diff --git a/frontend/src/app/main/ui/workspace/shapes/text/v3_editor.cljs b/frontend/src/app/main/ui/workspace/shapes/text/v3_editor.cljs
index cd8d70a87b..ecf5374f28 100644
--- a/frontend/src/app/main/ui/workspace/shapes/text/v3_editor.cljs
+++ b/frontend/src/app/main/ui/workspace/shapes/text/v3_editor.cljs
@@ -215,9 +215,9 @@
   keeps the caret cell size. macOS vertical characters retain nonempty
   screen bounds so its native IME can anchor to them. In vertical text the
   surface (`vertical-rl`, `line-height: 1`) aligns its caret cell with the
-  text column on macOS, except in Safari. Safari has been observed to show
-  horizontal candidates for vertical text, so it keeps the surface right
-  of the column, like other platforms whose windows open below the caret.
+  text column on Windows and on macOS outside Safari. Safari has been observed
+  to show horizontal candidates for vertical text, so it keeps the surface
+  right of the column, like Linux where candidates open below the caret.
 
   `origin` holds the pointer overlay's top-left and width, in the
   same page space as the caret rect."
@@ -241,8 +241,9 @@
                                       ime-surface-collapse) ")"))
             ;; vertical-rl puts the DOM caret in the surface's rightmost cell.
             ;; Safari's horizontal candidate window needs an anchor beside
-            ;; the column. Chrome and Firefox use the column itself on macOS.
-            (let [right (if (and macos-vertical? (not (cf/check-browser? :safari)))
+            ;; the column. Windows and non-Safari macOS use the column itself.
+            (let [right (if (or (cf/check-platform? :windows)
+                                (and macos-vertical? (not (cf/check-browser? :safari))))
                           (+ x width)
                           (+ x (* 2.15 width)))]
               (set! (.-left style) (dm/str (- right (:x origin) (:width origin)) "px"))))
diff --git a/frontend/test/frontend_tests/render_wasm/texts_test.cljs b/frontend/test/frontend_tests/render_wasm/texts_test.cljs
index de42a8d277..ba9f87db8e 100644
--- a/frontend/test/frontend_tests/render_wasm/texts_test.cljs
+++ b/frontend/test/frontend_tests/render_wasm/texts_test.cljs
@@ -235,11 +235,22 @@
           ys     (map #(js/Math.floor (+ 180 (* % step))) (range 81))]
       (t/is (every? pos? (map - (rest ys) ys))))))
 
-(t/deftest ^:async linux-and-windows-vertical-ime-anchor-stays-right-of-the-text-column
-  (doseq [platform [:linux :windows]
-          browser [:chrome :firefox :safari]]
+(t/deftest ^:async windows-vertical-ime-anchor-matches-the-text-column
+  (doseq [width [12 24 72]
+          browser [:chrome :edge :firefox]]
+    (let [rect   {:x 400 :y 180 :width width :height 1}
+          result (await (ime-surface-style :windows true rect 1 browser))]
+      ;; Windows opens vertical candidates to the left of the composition
+      ;; range. Keep that range in the text column so candidates clear it.
+      (t/is (= (+ (:x rect) width) (:right result)))
+      (t/is (= (:y rect) (:top result)))
+      (t/is (= "vertical-rl" (:writing-mode result)))
+      (t/is (= "scaleY(0.001)" (:transform result))))))
+
+(t/deftest ^:async linux-vertical-ime-anchor-stays-right-of-the-text-column
+  (doseq [browser [:chrome :firefox :safari]]
     (let [rect   {:x 400 :y 180 :width 24 :height 1}
-          result (await (ime-surface-style platform true rect 1 browser))]
+          result (await (ime-surface-style :linux true rect 1 browser))]
       ;; vertical-rl places the DOM caret in the rightmost cell of the surface.
       (t/is (> (- (:right result) (:width rect)) (+ (:x rect) (:width rect))))
       (t/is (= (:y rect) (:top result)))