diff --git a/Ports/iOSPort/nativeSources/CN1TapGestureRecognizer.m b/Ports/iOSPort/nativeSources/CN1TapGestureRecognizer.m
index 21edcea83a..2ef323540b 100644
--- a/Ports/iOSPort/nativeSources/CN1TapGestureRecognizer.m
+++ b/Ports/iOSPort/nativeSources/CN1TapGestureRecognizer.m
@@ -91,14 +91,29 @@ -(BOOL)ignoreEvent:(UITouch*)touch {
     // We DO NOT want to process touches from popovers like datepickers and openGallery.
     // See the OpenGalleryTest2793 sample to test events for openGallery.
     UIView *v = ctrl.view;
-    
+
     // Sometimes we receive an event from a view that has already been removed from
     // the view hierarchy.  The call to [pressedView isDescendantOfView:xxx] will throw
     // a EXC_BAD_ACCESS in this case, so we need to test for this case.
     BOOL viewInWindow = pressedView != nil && [pressedView window] != nil;
-    
+
     BOOL ignore = (touch == nil || pressedView == nil || !viewInWindow || ![pressedView isDescendantOfView:v]);
 
+    // Touches that land on the active native text editor (the CN1UITextField /
+    // CN1UITextView created by editStringAtImpl) must be left to UIKit. They
+    // drive cursor positioning, selection handles, the magnifier loupe, and on
+    // iOS 26.x the RTI / emoji-search input session. If we dispatch them into
+    // CN1's pointer pipeline, touchesEnded fires foldKeyboard -- whose
+    // 22pt-tall hit-test rect rejects most taps on a single-line TextField --
+    // which calls stringEdit(YES,...), tears down editingComponent, and lets
+    // the same touch's pointerReleasedC re-enter Java's TextArea.pointerReleased,
+    // which recreates the field. The visible symptom is the keyboard bouncing
+    // and the selection / cursor resetting on every interaction; see #5010.
+    if (!ignore && editingComponent != nil && pressedView != nil
+            && [pressedView isDescendantOfView:editingComponent]) {
+        ignore = YES;
+    }
+
     return ignore;
 }
 
@@ -214,7 +229,7 @@ - (void) touchesMoved:(NSSet *)touches withEvent:(UIEvent *)event
 
 - (void) touchesEnded:(NSSet *)touches withEvent:(UIEvent *)event
 {
-	
+
     [super touchesEnded:touches withEvent:event];
     if(skipNextTouch) {
         skipNextTouch = NO;