diff --git a/src/components/views/rooms/wysiwyg_composer/components/PlainTextComposer.tsx b/src/components/views/rooms/wysiwyg_composer/components/PlainTextComposer.tsx
index f23c1725c2..64c940c2fd 100644
--- a/src/components/views/rooms/wysiwyg_composer/components/PlainTextComposer.tsx
+++ b/src/components/views/rooms/wysiwyg_composer/components/PlainTextComposer.tsx
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ import React, { MutableRefObject, ReactNode } from 'react';
 import { useComposerFunctions } from '../hooks/useComposerFunctions';
 import { usePlainTextInitialization } from '../hooks/usePlainTextInitialization';
 import { usePlainTextListeners } from '../hooks/usePlainTextListeners';
+import { useSetCursorPosition } from '../hooks/useSetCursorPosition';
 import { ComposerFunctions } from '../types';
 import { Editor } from "./Editor";
 
@@ -40,6 +41,7 @@ export function PlainTextComposer({
     const { ref, onInput, onPaste, onKeyDown } = usePlainTextListeners(onChange, onSend);
     const composerFunctions = useComposerFunctions(ref);
     usePlainTextInitialization(initialContent, ref);
+    useSetCursorPosition(disabled, ref);
 
     return <div className={className} onInput={onInput} onPaste={onPaste} onKeyDown={onKeyDown}>
         <Editor ref={ref} disabled={disabled} />
diff --git a/src/components/views/rooms/wysiwyg_composer/components/WysiwygComposer.tsx b/src/components/views/rooms/wysiwyg_composer/components/WysiwygComposer.tsx
index dce20f6815..73125a910a 100644
--- a/src/components/views/rooms/wysiwyg_composer/components/WysiwygComposer.tsx
+++ b/src/components/views/rooms/wysiwyg_composer/components/WysiwygComposer.tsx
@@ -48,12 +48,13 @@ export const WysiwygComposer = memo(function WysiwygComposer(
         }
     }, [onChange, content, disabled]);
 
-    useSetCursorPosition(isWysiwygReady, ref);
+    const isReady = isWysiwygReady && !disabled;
+    useSetCursorPosition(!isReady, ref);
 
     return (
         <div className={className}>
             <FormattingButtons composer={wysiwyg} formattingStates={formattingStates} />
-            <Editor ref={ref} disabled={!isWysiwygReady || disabled} />
+            <Editor ref={ref} disabled={!isReady} />
             { children?.(ref, wysiwyg) }
         </div>
     );
diff --git a/src/components/views/rooms/wysiwyg_composer/hooks/useSetCursorPosition.ts b/src/components/views/rooms/wysiwyg_composer/hooks/useSetCursorPosition.ts
index 92555f563f..ef14d44255 100644
--- a/src/components/views/rooms/wysiwyg_composer/hooks/useSetCursorPosition.ts
+++ b/src/components/views/rooms/wysiwyg_composer/hooks/useSetCursorPosition.ts
@@ -18,10 +18,10 @@ import { RefObject, useEffect } from "react";
 
 import { setCursorPositionAtTheEnd } from "./utils";
 
-export function useSetCursorPosition(isComposerReady: boolean, ref: RefObject<HTMLElement>) {
+export function useSetCursorPosition(disabled: boolean, ref: RefObject<HTMLElement>) {
     useEffect(() => {
-        if (ref.current && isComposerReady) {
+        if (ref.current && !disabled) {
             setCursorPositionAtTheEnd(ref.current);
         }
-    }, [ref, isComposerReady]);
+    }, [ref, disabled]);
 }
diff --git a/src/components/views/rooms/wysiwyg_composer/hooks/utils.ts b/src/components/views/rooms/wysiwyg_composer/hooks/utils.ts
index 0ae3d7a880..bfaf526f72 100644
--- a/src/components/views/rooms/wysiwyg_composer/hooks/utils.ts
+++ b/src/components/views/rooms/wysiwyg_composer/hooks/utils.ts
@@ -46,9 +46,9 @@ export function setCursorPositionAtTheEnd(element: HTMLElement) {
     const range = document.createRange();
     range.selectNodeContents(element);
     range.collapse(false);
-    const sel = document.getSelection();
-    sel.removeAllRanges();
-    sel.addRange(range);
+    const selection = document.getSelection();
+    selection.removeAllRanges();
+    selection.addRange(range);
 
     element.focus();
 }
diff --git a/test/components/views/rooms/wysiwyg_composer/EditWysiwygComposer-test.tsx b/test/components/views/rooms/wysiwyg_composer/EditWysiwygComposer-test.tsx
index 051d25b435..00d6a43f97 100644
--- a/test/components/views/rooms/wysiwyg_composer/EditWysiwygComposer-test.tsx
+++ b/test/components/views/rooms/wysiwyg_composer/EditWysiwygComposer-test.tsx
@@ -186,6 +186,7 @@ describe('EditWysiwygComposer', () => {
     it('Should focus when receiving an Action.FocusEditMessageComposer action', async () => {
         // Given we don't have focus
         customRender();
+        screen.getByLabelText('Bold').focus();
         expect(screen.getByRole('textbox')).not.toHaveFocus();
 
         // When we send the right action
@@ -201,6 +202,7 @@ describe('EditWysiwygComposer', () => {
     it('Should not focus when disabled', async () => {
         // Given we don't have focus and we are disabled
         customRender(true);
+        screen.getByLabelText('Bold').focus();
         expect(screen.getByRole('textbox')).not.toHaveFocus();
 
         // When we send an action that would cause us to get focus
diff --git a/test/components/views/rooms/wysiwyg_composer/SendWysiwygComposer-test.tsx b/test/components/views/rooms/wysiwyg_composer/SendWysiwygComposer-test.tsx
index c97e5e9086..573ae451be 100644
--- a/test/components/views/rooms/wysiwyg_composer/SendWysiwygComposer-test.tsx
+++ b/test/components/views/rooms/wysiwyg_composer/SendWysiwygComposer-test.tsx
@@ -81,6 +81,7 @@ describe('SendWysiwygComposer', () => {
     it('Should focus when receiving an Action.FocusSendMessageComposer action', async () => {
         // Given we don't have focus
         customRender(jest.fn(), jest.fn());
+        screen.getByLabelText('Bold').focus();
         expect(screen.getByRole('textbox')).not.toHaveFocus();
 
         // When we send the right action
@@ -96,6 +97,7 @@ describe('SendWysiwygComposer', () => {
     it('Should focus and clear when receiving an Action.ClearAndFocusSendMessageComposer', async () => {
         // Given we don't have focus
         customRender(jest.fn(), jest.fn());
+        screen.getByLabelText('Bold').focus();
         expect(screen.getByRole('textbox')).not.toHaveFocus();
 
         // When we send the right action
@@ -112,6 +114,7 @@ describe('SendWysiwygComposer', () => {
     it('Should focus when receiving a reply_to_event action', async () => {
         // Given we don't have focus
         customRender(jest.fn(), jest.fn());
+        screen.getByLabelText('Bold').focus();
         expect(screen.getByRole('textbox')).not.toHaveFocus();
 
         // When we send the right action
diff --git a/test/components/views/rooms/wysiwyg_composer/components/WysiwygComposer-test.tsx b/test/components/views/rooms/wysiwyg_composer/components/WysiwygComposer-test.tsx
index e7e21ca839..cb9c37071c 100644
--- a/test/components/views/rooms/wysiwyg_composer/components/WysiwygComposer-test.tsx
+++ b/test/components/views/rooms/wysiwyg_composer/components/WysiwygComposer-test.tsx
@@ -73,11 +73,15 @@ describe('WysiwygComposer', () => {
 
     const defaultRoomContext: IRoomState = getRoomContext(mockRoom, {});
 
-    const customRender = (onChange = (_content: string) => void 0, onSend = () => void 0, disabled = false) => {
+    const customRender = (
+        onChange = (_content: string) => void 0,
+        onSend = () => void 0,
+        disabled = false,
+        initialContent?: string) => {
         return render(
             <MatrixClientContext.Provider value={mockClient}>
                 <RoomContext.Provider value={defaultRoomContext}>
-                    <WysiwygComposer onChange={onChange} onSend={onSend} disabled={disabled} />
+                    <WysiwygComposer onChange={onChange} onSend={onSend} disabled={disabled} initialContent={initialContent} />
                 </RoomContext.Provider>
             </MatrixClientContext.Provider>,
         );
@@ -91,6 +95,14 @@ describe('WysiwygComposer', () => {
         expect(screen.getByRole('textbox')).toHaveAttribute('contentEditable', "false");
     });
 
+    it('Should have focus', () => {
+        // When
+        customRender(jest.fn(), jest.fn(), false);
+
+        // Then
+        expect(screen.getByRole('textbox')).toHaveFocus();
+    });
+
     it('Should call onChange handler', (done) => {
         const html = '<b>html</b>';
         customRender((content) => {
@@ -104,7 +116,7 @@ describe('WysiwygComposer', () => {
         const onSend = jest.fn();
         customRender(jest.fn(), onSend);
 
-        // When we tell its inputEventProcesser that the user pressed Enter
+        // When we tell its inputEventProcessor that the user pressed Enter
         const event = new InputEvent("insertParagraph", { inputType: "insertParagraph" });
         const wysiwyg = { actions: { clear: () => {} } } as Wysiwyg;
         inputEventProcessor(event, wysiwyg);