Clicking the margin sends me to the top of the editor

[rguessford]

And really it's not just the margin, it's anywhere in the document where the cursor is an arrow and not a text-input-cursor-that-kinda-looks-like-a-capital-i.

And it's not really to the actual top either, the cursor gets put before/after a random image I inserted into the article, near the top.

Anyway, it's very annoying. Why would I want, if I happen to miss clicking the text input area (spacing between paragraphs/header space/etc also send me to the top) to be taken away from what I wanted to click on? is there something I'm missing that I can do to prevent this behaviour?

[Jason U]

That does sound frustrating — and you’re right, this isn’t expected behavior.

Since you mentioned this happens in Confluence Data Center, this issue might be related to how the editor handles focus events when clicking outside the text input area.
In some versions, clicking in the page margin or between elements (like images or tables) can trigger a misplaced focus, causing the editor to jump to the top of the content.

Here’s what you can try:

1. Check your Confluence version
   Go to ⚙️ → General Configuration → System Information and confirm the exact build.
   Some older 8.x versions (especially 8.4–8.7) had similar focus-handling issues that were patched later.

2. Try disabling collaborative editing (temporarily)
   Under Admin → Collaborative editing, toggle it off and test again.
   If the issue disappears, it’s tied to the synchronization layer in the editor.

3. Browser console check
   Open the browser DevTools (F12 → Console) and see if any JavaScript errors appear when the cursor jumps — this can help identify whether it’s a frontend bug.