diff --git a/packages/studio/src/utils/gsapUndoRestore.test.ts b/packages/studio/src/utils/gsapUndoRestore.test.ts
index 83b93aed8e..1b0158b7fa 100644
--- a/packages/studio/src/utils/gsapUndoRestore.test.ts
+++ b/packages/studio/src/utils/gsapUndoRestore.test.ts
@@ -2,6 +2,9 @@
 
 import { describe, it, expect, vi } from "vitest";
 import { applyUndoRestoreToPreview, diffSoftReloadableRestore } from "./gsapUndoRestore";
+import { applyPatch } from "./sourcePatcher";
+import { beginStudioManualEditGesture } from "../components/editor/manualEdits";
+import { writePlainMove, writeTranslatePx } from "../components/editor/plainTranslate";
 
 // ── Bug 2: undo/redo restore soft-apply ──────────────────────────────────────
 
@@ -420,3 +423,50 @@ describe("applyUndoRestoreToPreview", () => {
     expect(reloadPreview).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
   });
 });
+
+describe("an undo that lands while the layer is being dragged", () => {
+  const ROOT = "index.html";
+  const undone = `<div id="a" style="width: 120px; translate: 90px 60px" data-start="2" data-hf-studio-original-inline-translate="">t</div>`;
+  const restored = wrap(`<div id="a" style="width: 100px" data-start="1">t</div>`);
+  const files = { [ROOT]: { previous: wrap(undone), restored } };
+  const saveDrop = (el: HTMLElement, file: string) =>
+    writePlainMove(el, { x: 20, y: 110 }).reduce((html, op) => applyPatch(html, "a", op), file);
+
+  function dragging(drag: boolean) {
+    const { iframe, doc } = buildLiveIframe(undone);
+    const el = doc.getElementById("a")!;
+    if (drag) beginStudioManualEditGesture(el);
+    if (drag) writeTranslatePx(el, { x: 70, y: 110 });
+    applyUndoRestoreToPreview(iframe, ROOT, files, 3, vi.fn());
+    return el;
+  }
+
+  it("keeps the translate the drag is drawing and reverts the rest", () => {
+    const el = dragging(true);
+
+    expect(el.style.getPropertyValue("translate")).toBe("70px 110px");
+    expect(el.style.getPropertyValue("width")).toBe("100px");
+    expect(el.getAttribute("data-start")).toBe("1");
+    expect(el.hasAttribute("data-hf-studio-manual-edit-gesture")).toBe(true);
+  });
+
+  it("saves the drop onto the undone file, the same bytes as dragging the undone layer", () => {
+    const el = dragging(true);
+    const fresh = new DOMParser().parseFromString(restored, "text/html").getElementById("a")!;
+
+    const saved = saveDrop(el, restored);
+
+    expect(saved).toBe(saveDrop(fresh, restored));
+    expect(saved).toContain("width: 100px; translate: 20px 110px");
+    expect(saved).not.toContain("120px");
+  });
+
+  it("restores a layer no gesture is drawing exactly as before", () => {
+    const el = dragging(false);
+    const want = new DOMParser().parseFromString(restored, "text/html").getElementById("a")!;
+
+    expect(el.getAttributeNames().map((n) => [n, el.getAttribute(n)])).toEqual(
+      want.getAttributeNames().map((n) => [n, want.getAttribute(n)]),
+    );
+  });
+});
diff --git a/packages/studio/src/utils/gsapUndoRestore.ts b/packages/studio/src/utils/gsapUndoRestore.ts
index e8fa92ad2f..2b0a6ce165 100644
--- a/packages/studio/src/utils/gsapUndoRestore.ts
+++ b/packages/studio/src/utils/gsapUndoRestore.ts
@@ -12,6 +12,10 @@ import { isCompositionTemplate } from "@hyperframes/parsers/hf-ids";
 import { findAuthoredElement, parseSavedSource } from "./authoredSource";
 import { STUDIO_EDIT_ATTRS } from "../components/editor/manualEditsSeekReapply";
 import { markScenesStale } from "../player/sceneSwap";
+import {
+  STUDIO_MANUAL_EDIT_GESTURE_ATTR,
+  STUDIO_ORIGINAL_INLINE_TRANSLATE_ATTR,
+} from "../components/editor/manualEditsTypes";
 
 type PreviewWindow = Window & {
   __player?: { seek?: (t: number) => void };
@@ -141,15 +145,38 @@ function diffRestoreDocs(prevDoc: Document, nextDoc: Document): string[] | null
 }
 
 /** Copy every attribute from `source` onto the live `target`, dropping extras. */
-function syncElementAttributes(target: Element, source: Element): void {
+function syncElementAttributes(target: Element, source: Element, base?: Element): void {
+  const merged =
+    base && target.hasAttribute(STUDIO_MANUAL_EDIT_GESTURE_ATTR)
+      ? keepDrawn(target, source, base)
+      : source;
   for (const name of [...target.getAttributeNames()]) {
-    if (!source.hasAttribute(name)) target.removeAttribute(name);
+    if (!merged.hasAttribute(name)) target.removeAttribute(name);
   }
-  for (const name of source.getAttributeNames()) {
-    target.setAttribute(name, source.getAttribute(name) ?? "");
+  for (const name of merged.getAttributeNames()) {
+    target.setAttribute(name, merged.getAttribute(name) ?? "");
   }
 }
 
+/** `source`, plus what a gesture in progress drew on `live` since `base`, and the record its draws need. */
+function keepDrawn(live: Element, source: Element, base: Element): Element {
+  const merged = source.cloneNode(false) as Element;
+  for (const name of live.getAttributeNames()) {
+    const value = live.getAttribute(name)!;
+    const own = name === STUDIO_ORIGINAL_INLINE_TRANSLATE_ATTR && !source.hasAttribute(name);
+    if (name !== "style" && (own || value !== base.getAttribute(name)))
+      merged.setAttribute(name, value);
+  }
+  const [liveStyle, baseStyle, style] = [live, base, merged].map((el) => (el as HTMLElement).style);
+  for (const prop of new Set([...Array.from(liveStyle), ...Array.from(baseStyle)])) {
+    const value = liveStyle.getPropertyValue(prop);
+    if (value === baseStyle.getPropertyValue(prop)) continue;
+    if (value) style.setProperty(prop, value, liveStyle.getPropertyPriority(prop));
+    else style.removeProperty(prop);
+  }
+  return merged;
+}
+
 // A gesture folded into the script leaves marks on the live element that every seek would re-impose.
 function syncStaleEditMarks(doc: Document, restored: string): void {
   const restoredDoc = parseSavedSource(restored);
@@ -172,7 +199,7 @@ function hasAmbiguousGsapScriptChange(
   );
 }
 
-type RestoreTarget = { live: Element; restored: Element };
+type RestoreTarget = { live: Element; restored: Element; previous?: Element };
 type RestorePlan = { targets: RestoreTarget[]; scripted: boolean };
 
 /** Whether either side has a GSAP script, or null when its scripts rule out an in-place restore. */
@@ -196,6 +223,7 @@ function scopeTargets(
   scope: ParentNode,
   keys: string[],
   restoredByKey: Map<string, Element>,
+  previousByKey: Map<string, Element>,
 ): RestoreTarget[] | null {
   const liveByKey = identityElementMap(scope);
   if (!liveByKey) return null;
@@ -205,7 +233,7 @@ function scopeTargets(
     const restored = restoredByKey.get(key);
     // The preview rewrites a sub-composition's own root, so its attributes are not the file's.
     if (!live || !restored || live.hasAttribute("data-hf-inner-root")) return null;
-    targets.push({ live, restored });
+    targets.push({ live, restored, previous: previousByKey.get(key) });
   }
   return targets;
 }
@@ -222,9 +250,10 @@ function fileTargets(
   if (scripted === null) return null;
   const keys = diffRestoreDocs(prevDoc, nextDoc);
   const restoredByKey = identityElementMap(nextDoc);
-  if (!keys || !restoredByKey) return null;
+  const previousByKey = identityElementMap(prevDoc);
+  if (!keys || !restoredByKey || !previousByKey) return null;
   const found = liveScopes(doc, path, isActive).map((scope) =>
-    scopeTargets(scope, keys, restoredByKey),
+    scopeTargets(scope, keys, restoredByKey, previousByKey),
   );
   if (!found.length || found.includes(null)) return null;
   return { targets: (found as RestoreTarget[][]).flat(), scripted };
@@ -273,11 +302,14 @@ export function showRestoreInPlace(
   const win = iframe?.contentWindow as PreviewWindow | null;
   const plan = doc && win ? planRestoreTargets(doc, activeCompPath ?? "index.html", files) : null;
   if (!iframe || !win || !plan || plan.scripted) return null;
-  const before = plan.targets.map(({ live }) => [live, live.cloneNode(false) as Element] as const);
-  for (const { live, restored } of plan.targets) syncElementAttributes(live, restored);
+  const before = plan.targets.map(
+    ({ live, restored }) => [live, live.cloneNode(false) as Element, restored] as const,
+  );
+  for (const { live, restored, previous } of plan.targets)
+    syncElementAttributes(live, restored, previous);
   const putBack = (time: number) => {
     if (iframe.contentDocument !== doc) return false;
-    for (const [live, attributes] of before) syncElementAttributes(live, attributes);
+    for (const [live, attributes, shown] of before) syncElementAttributes(live, attributes, shown);
     return finalizeInPlace(iframe, win, time);
   };
   if (finalizeInPlace(iframe, win, currentTime)) return putBack;
@@ -338,7 +370,8 @@ export function applyUndoRestoreToPreview(
   }
   // Sync each changed element's attributes onto the live DOM from the restored
   // markup, so the runtime's seek-reapply reads the reverted values.
-  for (const target of plan.targets) syncElementAttributes(target.live, target.restored);
+  for (const target of plan.targets)
+    syncElementAttributes(target.live, target.restored, target.previous);
 
   const active = files[activeDocPath];
   const restoredScript = active ? extractGsapScriptText(active.restored) : null;