diff --git a/addons/web_editor/static/src/js/wysiwyg/plugin/text.js b/addons/web_editor/static/src/js/wysiwyg/plugin/text.js
index 16e22939cd4..f2834c531f7 100644
--- a/addons/web_editor/static/src/js/wysiwyg/plugin/text.js
+++ b/addons/web_editor/static/src/js/wysiwyg/plugin/text.js
@@ -229,8 +229,11 @@ var TextPlugin = AbstractPlugin.extend({
                 $(br).before(emptyText).remove();
                 range = this.context.invoke('editor.setRange', emptyText, 0, emptyText, 1);
             } else {
+                var offset = range.so;
                 this.context.invoke('HelperPlugin.insertTextInline', '\u200B');
-                range.eo += 1;
+                range = this.context.invoke('editor.createRange');
+                range.so = offset;
+                range.eo = offset + 1;
             }
             range.select();
         }
diff --git a/addons/web_editor/static/tests/wysiwyg_tests.js b/addons/web_editor/static/tests/wysiwyg_tests.js
index 7b0b5899cef..5eea0df9614 100644
--- a/addons/web_editor/static/tests/wysiwyg_tests.js
+++ b/addons/web_editor/static/tests/wysiwyg_tests.js
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ QUnit.test('Magic wand', function (assert) {
 
 QUnit.test('Font style', function (assert) {
     var done = assert.async();
-    assert.expect(56);
+    assert.expect(58);
 
     return weTestUtils.createWysiwyg({
         debug: false,
@@ -284,6 +284,19 @@ QUnit.test('Font style', function (assert) {
                     end: 'p:contents()[3]->2',
                 },
             },
+            {
+                name: "Click BOLD: bold -> normal (at start of dom)",
+                content: '<p><b>abc</b></p>',
+                start: 'b:contents()[0]->0',
+                do: function () {
+                    $btnBold.mousedown().click();
+                },
+                test: {
+                    content: '<p>\u200B<b>abc</b></p>',
+                    start: 'p:contents()[0]->1',
+                    end: 'p:contents()[0]->1',
+                },
+            },
             /* ITALIC */
             {
                 name: "Click ITALIC: bold -> bold + italic",