diff --git a/app/gui2/src/components/lexical/formatting.ts b/app/gui2/src/components/lexical/formatting.ts
index f22d526b268b..9e01a8c3bb12 100644
--- a/app/gui2/src/components/lexical/formatting.ts
+++ b/app/gui2/src/components/lexical/formatting.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import { useBufferedWritable } from '@/util/reactivity'
 import { $createCodeNode } from '@lexical/code'
 import {
   $isListNode,
@@ -30,7 +31,7 @@ import {
   FORMAT_TEXT_COMMAND,
   SELECTION_CHANGE_COMMAND,
 } from 'lexical'
-import { computed, ref } from 'vue'
+import { ref } from 'vue'
 
 export function useFormatting(editor: LexicalEditor) {
   const selectionReaders = new Array<(selection: RangeSelection) => void>()
@@ -77,11 +78,9 @@ function useFormatProperty(
 
   onReadSelection((selection) => (state.value = selection.hasFormat(property)))
 
-  return computed({
+  return useBufferedWritable({
     get: () => state.value,
-    set: (value) => {
-      if (value !== state.value) editor.dispatchCommand(FORMAT_TEXT_COMMAND, property)
-    },
+    set: (_value) => editor.dispatchCommand(FORMAT_TEXT_COMMAND, property),
   })
 }
 
@@ -227,10 +226,8 @@ function useBlockType(
     h3: () => $setBlocksType($getSelection(), () => $createHeadingNode('h3')),
   }
 
-  return computed({
+  return useBufferedWritable({
     get: () => state.value,
-    set: (value) => {
-      if (value !== state.value) editor.update($setBlockType[value])
-    },
+    set: (value) => editor.update($setBlockType[value]),
   })
 }
diff --git a/app/gui2/src/components/lexical/index.ts b/app/gui2/src/components/lexical/index.ts
index 7b01ef933718..8112fefa5ef9 100644
--- a/app/gui2/src/components/lexical/index.ts
+++ b/app/gui2/src/components/lexical/index.ts
@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
-import { blockTypes, normalizeHeadingLevel } from '@/components/lexical/formatting'
+import { normalizeHeadingLevel } from '@/components/lexical/formatting'
 import { unrefElement, type MaybeElement } from '@vueuse/core'
-import {
-  createEditor,
-  type EditorThemeClasses,
-  type KlassConstructor,
-  type LexicalEditor,
-  type LexicalNode,
-  type LexicalNodeReplacement,
+import type {
+  EditorThemeClasses,
+  KlassConstructor,
+  LexicalEditor,
+  LexicalNode,
+  LexicalNodeReplacement,
 } from 'lexical'
+import { createEditor } from 'lexical'
 import { assertDefined } from 'shared/util/assert'
 import { markRaw, onMounted, type Ref } from 'vue'
 
diff --git a/app/gui2/src/components/lexical/sync.ts b/app/gui2/src/components/lexical/sync.ts
index 67d6a8137d76..545894f4c6e8 100644
--- a/app/gui2/src/components/lexical/sync.ts
+++ b/app/gui2/src/components/lexical/sync.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import type { ToValue } from '@/util/reactivity'
+import { useBufferedWritable, type ToValue } from '@/util/reactivity'
 import type { LexicalEditor } from 'lexical'
 import { $createParagraphNode, $createTextNode, $getRoot, $setSelection } from 'lexical'
 import { computed, shallowRef, toValue } from 'vue'
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ export function useLexicalSync<T>(
   })
 
   return {
-    content: computed({
+    content: useBufferedWritable({
       get: () => getContent.value,
       set: (content) => {
         editor.update(() => $write(content, getContent), {
diff --git a/app/gui2/src/composables/astDocumentation.ts b/app/gui2/src/composables/astDocumentation.ts
index 0abb4af006ce..cb7bfc687e16 100644
--- a/app/gui2/src/composables/astDocumentation.ts
+++ b/app/gui2/src/composables/astDocumentation.ts
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 import { type GraphStore } from '@/stores/graph'
-import type { ToValue } from '@/util/reactivity'
+import { useBufferedWritable, type ToValue } from '@/util/reactivity'
 import type { Ast } from 'shared/ast'
-import { computed, toValue } from 'vue'
+import { toValue } from 'vue'
 
 export function useAstDocumentation(graphStore: GraphStore, ast: ToValue<Ast | undefined>) {
   return {
-    documentation: computed({
+    documentation: useBufferedWritable({
       get: () => toValue(ast)?.documentingAncestor()?.documentation() ?? '',
       set: (value) => {
         const astValue = toValue(ast)
diff --git a/app/gui2/src/util/reactivity.ts b/app/gui2/src/util/reactivity.ts
index bd2c2cef268d..a3f52c315ca9 100644
--- a/app/gui2/src/util/reactivity.ts
+++ b/app/gui2/src/util/reactivity.ts
@@ -178,3 +178,29 @@ export function computedFallback<T>(
     set: (val: T) => (base.value = val),
   })
 }
+
+/** Given a "raw" getter and setter, returns a writable-computed that buffers `set` operations.
+ *
+ * When the setter of the returned ref is invoked, the raw setter will be called during the next callback flush if and
+ * only if the most recently set value does not compare strictly-equal to the current value (read from the raw getter).
+ *
+ * The getter of the returned ref immediately reflects the value of any pending write.
+ */
+export function useBufferedWritable<T>(raw: {
+  get: () => T
+  set: (value: T) => void
+}): WritableComputedRef<T> {
+  const pendingWrite = shallowRef<{ pending: T }>()
+  watch(pendingWrite, () => {
+    if (pendingWrite.value) {
+      if (pendingWrite.value.pending !== raw.get()) {
+        raw.set(pendingWrite.value.pending)
+      }
+      pendingWrite.value = undefined
+    }
+  })
+  return computed({
+    get: () => (pendingWrite.value ? pendingWrite.value.pending : raw.get()),
+    set: (value: T) => (pendingWrite.value = { pending: value }),
+  })
+}