diff --git a/apps/desktop/src/components/editor/QueryEditor.vue b/apps/desktop/src/components/editor/QueryEditor.vue
index 05794a57da..48433de45f 100644
--- a/apps/desktop/src/components/editor/QueryEditor.vue
+++ b/apps/desktop/src/components/editor/QueryEditor.vue
@@ -154,6 +154,7 @@ import { createSqlAliasHighlights } from "@/lib/editor/codemirrorSqlAliasHighlig
 import { createInsertValueHintsExtension, requestInsertValueHintsRefresh, supportsInsertValueHints } from "@/lib/editor/codemirrorInsertValueHints";
 import { sqlBlockFoldService } from "@/lib/editor/codemirrorSqlBlockFolding";
 import { focusEditorView } from "@/lib/editor/queryEditorFocus";
+import { stabilizeUnfocusedQueryEditorPointerDown } from "@/lib/editor/queryEditorUnfocusedPointer";
 import { createDbxCodeMirrorSqlDialect, type CodeMirrorSqlDialectName } from "@/lib/editor/codemirrorSqlDialect";
 import { sqlSemanticTableNameSpansForSyntaxTree } from "@/lib/editor/codemirrorSqlSemanticHighlight";
 import { startsQueryEditorRectangularSelection, startsQueryEditorSelectionDrag, usesQueryEditorObjectNavigationModifier } from "@/lib/editor/queryEditorPointerSelection";
@@ -6629,6 +6630,7 @@ onMounted(async () => {
           if (currentView && startEditorSelectionDrag(currentView, event)) {
             return true;
           }
+          if (currentView) stabilizeUnfocusedQueryEditorPointerDown(currentView, event);
           // Alt belongs to CodeMirror's rectangular and multi-cursor gestures,
           // even when Cmd/Ctrl is held at the same time.
           if (!usesQueryEditorObjectNavigationModifier(event)) {
diff --git a/apps/desktop/src/lib/__tests__/editor/queryEditorUnfocusedPointer.spec.ts b/apps/desktop/src/lib/__tests__/editor/queryEditorUnfocusedPointer.spec.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a120a44974
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/desktop/src/lib/__tests__/editor/queryEditorUnfocusedPointer.spec.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,118 @@
+import { describe, expect, it, vi } from "vitest";
+import { preserveQueryEditorScrollPosition, shouldStabilizeUnfocusedQueryEditorPointerDown, stabilizeUnfocusedQueryEditorPointerDown } from "@/lib/editor/queryEditorUnfocusedPointer";
+
+function createEvent(
+  overrides: Partial<{
+    altKey: boolean;
+    button: number;
+    ctrlKey: boolean;
+    detail: number;
+    metaKey: boolean;
+    shiftKey: boolean;
+  }> = {},
+) {
+  return {
+    altKey: false,
+    button: 0,
+    ctrlKey: false,
+    detail: 1,
+    metaKey: false,
+    shiftKey: false,
+    preventDefault: vi.fn(),
+    ...overrides,
+  };
+}
+
+function createView(hasFocus = false) {
+  const scrollDOM = { scrollLeft: 40, scrollTop: 320 };
+  return {
+    hasFocus,
+    focus: vi.fn(() => {
+      scrollDOM.scrollLeft = 0;
+      scrollDOM.scrollTop = 0;
+    }),
+    posAtCoords: vi.fn(() => 42),
+    dispatch: vi.fn(),
+    scrollDOM,
+  };
+}
+
+describe("shouldStabilizeUnfocusedQueryEditorPointerDown", () => {
+  it("handles an unmodified left click on an unfocused editor", () => {
+    expect(
+      shouldStabilizeUnfocusedQueryEditorPointerDown(createEvent(), {
+        hasFocus: false,
+      }),
+    ).toBe(true);
+  });
+
+  it("leaves focused clicks, Shift-extend, multi-click, non-primary buttons, and modifier clicks alone", () => {
+    expect(
+      shouldStabilizeUnfocusedQueryEditorPointerDown(createEvent(), {
+        hasFocus: true,
+      }),
+    ).toBe(false);
+    expect(shouldStabilizeUnfocusedQueryEditorPointerDown(createEvent({ shiftKey: true }), { hasFocus: false })).toBe(false);
+    expect(shouldStabilizeUnfocusedQueryEditorPointerDown(createEvent({ detail: 2 }), { hasFocus: false })).toBe(false);
+    expect(shouldStabilizeUnfocusedQueryEditorPointerDown(createEvent({ detail: 3 }), { hasFocus: false })).toBe(false);
+    expect(shouldStabilizeUnfocusedQueryEditorPointerDown(createEvent({ button: 1 }), { hasFocus: false })).toBe(false);
+    expect(shouldStabilizeUnfocusedQueryEditorPointerDown(createEvent({ metaKey: true }), { hasFocus: false })).toBe(false);
+    expect(shouldStabilizeUnfocusedQueryEditorPointerDown(createEvent({ ctrlKey: true }), { hasFocus: false })).toBe(false);
+    expect(shouldStabilizeUnfocusedQueryEditorPointerDown(createEvent({ altKey: true }), { hasFocus: false })).toBe(false);
+    expect(shouldStabilizeUnfocusedQueryEditorPointerDown(createEvent(), null)).toBe(false);
+  });
+});
+
+describe("preserveQueryEditorScrollPosition", () => {
+  it("restores a scroller that jumped during focus", () => {
+    const scroller = { scrollLeft: 40, scrollTop: 320 };
+    const restoreScroll = preserveQueryEditorScrollPosition(scroller);
+    scroller.scrollLeft = 0;
+    scroller.scrollTop = 0;
+    restoreScroll();
+    expect(scroller).toEqual({ scrollLeft: 40, scrollTop: 320 });
+  });
+});
+
+describe("stabilizeUnfocusedQueryEditorPointerDown", () => {
+  it("focuses and restores the viewport while leaving the selection to codemirror", () => {
+    const view = createView();
+    const event = createEvent();
+    const scheduled: Array<() => void> = [];
+
+    expect(stabilizeUnfocusedQueryEditorPointerDown(view, event, (callback) => scheduled.push(callback))).toBe(true);
+    expect(event.preventDefault).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+    expect(view.focus).toHaveBeenCalledOnce();
+    expect(view.posAtCoords).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+    expect(view.dispatch).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+    expect(view.scrollDOM).toEqual({ scrollLeft: 40, scrollTop: 320 });
+
+    view.scrollDOM.scrollLeft = 12;
+    view.scrollDOM.scrollTop = 8;
+    scheduled[0]?.();
+    expect(view.scrollDOM).toEqual({ scrollLeft: 40, scrollTop: 320 });
+  });
+
+  it("does not intercept a focused editor click", () => {
+    const view = createView(true);
+    const event = createEvent();
+
+    expect(stabilizeUnfocusedQueryEditorPointerDown(view, event)).toBe(false);
+    expect(event.preventDefault).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+    expect(view.focus).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+    expect(view.posAtCoords).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+    expect(view.dispatch).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+  });
+
+  it("does not intercept modifier clicks or non-left buttons", () => {
+    for (const overrides of [{ metaKey: true }, { ctrlKey: true }, { altKey: true }, { button: 1 }, { button: 2 }]) {
+      const view = createView();
+      const event = createEvent(overrides);
+
+      expect(stabilizeUnfocusedQueryEditorPointerDown(view, event)).toBe(false);
+      expect(event.preventDefault).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+      expect(view.focus).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+      expect(view.dispatch).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+    }
+  });
+});
diff --git a/apps/desktop/src/lib/editor/queryEditorUnfocusedPointer.ts b/apps/desktop/src/lib/editor/queryEditorUnfocusedPointer.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..71cb44102c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/desktop/src/lib/editor/queryEditorUnfocusedPointer.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,70 @@
+/**
+ * Click-to-focus for an unfocused SQL editor.
+ *
+ * On macOS WKWebView, a blurred contenteditable keeps its last selection. Clicking
+ * after the scroller has moved can restore that caret and jump the viewport. The
+ * scrollbar pointer guard does not cover wheel/trackpad scrolling (#9296).
+ *
+ * This only focuses the editor early and restores the viewport around the focus
+ * jump. Selection stays with CodeMirror's built-in mousedown, which runs after
+ * custom domEventHandlers and owns caret placement, drag-to-select, and the
+ * Alt-rectangular and multi-cursor gestures. Calling event.preventDefault() here
+ * would suppress that handler entirely (InputState.runHandlers stops at the
+ * first handler whose event is default-prevented).
+ */
+
+import { startsQueryEditorSelectionDrag } from "@/lib/editor/queryEditorPointerSelection";
+
+export interface UnfocusedQueryEditorPointerEvent {
+  altKey: boolean;
+  button: number;
+  ctrlKey: boolean;
+  detail: number;
+  metaKey: boolean;
+  shiftKey: boolean;
+}
+
+export interface UnfocusedQueryEditorScroller {
+  scrollLeft: number;
+  scrollTop: number;
+}
+
+export interface UnfocusedQueryEditorView {
+  hasFocus: boolean;
+  focus(): void;
+  scrollDOM: UnfocusedQueryEditorScroller;
+}
+
+export function shouldStabilizeUnfocusedQueryEditorPointerDown(event: UnfocusedQueryEditorPointerEvent, view: Pick<UnfocusedQueryEditorView, "hasFocus"> | null | undefined): boolean {
+  if (!view || view.hasFocus) return false;
+  if (event.button !== 0) return false;
+  // Cmd/Ctrl belong to object navigation and Alt to CodeMirror's rectangular and
+  // multi-cursor gestures; those clicks must reach their own handlers unfocused.
+  if (event.metaKey || event.ctrlKey || event.altKey) return false;
+  return startsQueryEditorSelectionDrag(event);
+}
+
+export function preserveQueryEditorScrollPosition(scroller: UnfocusedQueryEditorScroller) {
+  const scrollLeft = scroller.scrollLeft;
+  const scrollTop = scroller.scrollTop;
+  return () => {
+    if (scroller.scrollLeft !== scrollLeft) scroller.scrollLeft = scrollLeft;
+    if (scroller.scrollTop !== scrollTop) scroller.scrollTop = scrollTop;
+  };
+}
+
+/**
+ * Focuses an unfocused editor before CodeMirror's built-in mousedown runs and
+ * restores the viewport synchronously plus once after a frame; the default is
+ * left unprevented so CodeMirror performs the selection itself.
+ */
+export function stabilizeUnfocusedQueryEditorPointerDown(view: UnfocusedQueryEditorView, event: UnfocusedQueryEditorPointerEvent, scheduleFrame?: (callback: () => void) => void): boolean {
+  if (!shouldStabilizeUnfocusedQueryEditorPointerDown(event, view)) return false;
+
+  const restoreScroll = preserveQueryEditorScrollPosition(view.scrollDOM);
+  view.focus();
+  restoreScroll();
+  const schedule = scheduleFrame ?? (typeof requestAnimationFrame === "function" ? requestAnimationFrame : (callback) => callback());
+  schedule(restoreScroll);
+  return true;
+}