diff --git a/frontend/src/app/main/ui/workspace/shapes/text/v3_editor.cljs b/frontend/src/app/main/ui/workspace/shapes/text/v3_editor.cljs
index d1d3cd477b..25a8c0c0fe 100644
--- a/frontend/src/app/main/ui/workspace/shapes/text/v3_editor.cljs
+++ b/frontend/src/app/main/ui/workspace/shapes/text/v3_editor.cljs
@@ -111,6 +111,21 @@
                (let [text (text-editor/text-editor-export-selection)]
                  (.setData (.-clipboardData event) "text/plain" text))))))
 
+        on-cut
+        (mf/use-fn
+         (fn [^js event]
+           (when (text-editor/text-editor-is-active?)
+             (dom/prevent-default event)
+             (when (text-editor/text-editor-get-selection)
+               (let [text (text-editor/text-editor-export-selection)]
+                 (.setData (.-clipboardData event) "text/plain" (or text ""))
+                 (when (and text (seq text))
+                   (text-editor/text-editor-delete-backward)
+                   (sync-wasm-text-editor-content!)
+                   (wasm.api/request-render "text-cut"))))
+             (when-let [node (mf/ref-val contenteditable-ref)]
+               (set! (.-textContent node) "")))))
+
         on-key-down
         (mf/use-fn
          (fn [^js event]
@@ -303,6 +318,7 @@
          :on-input on-input
          :on-paste on-paste
          :on-copy on-copy
+         :on-cut on-cut
          :on-focus on-focus
          :on-blur on-blur
          ;; FIXME on-click
diff --git a/render-wasm/src/shapes/text.rs b/render-wasm/src/shapes/text.rs
index ed5c6c290d..298b44cc55 100644
--- a/render-wasm/src/shapes/text.rs
+++ b/render-wasm/src/shapes/text.rs
@@ -576,6 +576,7 @@ impl TextContent {
         for paragraph in self.paragraphs() {
             let paragraph_style = paragraph.paragraph_to_style();
             let mut builder = ParagraphBuilder::new(&paragraph_style, fonts);
+            let mut has_text = false;
             for span in paragraph.children() {
                 let remove_alpha = use_shadow.unwrap_or(false) && !span.is_transparent();
                 let text_style = span.to_style(
@@ -585,9 +586,15 @@ impl TextContent {
                     paragraph.line_height(),
                 );
                 let text: String = span.apply_text_transform();
+                if !text.is_empty() {
+                    has_text = true;
+                }
                 builder.push_style(&text_style);
                 builder.add_text(&text);
             }
+            if !has_text {
+                builder.add_text(" ");
+            }
             paragraph_group.push(vec![builder]);
         }
 
diff --git a/render-wasm/src/wasm/text_editor.rs b/render-wasm/src/wasm/text_editor.rs
index 2728ba9f2f..7d2b6aac93 100644
--- a/render-wasm/src/wasm/text_editor.rs
+++ b/render-wasm/src/wasm/text_editor.rs
@@ -298,9 +298,7 @@ pub extern "C" fn text_editor_insert_text() {
 
         let cursor = state.text_editor_state.selection.focus;
 
-        if let Some(new_offset) = insert_text_at_cursor(text_content, &cursor, &text) {
-            let new_cursor =
-                TextPositionWithAffinity::new_without_affinity(cursor.paragraph, new_offset);
+        if let Some(new_cursor) = insert_text_with_newlines(text_content, &cursor, &text) {
             state.text_editor_state.selection.set_caret(new_cursor);
         }
 
@@ -767,12 +765,10 @@ pub extern "C" fn text_editor_export_selection() -> *mut u8 {
                     char_pos += span_len;
                 }
             }
-            if !para_text.is_empty() {
-                if !result.is_empty() {
-                    result.push('\n');
-                }
-                result.push_str(&para_text);
+            if para_idx > start.paragraph {
+                result.push('\n');
             }
+            result.push_str(&para_text);
         }
         let mut bytes = result.into_bytes();
         bytes.push(0);
@@ -1069,6 +1065,45 @@ fn find_span_at_offset(para: &Paragraph, char_offset: usize) -> Option<(usize, u
     None
 }
 
+/// Insert text at a cursor position, splitting on newlines into multiple paragraphs.
+/// Returns the final cursor position after insertion.
+fn insert_text_with_newlines(
+    text_content: &mut TextContent,
+    cursor: &TextPositionWithAffinity,
+    text: &str,
+) -> Option<TextPositionWithAffinity> {
+    let normalized = text.replace("\r\n", "\n").replace('\r', "\n");
+    let lines: Vec<&str> = normalized.split('\n').collect();
+    if lines.is_empty() {
+        return None;
+    }
+
+    let mut current_cursor = *cursor;
+
+    if let Some(new_offset) = insert_text_at_cursor(text_content, &current_cursor, lines[0]) {
+        current_cursor =
+            TextPositionWithAffinity::new_without_affinity(current_cursor.paragraph, new_offset);
+    } else {
+        return None;
+    }
+
+    for line in lines.iter().skip(1) {
+        if !split_paragraph_at_cursor(text_content, &current_cursor) {
+            break;
+        }
+        current_cursor =
+            TextPositionWithAffinity::new_without_affinity(current_cursor.paragraph + 1, 0);
+        if let Some(new_offset) = insert_text_at_cursor(text_content, &current_cursor, line) {
+            current_cursor = TextPositionWithAffinity::new_without_affinity(
+                current_cursor.paragraph,
+                new_offset,
+            );
+        }
+    }
+
+    Some(current_cursor)
+}
+
 /// Insert text at a cursor position. Returns the new character offset after insertion.
 fn insert_text_at_cursor(
     text_content: &mut TextContent,