Last modified: 2013-07-01 19:25:49 UTC
As Rob spotted, we should (re-)place the cursor in the block.
On a note about this at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:VisualEditor/Feedback#Cursor_disappears, I tested - I don't have the issue in Chrome (the cursor remains), but it is evidently still disappearing in Firefox. Just an FYI. :)
Change 71388 had a related patch set uploaded by Robmoen: Restore focus to documentNode on convert https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/71388
Change 71388 merged by jenkins-bot: Restore focus to documentNode on convert https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/71388
Merged and will be deployed shortly.