diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/src/app/editing.rs b/crates/ui-egui/src/app/editing.rs
index 903e302ac..8422e1538 100644
--- a/crates/ui-egui/src/app/editing.rs
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/src/app/editing.rs
@@ -220,18 +220,18 @@ impl SheetApp {
     /// drawn, pointed from and committed on its sheet, and the point-mode anchor, held by sheet
     /// index, is let go. A draft is dropped at once with a message when its sheet is gone, or when
     /// it holds Python code that sheet protection now hides (a draft in Python mode, or one that
-    /// began on a Python cell): neither editor shows hidden code, as the Python editor window
-    /// closes then too.
+    /// began on a Python cell's code): neither editor shows hidden code, as the Python editor
+    /// window closes then too. A draft typed over a Python cell holds only what was typed, so it
+    /// stays open.
     pub(crate) fn follow_open_draft(&mut self) {
         let Some(ed) = self.editor.as_ref() else { return };
         let Some(d) = self.session.documents().iter().find(|d| d.uid == ed.doc) else { return };
         let order = editor::sheet_order(&d.wb);
         let moved = ed.sheet_uid != 0 && order != ed.sheet_order;
         let found = if moved { ed.sheet_in(&d.wb) } else { Some(ed.sheet) };
-        let hidden = found.and_then(|i| d.wb.sheet(i)).is_some_and(|sh| {
-            (ed.python || ed.py_cell || sh.cell(ed.cell).is_some_and(|c| c.py.is_some()))
-                && gridcraft_engine::display::formula_hidden(&d.wb, sh, ed.cell)
-        });
+        let hidden = found
+            .and_then(|i| d.wb.sheet(i))
+            .is_some_and(|sh| (ed.python || ed.py_cell) && gridcraft_engine::display::formula_hidden(&d.wb, sh, ed.cell));
         let why = match found {
             None => Some(DRAFT_SHEET_GONE),
             Some(_) if hidden => Some(DRAFT_CODE_HIDDEN),
diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/src/control.rs b/crates/ui-egui/src/control.rs
index d7919e60a..dddce9759 100644
--- a/crates/ui-egui/src/control.rs
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/src/control.rs
@@ -161,16 +161,18 @@ pub fn inspect(app: &SheetApp, ctx: &egui::Context) -> Json {
 
 /// The open edit, for `ui.inspect`. The draft is left out (`text` is null, `hidden` true) while
 /// its cell's code is hidden on a protected sheet, checked now: a protection command earlier in
-/// the same batch runs before the next frame. That holds for a draft in Python mode, and for any
-/// draft of a Python cell, since leaving Python mode keeps the code as an ordinary draft. The
-/// sheet is the draft's own, found by identity: a sheet inserted, deleted or moved in the same
-/// batch puts another at its index. With its sheet gone, such a draft is left out too.
+/// the same batch runs before the next frame. That holds for a draft in Python mode, and for a
+/// draft that began on a Python cell's code, since leaving Python mode keeps the code as an
+/// ordinary draft; a draft typed over a Python cell holds only what was typed. The sheet is the
+/// draft's own, found by identity: a sheet inserted, deleted or moved in the same batch puts
+/// another at its index. With its sheet gone, such a draft is left out too.
 fn editor_json(app: &SheetApp, e: &crate::editor::EditState) -> Json {
-    let code = |sh: &gridcraft_engine::model::Sheet| e.python || sh.cell(e.cell).is_some_and(|c| c.py.is_some());
-    let hidden = app.session.documents().iter().find(|d| d.uid == e.doc).is_some_and(|d| match e.sheet_in(&d.wb).and_then(|i| d.wb.sheet(i)) {
-        Some(sh) => code(sh) && gridcraft_engine::display::formula_hidden(&d.wb, sh, e.cell),
-        None => e.python || e.py_cell,
-    });
+    let code = e.python || e.py_cell;
+    let hidden = code
+        && app.session.documents().iter().find(|d| d.uid == e.doc).is_some_and(|d| match e.sheet_in(&d.wb).and_then(|i| d.wb.sheet(i)) {
+            Some(sh) => gridcraft_engine::display::formula_hidden(&d.wb, sh, e.cell),
+            None => true,
+        });
     let text = if hidden { Json::Null } else { json!(e.text) };
     json!({"cell": e.cell.a1(), "text": text, "hidden": hidden, "formulaBar": e.from_formula_bar, "point": e.can_point(), "python": e.python})
 }
diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/src/control/tests.rs b/crates/ui-egui/src/control/tests.rs
index 1183535e8..de507907a 100644
--- a/crates/ui-egui/src/control/tests.rs
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/src/control/tests.rs
@@ -1208,3 +1208,28 @@ fn a_draft_of_python_code_that_protection_hides_is_dropped_with_a_message() {
     execute(&mut app, &ctx, "review.protectSheet", json!({}));
     assert!(app.editor.as_ref().is_some_and(|e| e.text == "=2+2"), "a formula draft is unchanged");
 }
+
+#[test]
+fn a_draft_typed_over_a_hidden_python_cell_stays_open_through_commands() {
+    // An unlocked, hidden Python cell on a protected sheet: typing replaces it, as in Excel. The
+    // draft holds only what was typed, so a command neither drops it nor hides it from ui.inspect.
+    let mut session = gridcraft_engine::Session::new();
+    session.new_workbook();
+    session.execute("python.set", json!({"cell": "B2", "code": "secret = 41"})).unwrap();
+    session.execute("home.formatCells", json!({"range": "B2", "style": {"protection": {"hidden": true, "locked": false}}})).unwrap();
+    session.execute("review.protectSheet", json!({})).unwrap();
+    session.execute("selection.set", json!({"cell": "B2"})).unwrap();
+    let mut app = SheetApp::new(session, crate::Services::default());
+    let ctx = egui::Context::default();
+    call(&mut app, &ctx, "ui.edit.begin", json!({"text": "7"}));
+    execute(&mut app, &ctx, "home.insertSheet", json!({"name": "Other", "before": 1}));
+    assert!(app.editor.as_ref().is_some_and(|e| e.text == "7"), "the typed entry stays open");
+    assert!(app.message.is_none(), "{:?}", app.message);
+    let after = inspected(&mut app, &ctx);
+    assert_eq!(after["editor"]["text"], "7");
+    assert_eq!(after["editor"]["hidden"], false);
+    call(&mut app, &ctx, "ui.edit.commit", json!({"move": "none"}));
+    let b2 = app.session.active().and_then(|d| d.wb.sheet(0)).and_then(|sh| sh.cell(gridcraft_engine::core::CellRef::new(1, 1)).cloned());
+    assert_eq!(b2.map(|c| (c.input_text(), c.py.is_some())), Some(("7".to_string(), false)), "the typed entry replaces the Python cell");
+}
+