diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/src/content_ui.rs b/crates/ui-egui/src/content_ui.rs
index ff987716d1..d30a814d43 100644
--- a/crates/ui-egui/src/content_ui.rs
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/src/content_ui.rs
@@ -636,6 +636,9 @@ pub(crate) fn editor(ctx: &egui::Context, view: &mut DocView, info: &DocInfo, ad
                 }
                 if t.focus {
                     resp.request_focus();
+                    if let Some(range) = &t.selection {
+                        crate::edit_text_ui::reselect(ui.ctx(), input, &t.text, range);
+                    }
                     t.focus = false;
                 }
                 let buttons = egui::Frame::NONE
diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/src/edit_text_ui.rs b/crates/ui-egui/src/edit_text_ui.rs
index f9074af30f..53426d8757 100644
--- a/crates/ui-egui/src/edit_text_ui.rs
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/src/edit_text_ui.rs
@@ -281,6 +281,19 @@ pub(crate) fn forget_typing_before(ctx: &egui::Context, id: egui::Id, from: &mut
     *from = Some(text.to_owned());
 }
 
+/// Select `range` (bytes of `text`) in the page text box `id` again. egui keeps a box's selection
+/// only while it has the focus, so a click on Format text drops it; given back as formatting
+/// returns the focus, it stays shown, and a second choice reaches the same text.
+pub(crate) fn reselect(ctx: &egui::Context, id: egui::Id, text: &str, range: &std::ops::Range<usize>) {
+    let chars = |at: usize| text.get(..at).map(|s| s.chars().count());
+    let (Some(start), Some(end)) = (chars(range.start), chars(range.end)) else { return };
+    if start < end {
+        let mut state = egui::TextEdit::load_state(ctx, id).unwrap_or_default();
+        state.cursor.set_char_range(Some(egui::text::CCursorRange::two(egui::text::CCursor::new(start), egui::text::CCursor::new(end))));
+        egui::TextEdit::store_state(ctx, id, state);
+    }
+}
+
 #[derive(Clone, Copy, Debug, PartialEq)]
 pub struct Extras {
     pub underline: bool,
@@ -359,9 +372,6 @@ impl LineEditor {
             // The whole paragraph's alignment when it was picked, or when the rows' own were
             // dropped for it (the rows are where those put them, so leaving it out keeps them there).
             align: (l.align != o.align || l.aligns.is_empty() && !o.aligns.is_empty()).then_some(l.align),
-            // Rows aligned on their own, sent with every rewrite of the paragraph while it is open:
-            // nothing in the page records them, so a rewrite without them would undo them.
-            aligns: if l.aligns != o.aligns || self.text != self.original { l.aligns.clone() } else { Vec::new() },
             underline: (self.extras.underline != self.extras0.underline).then_some(self.extras.underline),
             line_spacing: (self.extras.line_spacing != self.extras0.line_spacing && self.extras.line_spacing > 0.0)
                 .then_some(self.extras.line_spacing),
@@ -369,6 +379,12 @@ impl LineEditor {
             scale: (self.extras.scale != self.extras0.scale).then_some(self.extras.scale),
             ..Default::default()
         };
+        // Rows aligned on their own, sent with every rewrite of the paragraph while it is open
+        // (a colour or size change too): nothing in the page records them, so a rewrite without
+        // them would undo them. Alone, they are sent only when they changed.
+        if l.aligns != o.aligns || self.text != self.original || style != pdfcraft_engine::BlockStyle::default() {
+            style.aligns = l.aligns.clone();
+        }
         if let Some(range) = &self.selection
             && (style.family.is_some()
                 || style.resource.is_some()
@@ -392,9 +408,9 @@ impl LineEditor {
         style
     }
 
-    /// After applying formatting: the paragraph now has it.
+    /// After applying formatting: the paragraph now has it. The selection stays, as the box still
+    /// shows it, so a second alignment or format picked for it applies to the same rows.
     pub fn applied(&mut self) {
-        self.selection = None;
         self.font_resource = None;
         self.family_chosen = false;
         self.look0 = self.look.clone();
@@ -409,6 +425,10 @@ impl LineEditor {
         self.multiline = block.rows.len() > 1;
         self.source = Some((block.clone(), lines));
         let before = std::mem::replace(&mut self.text, block.editor_text.clone());
+        if self.text != before {
+            // A byte range of the old text: it may name other characters, or none, in the new.
+            self.selection = None;
+        }
         self.follow_rows(&before);
         self.original = self.text.clone();
     }
@@ -1755,6 +1775,9 @@ pub(crate) fn overlay(ctx: &egui::Context, view: &mut DocView, info: &DocInfo) -
                 }
                 if ed.focus {
                     r.request_focus();
+                    if let Some(range) = &ed.selection {
+                        reselect(ui.ctx(), input, &ed.text, range);
+                    }
                     ed.focus = false;
                 }
                 let esc = ui.input(|i| i.key_pressed(egui::Key::Escape));
diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/src/editing.rs b/crates/ui-egui/src/editing.rs
index 2b31091084..b7109b9c50 100644
--- a/crates/ui-egui/src/editing.rs
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/src/editing.rs
@@ -222,11 +222,33 @@ impl PdfCraftApp {
     pub fn redo(&mut self) {
         if self.combine_showing() {
             self.combine_history_step(false);
-        } else {
+        } else if !self.redo_in_page_box() {
             self.history_step(false);
         }
     }
 
+    /// Redo from the menu or toolbar while a box on the page has typing of its own: the step is
+    /// the box's, as the key's is. What Undo took back in the box comes back; typing the page
+    /// doesn't have yet stays as it is, since applying it first is a new edit, which drops the
+    /// document's Redo. True when the box took the step.
+    fn redo_in_page_box(&mut self) -> bool {
+        let Some(ctx) = self.ctx.clone() else { return false };
+        let Some(view) = self.active.and_then(|i| self.views.get_mut(i)) else { return false };
+        if let Some(ed) = view.line_editor.as_mut() {
+            let Some(text) = redo_typing(&ctx, crate::edit_text_ui::input_id(), &ed.text) else { return ed.has_unsaved_text() };
+            let before = std::mem::replace(&mut ed.text, text);
+            ed.follow_rows(&before);
+            return true;
+        }
+        if let Some(d) = view.content.draft.as_mut() {
+            let Some(text) = redo_typing(&ctx, crate::content_ui::input_id(), &d.text) else { return d.has_unapplied_typing() };
+            d.style.aligns = pdfcraft_engine::paragraph_align::remap(&d.text, &text, &d.style.aligns);
+            d.text = text;
+            return true;
+        }
+        false
+    }
+
     fn history_step(&mut self, undo: bool) {
         let Some((i, id)) = self.active_ids() else { return };
         if !self.close_text_editors(i, id) {
@@ -1041,6 +1063,18 @@ impl PdfCraftApp {
 
 /// The single page a content edit changes (`None` for other edits). Like comment edits,
 /// these leave every other page's bytes, geometry and text alone, so their rasters stay valid.
+/// What the page text box `id`, showing `text`, gets back from its own Redo history, if anything;
+/// its caret goes where the Redo puts it.
+fn redo_typing(ctx: &egui::Context, id: egui::Id, text: &str) -> Option<String> {
+    let mut state = egui::TextEdit::load_state(ctx, id)?;
+    let mut undoer = state.undoer();
+    let (range, redone) = undoer.redo(&(state.cursor.char_range()?, text.to_owned()))?.clone();
+    state.set_undoer(undoer);
+    state.cursor.set_char_range(Some(range));
+    egui::TextEdit::store_state(ctx, id, state);
+    Some(redone)
+}
+
 fn content_page(edit: &Edit) -> Option<usize> {
     match edit {
         Edit::MoveObjects { page, .. }
diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/tests/it/content.rs b/crates/ui-egui/tests/it/content.rs
index f572d7feb2..1fd887bf5e 100644
--- a/crates/ui-egui/tests/it/content.rs
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/tests/it/content.rs
@@ -939,7 +939,7 @@ fn a_resized_added_picture_shows_only_at_its_new_size() {
 }
 
 /// Bug A for added text: with one line of the box selected, an alignment applies to that line
-/// only, the box stays open, and Undo puts it back and closes the box.
+/// only, as does a second one, the box stays open, and Undo puts it back and closes the box.
 #[test]
 fn aligning_a_selected_line_of_added_text_aligns_only_that_line() {
     let mut h = harness();
@@ -964,10 +964,18 @@ fn aligning_a_selected_line_of_added_text_aligns_only_that_line() {
     };
     assert_eq!(aligns(&h), (pdfcraft_engine::TextAlign::Left, vec![None, Some(pdfcraft_engine::TextAlign::Right)]));
     assert!(h.state().views[0].content.draft.is_some(), "the box stays open");
+    // A second choice, the line still selected, is for that line again.
+    let button = h.get_by_label("Alignment").rect().center();
+    click(&mut h, button);
+    let item = h.get_by_label("Centre").rect().center();
+    click(&mut h, item);
+    assert_eq!(aligns(&h), (pdfcraft_engine::TextAlign::Left, vec![None, Some(pdfcraft_engine::TextAlign::Center)]));
     h.key_press_modifiers(egui::Modifiers::COMMAND, egui::Key::Z);
     h.run_steps(4);
-    assert_eq!(aligns(&h), (pdfcraft_engine::TextAlign::Left, vec![]), "Undo puts it back");
+    assert_eq!(aligns(&h), (pdfcraft_engine::TextAlign::Left, vec![None, Some(pdfcraft_engine::TextAlign::Right)]), "Undo puts it back");
     assert!(h.state().views[0].content.draft.is_none(), "and closes the box");
+    assert!(h.state_mut().execute("edit.undo"));
+    assert_eq!(aligns(&h), (pdfcraft_engine::TextAlign::Left, vec![]));
 }
 
 /// The same in an added text box: Redo after Undo puts the typing back in the box, and the
diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/tests/it/editing.rs b/crates/ui-egui/tests/it/editing.rs
index 2df634ef2f..55a77452fc 100644
--- a/crates/ui-egui/tests/it/editing.rs
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/tests/it/editing.rs
@@ -6159,3 +6159,77 @@ fn redo_after_undoing_typing_puts_the_typing_back() {
     let doc = s.session.get(s.views[0].id).unwrap();
     assert_eq!((doc.can_redo(), doc.text_blocks(0)[0].base_font.as_str()), (Some("Edit text"), "Helvetica"), "the document's Redo still waits");
 }
+
+/// A row aligned on its own keeps its alignment when the whole paragraph is then made bold: the
+/// rewrite for the bold carries the rows' alignments too, as nothing in the page records them.
+#[test]
+fn a_row_aligned_on_its_own_keeps_it_through_more_formatting() {
+    let mut h = three_row_paragraph();
+    let wide = row_rect(&h, "three");
+    h.key_press_modifiers(Modifiers::COMMAND, Key::End);
+    h.key_press_modifiers(Modifiers::SHIFT, Key::Home);
+    h.run_steps(2);
+    align_by_pointer(&mut h, "Align right");
+    // Nothing selected: the bold is for the whole paragraph.
+    h.key_press(Key::End);
+    h.run_steps(2);
+    assert_eq!(h.state().views[0].line_editor.as_ref().unwrap().selection, None);
+    h.get_by_label("Bold").click();
+    h.run_steps(4);
+    assert_eq!(h.state().session.get(h.state().views[0].id).unwrap().text_blocks(0)[0].base_font, "Helvetica-Bold");
+    let last = row_rect(&h, "nine");
+    assert!(
+        (last[2] - row_rect(&h, "three")[2].max(wide[2])).abs() < 1.0 && last[0] > wide[0] + 20.0,
+        "the last row is still right-aligned: {last:?}"
+    );
+}
+
+/// A second alignment picked while the same row is still selected applies to that row again, not
+/// the whole paragraph.
+#[test]
+fn a_second_alignment_for_a_selected_row_stays_on_that_row() {
+    let mut h = three_row_paragraph();
+    let first = row_rect(&h, "One");
+    let wide = row_rect(&h, "three");
+    h.key_press_modifiers(Modifiers::COMMAND, Key::End);
+    h.key_press_modifiers(Modifiers::SHIFT, Key::Home);
+    h.run_steps(2);
+    align_by_pointer(&mut h, "Align right");
+    align_by_pointer(&mut h, "Centre");
+    assert!((row_rect(&h, "One")[0] - first[0]).abs() < 0.5, "the first row stays put: {:?}", row_rect(&h, "One"));
+    let last = row_rect(&h, "nine");
+    let (mid, centre) = ((last[0] + last[2]) / 2.0, (wide[0] + wide[2]) / 2.0);
+    assert!((mid - centre).abs() < 1.0, "the last row is centred: {last:?} in {wide:?}");
+}
+
+/// Redo from the menu (not the key) after Undo in the box took the typing back: the typing comes
+/// back in the box, and the document's own Redo (a formatting change) still waits. The menu went
+/// to the document, which applied the box first: a new edit, which dropped that Redo.
+#[test]
+fn redo_from_the_menu_puts_the_typing_back_in_the_box() {
+    let mut h = harness(1, |_| {});
+    assert!(h.state_mut().execute("edit.edit_text"));
+    h.run_steps(2);
+    open_paragraph(&mut h);
+    h.get_by_label("Bold").click();
+    h.run_steps(4);
+    // Undo the bold (closing the editor), so the document has it to redo.
+    h.key_press_modifiers(Modifiers::COMMAND, Key::Z);
+    h.run_steps(4);
+    open_paragraph(&mut h);
+    let original = h.state().views[0].line_editor.as_ref().unwrap().text.clone();
+    h.key_press_modifiers(Modifiers::COMMAND, Key::End);
+    h.event(egui::Event::Text(" more".into()));
+    h.run_steps(2);
+    let typed = h.state().views[0].line_editor.as_ref().unwrap().text.clone();
+    h.key_press_modifiers(Modifiers::COMMAND, Key::Z);
+    h.run_steps(3);
+    assert_eq!(h.state().views[0].line_editor.as_ref().unwrap().text, original, "the typing is taken back");
+    assert!(h.state_mut().execute("edit.redo"));
+    h.run_steps(3);
+    let s = h.state();
+    let ed = s.views[0].line_editor.as_ref().expect("still typing");
+    assert_eq!(ed.text, typed, "Redo puts the typing back");
+    let doc = s.session.get(s.views[0].id).unwrap();
+    assert_eq!((doc.can_redo(), doc.text_blocks(0)[0].base_font.as_str()), (Some("Edit text"), "Helvetica"), "the document's Redo still waits");
+}