diff --git a/Userland/Libraries/LibWeb/HTML/HTMLButtonElement.h b/Userland/Libraries/LibWeb/HTML/HTMLButtonElement.h
index 1f7c0f27aeb..c18b443e3a7 100644
--- a/Userland/Libraries/LibWeb/HTML/HTMLButtonElement.h
+++ b/Userland/Libraries/LibWeb/HTML/HTMLButtonElement.h
@@ -70,6 +70,8 @@ public:
     virtual bool has_activation_behavior() const override;
     virtual void activation_behavior(DOM::Event const&) override;
 
+    virtual bool is_child_node_selectable(DOM::Node const&) const override { return false; }
+
 private:
     virtual bool is_html_button_element() const override { return true; }
 
diff --git a/Userland/Libraries/LibWeb/HTML/HTMLElement.h b/Userland/Libraries/LibWeb/HTML/HTMLElement.h
index 230c7d85ede..f48c90c571e 100644
--- a/Userland/Libraries/LibWeb/HTML/HTMLElement.h
+++ b/Userland/Libraries/LibWeb/HTML/HTMLElement.h
@@ -80,6 +80,8 @@ public:
     WebIDL::ExceptionOr<void> set_popover(Optional<String> value);
     Optional<String> popover() const;
 
+    virtual bool is_child_node_selectable(DOM::Node const&) const { return true; }
+
 protected:
     HTMLElement(DOM::Document&, DOM::QualifiedName);
 
diff --git a/Userland/Libraries/LibWeb/HTML/HTMLInputElement.cpp b/Userland/Libraries/LibWeb/HTML/HTMLInputElement.cpp
index 23e5a3143b0..62762cce04c 100644
--- a/Userland/Libraries/LibWeb/HTML/HTMLInputElement.cpp
+++ b/Userland/Libraries/LibWeb/HTML/HTMLInputElement.cpp
@@ -2368,4 +2368,9 @@ HTMLInputElement::ValueAttributeMode HTMLInputElement::value_attribute_mode() co
     VERIFY_NOT_REACHED();
 }
 
+bool HTMLInputElement::is_child_node_selectable(DOM::Node const& node) const
+{
+    return !is_button() && (!m_placeholder_element || !m_placeholder_element->is_inclusive_ancestor_of(node));
+}
+
 }
diff --git a/Userland/Libraries/LibWeb/HTML/HTMLInputElement.h b/Userland/Libraries/LibWeb/HTML/HTMLInputElement.h
index 28a1569a50b..88978e1a80b 100644
--- a/Userland/Libraries/LibWeb/HTML/HTMLInputElement.h
+++ b/Userland/Libraries/LibWeb/HTML/HTMLInputElement.h
@@ -204,6 +204,8 @@ public:
     WebIDL::ExceptionOr<void> set_selection_end_for_bindings(Optional<WebIDL::UnsignedLong> const&);
     Optional<WebIDL::UnsignedLong> selection_end_for_bindings() const;
 
+    virtual bool is_child_node_selectable(DOM::Node const&) const override;
+
 private:
     HTMLInputElement(DOM::Document&, DOM::QualifiedName);
 
diff --git a/Userland/Libraries/LibWeb/Page/EventHandler.cpp b/Userland/Libraries/LibWeb/Page/EventHandler.cpp
index d29cbf9372d..c5746e876fa 100644
--- a/Userland/Libraries/LibWeb/Page/EventHandler.cpp
+++ b/Userland/Libraries/LibWeb/Page/EventHandler.cpp
@@ -449,9 +449,19 @@ bool EventHandler::handle_mousedown(CSSPixelPoint viewport_position, CSSPixelPoi
                         HTML::run_unfocusing_steps(focused_element);
                 }
 
-                // If we didn't focus anything, place the document text cursor at the mouse position.
-                // FIXME: This is all rather strange. Find a better solution.
-                if (!did_focus_something || dom_node->is_editable()) {
+                // Ask the next non-shadow parent element whether the node at the mouse position is selectable.
+                auto& root_node = dom_node->root();
+                DOM::Element* non_shadow_parent_element;
+                if (root_node.is_shadow_root())
+                    non_shadow_parent_element = root_node.parent_or_shadow_host_element();
+                else
+                    non_shadow_parent_element = dom_node->parent_element();
+                bool is_selectable = true;
+                if (non_shadow_parent_element && non_shadow_parent_element->is_html_element())
+                    is_selectable = static_cast<HTML::HTMLElement*>(non_shadow_parent_element)->is_child_node_selectable(*dom_node);
+
+                // If it is selectable, place the document text cursor at the mouse position.
+                if (is_selectable) {
                     auto& realm = document->realm();
                     document->set_cursor_position(DOM::Position::create(realm, *dom_node, result->index_in_node));
                     if (auto selection = document->get_selection()) {