diff --git a/services/web/frontend/js/features/source-editor/extensions/visual/visual-keymap.ts b/services/web/frontend/js/features/source-editor/extensions/visual/visual-keymap.ts
index bb50131107..1731c38b52 100644
--- a/services/web/frontend/js/features/source-editor/extensions/visual/visual-keymap.ts
+++ b/services/web/frontend/js/features/source-editor/extensions/visual/visual-keymap.ts
@@ -63,11 +63,22 @@ export const visualKeymap = Prec.highest(
               const indent = indentString(state, columns)
               const insert = `\n${indent}\\item `
 
+              const countWhitespaceAfterPosition = (pos: number) => {
+                const line = state.doc.lineAt(pos)
+                const followingText = state.sliceDoc(pos, line.to)
+                const matches = followingText.match(/^(\s+)/)
+                return matches ? matches[1].length : 0
+              }
+
+              // move the cursor past any whitespace on the new line
+              const pos =
+                from + insert.length + countWhitespaceAfterPosition(from)
+
               handled = true
 
               return {
                 changes: { from, insert },
-                range: EditorSelection.cursor(from + insert.length),
+                range: EditorSelection.cursor(pos),
               }
             }
 
diff --git a/services/web/test/frontend/features/source-editor/components/codemirror-editor-visual-list.spec.tsx b/services/web/test/frontend/features/source-editor/components/codemirror-editor-visual-list.spec.tsx
index 0fe272c510..5ed248ec2f 100644
--- a/services/web/test/frontend/features/source-editor/components/codemirror-editor-visual-list.spec.tsx
+++ b/services/web/test/frontend/features/source-editor/components/codemirror-editor-visual-list.spec.tsx
@@ -231,4 +231,20 @@ describe('<CodeMirrorEditor/> lists in Rich Text mode', function () {
 
     cy.get('.cm-content').should('have.text', [' first', ' second'].join(''))
   })
+
+  it('positions the cursor after creating a new line with leading whitespace', function () {
+    const content = [
+      '\\begin{itemize}',
+      '\\item foo bar',
+      '\\end{itemize}',
+    ].join('\n')
+    mountEditor(content)
+
+    cy.get('.cm-line').eq(0).as('line')
+    cy.get('@line').click()
+    cy.get('@line').type('{leftArrow}'.repeat(4))
+    cy.get('@line').type('{enter}baz')
+
+    cy.get('.cm-content').should('have.text', [' foo', ' bazbar'].join(''))
+  })
 })