diff --git a/addons/web_editor/static/src/js/wysiwyg/widgets/link_tools.js b/addons/web_editor/static/src/js/wysiwyg/widgets/link_tools.js
index ad1533e2a7e..14f787c2a6c 100644
--- a/addons/web_editor/static/src/js/wysiwyg/widgets/link_tools.js
+++ b/addons/web_editor/static/src/js/wysiwyg/widgets/link_tools.js
@@ -68,7 +68,6 @@ const LinkTools = Link.extend({
         this.$button.removeClass('active');
         this.options.wysiwyg.odooEditor.observerActive();
         this.applyLinkToDom(this._getData());
-        setSelection(this.$link[0], 0, this.$link[0], 1);
         this.options.wysiwyg.odooEditor.historyStep();
         this._super(...arguments);
     },
diff --git a/addons/web_editor/static/src/js/wysiwyg/wysiwyg.js b/addons/web_editor/static/src/js/wysiwyg/wysiwyg.js
index 60cbd039f8c..d1b3820b3c9 100644
--- a/addons/web_editor/static/src/js/wysiwyg/wysiwyg.js
+++ b/addons/web_editor/static/src/js/wysiwyg/wysiwyg.js
@@ -886,16 +886,19 @@ const Wysiwyg = Widget.extend({
             return;
         }
         if (this.snippetsMenu && !options.forceDialog) {
-            if (this.linkTools) {
-                this.linkTools.destroy();
-            }
             if (options.forceOpen || !this.linkTools) {
                 const $btn = this.toolbar.$el.find('#create-link');
-                this.linkTools = new weWidgets.LinkTools(this, {wysiwyg: this, noFocusUrl: options.noFocusUrl}, this.odooEditor.editable, {}, $btn, options.link || this.lastMediaClicked);
+                if (!this.linkTools || ![options.link, ...wysiwygUtils.ancestors(options.link)].includes(this.linkTools.$link[0])) {
+                    this.linkTools = new weWidgets.LinkTools(this, {wysiwyg: this, noFocusUrl: options.noFocusUrl}, this.odooEditor.editable, {}, $btn, options.link || this.lastMediaClicked);
+                }
                 const _onMousedown = ev => {
-                    if (!ev.target.closest('.oe-toolbar') && !ev.target.closest('.ui-autocomplete')) {
+                    if (
+                        !ev.target.closest('.oe-toolbar') &&
+                        !ev.target.closest('.ui-autocomplete') &&
+                        (!this.linkTools || ![ev.target, ...wysiwygUtils.ancestors(ev.target)].includes(this.linkTools.$link[0]))
+                    ) {
                         // Destroy the link tools on click anywhere outside the
-                        // toolbar.
+                        // toolbar if the target is the orgiginal target not in the original target.
                         this.linkTools && this.linkTools.destroy();
                         this.linkTools = undefined;
                         this.odooEditor.document.removeEventListener('mousedown', _onMousedown, true);
@@ -904,6 +907,7 @@ const Wysiwyg = Widget.extend({
                 this.odooEditor.document.addEventListener('mousedown', _onMousedown, true);
                 this.linkTools.appendTo(this.toolbar.$el);
             } else {
+                this.linkTools.destroy();
                 this.linkTools = undefined;
             }
         } else {
diff --git a/addons/web_editor/static/src/scss/wysiwyg.scss b/addons/web_editor/static/src/scss/wysiwyg.scss
index eee6ebaeef5..e09022331b3 100644
--- a/addons/web_editor/static/src/scss/wysiwyg.scss
+++ b/addons/web_editor/static/src/scss/wysiwyg.scss
@@ -440,6 +440,7 @@ body:not(.editor_has_snippets) {
         border: dashed 3px #01bad2;
         position: absolute;
         inset: -5px;
+        pointer-events: none;
     }
 }