diff --git a/internal/gui/tests/rate-limited-sink.test.cjs b/internal/gui/tests/rate-limited-sink.test.cjs
index 8b6b2417..64f219c8 100644
--- a/internal/gui/tests/rate-limited-sink.test.cjs
+++ b/internal/gui/tests/rate-limited-sink.test.cjs
@@ -160,6 +160,15 @@ for (const engine of (process.env.BROWSER ? [process.env.BROWSER] : ["chromium",
       const field = label.locator("xpath=following-sibling::div[1]");
       await label.waitFor();
       assert.match(await field.locator(".opt", { hasText: new RegExp(`^${w.back}$`) }).getAttribute("class"), /\bon\b/);
+      // the editor runs under the window's foot: wheeled to, as the reader
+      // would (WebKit's own scroll left a sliver of In turn over the footer
+      // and clicked the footer)
+      const turn = ed.locator(".segs .opt", { hasText: new RegExp(`^${w.turn}$`) }).first();
+      await page.mouse.move(550, 600);
+      for (let i = 0; i < 10 && (await turn.boundingBox()).y > 1400 - 260; i++) {
+        await page.mouse.wheel(0, 300);
+        await page.waitForTimeout(150);
+      }
       await ed.locator(".segs .opt", { hasText: new RegExp(`^${w.turn}$`) }).first().click();
       assert.equal(await label.isVisible(), false, "in turn: nothing to pick");
       await ed.locator(".segs .opt", { hasText: new RegExp(`^${w.order}$`) }).first().click();
diff --git a/internal/gui/tests/routing-levels.test.cjs b/internal/gui/tests/routing-levels.test.cjs
index 01b1d4b0..1509faf8 100644
--- a/internal/gui/tests/routing-levels.test.cjs
+++ b/internal/gui/tests/routing-levels.test.cjs
@@ -96,7 +96,15 @@ for (const engine of (process.env.BROWSER ? [process.env.BROWSER] : ["chromium",
       assert.equal(await row().locator(".hint").textContent(), w.sharedHint);
       assert.equal(await row().locator(".rt-levels").isHidden(), true);
 
-      // named: one toggle per level, the shared ones on
+      // named: one toggle per level, the shared ones on (the row, under the
+      // window's foot as the editor grew, wheeled to as the reader would:
+      // WebKit's own scroll left a sliver of it over the footer and clicked
+      // the footer)
+      await page.mouse.move(550, 600);
+      for (let i = 0; i < 10 && (await row().boundingBox()).y > 1400 - 260; i++) {
+        await page.mouse.wheel(0, 300);
+        await page.waitForTimeout(150);
+      }
       await row().locator(".segs .opt", { hasText: w.named }).click();
       assert.equal(await row().locator(".hint").textContent(), w.namedHint);
       assert.deepEqual(await chips().allTextContents(), ["none", "minimal", "low", "medium", "high", "xhigh", "max"]);