diff --git a/app/editor/components/Styles.ts b/app/editor/components/Styles.ts
index 7436a4c45..527c3b94c 100644
--- a/app/editor/components/Styles.ts
+++ b/app/editor/components/Styles.ts
@@ -548,6 +548,12 @@ const EditorStyles = styled.div<{
     cursor: pointer;
   }
 
+  .ProseMirror-focused {
+    a {
+      cursor: text;
+    }
+  }
+
   a:hover {
     text-decoration: ${(props) => (props.readOnly ? "underline" : "none")};
   }
diff --git a/shared/editor/marks/Link.tsx b/shared/editor/marks/Link.tsx
index 6fb579327..64611b391 100644
--- a/shared/editor/marks/Link.tsx
+++ b/shared/editor/marks/Link.tsx
@@ -170,14 +170,14 @@ export default class Link extends Mark {
             }
             return false;
           },
-          click: (view, event: MouseEvent) => {
+          mousedown: (view, event: MouseEvent) => {
             if (!(event.target instanceof HTMLAnchorElement)) {
               return false;
             }
 
             // clicking a link while editing should show the link toolbar,
             // clicking in read-only will navigate
-            if (!view.editable) {
+            if (!view.editable || (view.editable && !view.hasFocus())) {
               const href =
                 event.target.href ||
                 (event.target.parentNode instanceof HTMLAnchorElement