diff --git a/apps/client/src/features/editor/components/table/handle/hooks/use-column-row-menu-lifecycle.test.ts b/apps/client/src/features/editor/components/table/handle/hooks/use-column-row-menu-lifecycle.test.ts
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+import { describe, it, expect, vi, beforeEach, afterEach } from "vitest";
+import type { Editor } from "@tiptap/react";
+import { refocusEditorAfterMenuClose } from "./use-column-row-menu-lifecycle";
+
+// A minimal fake editor. `view.dom` is a real element so `.contains()` works,
+// and `view.focus` is a spy so we assert on it without relying on real DOM
+// focus (unreliable in jsdom). rAF is stubbed to a `setTimeout(0)` so fake
+// timers can flush the deferred callback deterministically.
+function makeEditor() {
+  const dom = document.createElement("div");
+  document.body.appendChild(dom);
+  const focus = vi.fn();
+  const editor = { isDestroyed: false, view: { dom, focus } };
+  return { editor: editor as unknown as Editor, focus, dom };
+}
+
+describe("refocusEditorAfterMenuClose", () => {
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    vi.useFakeTimers();
+    vi.stubGlobal("requestAnimationFrame", (cb: FrameRequestCallback) =>
+      setTimeout(() => cb(0), 0),
+    );
+  });
+
+  afterEach(() => {
+    vi.runOnlyPendingTimers();
+    vi.useRealTimers();
+    vi.unstubAllGlobals();
+    document.body.innerHTML = "";
+  });
+
+  it("(a) does not refocus the editor when an external <input> is active", () => {
+    const { editor, focus } = makeEditor();
+    const input = document.createElement("input");
+    document.body.appendChild(input);
+    input.focus();
+    expect(document.activeElement).toBe(input);
+
+    refocusEditorAfterMenuClose(editor);
+    vi.runAllTimers();
+
+    expect(focus).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+  });
+
+  it("(b) refocuses the editor when a non-focusable element (body) is active", () => {
+    const { editor, focus } = makeEditor();
+    // Ensure focus rests on body: nothing is focused / an <input> was blurred.
+    (document.activeElement as HTMLElement | null)?.blur();
+    expect(document.activeElement).toBe(document.body);
+
+    refocusEditorAfterMenuClose(editor);
+    vi.runAllTimers();
+
+    expect(focus).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+  });
+});