diff --git a/test/integration/highlight_editor_spec.mjs b/test/integration/highlight_editor_spec.mjs
index 984d54b0c6f55..188c65cc7eca7 100644
--- a/test/integration/highlight_editor_spec.mjs
+++ b/test/integration/highlight_editor_spec.mjs
@@ -1030,4 +1030,67 @@ describe("Highlight Editor", () => {
       );
     });
   });
+
+  describe("Highlight and caret browsing", () => {
+    let pages;
+
+    beforeAll(async () => {
+      pages = await loadAndWait(
+        "tracemonkey.pdf",
+        ".annotationEditorLayer",
+        null,
+        null,
+        {
+          highlightEditorColors: "red=#AB0000",
+          supportsCaretBrowsingMode: true,
+        }
+      );
+    });
+
+    afterAll(async () => {
+      await closePages(pages);
+    });
+
+    it("must check that the caret can move a highlighted text", async () => {
+      await Promise.all(
+        pages.map(async ([browserName, page]) => {
+          await page.click("#editorHighlight");
+          await page.waitForSelector(".annotationEditorLayer.highlightEditing");
+
+          const rect = await getSpanRectFromText(page, 1, "Abstract");
+          const x = rect.x + rect.width / 2;
+          const y = rect.y + rect.height / 2;
+          await page.mouse.click(x, y, { count: 2 });
+
+          await page.waitForSelector(`${getEditorSelector(0)}`);
+          await page.keyboard.press("Escape");
+          await page.waitForSelector(
+            `${getEditorSelector(0)}:not(.selectedEditor)`
+          );
+
+          await page.evaluate(() => {
+            const text =
+              "Dynamic languages such as JavaScript are more difficult to com-";
+            for (const el of document.querySelectorAll(
+              `.page[data-page-number="${1}"] > .textLayer > span`
+            )) {
+              if (el.textContent === text) {
+                window.getSelection().setPosition(el.firstChild, 1);
+                break;
+              }
+            }
+          });
+
+          await page.keyboard.press("ArrowUp");
+          const [text, offset] = await page.evaluate(() => {
+            const selection = window.getSelection();
+            return [selection.anchorNode.textContent, selection.anchorOffset];
+          });
+
+          expect(text).withContext(`In ${browserName}`).toEqual("Abstract");
+          expect(offset).withContext(`In ${browserName}`).toEqual(1);
+        })
+      );
+    });
+  });
 });
diff --git a/web/app.js b/web/app.js
index 49cf9a9f53faf..e9d40b0e24914 100644
--- a/web/app.js
+++ b/web/app.js
@@ -329,6 +329,12 @@ const PDFViewerApplication = {
           params.get("highlighteditorcolors")
         );
       }
+      if (params.has("supportscaretbrowsingmode")) {
+        AppOptions.set(
+          "supportsCaretBrowsingMode",
+          params.get("supportscaretbrowsingmode") === "true"
+        );
+      }
     }
   },
 
diff --git a/web/caret_browsing.js b/web/caret_browsing.js
index 7a86206a740a6..9fc3275bec6dd 100644
--- a/web/caret_browsing.js
+++ b/web/caret_browsing.js
@@ -130,11 +130,29 @@ class CaretBrowsingMode {
     }
 
     const midY = rect.y + rect.height / 2;
-    const caretPosition = CaretBrowsingMode.#caretPositionFromPoint(
-      caretX,
-      midY
-    );
-    if (caretPosition.offsetNode?.parentElement !== element) {
+    let caretPosition = CaretBrowsingMode.#caretPositionFromPoint(caretX, midY);
+    let parentElement = caretPosition.offsetNode?.parentElement;
+    if (parentElement && parentElement !== element) {
+      // There is an element on top of the one in the text layer, so we
+      // need to hide all the elements (except the one in the text layer)
+      // at this position in order to get the correct caret position.
+      const elementsAtPoint = document.elementsFromPoint(caretX, midY);
+      const savedVisibilities = [];
+      for (const el of elementsAtPoint) {
+        if (el === element) {
+          break;
+        }
+        const { style } = el;
+        savedVisibilities.push([el, style.visibility]);
+        style.visibility = "hidden";
+      }
+      caretPosition = CaretBrowsingMode.#caretPositionFromPoint(caretX, midY);
+      parentElement = caretPosition.offsetNode?.parentElement;
+      for (const [el, visibility] of savedVisibilities) {
+        el.style.visibility = visibility;
+      }
+    }
+    if (parentElement !== element) {
       // The element targeted by caretPositionFromPoint isn't in the text
       // layer.
       if (select) {