {
       element: editorContainer(),
       editable: !readonly,
       content: content?.(),
-      autofocus: "start",
+      // Tiptap's autofocus scrolls to the caret a frame after the editor is
+      // created, which would undo the restored scroll position. The caret is
+      // placed by the selection restore instead.
+      autofocus: false,
       onFocus,
       onCreate: async ({ editor }) => {
         setProfiledEditor(editor as Editor);
diff --git a/packages/editor/src/hooks/use-editor.ts b/packages/editor/src/hooks/use-editor.ts
index 5cddf22ba..f0435ea56 100644
--- a/packages/editor/src/hooks/use-editor.ts
+++ b/packages/editor/src/hooks/use-editor.ts
@@ -70,7 +70,9 @@ export const useEditor = (
           editor.createView();
         });
       }
-      if (oldIsFocused && !editor.isFocused) editor.commands.focus();
+      // Restoring focus must not drag the view to the caret.
+      if (oldIsFocused && !editor.isFocused)
+        editor.commands.focus(null, { scrollIntoView: false });
       // The Editor constructor emits `create` for the view it made, so calling
       // the option here as well would run every consumer twice on load.
       if (!firstRun) options.onCreate?.({ editor: editor });