diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index cbf6cb53a..c5ed2dae2 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,12 @@
+## [5.7.1] - 2026-08-06
+### Changed
+- RDFa editor: annotation overlay rebuilt on demand (`rdfa-editor/overlay.xsl`)
+
+### Fixed
+- RDFa editor: exit-canvas save fired a duplicate PATCH that 412'd on a stale `If-Match`; `onfocusout` is now the sole save trigger
+- RDFa editor: block drag-handle visibility (bootstrap.css collision) and dropping blocks inside a LinkedDataHub document
+- RDFa editor: annotation overlay dismissed on teardown; caret lands at the clicked word
+
 ## [5.7.0] - 2026-08-02
 ### Changed
 - WYMEditor replaced with the RDFa editor for `rdf:XMLLiteral` editing (#336)
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 72e2eb852..d1910cdc2 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
     <groupId>com.atomgraph</groupId>
     <artifactId>linkeddatahub</artifactId>
-    <version>5.7.0</version>
+    <version>5.7.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
     <packaging>${packaging.type}</packaging>
 
     <name>AtomGraph LinkedDataHub</name>
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@
         <url>https://github.com/AtomGraph/LinkedDataHub</url>
         <connection>scm:git:git://github.com/AtomGraph/LinkedDataHub.git</connection>
         <developerConnection>scm:git:git@github.com:AtomGraph/LinkedDataHub.git</developerConnection>
-        <tag>linkeddatahub-5.7.0</tag>
+        <tag>linkeddatahub-5.5.4</tag>
     </scm>
 
     <repositories>
diff --git a/src/main/webapp/static/com/atomgraph/linkeddatahub/css/bootstrap.css b/src/main/webapp/static/com/atomgraph/linkeddatahub/css/bootstrap.css
index a2a07d9e1..4321cd554 100644
--- a/src/main/webapp/static/com/atomgraph/linkeddatahub/css/bootstrap.css
+++ b/src/main/webapp/static/com/atomgraph/linkeddatahub/css/bootstrap.css
@@ -231,3 +231,7 @@ circle { cursor: move; }
 .edit-dialog .rdfa-editor-ui .action-buttons { margin-top: 10px; }
 .edit-dialog .rdfa-editor-ui .checkbox-label { display: inline-flex; gap: 6px; align-items: center; font-weight: 400; margin-top: 8px; }
 .editor-bar:not(:has(#edit-toolbar)), body:not(:has(.rdfa-editor-content)) .editor-bar, body:not(:has(.rdfa-editor-content)) #rdfa-editor-breadcrumb { display: none; }
+/* Host-page gutter for the block drag handles (rendered at left:-1.5em, outside each block's box).
+   The editor documents this as a host requirement (padding-left >= 2.5em); LDH must reserve it since
+   the .rdfa-editor-content div is generated bare by the XMLLiteral form control. */
+.rdfa-editor-content { padding-left: 2.5em; }
diff --git a/src/main/webapp/static/com/atomgraph/linkeddatahub/xsl/bootstrap/2.3.2/client/block.xsl b/src/main/webapp/static/com/atomgraph/linkeddatahub/xsl/bootstrap/2.3.2/client/block.xsl
index 1f0383fa2..acf32d258 100644
--- a/src/main/webapp/static/com/atomgraph/linkeddatahub/xsl/bootstrap/2.3.2/client/block.xsl
+++ b/src/main/webapp/static/com/atomgraph/linkeddatahub/xsl/bootstrap/2.3.2/client/block.xsl
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ xmlns:srx="&srx;"
 xmlns:spin="&spin;"
 xmlns:dct="&dct;"
 xmlns:bs2="http://graphity.org/xsl/bootstrap/2.3.2"
+xmlns:rdfae="https://w3id.org/atomgraph/rdfa-editor#"
 extension-element-prefixes="ixsl"
 exclude-result-prefixes="#all"
 >
@@ -323,27 +324,29 @@ exclude-result-prefixes="#all"
         </xsl:if>
     </xsl:template>
 
-    <!-- click outside the editor canvas (left/right columns) while in edit mode exits edit mode -->
-
-    <xsl:template match="div[@typeof = '&ldh;XHTML'][descendant::form]" mode="ixsl:onclick">
-        <xsl:variable name="target" select="ixsl:get(ixsl:event(), 'target')" as="element()?"/>
-        <xsl:variable name="canvas" select="(descendant::div[contains-token(@class, 'rdfa-editor-content')])[1]" as="element()?"/>
-        <!-- skip if target is within the canvas or is an interactive element (interactive elements steal focus, triggering focusout + autosave) -->
-        <xsl:if test="exists($target) and empty($target/ancestor-or-self::*[. is $canvas or self::button or self::input or self::select or self::a])">
-            <xsl:variable name="form" select="(descendant::form[contains-token(@class, 'form-horizontal')])[1]" as="element()?"/>
-            <xsl:if test="$form">
-                <xsl:sequence select="ixsl:call($form, 'requestSubmit', [])"/>
-            </xsl:if>
-        </xsl:if>
-    </xsl:template>
+    <!-- exit/save on click-outside is handled by the ixsl:onfocusout autosave below: the canvas holds
+         focus throughout editing (toolbar/breadcrumb/find chrome all preventDefault on mousedown to keep
+         it), so any exit click blurs the canvas and fires focusout. A separate onclick handler here would
+         double-submit - focusout fires on mousedown, the click on mouseup - and the second PATCH 412s on
+         the now-stale If-Match. -->
 
     <!-- click anywhere on XHTML content to enter edit mode (skip if text is selected) -->
 
     <xsl:template match="div[@typeof = '&ldh;XHTML'][not(descendant::form)][acl:mode() = '&acl;Write']//div[contains-token(@class, 'main')]" mode="ixsl:onclick">
         <xsl:if test="ixsl:call(ixsl:call(ixsl:window(), 'getSelection', []), 'toString', []) = ''">
+            <xsl:variable name="main" select="." as="element()"/>
             <xsl:variable name="block" select="ancestor::div[contains-token(@class, 'block')][1]" as="element()"/>
             <xsl:variable name="btn-edit" select="($block//button[contains-token(@class, 'btn-edit')][not(contains-token(@class, 'disabled'))])[1]" as="element()?"/>
             <xsl:if test="$btn-edit">
+                <!-- Anchor the caret to the content structure, not pixels: record which content block the
+                     click landed in and the char offset within it, re-resolved in the editor DOM after
+                     render (ldh:focus-editable) - immune to the read/edit re-render and chrome. -->
+                <xsl:variable name="ldh-state" select="ixsl:get(ixsl:window(), 'LinkedDataHub')"/>
+                <xsl:variable name="caret" as="map(*)?" select="rdfae:caret-at-point(xs:double(ixsl:get(ixsl:event(), 'clientX')), xs:double(ixsl:get(ixsl:event(), 'clientY')))"/>
+                <!-- the content block: a top-level element of the XHTML content (div.main > content-div > block) -->
+                <xsl:variable name="content-block" as="element()?" select="$caret?node/ancestor-or-self::*[parent::*[parent::* is $main]][1]"/>
+                <ixsl:set-property name="pendingCaretBlock" select="$content-block ! count(preceding-sibling::*)" object="$ldh-state"/>
+                <ixsl:set-property name="pendingCaretOffset" select="$content-block ! ldh:char-offset-before(., $caret?node, $caret?offset)" object="$ldh-state"/>
                 <xsl:sequence select="ixsl:call($btn-edit, 'click', [])"/>
             </xsl:if>
         </xsl:if>
@@ -362,6 +365,41 @@ exclude-result-prefixes="#all"
         </xsl:if>
     </xsl:template>
 
+    <!-- rdfae:inject-chrome (edit.xsl) injects the block drag handle with class="drag-handle" -
+         a leftover token from when this file's WYMeditor block handle was ported into the editor.
+         In LDH that token collides with bootstrap.css's `.row-fluid.block .drag-handle { display: none }`,
+         which hides every chrome handle rendered inside an edited ldh:XHTML document block. Re-inject the
+         handle under an editor-specific class so the shared RDFa-Editor code needs no change (and so
+         block.xsl's own key('elements-by-class', 'drag-handle') stops miscounting the chrome as an old
+         block handle); the two drag gestures below re-match that class. Styling is unaffected - the
+         handle is styled off data-role="chrome" in rdfa-editor.css. Keep the body in sync with edit.xsl's
+         rdfae:inject-chrome (XSLT overrides the whole named template, so only the class string differs). -->
+    <xsl:template name="rdfae:inject-chrome">
+        <xsl:param name="block" as="element()"/>
+        <xsl:if test="empty($block/*[@data-role = 'chrome'])">
+            <xsl:variable name="chrome" as="element()" select="rdfae:element('span')"/>
+            <ixsl:set-attribute name="data-role" select="'chrome'" object="$chrome"/>
+            <ixsl:set-attribute name="class" select="'rdfa-editor-drag-handle'" object="$chrome"/>
+            <ixsl:set-attribute name="contenteditable" select="'false'" object="$chrome"/>
+            <ixsl:set-attribute name="title" select="'Drag to reorder'" object="$chrome"/>
+            <ixsl:set-property name="textContent" select="'&#x283F;'" object="$chrome"/>
+            <xsl:sequence select="ixsl:call($block, 'prepend', [ $chrome ])[current-date() lt xs:date('2000-01-01')]"/>
+        </xsl:if>
+    </xsl:template>
+
+    <xsl:template match="span[contains-token(@class, 'rdfa-editor-drag-handle')]" mode="ixsl:onmousedown">
+        <xsl:for-each select="rdfae:handle-block(.)">
+            <ixsl:set-attribute name="draggable" select="'true'"/>
+        </xsl:for-each>
+    </xsl:template>
+
+    <xsl:template match="span[contains-token(@class, 'rdfa-editor-drag-handle')]" mode="ixsl:onmouseup">
+        <xsl:for-each select="rdfae:handle-block(.)">
+            <ixsl:remove-attribute name="draggable"/>
+        </xsl:for-each>
+        <xsl:call-template name="rdfae:disarm-sweep"/>
+    </xsl:template>
+
     <!-- override inline editing form for block types (do nothing if the button is disabled) - prioritize over form.xsl -->
 
     <xsl:template match="div[following-sibling::div[@typeof = ('&ldh;XHTML', '&ldh;Object')]]//button[contains-token(@class, 'btn-edit')][not(contains-token(@class, 'disabled'))]" mode="ixsl:onclick" priority="1">
@@ -474,9 +512,14 @@ exclude-result-prefixes="#all"
     </xsl:template>
 
     <!-- dragging block over other block -->
-    <!-- only handle if drag originated from drag-handle (has text/uri-list item) --> 
+    <!-- only handle if drag originated from drag-handle (has text/uri-list item) -->
+    <!-- these four document-block DnD handlers (ondragover/enter/leave/drop) exclude the RDFa editor
+         subtree: the editor renders inside a .content-body > .block, so without the guard this pattern
+         also matches every element in .rdfa-editor-content and - having higher import precedence than
+         the imported edit.xsl - shadows the editor's own block DnD (edit.xsl), killing its drop marks
+         and reorder. Excluding the editor lets those events fall through to the editor's handlers. -->
 
-    <xsl:template match="*[ancestor-or-self::div[contains-token(@class, 'block')][parent::div[contains-token(@class, 'content-body')]][acl:mode() = '&acl;Write']]" mode="ixsl:ondragover" priority="1">
+    <xsl:template match="*[ancestor-or-self::div[contains-token(@class, 'block')][parent::div[contains-token(@class, 'content-body')]][acl:mode() = '&acl;Write']][not(ancestor-or-self::*[contains-token(@class, 'rdfa-editor-content')])]" mode="ixsl:ondragover" priority="1">
         <xsl:variable name="block" select="ancestor-or-self::div[contains-token(@class, 'block')][parent::div[contains-token(@class, 'content-body')]][1]" as="element()"/>
         <xsl:variable name="uri" select="xs:anyURI($block/parent::div/parent::div[contains-token(@class, 'document-body')]/@about)" as="xs:anyURI"/>
         <xsl:variable name="results" select="ixsl:get(ixsl:get(ixsl:get(ixsl:window(), 'LinkedDataHub.contents'), '`' || $uri || '`'), 'results')" as="document-node()"/>
@@ -495,7 +538,7 @@ exclude-result-prefixes="#all"
     <!-- change the style of blocks when block is dragged over them -->
     <!-- only handle if drag originated from drag-handle (has text/uri-list item) -->
 
-    <xsl:template match="*[ancestor-or-self::div[contains-token(@class, 'block')][parent::div[contains-token(@class, 'content-body')]][acl:mode() = '&acl;Write']]" mode="ixsl:ondragenter" priority="1">
+    <xsl:template match="*[ancestor-or-self::div[contains-token(@class, 'block')][parent::div[contains-token(@class, 'content-body')]][acl:mode() = '&acl;Write']][not(ancestor-or-self::*[contains-token(@class, 'rdfa-editor-content')])]" mode="ixsl:ondragenter" priority="1">
         <xsl:variable name="block" select="ancestor-or-self::div[contains-token(@class, 'block')][parent::div[contains-token(@class, 'content-body')]][1]" as="element()"/>
         <xsl:variable name="uri" select="xs:anyURI($block/parent::div/parent::div[contains-token(@class, 'document-body')]/@about)" as="xs:anyURI"/>
         <xsl:variable name="results" select="ixsl:get(ixsl:get(ixsl:get(ixsl:window(), 'LinkedDataHub.contents'), '`' || $uri || '`'), 'results')" as="document-node()"/>
@@ -512,7 +555,7 @@ exclude-result-prefixes="#all"
 
     <!-- only handle if drag originated from drag-handle (has text/uri-list item) -->
 
-    <xsl:template match="*[ancestor-or-self::div[contains-token(@class, 'block')][parent::div[contains-token(@class, 'content-body')]][acl:mode() = '&acl;Write']]" mode="ixsl:ondragleave" priority="1">
+    <xsl:template match="*[ancestor-or-self::div[contains-token(@class, 'block')][parent::div[contains-token(@class, 'content-body')]][acl:mode() = '&acl;Write']][not(ancestor-or-self::*[contains-token(@class, 'rdfa-editor-content')])]" mode="ixsl:ondragleave" priority="1">
         <xsl:variable name="block" select="ancestor-or-self::div[contains-token(@class, 'block')][parent::div[contains-token(@class, 'content-body')]][1]" as="element()"/>
         <xsl:variable name="uri" select="xs:anyURI($block/parent::div/parent::div[contains-token(@class, 'document-body')]/@about)" as="xs:anyURI"/>
         <xsl:variable name="results" select="ixsl:get(ixsl:get(ixsl:get(ixsl:window(), 'LinkedDataHub.contents'), '`' || $uri || '`'), 'results')" as="document-node()"/>
@@ -535,7 +578,7 @@ exclude-result-prefixes="#all"
     <!-- dropping block over other top-level block -->
     <!-- only handle if drag originated from drag-handle (has text/uri-list item) -->
 
-    <xsl:template match="*[ancestor-or-self::div[contains-token(@class, 'block')][parent::div[contains-token(@class, 'content-body')]][acl:mode() = '&acl;Write']]" mode="ixsl:ondrop" priority="1">
+    <xsl:template match="*[ancestor-or-self::div[contains-token(@class, 'block')][parent::div[contains-token(@class, 'content-body')]][acl:mode() = '&acl;Write']][not(ancestor-or-self::*[contains-token(@class, 'rdfa-editor-content')])]" mode="ixsl:ondrop" priority="1">
         <xsl:variable name="block" select="ancestor-or-self::div[contains-token(@class, 'block')][parent::div[contains-token(@class, 'content-body')]][1]" as="element()"/>
         <xsl:variable name="uri" select="xs:anyURI($block/parent::div/parent::div[contains-token(@class, 'document-body')]/@about)" as="xs:anyURI"/>
         <xsl:variable name="results" select="ixsl:get(ixsl:get(ixsl:get(ixsl:window(), 'LinkedDataHub.contents'), '`' || $uri || '`'), 'results')" as="document-node()"/>
diff --git a/src/main/webapp/static/com/atomgraph/linkeddatahub/xsl/bootstrap/2.3.2/client/form.xsl b/src/main/webapp/static/com/atomgraph/linkeddatahub/xsl/bootstrap/2.3.2/client/form.xsl
index 52fa98404..f4319ad3e 100644
--- a/src/main/webapp/static/com/atomgraph/linkeddatahub/xsl/bootstrap/2.3.2/client/form.xsl
+++ b/src/main/webapp/static/com/atomgraph/linkeddatahub/xsl/bootstrap/2.3.2/client/form.xsl
@@ -150,9 +150,9 @@ WHERE
     <!-- first editable region on the page: full editor bring-up (chrome, dialogs, drawers, all regions) -->
     <xsl:template match="div[contains-token(@class, 'rdfa-editor-content')][empty(id('edit-toolbar', ixsl:page()))]" mode="ldh:RenderRowForm" priority="2">
         <xsl:call-template name="rdfae:init-editor"/>
-        <xsl:for-each select="(.//*[@contenteditable = 'true'])[1]">
-            <xsl:sequence select="ixsl:call(., 'focus', [])[current-date() lt xs:date('2000-01-01')]"/>
-        </xsl:for-each>
+        <xsl:call-template name="ldh:focus-editable">
+            <xsl:with-param name="region" select="."/>
+        </xsl:call-template>
     </xsl:template>
 
     <!-- additional region: editor chrome already in the DOM; init only this region's blocks -->
@@ -164,9 +164,64 @@ WHERE
         <xsl:call-template name="rdfae:init-region">
             <xsl:with-param name="region" select="."/>
         </xsl:call-template>
-        <xsl:for-each select="(.//*[@contenteditable = 'true'])[1]">
-            <xsl:sequence select="ixsl:call(., 'focus', [])[current-date() lt xs:date('2000-01-01')]"/>
-        </xsl:for-each>
+        <xsl:call-template name="ldh:focus-editable">
+            <xsl:with-param name="region" select="."/>
+        </xsl:call-template>
+    </xsl:template>
+
+    <!-- characters of real (non-chrome) text in $block before the (node, offset) caret position; a
+         Range gives an exact count that maps 1:1 to the same text re-rendered in the editor DOM -->
+    <xsl:function name="ldh:char-offset-before" as="xs:integer">
+        <xsl:param name="block" as="element()"/>
+        <xsl:param name="node"/>
+        <xsl:param name="offset"/>
+        <xsl:variable name="range" select="ixsl:call(ixsl:page(), 'createRange', [])"/>
+        <xsl:sequence select="ixsl:call($range, 'setStart', [ $block, 0 ])[current-date() lt xs:date('2000-01-01')]"/>
+        <xsl:sequence select="ixsl:call($range, 'setEnd', [ $node, $offset ])[current-date() lt xs:date('2000-01-01')]"/>
+        <xsl:sequence select="string-length(string(ixsl:call($range, 'toString', [])))"/>
+    </xsl:function>
+
+    <!-- the (text node, local offset) at character $offset into $block's real text, skipping chrome -->
+    <xsl:function name="ldh:text-position" as="map(*)?">
+        <xsl:param name="block" as="element()?"/>
+        <xsl:param name="offset" as="xs:integer"/>
+        <xsl:variable name="texts" as="text()*" select="$block//text()[not(ancestor::*[@data-role])]"/>
+        <xsl:variable name="i" as="xs:integer?" select="(for $n in 1 to count($texts)
+            return if (sum($texts[position() le $n] ! string-length(.)) ge $offset) then $n else ())[1]"/>
+        <xsl:sequence select="if (empty($texts)) then ()
+            else if (empty($i)) then map{ 'node': $texts[last()], 'offset': string-length($texts[last()]) }
+            else map{ 'node': $texts[$i], 'offset': $offset - xs:integer(sum($texts[position() lt $i] ! string-length(.))) }"/>
+    </xsl:function>
+
+    <!-- Focus the region's first editable host. When a click-to-edit stashed a structural caret anchor
+         (window.LinkedDataHub pendingCaretBlock/Offset, set in block.xsl), re-resolve it against the
+         editor DOM - the same content block at the same character offset - and place the caret there.
+         Falls back to plain focus (block start) for non-click entry or when the anchor no longer resolves. -->
+    <xsl:template name="ldh:focus-editable">
+        <xsl:param name="region" as="element()"/>
+
+        <xsl:variable name="ldh-state" select="ixsl:get(ixsl:window(), 'LinkedDataHub')"/>
+        <xsl:variable name="block-idx" select="ixsl:get($ldh-state, 'pendingCaretBlock')"/>
+        <xsl:variable name="char-off" select="ixsl:get($ldh-state, 'pendingCaretOffset')"/>
+        <ixsl:set-property name="pendingCaretBlock" select="()" object="$ldh-state"/>
+        <ixsl:set-property name="pendingCaretOffset" select="()" object="$ldh-state"/>
+
+        <xsl:variable name="pos" as="map(*)?" select="if (exists($block-idx) and exists($char-off))
+            then ldh:text-position(($region/*[not(@data-role)])[xs:integer($block-idx) + 1], xs:integer($char-off)) else ()"/>
+
+        <xsl:choose>
+            <xsl:when test="exists($pos)">
+                <xsl:call-template name="rdfae:focus-caret">
+                    <xsl:with-param name="node" select="$pos?node"/>
+                    <xsl:with-param name="offset" select="$pos?offset"/>
+                </xsl:call-template>
+            </xsl:when>
+            <xsl:otherwise>
+                <xsl:for-each select="($region//*[@contenteditable = 'true'])[1]">
+                    <xsl:sequence select="ixsl:call(., 'focus', [])[current-date() lt xs:date('2000-01-01')]"/>
+                </xsl:for-each>
+            </xsl:otherwise>
+        </xsl:choose>
     </xsl:template>
 
     <!-- override RDFa editor annotation typeahead: use LDH's /ns-querying bs2:Lookup instead of doc()-on-vocabs -->
@@ -1254,10 +1309,13 @@ WHERE
                 </xsl:otherwise>
             </xsl:choose>
 
+            <!-- the editor has reverted to read-only; dismiss the annotation overlay so it does
+                 not linger orphaned over the read view (it rebuilds on the next right-click) -->
+            <xsl:call-template name="rdfae:hide-overlay"/>
             <ixsl:set-style name="cursor" select="'default'" object="ixsl:page()//body"/>
         </xsl:for-each>
     </xsl:function>
-    
+
     <xsl:function name="ldh:form-submit-created" ixsl:updating="yes">
         <xsl:param name="context" as="map(*)"/>
         <xsl:variable name="response" select="$context('response')" as="map(*)"/>
diff --git a/src/main/webapp/static/com/atomgraph/linkeddatahub/xsl/rdfa-editor/overlay.xsl b/src/main/webapp/static/com/atomgraph/linkeddatahub/xsl/rdfa-editor/overlay.xsl
index 534b80f7a..cd076d873 100644
--- a/src/main/webapp/static/com/atomgraph/linkeddatahub/xsl/rdfa-editor/overlay.xsl
+++ b/src/main/webapp/static/com/atomgraph/linkeddatahub/xsl/rdfa-editor/overlay.xsl
@@ -257,6 +257,13 @@ version="3.0">
         <xsl:param name="event"/>
         <xsl:param name="in-scope-subject" as="xs:string?" select="()"/>
 
+        <!-- the overlay is a render-once singleton, but a host may re-render the page
+             DOM (or dispose it as a modal) between invocations; rebuild on demand so
+             show-at always has an element to position -->
+        <xsl:if test="empty(id($rdfae:overlay-id, ixsl:page()))">
+            <xsl:call-template name="rdfae:init-overlay"/>
+        </xsl:if>
+
         <xsl:call-template name="rdfae:show-at">
             <xsl:with-param name="element" select="id($rdfae:overlay-id, ixsl:page())"/>
             <xsl:with-param name="event" select="$event"/>