diff --git a/src/event/selection/resolveCaretPosition.ts b/src/event/selection/resolveCaretPosition.ts
index 03a6376e..35981d0e 100644
--- a/src/event/selection/resolveCaretPosition.ts
+++ b/src/event/selection/resolveCaretPosition.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import {getUIValue} from '../../document'
-import {hasOwnSelection} from '../../utils'
+import {hasOwnSelection, isContentEditableFalse} from '../../utils'
 
 export function resolveCaretPosition({
   target,
@@ -34,9 +34,9 @@ function findNodeAtTextOffset(
   offset: number | undefined,
   isRoot = true,
 ): {
-    node: Node
-    offset: number
-  } {
+  node: Node
+  offset: number
+} {
   // When clicking after the content the browser behavior can be complicated:
   // 1. If there is textContent after the last element child,
   // the cursor is moved there.
@@ -46,17 +46,23 @@ function findNodeAtTextOffset(
 
   let i = offset === undefined ? node.childNodes.length - 1 : 0
   const step = offset === undefined ? -1 : +1
+  let minIndex =
+    isRoot && offset === undefined ? Math.max(node.childNodes.length - 1, 0) : 0
 
-  while (
-    offset === undefined
-      ? i >= (isRoot ? Math.max(node.childNodes.length - 1, 0) : 0)
-      : i <= node.childNodes.length
-  ) {
+  while (offset === undefined ? i >= minIndex : i <= node.childNodes.length) {
     if (offset && i === node.childNodes.length) {
       throw new Error('The given offset is out of bounds.')
     }
     const c = node.childNodes.item(i)
 
+    if (isContentEditableFalse(c)) {
+      if (offset === undefined && isRoot) {
+        minIndex = 0
+      }
+      i += step
+      continue
+    }
+
     const text = String(c.textContent)
     if (text.length) {
       if (offset !== undefined && text.length < offset) {
diff --git a/src/utils/edit/isContentEditable.ts b/src/utils/edit/isContentEditable.ts
index e44298be..339a2aeb 100644
--- a/src/utils/edit/isContentEditable.ts
+++ b/src/utils/edit/isContentEditable.ts
@@ -21,6 +21,18 @@ export function getContentEditable(node: Node): Element | null {
   )
 }
 
+export function isContentEditableFalse(node: Node): node is HTMLElement {
+  if (node.nodeType !== 1) {
+    return false
+  }
+  const element = node as HTMLElement
+  // jsdom is not supporting contentEditable (see isContentEditable)
+  return (
+    element.contentEditable === 'false' ||
+    element.getAttribute('contenteditable') === 'false'
+  )
+}
+
 function getElement(node: Node) {
   return node.nodeType === 1 ? (node as Element) : node.parentElement
 }
diff --git a/tests/pointer/select.ts b/tests/pointer/select.ts
index 3b54070d..3af21996 100644
--- a/tests/pointer/select.ts
+++ b/tests/pointer/select.ts
@@ -1,11 +1,6 @@
 import {setup} from '#testHelpers'
 
-// On an unprevented mousedown the browser moves the cursor to the closest character.
-// As we have no layout, we are not able to determine the correct character.
-// So we try an approximation:
-// We treat any mousedown as if it happened on the space after the last character.
-
-test('single mousedown moves cursor to the end', async () => {
+test('single mousedown places (collapsed) cursor', async () => {
   const {element, user} = setup<HTMLInputElement>(
     `<input value="foo bar baz"/>`,
   )
@@ -13,7 +8,8 @@ test('single mousedown moves cursor to the end', async () => {
   await user.pointer({keys: '[MouseLeft>]', target: element})
 
   expect(element).toHaveFocus()
-  expect(element).toHaveProperty('selectionStart', 11)
+  expect(element).toHaveProperty('selectionStart', expect.any(Number))
+  expect(element.selectionStart).toEqual(element.selectionEnd)
 })
 
 test('move focus to closest focusable element', async () => {
@@ -339,6 +335,63 @@ test('`node` overrides the text offset approximation', async () => {
   ).rejects.toThrowError('out of bound')
 })
 
+describe('contenteditable="false" islands', () => {
+  test('skip islands at the start of content', async () => {
+    const {element, user} = setup(
+      `<div contenteditable><span contenteditable="false">island</span>editable</div>`,
+    )
+
+    await user.pointer({keys: '[MouseLeft>]', target: element})
+
+    expect(element).toHaveFocus()
+    expect(document.getSelection()).toHaveProperty(
+      'focusNode',
+      element.lastChild,
+    )
+    expect(document.getSelection()).toHaveProperty('focusOffset', 8) // "editable".length
+  })
+
+  test('skip islands at the end of content', async () => {
+    const {element, user} = setup(
+      `<div contenteditable>editable<span contenteditable="false">island</span></div>`,
+    )
+
+    await user.pointer({keys: '[MouseLeft>]', target: element})
+
+    expect(element).toHaveFocus()
+    expect(document.getSelection()).toHaveProperty(
+      'focusNode',
+      element.firstChild,
+    )
+    expect(document.getSelection()).toHaveProperty('focusOffset', 8) // "editable".length
+  })
+
+  test('drag selection skips contenteditable=false island', async () => {
+    const {element, user} = setup(
+      `<div contenteditable>before<span contenteditable="false">island</span>after</div>`,
+    )
+    const before = element.firstChild as Text
+    const island = element.querySelector(
+      '[contenteditable="false"]',
+    ) as HTMLSpanElement
+
+    await user.pointer({
+      keys: '[MouseLeft>]',
+      target: element,
+      offset: 0,
+    })
+    await user.pointer({offset: 11})
+
+    const range = document.getSelection()?.getRangeAt(0)
+    expect(range).toHaveProperty('startContainer', before)
+    expect(range).toHaveProperty('startOffset', 0)
+    expect(range).toHaveProperty('endContainer', element.lastChild)
+    expect(range).toHaveProperty('endOffset', 5)
+    expect(island.contains(range?.startContainer ?? null)).toBe(false)
+    expect(island.contains(range?.endContainer ?? null)).toBe(false)
+  })
+})
+
 describe('focus control when clicking label', () => {
   test('click event on label moves focus to control', async () => {
     const {
diff --git a/tests/utils/edit/isContentEditable.ts b/tests/utils/edit/isContentEditable.ts
index aab44bcd..9d63c1b1 100644
--- a/tests/utils/edit/isContentEditable.ts
+++ b/tests/utils/edit/isContentEditable.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import {setup} from '#testHelpers'
-import {isContentEditable} from '#src/utils'
+import {isContentEditable, isContentEditableFalse} from '#src/utils'
 
 test('report if element is contenteditable', async () => {
   const {elements} = setup(
@@ -11,3 +11,15 @@ test('report if element is contenteditable', async () => {
   expect(isContentEditable(elements[2])).toBe(true)
   expect(isContentEditable(elements[3])).toBe(true)
 })
+
+test('report if element is contenteditable=false', () => {
+  const {elements} = setup(
+    `<div contenteditable="false"></div><div contenteditable="true"></div><div contenteditable><span contenteditable="false"></span><span></span></div>`,
+  )
+
+  expect(isContentEditableFalse(elements[0])).toBe(true)
+  expect(isContentEditableFalse(elements[1])).toBe(false)
+  expect(isContentEditableFalse(elements[2].firstChild as Node)).toBe(true)
+  expect(isContentEditableFalse(elements[2].lastChild as Node)).toBe(false)
+  expect(isContentEditableFalse(document.createTextNode('x'))).toBe(false)
+})