diff --git a/client/codemirror/fenced_code.ts b/client/codemirror/fenced_code.ts
index 2a1e487b..56042c6f 100644
--- a/client/codemirror/fenced_code.ts
+++ b/client/codemirror/fenced_code.ts
@@ -69,8 +69,6 @@ export function fencedCodePlugin(client: Client) {
             });
 
             const widget = new IFrameWidget(
-              from + lineStrings[0].length + 1,
-              to - lineStrings[lineStrings.length - 1].length - 1,
               client,
               lineStrings.slice(1, lineStrings.length - 1).join("\n"),
               codeWidgetCallback,
diff --git a/client/codemirror/iframe_widget.ts b/client/codemirror/iframe_widget.ts
index dc6cd468..904bd70c 100644
--- a/client/codemirror/iframe_widget.ts
+++ b/client/codemirror/iframe_widget.ts
@@ -10,8 +10,6 @@ export class IFrameWidget extends WidgetType {
   iframe?: HTMLIFrameElement;
 
   constructor(
-    readonly from: number,
-    readonly to: number,
     readonly client: Client,
     readonly bodyText: string,
     readonly codeWidgetCallback: CodeWidgetCallback,
@@ -28,20 +26,21 @@ export class IFrameWidget extends WidgetType {
   }
 
   toDOM(): HTMLElement {
-    const from = this.from;
     const iframe = createWidgetSandboxIFrame(
       this.client,
       this.bodyText,
       this.codeWidgetCallback(this.bodyText, this.client.currentName()),
       (message) => {
         switch (message.type) {
-          case "blur":
+          case "blur": {
+            const pos = this.client.editorView.posAtDOM(iframe, 0);
             this.client.editorView.dispatch({
-              selection: { anchor: from },
+              selection: { anchor: pos },
             });
             this.client.focus();
 
             break;
+          }
           case "reload":
             void this.codeWidgetCallback(
               this.bodyText,
diff --git a/client/codemirror/lua_widget.ts b/client/codemirror/lua_widget.ts
index 91aaf158..45482904 100644
--- a/client/codemirror/lua_widget.ts
+++ b/client/codemirror/lua_widget.ts
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ import { extendedMarkdownLanguage } from "../markdown_parser/parser.ts";
 import { renderToText } from "@silverbulletmd/silverbullet/lib/tree";
 import {
   attachWidgetEventHandlers,
-  moveCursorIntoText,
+  moveCursorToWidgetStart,
 } from "./widget_util.ts";
 import { expandMarkdown } from "../markdown_renderer/inline.ts";
 import {
@@ -366,7 +366,11 @@ export class LuaWidget extends WidgetType {
           icon: '<svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="15" height="15" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="feather feather-edit"><path d="M11 4H4a2 2 0 0 0-2 2v14a2 2 0 0 0 2 2h14a2 2 0 0 0 2-2v-7"></path><path d="M18.5 2.5a2.121 2.121 0 0 1 3 3L12 15l-4 1 1-4 9.5-9.5z"></path></svg>',
           listener: (e) => {
             e.stopPropagation();
-            moveCursorIntoText(this.opts.client, this.opts.codeText!);
+            moveCursorToWidgetStart(
+              this.opts.client,
+              this.dom!,
+              this.opts.codeText,
+            );
           },
         }),
       );
diff --git a/client/codemirror/table.ts b/client/codemirror/table.ts
index d04a1dfd..cd8eb526 100644
--- a/client/codemirror/table.ts
+++ b/client/codemirror/table.ts
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@ class TableViewWidget extends WidgetType {
   tableBodyText: string;
 
   constructor(
-    readonly pos: number,
     readonly client: Client,
     readonly t: ParseTree,
   ) {
@@ -46,9 +45,10 @@ class TableViewWidget extends WidgetType {
       // Pulling data-pos to put the cursor in the right place, falling back
       // to the start of the table.
       const dataAttributes = (e.target as any).dataset;
+      const fallbackPos = this.client.editorView.posAtDOM(dom, 0);
       this.client.editorView.dispatch({
         selection: {
-          anchor: dataAttributes.pos ? +dataAttributes.pos : this.pos,
+          anchor: dataAttributes.pos ? +dataAttributes.pos : fallbackPos,
         },
       });
     });
@@ -138,7 +138,6 @@ export function tablePlugin(editor: Client) {
         widgets.push(
           Decoration.widget({
             widget: new TableViewWidget(
-              from,
               editor,
               lezerToParseTree(text, node.node),
             ),
diff --git a/client/codemirror/widget_util.ts b/client/codemirror/widget_util.ts
index 847c0eeb..f3b9fbc8 100644
--- a/client/codemirror/widget_util.ts
+++ b/client/codemirror/widget_util.ts
@@ -2,18 +2,27 @@ import { parseToRef } from "@silverbulletmd/silverbullet/lib/ref";
 import type { Client } from "../client.ts";
 import type { EventPayLoad } from "./lua_widget.ts";
 
-export function moveCursorIntoText(client: Client, textToFind: string) {
-  const allText = client.editorView.state.sliceDoc();
-  const pos = allText.indexOf(textToFind);
-  if (pos === -1) {
-    console.error("Could not find position of widget in text", textToFind);
-    return;
+export function moveCursorToWidgetStart(
+  client: Client,
+  widgetDom: HTMLElement,
+  widgetText?: string,
+) {
+  const view = client.editorView;
+  const pos = view.posAtDOM(widgetDom, 0);
+
+  let anchor = pos;
+  if (widgetText) {
+    // The widget decoration may be placed at the end of the source range
+    // (node.to). Search near posAtDOM for the actual text to find its start.
+    const searchFrom = Math.max(0, pos - widgetText.length);
+    const region = view.state.sliceDoc(searchFrom, pos + widgetText.length);
+    const idx = region.lastIndexOf(widgetText);
+    if (idx !== -1) {
+      anchor = searchFrom + idx;
+    }
   }
-  client.editorView.dispatch({
-    selection: {
-      anchor: pos,
-    },
-  });
+
+  view.dispatch({ selection: { anchor } });
   client.focus();
 }
 
@@ -28,7 +37,7 @@ export function attachWidgetEventHandlers(
     div.addEventListener("mousedown", (e) => {
       if (e.altKey && widgetText) {
         // Move cursor there
-        moveCursorIntoText(client, widgetText);
+        moveCursorToWidgetStart(client, div, widgetText);
         e.preventDefault();
       }
       // CodeMirror overrides mousedown on parent elements to implement its own selection highlighting.