diff --git a/frontend/playwright/ui/pages/WorkspacePage.js b/frontend/playwright/ui/pages/WorkspacePage.js
index 7f1e871c66..a4624ce37c 100644
--- a/frontend/playwright/ui/pages/WorkspacePage.js
+++ b/frontend/playwright/ui/pages/WorkspacePage.js
@@ -45,24 +45,27 @@ export class WorkspacePage extends BaseWebSocketPage {
       return this.waitForEditor();
     }
 
-    stopEditing() {
-      return this.page.keyboard.press("Escape");
+    async stopEditing() {
+      await this.page.keyboard.press("Escape");
     }
 
     async moveToLeft(amount = 0) {
       for (let i = 0; i < amount; i++) {
         await this.page.keyboard.press("ArrowLeft");
       }
+      await this.waitForIdle();
     }
 
     async moveToRight(amount = 0) {
       for (let i = 0; i < amount; i++) {
         await this.page.keyboard.press("ArrowRight");
       }
+      await this.waitForIdle();
     }
 
     async moveFromStart(offset = 0) {
       await this.page.keyboard.press("Home");
+      await this.waitForIdle();
       await this.moveToRight(offset);
     }
 
@@ -103,6 +106,10 @@ export class WorkspacePage extends BaseWebSocketPage {
     changeLetterSpacing(newValue) {
       return this.changeNumericInput(this.letterSpacing, newValue);
     }
+
+    async waitForIdle() {
+      await this.page.evaluate(() => new Promise((resolve) => globalThis.requestIdleCallback(resolve)));
+    }
   };
 
   /**
diff --git a/frontend/playwright/ui/specs/text-editor-v2.spec.js b/frontend/playwright/ui/specs/text-editor-v2.spec.js
index e32e0536a3..197a19c743 100644
--- a/frontend/playwright/ui/specs/text-editor-v2.spec.js
+++ b/frontend/playwright/ui/specs/text-editor-v2.spec.js
@@ -2,8 +2,6 @@ import { test, expect } from "@playwright/test";
 import { Clipboard } from "../../helpers/Clipboard";
 import { WasmWorkspacePage } from "../pages/WasmWorkspacePage";
 
-const timeToWait = 100;
-
 test.beforeEach(async ({ page, context }) => {
   await Clipboard.enable(context, Clipboard.Permission.ALL);
 
@@ -37,11 +35,13 @@ test("Create a new text shape from pasting text", async ({ page, context }) => {
   await workspace.setupEmptyFile();
   await workspace.mockRPC("update-file?id=*", "text-editor/update-file.json");
   await workspace.goToWorkspace();
+  await workspace.moveButton.click();
 
   await Clipboard.writeText(page, textToPaste);
 
   await workspace.clickAt(190, 150);
   await workspace.paste("keyboard");
+
   await workspace.textEditor.stopEditing();
 
   await expect(workspace.layers.getByText(textToPaste)).toBeVisible();
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ test("Create a new text shape from pasting text using context menu", async ({
   });
   await workspace.setupEmptyFile();
   await workspace.goToWorkspace();
+  await workspace.moveButton.click();
 
   await Clipboard.writeText(page, textToPaste);
 
@@ -138,7 +139,7 @@ test("Update a new text shape appending text by pasting text", async ({
   await workspace.paste("keyboard");
   await workspace.textEditor.stopEditing();
   await workspace.waitForSelectedShapeName("Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet");
-  });
+});
 
 test.skip("Update a new text shape prepending text by pasting text", async ({
   page,