diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/src/menus/entries.rs b/crates/ui-egui/src/menus/entries.rs
index 8fee44a72..d7b5d56ca 100644
--- a/crates/ui-egui/src/menus/entries.rs
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/src/menus/entries.rs
@@ -119,7 +119,8 @@ pub(crate) fn entry_enabled(app: &EffectcraftApp, e: &MenuEntry) -> bool {
         }
     }
     if e.command == "edit.clear" && app.ui.focused == PanelKind::Project {
-        return app.session.is_enabled("project.delete");
+        // An open text edit stands down: Clear must not delete the comp being typed into (#2227).
+        return app.session.state.text_edit.is_none() && app.session.is_enabled("project.delete");
     }
     if e.command == "edit.clear" && app.ui.focused == PanelKind::RenderQueue {
         return !app.session.is_rendering() && !app.session.project.render_queue.is_empty();
diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/src/menus/invoke.rs b/crates/ui-egui/src/menus/invoke.rs
index 6c4863033..23065067f 100644
--- a/crates/ui-egui/src/menus/invoke.rs
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/src/menus/invoke.rs
@@ -232,8 +232,13 @@ pub fn invoke(app: &mut EffectcraftApp, ctx: &egui::Context, id: &str, params: V
             return run_engine(app, ctx, "edit.pasteSvg", json!({"svg": svg}));
         }
     }
-    // Clear follows panel focus, including the Edit menu and keyboard shortcut.
+    // Clear follows panel focus, including the Edit menu and keyboard shortcut. An open text
+    // edit stands down: the user is working in a composition, and the Project-panel redirect
+    // would delete it without asking when nothing uses it (#2227).
     if id == "edit.clear" && params.as_object().is_some_and(|p| p.is_empty()) && app.ui.focused == PanelKind::Project {
+        if app.session.state.text_edit.is_some() {
+            return Ok(Value::Null);
+        }
         // Through `invoke`, so deleting items that compositions use still asks first (M3.16).
         return invoke(app, ctx, "project.delete", json!({}));
     }
diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/tests/it/ui_project_delete.rs b/crates/ui-egui/tests/it/ui_project_delete.rs
index f217c29db..2a395cf4b 100644
--- a/crates/ui-egui/tests/it/ui_project_delete.rs
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/tests/it/ui_project_delete.rs
@@ -364,3 +364,29 @@ fn a_cut_is_read_with_the_modifiers_where_it_is_in_the_frame() {
         assert_eq!(h.state().session.project.item(solid).is_none(), deletes, "case {n}: {events:?} after {before:?}");
     }
 }
+
+/// An open text edit stands down the Project-panel Clear redirect: the composition being typed
+/// into must not be deleted out from under it, with no confirmation when nothing uses it (#2227).
+#[test]
+fn clear_with_the_project_focused_stands_down_during_a_text_edit() {
+    let (mut h, _, _) = harness();
+    let working = h.state().session.active_comp_id().unwrap();
+    // the composition being typed into is also the Project panel's selection, as when it was opened
+    click(&mut h, &format!("project.item.{}.name", working.0), Modifiers::NONE);
+    let text = h.state_mut().session.execute("layer.newText", json!({"text": "Title", "size": 80})).unwrap()["layer"].as_u64().unwrap();
+    h.state_mut().session.execute("text.edit", json!({"layer": text, "created": true})).unwrap();
+    h.state_mut().ui.focused = PanelKind::Project;
+    h.run_steps(2);
+    assert!(h.state().session.state.project_selection.contains(&working), "the comp is the project selection");
+    let project = h.state().session.project.clone();
+
+    // Edit > Clear (the menu, or the control channel) dispatches through `invoke`
+    let ctx = h.ctx.clone();
+    let cleared = effectcraft_ui_egui::menus::invoke(h.state_mut(), &ctx, "edit.clear", json!({}));
+    h.run_steps(3);
+
+    cleared.expect("Clear stands down during a text edit");
+    assert!(h.state().session.project.item(working).is_some(), "the composition being typed into survives");
+    assert_eq!(h.state().session.project, project, "nothing was deleted");
+    assert!(h.state().session.state.text_edit.is_some(), "the text edit stays open");
+}