diff --git a/packages/core/src/editor/BlockNoteEditor.ts b/packages/core/src/editor/BlockNoteEditor.ts
index bc30d58092..519adfa033 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/editor/BlockNoteEditor.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/editor/BlockNoteEditor.ts
@@ -359,6 +359,7 @@ export class BlockNoteEditor<
 
   public readonly _tiptapEditor: TiptapEditor & {
     contentComponent: any;
+    isEditorContentInitialized?: boolean;
   };
 
   /**
@@ -729,12 +730,17 @@ export class BlockNoteEditor<
    */
   public mount = (element: HTMLElement) => {
     this._tiptapEditor.mount({ mount: element });
+    // TipTap's ReactRenderer uses this flag to render new node/mark views
+    // synchronously. Otherwise, inserting React-styled text can place the
+    // caret before it because its contentDOM is not attached yet.
+    this._tiptapEditor.isEditorContentInitialized = true;
   };
 
   /**
    * Unmount the editor from the DOM element it is bound to
    */
   public unmount = () => {
+    this._tiptapEditor.isEditorContentInitialized = false;
     this._tiptapEditor.unmount();
   };
 
diff --git a/packages/react/src/schema/ReactStyleSpec.browser.test.tsx b/packages/react/src/schema/ReactStyleSpec.browser.test.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e57f9b3abb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/react/src/schema/ReactStyleSpec.browser.test.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,88 @@
+import {
+  BlockNoteEditor,
+  BlockNoteSchema,
+  defaultStyleSpecs,
+} from "@blocknote/core";
+import { flushSync } from "react-dom";
+import { createRoot } from "react-dom/client";
+import { expect, it } from "vite-plus/test";
+import { userEvent } from "vite-plus/test/browser";
+
+import { BlockNoteViewRaw } from "../editor/BlockNoteView.js";
+import { createReactStyleSpec } from "./ReactStyleSpec.js";
+
+const highlight = createReactStyleSpec(
+  { type: "highlight", propSchema: "boolean" },
+  { render: ({ contentRef }) => <span ref={contentRef} /> },
+);
+const schema = BlockNoteSchema.create({
+  styleSpecs: { ...defaultStyleSpecs, highlight },
+});
+
+it.each(["initial mount", "remount", "API remount"])(
+  "keeps typing after text inserted with a React style (%s)",
+  async (mountMode) => {
+    const editor = BlockNoteEditor.create({
+      schema,
+      initialContent: [{ type: "paragraph", content: [] }],
+    });
+    const host = document.createElement("div");
+    document.body.append(host);
+    const root = createRoot(host);
+
+    function mount() {
+      flushSync(() => {
+        root.render(
+          <>
+            <button
+              onClick={() => {
+                editor.focus();
+                editor.insertInlineContent([
+                  {
+                    type: "text",
+                    text: "Styled text",
+                    styles: { highlight: true },
+                  },
+                ]);
+              }}
+            >
+              Insert styled text
+            </button>
+            <BlockNoteViewRaw
+              editor={editor}
+              formattingToolbar={false}
+              linkToolbar={false}
+              sideMenu={false}
+              slashMenu={false}
+            />
+          </>,
+        );
+      });
+    }
+
+    try {
+      mount();
+      if (mountMode === "remount") {
+        flushSync(() => root.render(null));
+        mount();
+      }
+      if (mountMode === "API remount") {
+        const element = editor.prosemirrorView.dom.parentElement!;
+        editor.unmount();
+        expect(editor._tiptapEditor.isEditorContentInitialized).toBe(false);
+        editor.mount(element);
+      }
+
+      await userEvent.click(host.querySelector("button")!);
+      await userEvent.keyboard(" continued");
+
+      expect(editor.prosemirrorState.doc.textContent).toBe(
+        "Styled text continued",
+      );
+    } finally {
+      root.unmount();
+      editor._tiptapEditor.destroy();
+      host.remove();
+    }
+  },
+);
diff --git a/packages/react/vite.config.ts b/packages/react/vite.config.ts
index d4e59a60b4..0d0bd6893c 100644
--- a/packages/react/vite.config.ts
+++ b/packages/react/vite.config.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import react from "@vitejs/plugin-react";
 import * as path from "path";
 import { webpackStats } from "rollup-plugin-webpack-stats";
-import { defineConfig, type UserConfig } from "vite-plus";
+import { configDefaults, defineConfig, type UserConfig } from "vite-plus";
 import pkg from "./package.json";
 // import eslintPlugin from "vite-plugin-eslint";
 
@@ -26,6 +26,8 @@ export default defineConfig(
       test: {
         environment: "jsdom",
         setupFiles: ["./vitestSetup.ts"],
+        // Browser tests run in the tests package's Docker browser suite.
+        exclude: [...configDefaults.exclude, "**/*.browser.test.*"],
       },
       plugins: [react(), webpackStats()],
       // used so that vitest resolves the core package from the sources instead of the built version