apps/client/src/features/editor/components/table/handle/cell-chevron.tsx

@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import clsx from "clsx";
 import { useTranslation } from "react-i18next";
 import { isCellSelection } from "@docmost/editor-ext";
 import { CellChevronMenu } from "./menus/cell-chevron-menu";
+import { refocusEditorAfterMenuClose } from "./hooks/use-column-row-menu-lifecycle";
 import classes from "./handle.module.css";
 
 interface CellChevronProps {
@@ -87,6 +88,7 @@ export const CellChevron = React.memo(function CellChevron({
 
   const onClose = useCallback(() => {
     editor.commands.unfreezeHandles();
+    refocusEditorAfterMenuClose(editor);
   }, [editor]);
 
   if (!cellDom) return null;

apps/client/src/features/editor/components/table/handle/hooks/use-column-row-menu-lifecycle.test.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+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);
+  });
+});

apps/client/src/features/editor/components/table/handle/hooks/use-column-row-menu-lifecycle.ts

@@ -11,6 +11,39 @@ interface Args {
   tablePos: number;
 }
 
+/**
+ * Restore focus to the editor after a table handle/cell menu closes.
+ *
+ * The grip/chevron menus are Mantine `<Menu>`s with `returnFocus: true`, and
+ * their targets live in a floating/portaled layer OUTSIDE the editor's
+ * contenteditable. After an action (delete row/column, insert, etc.) the menu
+ * closes and Mantine returns focus to that outside target, so ProseMirror's
+ * undo keymap never sees Ctrl+Z until the user clicks back into a cell.
+ *
+ * We defer with `requestAnimationFrame` so this runs AFTER Mantine's
+ * returnFocus, and guard against stealing focus if the user intentionally
+ * moved to another input/editable (e.g. the page title).
+ */
+export function refocusEditorAfterMenuClose(editor: Editor) {
+  requestAnimationFrame(() => {
+    if (editor.isDestroyed) return;
+    const active = document.activeElement as HTMLElement | null;
+    // Already inside the editor — nothing to do.
+    if (active && editor.view.dom.contains(active)) return;
+    // Respect a deliberate move to another field/editable.
+    const tag = active?.tagName;
+    if (
+      tag === "INPUT" ||
+      tag === "TEXTAREA" ||
+      tag === "SELECT" ||
+      active?.isContentEditable
+    ) {
+      return;
+    }
+    editor.view.focus(); // pure DOM focus, no extra transaction
+  });
+}
+
 export function useColumnRowMenuLifecycle({
   editor,
   orientation,
@@ -34,6 +67,7 @@ export function useColumnRowMenuLifecycle({
 
   const onClose = useCallback(() => {
     editor.commands.unfreezeHandles();
+    refocusEditorAfterMenuClose(editor);
   }, [editor]);
 
   return { onOpen, onClose };