diff --git a/addons/web_editor/static/src/js/editor/odoo-editor/src/utils/utils.js b/addons/web_editor/static/src/js/editor/odoo-editor/src/utils/utils.js
index 1bb6c062d6c..3ca80849f32 100644
--- a/addons/web_editor/static/src/js/editor/odoo-editor/src/utils/utils.js
+++ b/addons/web_editor/static/src/js/editor/odoo-editor/src/utils/utils.js
@@ -890,7 +890,7 @@ export function preserveCursor(document) {
         replace = replace || new Map();
         cursorPos[0] = replace.get(cursorPos[0]) || cursorPos[0];
         cursorPos[2] = replace.get(cursorPos[2]) || cursorPos[2];
-        return setSelection(...cursorPos);
+        return setSelection(...cursorPos, false);
     };
 }
 
diff --git a/addons/web_editor/static/src/js/editor/odoo-editor/test/spec/color.test.js b/addons/web_editor/static/src/js/editor/odoo-editor/test/spec/color.test.js
index bf192955a9b..1e84af141de 100644
--- a/addons/web_editor/static/src/js/editor/odoo-editor/test/spec/color.test.js
+++ b/addons/web_editor/static/src/js/editor/odoo-editor/test/spec/color.test.js
@@ -59,9 +59,9 @@ describe('applyColor', () => {
         await testEditor(BasicEditor, {
             contentBefore: '<p>[<br></p><p><br></p><p>]<br></p>',
             stepFunction: setColor('rgb(255, 0, 0)', 'color'),
-            contentAfterEdit: '<p><font data-oe-zws-empty-inline="" style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">[\u200B</font></p>' +
+            contentAfterEdit: '<p>[<font data-oe-zws-empty-inline="" style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">\u200B</font></p>' +
                               '<p><font data-oe-zws-empty-inline="" style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">\u200B</font></p>' +
-                              '<p><font data-oe-zws-empty-inline="" style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">]\u200B</font></p>',
+                              '<p>]<font data-oe-zws-empty-inline="" style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">\u200B</font></p>',
             contentAfter: '<p>[</p><p></p><p>]</p>',
         });
     });
@@ -69,9 +69,9 @@ describe('applyColor', () => {
         await testEditor(BasicEditor, {
             contentBefore: '<p>[<br></p><p><br></p><p>]<br></p>',
             stepFunction: setColor('rgb(255, 0, 0)', 'backgroundColor'),
-            contentAfterEdit: '<p><font data-oe-zws-empty-inline="" style="background-color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">[\u200B</font></p>' +
+            contentAfterEdit: '<p>[<font data-oe-zws-empty-inline="" style="background-color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">\u200B</font></p>' +
                               '<p><font data-oe-zws-empty-inline="" style="background-color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">\u200B</font></p>' +
-                              '<p><font data-oe-zws-empty-inline="" style="background-color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">]\u200B</font></p>',
+                              '<p>]<font data-oe-zws-empty-inline="" style="background-color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">\u200B</font></p>',
             contentAfter: '<p>[</p><p></p><p>]</p>',
         });
     });
diff --git a/addons/web_editor/static/src/js/editor/odoo-editor/test/spec/format.test.js b/addons/web_editor/static/src/js/editor/odoo-editor/test/spec/format.test.js
index 6d95126b358..c6d0e1728e5 100644
--- a/addons/web_editor/static/src/js/editor/odoo-editor/test/spec/format.test.js
+++ b/addons/web_editor/static/src/js/editor/odoo-editor/test/spec/format.test.js
@@ -581,7 +581,7 @@ describe('Format', () => {
                 contentAfter: `<p style="text-decoration: line-through;">a[b]c</p>`,
             });
         });
-        it('should insert new character inside strikethrough at first position', async () => {
+        it('should insert before strikethrough', async () => {
             await testEditor(BasicEditor, {
                 contentBefore: `<p>d[a${s('bc]<br><br>')}</p>`,
                 stepFunction: async editor => {
@@ -641,7 +641,6 @@ describe('Format', () => {
             });
         });
         it('should remove underline, write, restore underline, write, remove underline again, write (collapsed, strikeThrough)', async () => {
-            const uselessS = s(u('\u200B', 'first'), 'first'); // TODO: clean
             await testEditor(BasicEditor, {
                 contentBefore: `<p>ab${u(s(`cd[]ef`))}</p>`,
                 stepFunction: async editor => {
@@ -652,7 +651,7 @@ describe('Format', () => {
                     await editor.execCommand('underline');
                     await editor.execCommand('insert', 'C');
                 },
-                contentAfterEdit: `<p>ab${u(s(`cd`))}${s(`A${u(`B`, 'first')}C[]\u200B`, 'first')}${uselessS}${u(s(`ef`))}</p>`,
+                contentAfterEdit: `<p>ab${u(s(`cd`))}${s(`A${u(`B`, 'first')}C[]\u200B`, 'first')}${u(s(`ef`))}</p>`,
             });
         });
         it('should remove only underline decoration on a span', async () => {
diff --git a/addons/web_editor/static/src/js/editor/odoo-editor/test/spec/link.test.js b/addons/web_editor/static/src/js/editor/odoo-editor/test/spec/link.test.js
index 20dee7d771f..92a8423f45b 100644
--- a/addons/web_editor/static/src/js/editor/odoo-editor/test/spec/link.test.js
+++ b/addons/web_editor/static/src/js/editor/odoo-editor/test/spec/link.test.js
@@ -530,7 +530,7 @@ describe('Link', () => {
                     stepFunction: async editor => {
                         await unlink(editor);
                     },
-                    contentAfter: '<p>a<a href="exist">bc[</a>d]e</p>',
+                    contentAfter: '<p>a<a href="exist">bc</a>[d]e</p>',
                 });
                 // BACKWARD
                 await testEditor(BasicEditor, {
@@ -538,7 +538,7 @@ describe('Link', () => {
                     stepFunction: async editor => {
                         await unlink(editor);
                     },
-                    contentAfter: '<p>a<a href="exist">bc]</a>d[e</p>',
+                    contentAfter: '<p>a<a href="exist">bc</a>]d[e</p>',
                 });
             });
             it('should remove the link in the selected range in the middle of a link', async () => {
@@ -548,7 +548,7 @@ describe('Link', () => {
                     stepFunction: async editor => {
                         await unlink(editor);
                     },
-                    contentAfter: '<p>a<a href="exist">b[</a>c]<a href="exist">d</a>e</p>',
+                    contentAfter: '<p>a<a href="exist">b</a>[c]<a href="exist">d</a>e</p>',
                 });
                 // BACKWARD
                 await testEditor(BasicEditor, {
@@ -556,7 +556,7 @@ describe('Link', () => {
                     stepFunction: async editor => {
                         await unlink(editor);
                     },
-                    contentAfter: '<p>a<a href="exist">b]</a>c[<a href="exist">d</a>e</p>',
+                    contentAfter: '<p>a<a href="exist">b</a>]c[<a href="exist">d</a>e</p>',
                 });
             });
             it('should remove the link in the selected range at the start of a link', async () => {
@@ -584,7 +584,7 @@ describe('Link', () => {
                     stepFunction: async editor => {
                         await unlink(editor);
                     },
-                    contentAfter: '<p>a<a href="exist">bc[</a>de]f</p>',
+                    contentAfter: '<p>a<a href="exist">bc</a>[de]f</p>',
                 });
                 // BACKWARD
                 await testEditor(BasicEditor, {
@@ -592,7 +592,7 @@ describe('Link', () => {
                     stepFunction: async editor => {
                         await unlink(editor);
                     },
-                    contentAfter: '<p>a<a href="exist">bc]</a>de[f</p>',
+                    contentAfter: '<p>a<a href="exist">bc</a>]de[f</p>',
                 });
             });
             it('should remove the link in the selected range overlapping the start of a link', async () => {