diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/src/panes.rs b/crates/ui-egui/src/panes.rs
index 2b3ada3a..1dea9db1 100644
--- a/crates/ui-egui/src/panes.rs
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/src/panes.rs
@@ -93,6 +93,7 @@ fn format_shape(app: &mut SlideApp, ui: &mut Ui) {
         return;
     };
     let x = deckcraft_engine::cmd::xfrm_of(&st.doc, &st.selection, &sh);
+    let uid = st.uid;
     // Tabs as icons.
     ui.horizontal(|ui| {
         for (tab, icon, tip) in [
@@ -173,13 +174,14 @@ fn format_shape(app: &mut SlideApp, ui: &mut Ui) {
             fields(ui, "Vertical", "fy", x.y, "y", "shape.move", 72.0);
             ui.add_space(6.0);
             ui.label(egui::RichText::new("Alt Text").font(theme::bold(13.0)));
-            let id = ui.id().with(("alt", sh.id.0));
-            let mut alt: String = ui.data_mut(|d| d.get_temp(id).unwrap_or_else(|| sh.descr.clone()));
+            let id = ui.id().with(("alt", uid, sh.id.0));
+            let stored: Option<(String, String)> = ui.data_mut(|d| d.get_temp(id));
+            let mut alt = widgets::text_draft(stored, &sh.descr);
             let r = ui.add(egui::TextEdit::multiline(&mut alt).desired_rows(3).desired_width(f32::INFINITY));
             if r.lost_focus() && alt != sh.descr {
                 run(app, "shape.altText", json!({"text": alt}));
             }
-            ui.data_mut(|d| d.insert_temp(id, alt));
+            ui.data_mut(|d| d.insert_temp(id, (sh.descr.clone(), alt)));
         }
         "text" => {
             ui.label(egui::RichText::new("Text Box").font(theme::bold(13.0)));
diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/src/selpane.rs b/crates/ui-egui/src/selpane.rs
index 414a61f5..36e634c7 100644
--- a/crates/ui-egui/src/selpane.rs
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/src/selpane.rs
@@ -28,6 +28,18 @@ pub struct State {
     pub anchor: Option<u32>,
     /// Row being dragged and the drop it would make: (index among siblings, line y).
     pub drag: Option<(u32, Option<(usize, f32)>)>,
+    /// Document (by uid) the state above belongs to.
+    owner: Option<u64>,
+}
+
+impl State {
+    /// Ties the pane state to a document: shape ids repeat between documents, so switching
+    /// documents drops the pending rename, folds, anchor and drag.
+    pub fn bind(&mut self, uid: u64) {
+        if self.owner != Some(uid) {
+            *self = State { owner: Some(uid), ..State::default() };
+        }
+    }
 }
 
 /// One line of the list.
@@ -108,6 +120,7 @@ fn small_icon_button(ui: &mut Ui, icon: Icon, label: &str, enabled: bool) -> egu
 pub fn show(app: &mut SlideApp, ui: &mut Ui) {
     let t = Tokens::get(ui.ctx());
     let Some(st) = app.session.active() else { return };
+    app.selpane.bind(st.uid);
     let rows = rows(st.shapes(), &app.selpane.collapsed);
     let selected: Vec<u32> = st.selection.shapes.iter().map(|i| i.0).collect();
     let has_sel = !selected.is_empty();
@@ -388,6 +401,19 @@ fn context_menu(app: &mut SlideApp, resp: &egui::Response, row: &Row) {
 mod tests {
     use super::*;
 
+    #[test]
+    fn switching_document_drops_a_pending_rename() {
+        let mut s = State::default();
+        s.bind(1);
+        s.renaming = Some((5, "draft".to_string()));
+        s.collapsed.insert(2);
+        s.bind(1);
+        assert!(s.renaming.is_some(), "same document keeps the draft");
+        s.bind(2);
+        assert!(s.renaming.is_none());
+        assert!(s.collapsed.is_empty());
+    }
+
     fn r(id: u32, top: f32) -> (u32, Rect) {
         (id, Rect::from_min_size(pos2(0.0, top), vec2(100.0, ROW_H)))
     }
diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/src/sorter.rs b/crates/ui-egui/src/sorter.rs
index dd26dd85..a8e3054c 100644
--- a/crates/ui-egui/src/sorter.rs
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/src/sorter.rs
@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@
 use egui::{Align2, Color32, CornerRadius, Rect, Sense, Stroke, Ui, pos2, vec2};
 use serde_json::json;
 
-use crate::SlideApp;
 use crate::theme::{self, Tokens};
+use crate::{SlideApp, widgets};
 
 /// Grid of slides; click selects, double-click opens in Normal view, drag reorders.
 pub fn show(app: &mut SlideApp, ui: &mut Ui) {
@@ -133,8 +133,9 @@ pub fn notes_page(app: &mut SlideApp, ui: &mut Ui) {
     let notes_rect = Rect::from_min_max(pos2(srect.min.x, srect.max.y + 24.0), pos2(srect.max.x, page.max.y - page_h * 0.06));
     let mut child = ui.new_child(egui::UiBuilder::new().max_rect(notes_rect));
     let current = st.current_slide().map(|s| s.notes_text()).unwrap_or_default();
-    let id = egui::Id::new(("notespage", idx));
-    let mut buf: String = child.data_mut(|d| d.get_temp(id).unwrap_or_else(|| current.clone()));
+    let id = egui::Id::new(("notespage", st.uid, idx));
+    let stored: Option<(String, String)> = child.data_mut(|d| d.get_temp(id));
+    let mut buf = widgets::text_draft(stored, &current);
     let r = child.add(
         egui::TextEdit::multiline(&mut buf)
             .hint_text("Click to add text")
@@ -147,7 +148,7 @@ pub fn notes_page(app: &mut SlideApp, ui: &mut Ui) {
     if r.lost_focus() && buf != current {
         let _ = app.run("slide.notes", json!({"text": buf, "index": idx}));
     }
-    child.data_mut(|d| d.insert_temp(id, buf));
+    child.data_mut(|d| d.insert_temp(id, (current, buf)));
     let nav = ui.input(|i| (i.key_pressed(egui::Key::PageDown), i.key_pressed(egui::Key::PageUp)));
     if nav.0 {
         let _ = app.run("slide.next", json!({}));
diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/src/widgets.rs b/crates/ui-egui/src/widgets.rs
index 5827b396..a97e47fb 100644
--- a/crates/ui-egui/src/widgets.rs
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/src/widgets.rs
@@ -423,6 +423,15 @@ pub fn fmt_num(v: f64, suffix: &str) -> String {
     format!("{s}{suffix}")
 }
 
+/// The text a kept-open text box shows: the typed draft while the stored value is still what the
+/// draft started from, otherwise the stored value (another document, a reorder or an undo changed it).
+pub fn text_draft(stored: Option<(String, String)>, current: &str) -> String {
+    match stored {
+        Some((base, buf)) if base == current => buf,
+        _ => current.to_string(),
+    }
+}
+
 /// Section header inside panes.
 pub fn section(ui: &mut Ui, title: &str, open: bool) -> bool {
     let t = Tokens::get(ui.ctx());
@@ -485,4 +494,19 @@ mod tests {
         assert_eq!(*picked.borrow(), Some(Some(ColorRef::rgb(Rgba::from_hex("00FF00").unwrap()))));
         assert!(harness.query_by_role(Role::TextInput).is_none(), "picking a colour closes the menu");
     }
+
+    /// #413: a draft is kept while the stored text is unchanged ...
+    #[test]
+    fn text_draft_keeps_typing_while_the_stored_text_is_unchanged() {
+        let stored = Some(("old".to_string(), "old plus typing".to_string()));
+        assert_eq!(text_draft(stored, "old"), "old plus typing");
+    }
+
+    /// ... and dropped when the stored text changes underneath it.
+    #[test]
+    fn text_draft_drops_a_stale_draft_when_the_stored_text_changes() {
+        let stored = Some(("old".to_string(), "old plus typing".to_string()));
+        assert_eq!(text_draft(stored, "undone"), "undone");
+        assert_eq!(text_draft(None, "fresh"), "fresh");
+    }
 }