diff --git a/packages/super-editor/src/components/context-menu/menuItems.js b/packages/super-editor/src/components/context-menu/menuItems.js
index e5416a89f..3e0580304 100644
--- a/packages/super-editor/src/components/context-menu/menuItems.js
+++ b/packages/super-editor/src/components/context-menu/menuItems.js
@@ -290,8 +290,31 @@ export function getItems(context, customItems = [], includeDefaultItems = true)
           action: async (editor) => {
             const { view } = editor ?? {};
             if (!view) return;
-            view.dom.focus();
+            // Save the current selection before focusing. When the context menu
+            // is open, its hidden search input holds focus, so the PM editor's
+            // contenteditable is blurred. A raw `view.dom.focus()` would restart
+            // ProseMirror's DOMObserver which reads the stale browser selection
+            // (collapsed at the document start) and overwrites the PM state.
+            // Using `view.focus()` (ProseMirror-aware) prevents this by writing
+            // the PM selection to the DOM before restarting the observer. We also
+            // save/restore as a safety net against async drift during clipboard reads.
+            const savedFrom = view.state.selection.from;
+            const savedTo = view.state.selection.to;
+            view.focus();
             const { html, text } = await readClipboardRaw();
+            // Restore selection after the async gap — ProseMirror's DOMObserver
+            // may have overwritten the PM selection with a stale DOM selection
+            // (collapsed at document start) while awaiting the clipboard read.
+            if (view.state?.doc?.content) {
+              const { tr, doc } = view.state;
+              const maxPos = doc.content.size;
+              const safeFrom = Math.min(savedFrom, maxPos);
+              const safeTo = Math.min(savedTo, maxPos);
+              const SelectionType = view.state.selection.constructor;
+              if (typeof SelectionType.create === 'function') {
+                view.dispatch(tr.setSelection(SelectionType.create(doc, safeFrom, safeTo)));
+              }
+            }
             const handled = html ? handleClipboardPaste({ editor, view }, html) : false;
             if (!handled) {
               const pasteEvent = createPasteEventShim({ html, text });
diff --git a/packages/super-editor/src/components/context-menu/tests/menuItems.test.js b/packages/super-editor/src/components/context-menu/tests/menuItems.test.js
index 10fbcc019..71944f971 100644
--- a/packages/super-editor/src/components/context-menu/tests/menuItems.test.js
+++ b/packages/super-editor/src/components/context-menu/tests/menuItems.test.js
@@ -550,7 +550,6 @@ describe('menuItems.js', () => {
       mockEditor = createMockEditor({
         commands: { insertContent },
       });
-      mockEditor.view.dom.focus = vi.fn();
       // No pasteHTML or pasteText on view
       delete mockEditor.view.pasteHTML;
       delete mockEditor.view.pasteText;
@@ -575,4 +574,186 @@ describe('menuItems.js', () => {
       expect(insertContent).toHaveBeenCalledWith('fallback text', { contentType: 'text' });
     });
   });
+
+  describe('getItems - paste selection preservation (SD-1302)', () => {
+    /**
+     * Creates a mock editor with doc.content.size and selection.constructor.create
+     * to exercise the selection save/restore logic in the paste action.
+     */
+    function createPasteTestEditor(options = {}) {
+      const selFrom = options.selectionFrom ?? 50;
+      const selTo = options.selectionTo ?? 55;
+      const docSize = options.docSize ?? 100;
+
+      const mockDoc = {
+        textBetween: vi.fn(() => ''),
+        nodeAt: vi.fn(() => ({ type: { name: 'paragraph' } })),
+        resolve: vi.fn(() => ({})),
+        content: { size: docSize },
+      };
+
+      const mockCreate = vi.fn((_doc, from, to) => ({ from, to }));
+
+      const mockSelection = {
+        from: selFrom,
+        to: selTo,
+        empty: selFrom === selTo,
+        $head: { marks: vi.fn(() => []) },
+        $from: { depth: 2, node: vi.fn(() => ({ type: { name: 'paragraph' } })) },
+        $to: { depth: 2, node: vi.fn(() => ({ type: { name: 'paragraph' } })) },
+        constructor: { create: mockCreate, near: vi.fn() },
+      };
+
+      const mockSetSelection = vi.fn(function () {
+        return this;
+      });
+      const mockTr = {
+        setMeta: vi.fn(function () {
+          return this;
+        }),
+        setSelection: mockSetSelection,
+      };
+
+      const editor = createMockEditor({
+        commands: options.commands || {},
+      });
+
+      // Replace state with enhanced version
+      editor.view.state.selection = mockSelection;
+      editor.view.state.doc = mockDoc;
+      editor.view.state.tr = mockTr;
+      editor.state = editor.view.state;
+
+      // Add pasteText/pasteHTML if not explicitly removed
+      if (options.pasteText !== false) {
+        editor.view.pasteText = vi.fn();
+      }
+      if (options.pasteHTML !== false) {
+        editor.view.pasteHTML = vi.fn();
+      }
+
+      return {
+        editor,
+        mocks: { mockCreate, mockSetSelection, mockDoc, mockSelection, mockTr },
+      };
+    }
+
+    /** Helper to extract the paste action from menu items */
+    function getPasteAction(editor) {
+      const context = createMockContext({ editor, trigger: TRIGGERS.click });
+      const sections = getItems(context);
+      return sections.find((section) => section.id === 'clipboard')?.items.find((item) => item.id === 'paste')?.action;
+    }
+
+    it('should call view.focus() instead of view.dom.focus()', async () => {
+      const { editor } = createPasteTestEditor();
+      editor.view.dom.focus = vi.fn();
+
+      clipboardMocks.readClipboardRaw.mockResolvedValue({ html: '', text: 'test' });
+      clipboardMocks.handleClipboardPaste.mockReturnValue(false);
+
+      const pasteAction = getPasteAction(editor);
+      await pasteAction(editor);
+
+      expect(editor.view.focus).toHaveBeenCalled();
+      expect(editor.view.dom.focus).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+    });
+
+    it('should save selection before focus and restore it after clipboard read', async () => {
+      const { editor, mocks } = createPasteTestEditor({ selectionFrom: 50, selectionTo: 55, docSize: 100 });
+
+      clipboardMocks.readClipboardRaw.mockResolvedValue({ html: '', text: 'pasted' });
+      clipboardMocks.handleClipboardPaste.mockReturnValue(false);
+
+      const pasteAction = getPasteAction(editor);
+      await pasteAction(editor);
+
+      // Selection should be restored via dispatch(tr.setSelection(...))
+      expect(mocks.mockCreate).toHaveBeenCalledWith(editor.view.state.doc, 50, 55);
+      expect(mocks.mockSetSelection).toHaveBeenCalled();
+      expect(editor.view.dispatch).toHaveBeenCalled();
+    });
+
+    it('should clamp restored selection to doc size when document shrinks during async gap', async () => {
+      // Simulate: selection was at pos 90-95, but doc shrunk to size 80 during async clipboard read
+      const { editor, mocks } = createPasteTestEditor({ selectionFrom: 90, selectionTo: 95, docSize: 80 });
+
+      clipboardMocks.readClipboardRaw.mockResolvedValue({ html: '', text: 'text' });
+      clipboardMocks.handleClipboardPaste.mockReturnValue(false);
+
+      const pasteAction = getPasteAction(editor);
+      await pasteAction(editor);
+
+      // Positions should be clamped to maxPos (80)
+      expect(mocks.mockCreate).toHaveBeenCalledWith(editor.view.state.doc, 80, 80);
+    });
+
+    it('should skip selection restore when doc.content is not available', async () => {
+      const { editor, mocks } = createPasteTestEditor();
+      // Remove doc.content to simulate missing property
+      delete editor.view.state.doc.content;
+
+      clipboardMocks.readClipboardRaw.mockResolvedValue({ html: '', text: 'text' });
+      clipboardMocks.handleClipboardPaste.mockReturnValue(false);
+
+      const pasteAction = getPasteAction(editor);
+      await pasteAction(editor);
+
+      // setSelection should NOT have been called (no selection restore)
+      expect(mocks.mockSetSelection).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+      // But paste should still proceed — pasteText should be called
+      expect(editor.view.pasteText).toHaveBeenCalled();
+    });
+
+    it('should skip selection restore when SelectionType.create is not a function', async () => {
+      const { editor, mocks } = createPasteTestEditor();
+      // Remove create method to simulate selection type without static create
+      delete editor.view.state.selection.constructor.create;
+
+      clipboardMocks.readClipboardRaw.mockResolvedValue({ html: '', text: 'text' });
+      clipboardMocks.handleClipboardPaste.mockReturnValue(false);
+
+      const pasteAction = getPasteAction(editor);
+      await pasteAction(editor);
+
+      // setSelection should NOT have been called
+      expect(mocks.mockSetSelection).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+      // Paste should still proceed
+      expect(editor.view.pasteText).toHaveBeenCalled();
+    });
+
+    it('should restore a collapsed selection (cursor) correctly', async () => {
+      const { editor, mocks } = createPasteTestEditor({ selectionFrom: 42, selectionTo: 42, docSize: 100 });
+
+      clipboardMocks.readClipboardRaw.mockResolvedValue({ html: '', text: 'word' });
+      clipboardMocks.handleClipboardPaste.mockReturnValue(false);
+
+      const pasteAction = getPasteAction(editor);
+      await pasteAction(editor);
+
+      // Both from and to should be the same cursor position
+      expect(mocks.mockCreate).toHaveBeenCalledWith(editor.view.state.doc, 42, 42);
+    });
+
+    it('should restore selection before invoking handleClipboardPaste', async () => {
+      const { editor, mocks } = createPasteTestEditor({ selectionFrom: 50, selectionTo: 55 });
+
+      const callOrder = [];
+      mocks.mockSetSelection.mockImplementation(function () {
+        callOrder.push('setSelection');
+        return this;
+      });
+      clipboardMocks.handleClipboardPaste.mockImplementation(() => {
+        callOrder.push('handleClipboardPaste');
+        return true;
+      });
+      clipboardMocks.readClipboardRaw.mockResolvedValue({ html: '<p>html</p>', text: 'html' });
+
+      const pasteAction = getPasteAction(editor);
+      await pasteAction(editor);
+
+      // Selection must be restored BEFORE handleClipboardPaste is called
+      expect(callOrder).toEqual(['setSelection', 'handleClipboardPaste']);
+    });
+  });
 });
diff --git a/tests/behavior/tests/slash-menu/paste.spec.ts b/tests/behavior/tests/slash-menu/paste.spec.ts
index ad13ba6c6..1fcf4d948 100644
--- a/tests/behavior/tests/slash-menu/paste.spec.ts
+++ b/tests/behavior/tests/slash-menu/paste.spec.ts
@@ -16,6 +16,28 @@ async function writeToClipboard(page: import('@playwright/test').Page, text: str
   await page.evaluate((t) => navigator.clipboard.writeText(t), text);
 }
 
+async function rightClickAtDocPos(page: import('@playwright/test').Page, pos: number) {
+  const coords = await page.evaluate((p) => {
+    const editor = (window as any).editor;
+    const rect = editor?.coordsAtPos?.(p);
+    if (!rect) return null;
+    return {
+      left: Number(rect.left),
+      right: Number(rect.right),
+      top: Number(rect.top),
+      bottom: Number(rect.bottom),
+    };
+  }, pos);
+
+  if (!coords) {
+    throw new Error(`Could not resolve coordinates for document position ${pos}`);
+  }
+
+  const x = Math.min(Math.max(coords.left + 1, coords.left), Math.max(coords.right - 1, coords.left + 1));
+  const y = (coords.top + coords.bottom) / 2;
+  await page.mouse.click(x, y, { button: 'right' });
+}
+
 test('right-click opens context menu and paste inserts clipboard text', async ({ superdoc }) => {
   await superdoc.type('Hello world');
   await superdoc.newLine();
@@ -46,3 +68,85 @@ test('right-click opens context menu and paste inserts clipboard text', async ({
   // Assert the clipboard text was pasted into the document
   await superdoc.assertTextContains('Pasted content');
 });
+
+test('context menu paste inserts at cursor position, not document start (SD-1302)', async ({ superdoc }) => {
+  await superdoc.type('AAA BBB');
+  await superdoc.waitForStable();
+
+  // Place cursor between AAA and BBB
+  const pos = await superdoc.findTextPos('BBB');
+  await superdoc.setTextSelection(pos, pos);
+  await superdoc.waitForStable();
+
+  await writeToClipboard(superdoc.page, 'INSERTED ');
+
+  // Right-click exactly at the current cursor position.
+  await rightClickAtDocPos(superdoc.page, pos);
+  await superdoc.waitForStable();
+
+  const menu = superdoc.page.locator('.context-menu');
+  await expect(menu).toBeVisible();
+  const pasteItem = menu.locator('.context-menu-item').filter({ hasText: 'Paste' });
+  await pasteItem.click();
+  await superdoc.waitForStable();
+
+  // Pasted text should appear between AAA and BBB, NOT at doc start
+  await superdoc.assertTextContains('AAA INSERTED BBB');
+  await superdoc.assertTextNotContains('INSERTED AAA');
+});
+
+test('context menu paste replaces selected text (SD-1302)', async ({ superdoc, browserName }) => {
+  test.skip(browserName === 'firefox', 'Firefox collapses selection on right-click natively');
+
+  await superdoc.type('Hello cruel world');
+  await superdoc.waitForStable();
+
+  // Select "cruel"
+  const pos = await superdoc.findTextPos('cruel');
+  await superdoc.setTextSelection(pos, pos + 'cruel'.length);
+  await superdoc.waitForStable();
+
+  await writeToClipboard(superdoc.page, 'beautiful');
+
+  // Right-click inside the selected range to preserve it.
+  await rightClickAtDocPos(superdoc.page, pos + 1);
+  await superdoc.waitForStable();
+
+  const menu = superdoc.page.locator('.context-menu');
+  await expect(menu).toBeVisible();
+  const pasteItem = menu.locator('.context-menu-item').filter({ hasText: 'Paste' });
+  await pasteItem.click();
+  await superdoc.waitForStable();
+
+  await superdoc.assertTextContains('Hello beautiful world');
+  await superdoc.assertTextNotContains('cruel');
+});
+
+test('context menu paste at end of document appends correctly (SD-1302)', async ({ superdoc }) => {
+  await superdoc.type('First line');
+  await superdoc.newLine();
+  await superdoc.type('Last line');
+  await superdoc.waitForStable();
+
+  // Place cursor at the end of "Last line"
+  const pos = await superdoc.findTextPos('Last line');
+  await superdoc.setTextSelection(pos + 'Last line'.length, pos + 'Last line'.length);
+  await superdoc.waitForStable();
+
+  await writeToClipboard(superdoc.page, ' appended');
+
+  // Right-click on the second line
+  const line = superdoc.page.locator('.superdoc-line').nth(1);
+  const box = await line.boundingBox();
+  if (!box) throw new Error('Line not visible');
+  await superdoc.page.mouse.click(box.x + box.width - 5, box.y + box.height / 2, { button: 'right' });
+  await superdoc.waitForStable();
+
+  const menu = superdoc.page.locator('.context-menu');
+  await expect(menu).toBeVisible();
+  const pasteItem = menu.locator('.context-menu-item').filter({ hasText: 'Paste' });
+  await pasteItem.click();
+  await superdoc.waitForStable();
+
+  await superdoc.assertTextContains('Last line appended');
+});