diff --git a/js/app.js b/js/app.js
index 3e7c970..889df62 100644
--- a/js/app.js
+++ b/js/app.js
@@ -5290,7 +5290,11 @@ async function deleteEntry(id) {
     try {
         await api('/entries/' + id, { method: 'DELETE', headers: authHeaders() });
         toast('Moved to trash');
-        closeSlideOver();
+        // Close the editor ONLY when it holds the entry being trashed. Deleting
+        // some other row used to close it unconditionally, silently dropping
+        // unsaved edits (no discard prompt — this path bypasses
+        // requestCloseSlideOver by design: the entry is gone either way).
+        if (soState && soState.id === id) closeSlideOver();
         state.checked.delete(id);
         await loadEntries();
         state.trashedCount = (state.trashedCount || 0) + 1;