diff --git a/addons/web/static/src/webclient/webclient.js b/addons/web/static/src/webclient/webclient.js
index 1603ed3a4c4..6c3662f8a0d 100644
--- a/addons/web/static/src/webclient/webclient.js
+++ b/addons/web/static/src/webclient/webclient.js
@@ -100,6 +100,7 @@ export class WebClient extends Component {
         // we do not want any other listener to execute.
         if (
             ev.ctrlKey &&
+            !ev.target.isContentEditable &&
             ((ev.target instanceof HTMLAnchorElement && ev.target.href) ||
                 (ev.target instanceof HTMLElement && ev.target.closest("a[href]:not([href=''])")))
         ) {
diff --git a/addons/web_editor/static/src/js/wysiwyg/wysiwyg.js b/addons/web_editor/static/src/js/wysiwyg/wysiwyg.js
index fd5e93eb1a3..d3abc556786 100644
--- a/addons/web_editor/static/src/js/wysiwyg/wysiwyg.js
+++ b/addons/web_editor/static/src/js/wysiwyg/wysiwyg.js
@@ -369,6 +369,9 @@ const Wysiwyg = Widget.extend({
                     && !$target.find('> [data-oe-model]').length
                     && !$target[0].closest('.o_extra_menu_items')
                     && $target[0].isContentEditable) {
+                if (ev.ctrlKey || ev.metaKey) {
+                    window.open(ev.target.href, '_blank')
+                }
                 this.linkPopover = $target.data('popover-widget-initialized');
                 if (!this.linkPopover) {
                     // TODO this code is ugly maybe the mutex should be in the