diff --git a/src/display/editor/annotation_editor_layer.js b/src/display/editor/annotation_editor_layer.js
index 8a775a940f93f2..df956f599328d5 100644
--- a/src/display/editor/annotation_editor_layer.js
+++ b/src/display/editor/annotation_editor_layer.js
@@ -74,6 +74,8 @@ class AnnotationEditorLayer {
 
   #isDisabling = false;
 
+  #isEnabling = false;
+
   #drawingAC = null;
 
   #focusedElement = null;
@@ -229,6 +231,7 @@ class AnnotationEditorLayer {
    * editor creation.
    */
   async enable() {
+    this.#isEnabling = true;
     this.div.tabIndex = 0;
     this.togglePointerEvents(true);
     const annotationElementIds = new Set();
@@ -242,6 +245,7 @@ class AnnotationEditorLayer {
     }
 
     if (!this.#annotationLayer) {
+      this.#isEnabling = false;
       return;
     }
 
@@ -262,6 +266,7 @@ class AnnotationEditorLayer {
       this.addOrRebuild(editor);
       editor.enableEditing();
     }
+    this.#isEnabling = false;
   }
 
   /**
@@ -508,7 +513,10 @@ class AnnotationEditorLayer {
 
     // The editor will be correctly moved into the DOM (see fixAndSetPosition).
     editor.fixAndSetPosition();
-    editor.onceAdded();
+    if (!this.#isEnabling) {
+      // When enabling the layer we don't want to focus the added editor.
+      editor.onceAdded();
+    }
     this.#uiManager.addToAnnotationStorage(editor);
     editor._reportTelemetry(editor.telemetryInitialData);
   }
diff --git a/test/integration/highlight_editor_spec.mjs b/test/integration/highlight_editor_spec.mjs
index 19bcf30ca45c05..bf538e34d49b69 100644
--- a/test/integration/highlight_editor_spec.mjs
+++ b/test/integration/highlight_editor_spec.mjs
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ import {
   waitForAnnotationModeChanged,
   waitForSelectedEditor,
   waitForSerialized,
+  waitForTimeout,
 } from "./test_utils.mjs";
 import { fileURLToPath } from "url";
 import fs from "fs";
@@ -2613,4 +2614,59 @@ describe("Highlight Editor", () => {
       );
     });
   });
+
+  describe("Highlight mustn't trigger a scroll when edited", () => {
+    let pages;
+
+    beforeAll(async () => {
+      pages = await loadAndWait("issue18911.pdf", ".annotationEditorLayer");
+    });
+
+    afterAll(async () => {
+      await closePages(pages);
+    });
+
+    it("must check that there is no scroll because of focus", async () => {
+      await Promise.all(
+        pages.map(async ([browserName, page]) => {
+          await switchToHighlight(page);
+
+          const page4Selector = ".page[data-page-number = '4']";
+          const page5Selector = ".page[data-page-number = '5']";
+          await scrollIntoView(page, page4Selector);
+          await page.waitForSelector(`${page5Selector} .annotationEditorLayer`);
+
+          // When moving to page 3, the highlight editor mustn't be focused (it
+          // was causing a scroll to page 5).
+          // So here we're waiting a bit and checking that the page is still 3.
+          // eslint-disable-next-line no-restricted-syntax
+          await waitForTimeout(100);
+
+          // Get the length of the intersection between two ranges.
+          const inter = ([a, b], [c, d]) =>
+            d < a || b < c ? 0 : Math.min(b, d) - Math.max(a, c);
+
+          const page4Rect = await getRect(page, page4Selector);
+          const page5Rect = await getRect(page, page5Selector);
+          const viewportRect = await getRect(page, "#viewerContainer");
+          const viewportRange = [
+            viewportRect.y,
+            viewportRect.y + viewportRect.height,
+          ];
+
+          const interPage4 = inter(
+            [page4Rect.y, page4Rect.y + page4Rect.height],
+            viewportRange
+          );
+          const interPage5 = inter(
+            [page5Rect.y, page5Rect.y + page5Rect.height],
+            viewportRange
+          );
+          expect(interPage4)
+            .withContext(`In ${browserName}`)
+            .toBeGreaterThan(0.5 * interPage5);
+        })
+      );
+    });
+  });
 });
diff --git a/test/pdfs/.gitignore b/test/pdfs/.gitignore
index 5608e0df936206..fd2cc91dc036e0 100644
--- a/test/pdfs/.gitignore
+++ b/test/pdfs/.gitignore
@@ -689,3 +689,4 @@
 !inks.pdf
 !inks_basic.pdf
 !issue19182.pdf
+!issue18911.pdf
diff --git a/test/pdfs/issue18911.pdf b/test/pdfs/issue18911.pdf
new file mode 100755
index 00000000000000..9e3aec3a856eb8
Binary files /dev/null and b/test/pdfs/issue18911.pdf differ