diff --git a/crates/text/src/layout.rs b/crates/text/src/layout.rs
index f9139f6f..014bb1cd 100644
--- a/crates/text/src/layout.rs
+++ b/crates/text/src/layout.rs
@@ -1171,16 +1171,12 @@ impl TextLayout {
     pub fn caret(&self, index: usize) -> (f64, usize) {
         for (li, line) in self.lines.iter().enumerate() {
             let last_line = li + 1 == self.lines.len();
+            // A caret at a line's end belongs to the next line, whether the line wraps or ends with a
+            // line break (before the break it is still on this line: past its glyphs).
             let in_line = index >= line.char_start && (index < line.char_end || (last_line && index <= line.char_end));
-            // A caret at the end of a soft-wrapped line belongs to the next line.
-            if !(in_line || index == line.char_end && line.break_after && !last_line) {
+            if !in_line {
                 continue;
             }
-            if index == line.char_end && line.break_after && !last_line {
-                // Before the line break: end of this line.
-                let x = self.line_end_x(line);
-                return (x, li);
-            }
             let gl = self.glyphs.get(line.glyph_start..line.glyph_end).unwrap_or(&[]);
             for g in gl {
                 if g.char_end == g.char_start {
@@ -1303,8 +1299,7 @@ impl TextLayout {
                 out.extend(Self::mixed_selection(gl, a, b, line));
                 continue;
             }
-            // From the line's own start: `caret(char_start)` after a hard break is the end of the
-            // line above.
+            // From the line's own start.
             let x0 = if a <= line.char_start { self.line_start_x(line) } else { self.caret(a).0 };
             let x1 = if b >= line.char_end {
                 // The last line has no paragraph break to show, so it ends at its glyphs.
diff --git a/crates/text/src/tests.rs b/crates/text/src/tests.rs
index f5eaab6b..ebf5889c 100644
--- a/crates/text/src/tests.rs
+++ b/crates/text/src/tests.rs
@@ -481,3 +481,19 @@ fn selection_after_a_line_break_starts_at_the_line_start() {
     // A break followed by text still doesn't highlight the next line's start.
     assert!(rect_on(&l, &l.selection_rects(0, 6), 1).is_none());
 }
+
+#[test]
+fn the_caret_after_a_line_break_sits_on_the_next_line() {
+    if !have_fonts() {
+        return;
+    }
+    // Before the break: the end of its line; after it: the start of the next (after Enter, the
+    // caret shows on the new line, and Up/Down count from there).
+    let l = layout(&TextData::new("ab\ncd"), None, None);
+    assert_eq!(l.caret(2).1, 0);
+    assert!(l.caret(2).0 > 0.0);
+    assert_eq!(l.caret(3), (0.0, 1));
+    // A trailing break: the caret sits on the empty last line.
+    let l = layout(&TextData::new("ab\n"), None, None);
+    assert_eq!(l.caret(3), (0.0, 1));
+}