diff --git a/src/rich-text/plugins/link-editor.ts b/src/rich-text/plugins/link-editor.ts
index d88b45e7..cebe4974 100644
--- a/src/rich-text/plugins/link-editor.ts
+++ b/src/rich-text/plugins/link-editor.ts
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ export class LinkEditor extends PluginInterfaceView<
                 <label for="link-editor-href-input-${randomId}" class="s-label mb4">${_t(
                     "link_editor.href_label"
                 )}</label>
-                <input id="link-editor-href-input-${randomId}" class="s-input js-link-editor-href" type="text" name="href" aria-describedby="link-editor-href-error-${randomId}" />
+                <input id="link-editor-href-input-${randomId}" class="s-input js-link-editor-href" type="text" name="href" aria-describedby="link-editor-href-error-${randomId}" placeholder="https://"/>
                 <p id="link-editor-href-error-${randomId}" class="s-input-message mt4 d-none js-link-editor-href-error"></p>
             </div>
 
@@ -100,7 +100,8 @@ export class LinkEditor extends PluginInterfaceView<
         this.viewContainer.addEventListener("reset", (e) => {
             e.preventDefault();
             e.stopPropagation();
-            const tr = this.tryHideInterfaceTr(view.state);
+            let tr = this.tryHideInterfaceTr(view.state);
+            tr = LINK_EDITOR_KEY.updateVisibility(false, tr);
             if (tr) {
                 view.dispatch(tr);
             }
@@ -164,6 +165,8 @@ export class LinkEditor extends PluginInterfaceView<
                 text: null,
             }) || view.state.tr;
 
+        tr = LINK_EDITOR_KEY.updateVisibility(false, tr);
+
         // set the text first, inheriting all marks
         tr = tr.replaceSelectionWith(node, true);
 
@@ -195,9 +198,9 @@ export class LinkEditor extends PluginInterfaceView<
 
     update(view: EditorView): void {
         super.update(view);
+        const state = LINK_EDITOR_KEY.getState(view.state);
 
         if (this.isShown) {
-            const state = LINK_EDITOR_KEY.getState(view.state);
             if (state?.url) {
                 this.hrefInput.value = state.url;
                 this.validate(state.url);
@@ -215,8 +218,9 @@ export class LinkEditor extends PluginInterfaceView<
             this.hrefInput.focus();
         } else {
             this.resetEditor();
-            const tr = this.tryHideInterfaceTr(view.state);
+            let tr = this.tryHideInterfaceTr(view.state);
             if (tr) {
+                tr = LINK_EDITOR_KEY.updateVisibility(false, tr);
                 view.dispatch(tr);
             }
         }
@@ -274,6 +278,11 @@ class LinkEditorPluginKey extends ManagedInterfaceKey<LinkEditorPluginState> {
         meta.forceHideTooltip = true;
         return this.setMeta(state.tr, meta);
     }
+    updateVisibility(visibility: boolean, trans: Transaction): Transaction {
+        const meta = trans.getMeta(LINK_EDITOR_KEY) as LinkEditorPluginState;
+        meta.visible = visibility;
+        return this.setMeta(trans, meta);
+    }
 }
 
 /** The plugin key the image uploader plugin is tied to */
@@ -628,7 +637,7 @@ export const linkEditorPlugin = (features: CommonmarkParserFeatures) =>
                     shouldShow: false,
                 };
             },
-            apply(tr, value, _, newState): LinkEditorPluginState {
+            apply(tr, value, state, newState): LinkEditorPluginState {
                 // check if force hide was set and add to value for getDecorations to use
                 const meta = this.getMeta(tr) || value;
                 if ("forceHideTooltip" in meta) {
@@ -636,11 +645,24 @@ export const linkEditorPlugin = (features: CommonmarkParserFeatures) =>
                 }
 
                 // update the linkTooltip and get the decorations
-                const decorations = value.linkTooltip.getDecorations(
+                let decorations = value.linkTooltip.getDecorations(
                     value,
                     newState
                 );
 
+                //get decoration for current selection
+                const sel = state.selection;
+                let selectionDecoration = null;
+
+                if (meta.visible && sel && sel.from !== sel.to) {
+                    selectionDecoration = Decoration.inline(sel.from, sel.to, {
+                        class: "bg-black-225",
+                    });
+                    decorations = decorations.add(newState.doc, [
+                        selectionDecoration,
+                    ]);
+                }
+
                 return {
                     ...meta,
                     forceHideTooltip:
@@ -713,11 +735,13 @@ export function showLinkEditor(
     url?: string,
     text?: string
 ): void {
-    const tr = LINK_EDITOR_KEY.showInterfaceTr(view.state, {
+    let tr = LINK_EDITOR_KEY.showInterfaceTr(view.state, {
         url,
         text,
     });
 
+    tr = LINK_EDITOR_KEY.updateVisibility(true, tr);
+
     if (tr) {
         view.dispatch(tr);
     }
@@ -728,11 +752,13 @@ export function showLinkEditor(
  * @param view The current editor view
  */
 export function hideLinkEditor(view: EditorView): void {
-    const tr = LINK_EDITOR_KEY.hideInterfaceTr(view.state, {
+    let tr = LINK_EDITOR_KEY.hideInterfaceTr(view.state, {
         url: null,
         text: null,
     });
 
+    tr = LINK_EDITOR_KEY.updateVisibility(false, tr);
+
     if (tr) {
         view.dispatch(tr);
     }
diff --git a/test/rich-text/plugins/link-editor.test.ts b/test/rich-text/plugins/link-editor.test.ts
index 0074509b..fa499d9a 100644
--- a/test/rich-text/plugins/link-editor.test.ts
+++ b/test/rich-text/plugins/link-editor.test.ts
@@ -137,6 +137,35 @@ describe("link-editor", () => {
             expect(inputContainer.classList).not.toContain("has-error");
         });
 
+        it("should highlight selected text in grey when link editor is open", () => {
+            view = richTextView(
+                "highlight this text",
+                () => pluginContainer,
+                () => menuContainer
+            );
+
+            // Select the text we want to highlight
+            view.editorView.updateState(
+                applySelection(view.editorView.state, 0, 19) // Select "highlight this text"
+            );
+
+            showLinkEditor(view.editorView);
+            editor.update(view.editorView);
+
+            const decorations = getDecorations(view.editorView.state);
+            const decoration = decorations.find(0, 19)[0];
+
+            expect(decoration).toBeDefined(); // The highlight should exist
+
+            // Verify the selection is styled with a decoration containing the correct class
+            const editorContent = view.editorView.dom;
+            const highlightedText =
+                editorContent.querySelector(".bg-black-225");
+
+            expect(highlightedText).toBeTruthy();
+            expect(highlightedText.textContent).toBe("highlight this text");
+        });
+
         it("should prefill fields when a link is edited via the tooltip", async () => {
             view = richTextView(
                 "[link text](https://www.example.com)",