diff --git a/crates/engine/src/cmd/mod.rs b/crates/engine/src/cmd/mod.rs
index 5fb39922..dab8c0c7 100644
--- a/crates/engine/src/cmd/mod.rs
+++ b/crates/engine/src/cmd/mod.rs
@@ -457,6 +457,7 @@ pub(crate) fn unique_name(base: &str, taken: impl Fn(&str) -> bool) -> String {
     (2..).map(|i| format!("{base} {i}")).find(|n| !taken(n)).unwrap_or_else(|| base.to_string())
 }
 
+pub(crate) use edit::{settle_interaction, typing_in_progress};
 pub(crate) use vectorcraft_doc::range::parse_range;
 
 /// A date param in Unix seconds that defaults to the clock: `None` when absent (now, see
diff --git a/crates/engine/src/tests_textedit.rs b/crates/engine/src/tests_textedit.rs
index a306f953..68293247 100644
--- a/crates/engine/src/tests_textedit.rs
+++ b/crates/engine/src/tests_textedit.rs
@@ -150,6 +150,30 @@ fn undo_while_typing_takes_back_only_the_typing_and_redo_returns_it() {
     assert_eq!(obj(&s, id).plain_text(), "abc!");
 }
 
+/// #1881: a Cmd/Ctrl drag while typing (the Selection tool lent to the Type tool) moves the type
+/// and keeps what was typed, and typing goes on after it.
+#[test]
+fn a_cmd_drag_while_typing_moves_the_type_and_keeps_the_typing() {
+    let mut s = session();
+    let v = ViewInfo::default();
+    s.select_tool("type", v).unwrap();
+    click(&mut s, 200.0, 200.0);
+    let id = s.doc().unwrap().selection.objects[0];
+    s.tool_text("Hello", v).unwrap();
+    let before = s.doc().unwrap().doc.bounds_of(&[id], false).unwrap();
+    let (at, cmd) = (before.center(), Mods { cmd: true, ..Default::default() });
+    for (kind, dx) in [(PointerKind::Down, 0.0), (PointerKind::Drag, 100.0), (PointerKind::Up, 100.0)] {
+        s.pointer(&PointerEvent::new(kind, at.x + dx, at.y).with_mods(cmd), v).unwrap();
+    }
+    assert_eq!(obj(&s, id).plain_text(), "Hello", "the typing is kept");
+    let moved = s.doc().unwrap().doc.bounds_of(&[id], false).unwrap();
+    assert!(moved.x0 - before.x0 > 50.0, "the type moved: {before:?} → {moved:?}");
+    s.tool_text("!", v).unwrap();
+    assert_eq!(obj(&s, id).plain_text(), "Hello!");
+    let after = s.doc().unwrap().doc.bounds_of(&[id], false).unwrap();
+    assert!((after.x0 - moved.x0).abs() < 1e-6, "and stays where it was moved: {after:?}");
+}
+
 #[test]
 fn undo_during_a_drag_takes_back_only_the_drag() {
     let mut s = session();
diff --git a/crates/engine/src/tooling.rs b/crates/engine/src/tooling.rs
index dcb6b3a2..d67edda7 100644
--- a/crates/engine/src/tooling.rs
+++ b/crates/engine/src/tooling.rs
@@ -115,6 +115,12 @@ impl Session {
             return *ev;
         }
         let Some(id) = self.lent_tool(self.tool.id()) else { return *ev };
+        // Typing in progress is kept as its own step first: the lent tool's drag previews from the
+        // document its interaction started from, which would drop the typing (#1881).
+        if crate::cmd::typing_in_progress(self) {
+            // Fails only without a document, and then there is no typing to keep.
+            let _ = crate::cmd::settle_interaction(self);
+        }
         let lent = self.make_tool(id);
         self.lender = Some(std::mem::replace(&mut self.tool, lent));
         PointerEvent { mods: Mods { cmd: false, ..ev.mods }, ..*ev }