diff --git a/e2e-tests/hotkey.spec.ts b/e2e-tests/hotkey.spec.ts
index 3c58146d50..ad1c07e852 100644
--- a/e2e-tests/hotkey.spec.ts
+++ b/e2e-tests/hotkey.spec.ts
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
 import { expect } from '@playwright/test'
 import { test } from './fixtures'
-import { createRandomPage, newBlock, lastBlock, modKey, IsLinux } from './utils'
+import { createRandomPage, enterNextBlock, lastBlock, modKey, IsLinux } from './utils'
 
 test('open search dialog', async ({ page }) => {
+  await page.waitForTimeout(200)
   await page.keyboard.press(modKey + '+k')
 
   await page.waitForSelector('[placeholder="Search or create page"]')
@@ -25,7 +26,7 @@ test('insert link #3278', async ({ page }) => {
   await page.fill('textarea >> nth=0', '[Logseq Website](https://logseq.com)')
 
   // Case 2: link with label
-  await newBlock(page)
+  await enterNextBlock(page)
   await page.type('textarea >> nth=0', 'Logseq')
   await page.press('textarea >> nth=0', selectAll)
   await page.press('textarea >> nth=0', hotKey)
@@ -34,7 +35,7 @@ test('insert link #3278', async ({ page }) => {
   expect(await page.inputValue('textarea >> nth=0')).toBe('[Logseq](https://logseq.com/)')
 
   // Case 3: link with URL
-  await newBlock(page)
+  await enterNextBlock(page)
   await page.type('textarea >> nth=0', 'https://logseq.com/')
   await page.press('textarea >> nth=0', selectAll)
   await page.press('textarea >> nth=0', hotKey)
diff --git a/e2e-tests/page-rename.spec.ts b/e2e-tests/page-rename.spec.ts
index bbe2b24e0b..b907fbf3f3 100644
--- a/e2e-tests/page-rename.spec.ts
+++ b/e2e-tests/page-rename.spec.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import { expect, Page } from '@playwright/test'
 import { test } from './fixtures'
-import { IsMac, createPage, randomLowerString, newBlock, newInnerBlock, randomString, lastBlock } from './utils'
+import { IsMac, createPage, randomLowerString, newInnerBlock, randomString, lastBlock } from './utils'
 
 /***
  * Test rename feature
diff --git a/e2e-tests/page-search.spec.ts b/e2e-tests/page-search.spec.ts
index 0bfe9859bd..b030441dd2 100644
--- a/e2e-tests/page-search.spec.ts
+++ b/e2e-tests/page-search.spec.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import { expect, Page } from '@playwright/test'
 import { test } from './fixtures'
 import { Block } from './types'
-import { modKey, createRandomPage, newBlock, newInnerBlock, randomString, lastBlock, enterNextBlock } from './utils'
+import { modKey, createRandomPage, newInnerBlock, randomString, lastBlock, enterNextBlock } from './utils'
 import { searchPage, closeSearchBox } from './util/search-modal'
 
 /***
diff --git a/e2e-tests/utils.ts b/e2e-tests/utils.ts
index 43bca303e9..a07441d708 100644
--- a/e2e-tests/utils.ts
+++ b/e2e-tests/utils.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import { Page, Locator } from 'playwright'
 import { expect, ConsoleMessage } from '@playwright/test'
 import * as pathlib from 'path'
+import { modKey } from './util/basic'
 
 // TODO: The file should be a facade of utils in the /util folder
 // No more additional functions should be added to this file
@@ -34,6 +35,9 @@ export async function lastBlock(page: Page): Promise<Locator> {
  * @param page The Playwright Page object.
  */
 export async function enterNextBlock(page: Page): Promise<Locator> {
+  // Move cursor to the end of the editor
+  await page.press('textarea >> nth=0', modKey + '+a') // select all
+  await page.press('textarea >> nth=0', 'ArrowRight')
   let blockCount = await page.locator('.page-blocks-inner .ls-block').count()
   await page.press('textarea >> nth=0', 'Enter')
   await page.waitForTimeout(10)
@@ -53,15 +57,6 @@ export async function newInnerBlock(page: Page): Promise<Locator> {
   return page.locator('textarea >> nth=0')
 }
 
-// Deprecated by block.enterNext
-export async function newBlock(page: Page): Promise<Locator> {
-  let blockNumber = await page.locator('.page-blocks-inner .ls-block').count()
-  await lastBlock(page)
-  await page.press('textarea >> nth=0', 'Enter')
-  await page.waitForSelector(`.page-blocks-inner .ls-block >> nth=${blockNumber} >> textarea`, { state: 'visible' })
-  return page.locator('textarea >> nth=0')
-}
-
 export async function escapeToCodeEditor(page: Page): Promise<void> {
   await page.press('.block-editor textarea', 'Escape')
   await page.waitForSelector('.CodeMirror pre', { state: 'visible' })
@@ -173,8 +168,8 @@ export async function editFirstBlock(page: Page) {
 /**
  * Wait for a console message with a given prefix to appear, and return the full text of the message
  * Or reject after a timeout
- * 
- * @param page 
+ *
+ * @param page
  * @param prefix - the prefix to look for
  * @param timeout - the timeout in ms
  * @returns the full text of the console message