diff --git a/internal/gui/tests/plugin-move.test.cjs b/internal/gui/tests/plugin-move.test.cjs
index 66b8f814..93b9a5aa 100644
--- a/internal/gui/tests/plugin-move.test.cjs
+++ b/internal/gui/tests/plugin-move.test.cjs
@@ -116,12 +116,29 @@ for (const engine of (process.env.BROWSER ? [process.env.BROWSER] : ["chromium",
       assert.ok(!text.includes(pkg), "names the npm package in the sentence");
       assert.ok(text.includes(w.own), "doesn't say Zed stays signed in");
 
-      // the reader scrolled to the field: nothing the move does moves it
-      const body = ed.locator(".ebody");
-      const top = await body.evaluate((e) => { e.scrollTop = 120; return e.scrollTop; });
+      // the reader scrolled to the field: nothing the move does moves it.
+      // A wheel, as a reader's scroll (a script's scrollTop is put back), and
+      // only so far that the button stays in sight: a click on a button out
+      // of sight is Playwright's own scroll first, not the reader's
+      const body = ed.locator(".ebody"), box = await body.boundingBox();
+      const at = () => body.evaluate((e) => e.scrollTop);
+      await page.mouse.move(box.x + box.width / 2, box.y + box.height / 2);
+      for (let i = 0; i < 20 && (await btn.boundingBox()).y > box.y + 40; i++) {
+        const was = await at();
+        await page.mouse.wheel(0, 30);
+        await page.waitForTimeout(80);
+        if (await at() === was) break;
+      }
+      const top = await at();
       assert.ok(top > 0, "the editor doesn't scroll: the test proves nothing about keeping its place");
+      // a press where the button is, as the reader's mouse does
+      const press = async () => {
+        const b = await btn.boundingBox();
+        assert.ok(b.y >= box.y && b.y + b.height <= box.y + box.height, "the button is out of sight");
+        await page.mouse.click(b.x + b.width / 2, b.y + b.height / 2);
+      };
 
-      await btn.click();
+      await press();
       await page.waitForFunction((busy) => [...document.querySelectorAll("#modal .move button")].some((b) => b.textContent === busy), w.busy, { timeout: 300 });
       assert.equal(await btn.isDisabled(), true, "the button can be pressed again mid-move");
 
@@ -135,7 +152,7 @@ for (const engine of (process.env.BROWSER ? [process.env.BROWSER] : ["chromium",
       if (process.env.ARTIFACT_DIR) await ed.screenshot({ path: path.join(process.env.ARTIFACT_DIR, `plugin-move-failed-${engine}-${lang}.png`) });
 
       // tried again, it goes through: the same editor, turned over
-      await btn.click();
+      await press();
       const back = ed.locator(".move button", { hasText: w.back });
       await back.waitFor();
       assert.equal(await page.locator("#modal .editor").count(), 1, "the editor closed");