diff --git a/src/hooks/useEditorFocus.test.ts b/src/hooks/useEditorFocus.test.ts
index 9461805f..e594394b 100644
--- a/src/hooks/useEditorFocus.test.ts
+++ b/src/hooks/useEditorFocus.test.ts
@@ -110,6 +110,9 @@ describe('useEditorFocus', () => {
 
     it('selects H1 text after timeout when editor not yet mounted', () => {
       vi.useFakeTimers()
+      // Mock rAF synchronously so the deferred selectFirstHeading call inside doFocus
+      // runs immediately when requestAnimationFrame is invoked, keeping the test simple.
+      vi.spyOn(window, 'requestAnimationFrame').mockImplementation((cb) => { cb(0); return 0 })
       const tiptap = makeTiptapMock(true)
       const { editor } = setup(false, tiptap)
 
@@ -122,5 +125,37 @@ describe('useEditorFocus', () => {
       expect(tiptap._chainResult.setTextSelection).toHaveBeenCalledWith({ from: 3, to: 16 })
       vi.useRealTimers()
     })
+
+    it('selection happens in second rAF (not first), allowing content swap to complete', () => {
+      // Verify the double-rAF contract: focus in rAF1, selection deferred to rAF2.
+      // This ensures the new note's blocks are applied (via queueMicrotask between frames)
+      // before selectFirstHeading runs.
+      const callbacks: FrameRequestCallback[] = []
+      vi.spyOn(window, 'requestAnimationFrame').mockImplementation((cb) => {
+        callbacks.push(cb)
+        return callbacks.length
+      })
+      const tiptap = makeTiptapMock(true)
+      const { editor } = setup(true, tiptap)
+
+      window.dispatchEvent(new CustomEvent('laputa:focus-editor', { detail: { selectTitle: true } }))
+
+      // rAF 1 is scheduled (doFocus)
+      expect(callbacks.length).toBe(1)
+      callbacks[0](0)
+
+      // After rAF 1: editor focused, but selection NOT yet triggered
+      expect(editor.focus).toHaveBeenCalled()
+      expect(tiptap.chain).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
+
+      // rAF 2 is now scheduled (selectFirstHeading)
+      expect(callbacks.length).toBe(2)
+      callbacks[1](0)
+
+      // After rAF 2: heading is selected
+      expect(tiptap.chain).toHaveBeenCalled()
+      expect(tiptap._chainResult.setTextSelection).toHaveBeenCalledWith({ from: 3, to: 16 })
+      expect(tiptap._chainResult.run).toHaveBeenCalled()
+    })
   })
 })
diff --git a/src/hooks/useEditorFocus.ts b/src/hooks/useEditorFocus.ts
index 73536e15..a2afd564 100644
--- a/src/hooks/useEditorFocus.ts
+++ b/src/hooks/useEditorFocus.ts
@@ -48,8 +48,20 @@ export function useEditorFocus(
       const selectTitle = detail?.selectTitle ?? false
       const doFocus = () => {
         editor.focus()
-        if (selectTitle) selectFirstHeading(editor)
-        if (t0) console.debug(`[perf] createNote → focus: ${(performance.now() - t0).toFixed(1)}ms`)
+        if (!selectTitle) {
+          if (t0) console.debug(`[perf] createNote → focus: ${(performance.now() - t0).toFixed(1)}ms`)
+          return
+        }
+        // Defer selection to the next animation frame so the new note's content
+        // (applied via queueMicrotask inside a React effect triggered by the tab
+        // change) is in the document before we try to select the heading.
+        // Between two rAF callbacks, all pending macrotasks — including React's
+        // MessageChannel re-render and the subsequent queueMicrotask content swap
+        // — complete, so the heading block is guaranteed to exist by rAF 2.
+        requestAnimationFrame(() => {
+          selectFirstHeading(editor)
+          if (t0) console.debug(`[perf] createNote → focus+select: ${(performance.now() - t0).toFixed(1)}ms`)
+        })
       }
       if (editorMountedRef.current) {
         requestAnimationFrame(doFocus)