diff --git a/packages/super-editor/src/editors/v1/core/presentation-editor/pointer-events/EditorInputManager.ts b/packages/super-editor/src/editors/v1/core/presentation-editor/pointer-events/EditorInputManager.ts
index fb5d17840b..b784b1b5fe 100644
--- a/packages/super-editor/src/editors/v1/core/presentation-editor/pointer-events/EditorInputManager.ts
+++ b/packages/super-editor/src/editors/v1/core/presentation-editor/pointer-events/EditorInputManager.ts
@@ -101,6 +101,11 @@ function isDirectSingleCommentHighlightHit(target: EventTarget | null): boolean
   return getCommentHighlightThreadIds(target).length === 1;
 }
 
+function isDirectTrackedChangeHit(target: EventTarget | null): boolean {
+  if (!(target instanceof Element)) return false;
+  return target.closest(TRACK_CHANGE_SELECTOR) != null;
+}
+
 function resolveTrackChangeThreadId(target: EventTarget | null): string | null {
   if (!(target instanceof Element)) {
     return null;
@@ -220,11 +225,11 @@ function shouldIgnoreRepeatClickOnActiveComment(
     return false;
   }
 
-  // Direct clicks on commented text should place a caret at the clicked
-  // position and let the comments plugin infer the active thread from the
-  // resulting selection. Only preserve the pointerdown short-circuit for
-  // nearby non-text surfaces, such as split-run gaps.
-  if (isDirectSingleCommentHighlightHit(target)) {
+  // Direct clicks on single-thread comment text or tracked-change text should
+  // place a caret at the clicked position and let comment/thread activation be
+  // inferred from the resulting selection. Only preserve the pointerdown
+  // short-circuit for nearby non-text surfaces, such as split-run gaps.
+  if (isDirectSingleCommentHighlightHit(target) || isDirectTrackedChangeHit(target)) {
     return false;
   }
 
@@ -2274,7 +2279,9 @@ export class EditorInputManager {
   }
 
   #handleSingleCommentHighlightClick(event: PointerEvent, target: HTMLElement | null, editor: Editor): boolean {
-    if (isDirectSingleCommentHighlightHit(target)) {
+    // Direct hits on inline annotated text should not be intercepted here.
+    // Let generic click-to-position place the caret at the clicked pixel.
+    if (isDirectSingleCommentHighlightHit(target) || isDirectTrackedChangeHit(target)) {
       return false;
     }
 
diff --git a/packages/super-editor/src/editors/v1/core/presentation-editor/tests/EditorInputManager.activeCommentClick.test.ts b/packages/super-editor/src/editors/v1/core/presentation-editor/tests/EditorInputManager.activeCommentClick.test.ts
index ca2d06e4db..a312d39902 100644
--- a/packages/super-editor/src/editors/v1/core/presentation-editor/tests/EditorInputManager.activeCommentClick.test.ts
+++ b/packages/super-editor/src/editors/v1/core/presentation-editor/tests/EditorInputManager.activeCommentClick.test.ts
@@ -238,7 +238,7 @@ describe('EditorInputManager - single-thread comment highlight clicks', () => {
     expect(viewportHost.setPointerCapture).toHaveBeenCalled();
   });
 
-  it('activates a tracked-change decoration when it owns the clicked visual surface', () => {
+  it('lets direct clicks on a tracked-change decoration fall through to generic caret placement', () => {
     mockEditor.state.comments$.activeThreadId = 'comment-2';
 
     const trackedChange = document.createElement('span');
@@ -248,12 +248,32 @@ describe('EditorInputManager - single-thread comment highlight clicks', () => {
 
     dispatchPointerDown(trackedChange);
 
-    expect(mockEditor.commands.setCursorById).toHaveBeenCalledWith('change-1', {
-      activeCommentId: 'change-1',
-    });
-    expect(resolvePointerPositionHit).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
-    expect(mockEditor.state.tr.setSelection).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
-    expect(viewportHost.setPointerCapture).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+    expect(mockEditor.commands.setCursorById).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+    expect(resolvePointerPositionHit).toHaveBeenCalled();
+    expect(TextSelection.create as unknown as Mock).toHaveBeenCalled();
+    expect(mockEditor.state.tr.setSelection).toHaveBeenCalled();
+    expect(viewportHost.setPointerCapture).toHaveBeenCalled();
+  });
+
+  it('lets repeat direct clicks on the active tracked-change decoration reposition caret', () => {
+    mockEditor.state.comments$.activeThreadId = 'change-1';
+
+    const trackedChange = document.createElement('span');
+    trackedChange.className = 'track-delete-dec highlighted';
+    trackedChange.setAttribute('data-track-change-id', 'change-1');
+    viewportHost.appendChild(trackedChange);
+
+    dispatchPointerDown(trackedChange);
+
+    expect(mockEditor.emit).not.toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+      'commentsUpdate',
+      expect.objectContaining({ activeCommentId: 'change-1' }),
+    );
+    expect(mockEditor.commands.setCursorById).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+    expect(resolvePointerPositionHit).toHaveBeenCalled();
+    expect(TextSelection.create as unknown as Mock).toHaveBeenCalled();
+    expect(mockEditor.state.tr.setSelection).toHaveBeenCalled();
+    expect(viewportHost.setPointerCapture).toHaveBeenCalled();
   });
 
   it('activates a nearby single-thread highlight when a split-run gap receives the pointer event', () => {