diff --git a/web/static/main.js b/web/static/main.js
index 68dd8a0..af1e907 100644
--- a/web/static/main.js
+++ b/web/static/main.js
@@ -465,11 +465,21 @@ function onCanvasPointerDown(e) {
   // of an existing frame or device — fires the tool. The +Dev tool needs
   // this so m can drop a device inside a frame; without it the frame's
   // own pointerdown handler would steal the click and start a drag.
+  //
+  // e.preventDefault() suppresses the compatibility mousedown's default
+  // focus-shift. Without it, the freshly-focused inline-namer input gets
+  // blurred ~6ms later by the browser's "focus nearest focusable ancestor
+  // or blur active" behaviour (SVG rects are not focusable), and the
+  // blur handler tears the namer down before m can type. Root cause +
+  // verified fix from sherlock's Playwright shift; see docs/sherlock-+dev-bug.md
+  // for the full trace.
   if (state.tool === "frame") {
+    e.preventDefault();
     startFrameRubberBand(e, p);
     return;
   }
   if (state.tool === "device") {
+    e.preventDefault();
     placeDeviceAt(p);
     return;
   }
@@ -582,7 +592,14 @@ function promptInline(placeholder, cx, cy) {
     const input = fo.querySelector("input");
     input.focus();
     const done = (val) => {
-      if (activeNamer === fo) { fo.remove(); activeNamer = null; }
+      // Clear the flag *before* removing the node. Enter-key triggers a
+      // synchronous blur on the input, which re-enters done() — and if
+      // fo.remove() ran first, the second call hits a
+      // "node no longer a child" pageerror. Reordering makes the second
+      // re-entry a no-op (activeNamer is already null).
+      if (activeNamer !== fo) return;
+      activeNamer = null;
+      fo.remove();
       resolve(val);
     };
     input.addEventListener("keydown", (e) => {