diff --git a/src/main/webapp/app/shared/monaco-editor/model/actions/list.action.ts b/src/main/webapp/app/shared/monaco-editor/model/actions/list.action.ts
index 5f404a25535e..4bef7abe2135 100644
--- a/src/main/webapp/app/shared/monaco-editor/model/actions/list.action.ts
+++ b/src/main/webapp/app/shared/monaco-editor/model/actions/list.action.ts
@@ -79,15 +79,12 @@ export abstract class ListAction extends TextEditorAction {
         const lines = selectedText.split('\n');
 
         // Check if the cursor is at the end of the line to add or remove the prefix
-        let position = editor.getPosition();
+        const position = editor.getPosition();
         if (position) {
             const currentLineText = editor.getLineText(position.getLineNumber());
 
             if (!selectedText && position.getColumn() <= currentLineText.length) {
-                const endPosition = new TextEditorPosition(position.getLineNumber(), currentLineText.length + 1);
-                editor.setPosition(endPosition);
-                editor.focus();
-                position = endPosition;
+                return;
             }
 
             if (position.getColumn() === currentLineText.length + 1) {
diff --git a/src/test/javascript/spec/component/shared/metis/postings-markdown-editor/postings-markdown-editor.component.spec.ts b/src/test/javascript/spec/component/shared/metis/postings-markdown-editor/postings-markdown-editor.component.spec.ts
index eeae40d0f971..276d3e82fd7d 100644
--- a/src/test/javascript/spec/component/shared/metis/postings-markdown-editor/postings-markdown-editor.component.spec.ts
+++ b/src/test/javascript/spec/component/shared/metis/postings-markdown-editor/postings-markdown-editor.component.spec.ts
@@ -582,4 +582,26 @@ describe('PostingsMarkdownEditor', () => {
         (component as any).handleKeyDown(mockModel, mockPosition.lineNumber);
         expect(handleActionClickSpy).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
     });
+
+    it('should keep the cursor position intact when editing text in a list item', () => {
+        const bulletedListAction = component.defaultActions.find((action: any) => action instanceof BulletedListAction) as BulletedListAction;
+        mockEditor.getPosition.mockReturnValue({
+            getLineNumber: () => 1,
+            getColumn: () => 5,
+        } as TextEditorPosition);
+        mockEditor.getLineText.mockReturnValue('- First line');
+        mockEditor.getTextAtRange.mockReturnValue('');
+
+        const replaceTextSpy = jest.spyOn(mockEditor, 'replaceTextAtRange');
+        bulletedListAction.run(mockEditor);
+
+        expect(replaceTextSpy).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+
+        const cursorPosition = mockEditor.getPosition();
+        expect(cursorPosition).toEqual({
+            getLineNumber: expect.any(Function),
+            getColumn: expect.any(Function),
+        });
+        expect(cursorPosition?.getColumn()).toBe(5);
+    });
 });