diff --git a/addons/web_editor/static/src/js/editor/odoo-editor/src/OdooEditor.js b/addons/web_editor/static/src/js/editor/odoo-editor/src/OdooEditor.js
index b398b7a2463..076a4b16dbf 100644
--- a/addons/web_editor/static/src/js/editor/odoo-editor/src/OdooEditor.js
+++ b/addons/web_editor/static/src/js/editor/odoo-editor/src/OdooEditor.js
@@ -3116,6 +3116,13 @@ export class OdooEditor extends EventTarget {
      */
     _onSelectionChange() {
         const selection = this.document.getSelection();
+        if (
+            !this.editable.contains(selection.anchorNode) &&
+            !this.editable.contains(selection.focusNode)
+        ) {
+            // Do not affect selection outside of the editable.
+            return;
+        }
         // When CTRL+A in the editor, sometimes the browser use the editable
         // element as an anchor & focus node. This is an issue for the commands
         // and the toolbar so we need to fix the selection to be based on the