diff --git a/crates/engine/src/lib.rs b/crates/engine/src/lib.rs
index a131da7de..8f74a43aa 100644
--- a/crates/engine/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/engine/src/lib.rs
@@ -1108,6 +1108,8 @@ pub struct Session {
     /// While the active tool's actions run: their commands aren't "a command from outside the
     /// tool" ([`Session::after_command`]).
     pub(crate) in_tool_actions: bool,
+    /// While [`Session::preview`] runs its command: its edits are the interaction's own.
+    previewing: bool,
     /// Envelope Options with no envelope selected: the options and fidelity new envelopes get
     /// (`None`: the reference app's defaults, fidelity 50); not saved.
     pub(crate) envelope_defaults: Option<(vectorcraft_doc::live::EnvelopeOptions, f64)>,
@@ -1183,6 +1185,7 @@ impl Session {
             batch_stash: None,
             recovery: Default::default(),
             in_tool_actions: false,
+            previewing: false,
             envelope_defaults: None,
             liquify_stroke: None,
             plane_widget_press: false,
@@ -1479,6 +1482,11 @@ impl Session {
     /// Run `f` on a mutable copy of the active document. Outside an interaction this records one
     /// undo step labelled `label`; inside one it just mutates (the interaction commits later).
     pub fn edit<T>(&mut self, label: &str, f: impl FnOnce(&mut Document, &mut Selection) -> Result<T>) -> Result<T> {
+        // An edit made while typing (the Transform panel) is a step of its own: inside the typing
+        // session, the next keystroke's preview would start again from before it (#1881).
+        if !self.previewing && cmd::typing_in_progress(self) {
+            cmd::settle_interaction(self)?;
+        }
         let st = self.doc_mut()?;
         let before = st.doc.clone();
         let before_sel = st.selection.clone();
@@ -1579,6 +1587,11 @@ impl Session {
     // ---------- interactions (live drags) ----------
 
     pub fn begin_interaction(&mut self, label: &str) -> Result<()> {
+        // Typing in progress is kept first: a drag or a dialog's preview would otherwise start
+        // from the snapshot taken before the typing, and drop it (#1881).
+        if label != "Typing" && cmd::typing_in_progress(self) {
+            cmd::settle_interaction(self)?;
+        }
         let st = self.doc_mut()?;
         if st.interaction.is_some() {
             return Ok(());
@@ -1618,7 +1631,9 @@ impl Session {
         self.pending_paint = None;
         let rw = cmd::distortcmds::perspective_rewrite(self, cmd, params);
         let (cmd, params) = rw.as_ref().map_or((cmd, params), |(c, p)| (c.as_str(), p));
+        let outer = std::mem::replace(&mut self.previewing, true);
         let r = self.execute(cmd, params);
+        self.previewing = outer;
         let params = self.noted(params);
         let st = self.doc_mut()?;
         if let Some(it) = &mut st.interaction {
diff --git a/crates/engine/src/tests_textedit.rs b/crates/engine/src/tests_textedit.rs
index 68293247f..0458dcbf5 100644
--- a/crates/engine/src/tests_textedit.rs
+++ b/crates/engine/src/tests_textedit.rs
@@ -653,3 +653,61 @@ fn a_fill_the_selected_characters_have_records_no_undo_step() {
     s.execute("paint.setStroke", &json!({"color": "#ff0000"})).unwrap();
     assert_eq!(history(&s), before);
 }
+
+fn left(s: &Session, id: NodeId) -> f64 {
+    s.doc().unwrap().doc.bounds_of(&[id], false).unwrap().x0
+}
+
+/// #1881: the Transform panel moving or scaling the type while it is being typed keeps both the
+/// typing and the transformation, however the editing goes on.
+#[test]
+fn a_transform_panel_edit_while_typing_keeps_the_typing_and_the_transform() {
+    let mut s = session();
+    let v = ViewInfo::default();
+    let id = text(&mut s, "Hello");
+    s.select_tool("type", v).unwrap();
+    let b = s.doc().unwrap().doc.bounds_of(&[id], false).unwrap();
+    click(&mut s, b.x1 - 1.0, b.center().y);
+    s.tool_text(" world", v).unwrap();
+    s.execute("object.setBounds", &json!({"x": 400, "reference": 0})).unwrap();
+    assert!((left(&s, id) - 400.0).abs() < 1e-6);
+    // Typing on.
+    s.tool_text("!", v).unwrap();
+    assert_eq!(obj(&s, id).plain_text(), "Hello world!");
+    assert!((left(&s, id) - 400.0).abs() < 1e-6, "the move stays: {}", left(&s, id));
+    s.execute("object.setBounds", &json!({"width": 300, "reference": 0, "proportional": true})).unwrap();
+    let w = |s: &Session| s.doc().unwrap().doc.bounds_of(&[id], false).unwrap().width();
+    assert!((w(&s) - 300.0).abs() < 1e-6);
+    key(&mut s, ToolKey::Escape, Mods::default());
+    assert_eq!(obj(&s, id).plain_text(), "Hello world!");
+    assert!((w(&s) - 300.0).abs() < 1e-6, "the scale stays: {}", w(&s));
+    assert!((left(&s, id) - 400.0).abs() < 1e-6);
+    // Each its own step, the typing first.
+    let labels = undo_labels(&s);
+    let n = labels.len();
+    assert_eq!(labels[n - 4], "Typing", "{labels:?}");
+    assert_eq!(labels[n - 2], "Typing", "{labels:?}");
+}
+
+/// #1881: a dialog previewing a transformation while the type is being typed (Object › Transform
+/// with Preview) starts from the typed text, and keeps it when it commits.
+#[test]
+fn a_previewed_transform_while_typing_keeps_the_typing() {
+    let mut s = session();
+    let v = ViewInfo::default();
+    let id = text(&mut s, "Hello");
+    s.select_tool("type", v).unwrap();
+    let b = s.doc().unwrap().doc.bounds_of(&[id], false).unwrap();
+    click(&mut s, b.x1 - 1.0, b.center().y);
+    s.tool_text(" world", v).unwrap();
+    s.begin_interaction("Move").unwrap();
+    s.preview("object.setBounds", &json!({"x": 400, "reference": 0})).unwrap();
+    assert_eq!(obj(&s, id).plain_text(), "Hello world", "the preview starts from the typed text");
+    s.commit_interaction().unwrap();
+    assert_eq!(obj(&s, id).plain_text(), "Hello world");
+    assert!((left(&s, id) - 400.0).abs() < 1e-6);
+    // Typing on starts a new session from the moved text.
+    s.tool_text("!", v).unwrap();
+    assert_eq!(obj(&s, id).plain_text(), "Hello world!");
+    assert!((left(&s, id) - 400.0).abs() < 1e-6);
+}