diff --git a/packages/studio/src/components/editor/manualOffsetDrag.test.ts b/packages/studio/src/components/editor/manualOffsetDrag.test.ts
index 8ef226ba88c..cf00350bc30 100644
--- a/packages/studio/src/components/editor/manualOffsetDrag.test.ts
+++ b/packages/studio/src/components/editor/manualOffsetDrag.test.ts
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ import {
   type ManualOffsetDragMatrix,
 } from "./manualOffsetDrag";
 import { STUDIO_OFFSET_X_PROP, STUDIO_OFFSET_Y_PROP } from "./manualEdits";
+import { computeDraggedGsapPosition } from "../../hooks/draggedGsapPosition";
 
 function expectMatrixClose(actual: ManualOffsetDragMatrix, expected: ManualOffsetDragMatrix): void {
   expect(actual.a).toBeCloseTo(expected.a, 6);
@@ -552,3 +553,95 @@ describe("resumeGsapTimelines", () => {
     expect(() => resumeGsapTimelines(element)).not.toThrow();
   });
 });
+
+describe("drag in a composition without GSAP", () => {
+  // The commit writes `gsap.set(x, y)`; once GSAP loads it folds the CSS translate and the
+  // transform's translation into x/y, so the drag base must already count them.
+  function committedPosition(css: string, dx: number, dy: number, setup?: (w: Window) => void) {
+    const window = new Window();
+    setup?.(window);
+    window.document.head.innerHTML = `<style>#title { ${css} }</style>`;
+    const element = window.document.createElement("h1");
+    element.id = "title";
+    window.document.body.append(element);
+    Object.defineProperty(element, "offsetWidth", { value: 146 });
+    Object.defineProperty(element, "offsetHeight", { value: 82 });
+    element.getBoundingClientRect = () => {
+      const x = Number.parseFloat(element.style.getPropertyValue(STUDIO_OFFSET_X_PROP)) || 0;
+      const y = Number.parseFloat(element.style.getPropertyValue(STUDIO_OFFSET_Y_PROP)) || 0;
+      return new window.DOMRect(100 + x, 300 + y, 146, 82);
+    };
+    const result = createManualOffsetDragMember({
+      key: "title",
+      selection: { element } as never,
+      element,
+      rect: { left: 100, top: 300, width: 146, height: 82, editScaleX: 1, editScaleY: 1 },
+    });
+    if (!result.ok) throw new Error(result.reason);
+    const offset = applyManualOffsetDragCommit(result.member, dx, dy);
+    return computeDraggedGsapPosition(element, offset, { x: 0, y: 0 });
+  }
+
+  it("keeps a stylesheet translate, so a 30px drag moves the element 30px", () => {
+    const { newX, newY } = committedPosition("translate: 0 -200px;", 40, 30);
+    expect({ x: newX, y: newY }).toEqual({ x: 40, y: -170 });
+  });
+
+  it("keeps a stylesheet transform translation the same way", () => {
+    const { newX, newY } = committedPosition("transform: translate(-60px, 10px);", 40, 30);
+    expect({ x: newX, y: newY }).toEqual({ x: -20, y: 40 });
+  });
+
+  it("turns the transform's translation by a CSS rotate, as GSAP folds it", () => {
+    const { newX, newY } = committedPosition(
+      "rotate: 90deg; transform: translate(100px, 0);",
+      40,
+      30,
+    );
+    expect(newX).toBeCloseTo(40);
+    expect(newY).toBeCloseTo(130);
+  });
+
+  it("scales the transform's translation by a CSS scale", () => {
+    const { newX, newY } = committedPosition("scale: 2; transform: translate(10px, 0);", 40, 30);
+    expect({ x: newX, y: newY }).toEqual({ x: 60, y: 30 });
+  });
+
+  it("falls back to the plain transform, as GSAP does, when the fold does not parse", () => {
+    // Chrome's DOMMatrix rejects an axis rotate inside a transform list; happy-dom's does not.
+    const rejectAxisRotate = (w: Window) => {
+      const Parsed = w.DOMMatrix;
+      class ChromeLike extends Parsed {
+        constructor(init?: string) {
+          if (init?.includes("rotate(x ")) throw new SyntaxError(`Failed to parse '${init}'`);
+          super(init);
+        }
+      }
+      Object.assign(w, { DOMMatrix: ChromeLike });
+    };
+    const { newX, newY } = committedPosition(
+      "rotate: x 30deg; translate: 0 -200px; transform: translate(-60px, 10px);",
+      40,
+      30,
+      rejectAxisRotate,
+    );
+    expect({ x: newX, y: newY }).toEqual({ x: -20, y: 40 });
+  });
+
+  it("reads the base from GSAP itself once the page has it", () => {
+    const base: Record<string, number> = { x: 7, y: 5 };
+    const gsap = {
+      set: () => undefined,
+      getProperty: (_el: Element, prop: string) => base[prop] ?? 0,
+    };
+    const { newX, newY } = committedPosition("translate: 0 -200px;", 40, 30, (w) =>
+      Object.assign(w, { gsap }),
+    );
+    expect({ x: newX, y: newY }).toEqual({ x: 47, y: 35 });
+  });
+
+  it("leaves a -50% centering out of x/y, since GSAP keeps it as xPercent/yPercent", () => {
+    const { newX, newY } = committedPosition("translate: -50% -50%;", 40, 30);
+    expect({ x: newX, y: newY }).toEqual({ x: 40, y: 30 });
+  });
+});
diff --git a/packages/studio/src/components/editor/manualOffsetDrag.ts b/packages/studio/src/components/editor/manualOffsetDrag.ts
index 247cfbe0c36..0c7127f383f 100644
--- a/packages/studio/src/components/editor/manualOffsetDrag.ts
+++ b/packages/studio/src/components/editor/manualOffsetDrag.ts
@@ -25,6 +25,53 @@ function getOffsetDragGsap(element: HTMLElement): OffsetDragGsap | null {
   return gsap?.set && gsap.getProperty ? (gsap as OffsetDragGsap) : null;
 }
 
+const cssValue = (style: CSSStyleDeclaration, prop: string) => {
+  const value = style.getPropertyValue(prop).trim();
+  return value === "none" ? "" : value;
+};
+
+function transformTranslation(view: Window & typeof globalThis, list: string) {
+  const matrix = list ? new view.DOMMatrix(list) : null;
+  return { x: matrix?.m41 ?? 0, y: matrix?.m42 ?? 0 };
+}
+
+// GSAP writes `translate rotate scale transform` as one inline transform; a value the browser rejects
+// (e.g. `rotate: x 30deg`) drops the whole string, leaving GSAP only the plain transform.
+function foldedTranslation(view: Window & typeof globalThis, style: CSSStyleDeclaration) {
+  const [tx = "", ty = ""] = cssValue(style, "translate").split(/\s+/);
+  const rotate = cssValue(style, "rotate");
+  const scale = cssValue(style, "scale");
+  const transform = cssValue(style, "transform");
+  const folded = [
+    rotate && `rotate(${rotate})`,
+    scale && `scale(${scale.split(/\s+/).join(",")})`,
+    transform,
+  ];
+  try {
+    return { tx, ty, ...transformTranslation(view, folded.join(" ").trim()) };
+  } catch {
+    return { tx: "", ty: "", ...transformTranslation(view, transform) };
+  }
+}
+
+function foldedAxis(translate: string, fromTransform: number, size: number): number {
+  const raw = Number.parseFloat(translate) || 0;
+  const t = (translate.endsWith("%") ? (raw * size) / 100 : raw) + fromTransform;
+  return t && Math.round(size / 2) === Math.round(-t) ? t + size / 2 : t;
+}
+
+// The x/y GSAP reports once the commit loads it into a page without it, as its CSSPlugin parses:
+// the CSS `translate`, then `rotate`, `scale` and `transform` in that order, less a -50% centering kept in x/yPercent.
+function readGsapFoldedCssPosition(element: HTMLElement): { x: number; y: number } {
+  const view = element.ownerDocument.defaultView as (Window & typeof globalThis) | null;
+  if (!view) return { x: 0, y: 0 };
+  const moved = foldedTranslation(view, view.getComputedStyle(element));
+  return {
+    x: foldedAxis(moved.tx, moved.x, element.offsetWidth),
+    y: foldedAxis(moved.ty, moved.y, element.offsetHeight),
+  };
+}
+
 /**
  * Live drag preview through the GSAP channel — the SAME channel the commit
  * lands in (a `tl.set`/keyframe on the timeline), so what the user sees while
@@ -346,8 +393,10 @@ export function createManualOffsetDragMember(input: {
         __timelines?: Record<string, { pause?: () => void; paused?: () => boolean }>;
       })
     | null;
-  const gsapX = win?.gsap?.getProperty?.(input.element, "x") || 0;
-  const gsapY = win?.gsap?.getProperty?.(input.element, "y") || 0;
+  const gsap = win?.gsap;
+  const { x: gsapX, y: gsapY } = gsap?.getProperty
+    ? { x: gsap.getProperty(input.element, "x") || 0, y: gsap.getProperty(input.element, "y") || 0 }
+    : readGsapFoldedCssPosition(input.element);
   input.element.setAttribute("data-hf-drag-gsap-base-x", String(gsapX));
   input.element.setAttribute("data-hf-drag-gsap-base-y", String(gsapY));