2 files changed, 3 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/src/client/views/nodes/formattedText/FormattedTextBox.tsx b/src/client/views/nodes/formattedText/FormattedTextBox.tsx
index d90be007f..341340363 100644
--- a/src/client/views/nodes/formattedText/FormattedTextBox.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/nodes/formattedText/FormattedTextBox.tsx
@@ -1761,7 +1761,7 @@ export class FormattedTextBox extends ViewBoxAnnotatableComponent<FormattedTextB
     tryKeepingFocus = (target: Element | null) => {
         for (let newFocusEle = target instanceof HTMLElement ? target : null; newFocusEle; newFocusEle = newFocusEle?.parentElement) {
             // test if parent of new focused element is a UI button (should be more specific than testing className)
-            if (newFocusEle?.className === 'fonticonbox' || newFocusEle?.className === 'popup-container') {
+            if (['fonticonbox', 'antimodeMenu-cont', 'popup-container'].includes(newFocusEle?.className ?? '')) {
                 return this.EditorView?.focus(); // keep focus on text box
             }
         }
diff --git a/src/client/views/nodes/formattedText/RichTextMenu.tsx b/src/client/views/nodes/formattedText/RichTextMenu.tsx
index 758b4035e..10c95f1e1 100644
--- a/src/client/views/nodes/formattedText/RichTextMenu.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/nodes/formattedText/RichTextMenu.tsx
@@ -367,7 +367,8 @@ export class RichTextMenu extends AntimodeMenu<AntimodeMenuProps> {
 
     setFontField = (value: string, fontField: 'fitBox' | 'fontSize' | 'fontFamily' | 'fontColor' | 'fontHighlight') => {
         if (this.TextView && this.view && fontField !== 'fitBox') {
-            if (this.view.hasFocus()) {
+            const anchorNode = window.getSelection()?.anchorNode;
+            if (this.view.hasFocus() || (anchorNode && this.TextView.ProseRef?.contains(anchorNode))) {
                 const attrs: { [key: string]: string } = {};
                 attrs[fontField] = value;
                 const fmark = this.view.state.schema.marks['pF' + fontField.substring(1)].create(attrs);