diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/src/formula_bar.rs b/crates/ui-egui/src/formula_bar.rs
index 6cca1103c..a693ee936 100644
--- a/crates/ui-egui/src/formula_bar.rs
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/src/formula_bar.rs
@@ -112,6 +112,10 @@ fn name_box(app: &mut SheetApp, ui: &mut egui::Ui, t: &Tokens) {
     }
     if resp.lost_focus() {
         if ui.input(|i| i.key_pressed(Key::Enter)) {
+            // The Enter that commits the Name Box is used up here. Left in the frame's input, the
+            // grid (drawn after the formula bar, and focused again now the box let go) would read
+            // it as its own Enter and move the active cell one row down from the jump target (#247).
+            ui.input_mut(|i| i.events.retain(|e| !matches!(e, egui::Event::Key { key: Key::Enter, .. })));
             let target = text.trim().to_string();
             if !target.is_empty() && target != shown {
                 // A new name for the selection, or a place to go.
diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/tests/interaction.rs b/crates/ui-egui/tests/interaction.rs
index 84f20a675..b0ab7ae8c 100644
--- a/crates/ui-egui/tests/interaction.rs
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/tests/interaction.rs
@@ -125,6 +125,26 @@ fn space_toggles_the_active_checkbox_without_clicking_the_hovered_cell() {
     assert!(h.state().editor.is_none());
 }
 
+#[test]
+fn name_box_enter_goes_to_the_typed_cell_not_the_one_below() {
+    // #247: typing A1 in the Name Box and pressing Enter selected A2; the grid replayed the Enter.
+    let mut h = harness(blank());
+    h.state_mut().session.run("selection.set", json!({"cell": "C5"})).unwrap();
+    h.run_steps(2);
+    h.ctx.memory_mut(|m| m.request_focus(egui::Id::new("gridcraft.name_box")));
+    h.run_steps(2);
+    h.input_mut().events.push(Event::Key { key: Key::A, physical_key: None, pressed: true, repeat: false, modifiers: Modifiers::COMMAND });
+    h.input_mut().events.push(Event::Text("A1".into()));
+    h.run_steps(2);
+    key(&mut h, Key::Enter, Modifiers::NONE);
+    h.run_steps(2);
+    assert_eq!(h.state().session.active().unwrap().selection.active, CellRef::new(0, 0));
+    assert!(h.state().name_box.is_none());
+    // The grid has the focus back: a plain Enter there still moves down.
+    key(&mut h, Key::Enter, Modifiers::NONE);
+    assert_eq!(h.state().session.active().unwrap().selection.active, CellRef::new(1, 0));
+}
+
 #[test]
 fn typing_enters_values_and_moves_down() {
     let mut h = harness(blank());