diff --git a/resources/js/components/entity-selector-popup.js b/resources/js/components/entity-selector-popup.js
index e21e67fb3..9ff67d53e 100644
--- a/resources/js/components/entity-selector-popup.js
+++ b/resources/js/components/entity-selector-popup.js
@@ -15,9 +15,14 @@ export class EntitySelectorPopup extends Component {
         window.$events.listen('entity-select-confirm', this.handleConfirmedSelection.bind(this));
     }
 
-    show(callback) {
+    show(callback, searchText = '') {
         this.callback = callback;
         this.getPopup().show();
+
+        if (searchText) {
+            this.getSelector().searchText(searchText);
+        }
+
         this.getSelector().focusSearch();
     }
 
diff --git a/resources/js/components/entity-selector.js b/resources/js/components/entity-selector.js
index f12108fbb..9cda35874 100644
--- a/resources/js/components/entity-selector.js
+++ b/resources/js/components/entity-selector.js
@@ -87,6 +87,11 @@ export class EntitySelector extends Component {
         this.searchInput.focus();
     }
 
+    searchText(queryText) {
+        this.searchInput.value = queryText;
+        this.searchEntities(queryText);
+    }
+
     showLoading() {
         this.loading.style.display = 'block';
         this.resultsContainer.style.display = 'none';
diff --git a/resources/js/markdown/actions.js b/resources/js/markdown/actions.js
index 3f9df4778..a7fde9322 100644
--- a/resources/js/markdown/actions.js
+++ b/resources/js/markdown/actions.js
@@ -68,11 +68,12 @@ export class Actions {
 
         /** @type {EntitySelectorPopup} * */
         const selector = window.$components.first('entity-selector-popup');
+        const selectionText = this.#getSelectionText(selectionRange);
         selector.show(entity => {
-            const selectedText = this.#getSelectionText(selectionRange) || entity.name;
+            const selectedText = selectionText || entity.name;
             const newText = `[${selectedText}](${entity.link})`;
             this.#replaceSelection(newText, newText.length, selectionRange);
-        });
+        }, selectionText);
     }
 
     // Show draw.io if enabled and handle save.
diff --git a/resources/js/wysiwyg/config.js b/resources/js/wysiwyg/config.js
index d93c9644e..984081bd6 100644
--- a/resources/js/wysiwyg/config.js
+++ b/resources/js/wysiwyg/config.js
@@ -78,12 +78,13 @@ function filePickerCallback(callback, value, meta) {
     if (meta.filetype === 'file') {
         /** @type {EntitySelectorPopup} * */
         const selector = window.$components.first('entity-selector-popup');
+        const selectionText = this.selection.getContent({format: 'text'}).trim();
         selector.show(entity => {
             callback(entity.link, {
                 text: entity.name,
                 title: entity.name,
             });
-        });
+        }, selectionText);
     }
 
     if (meta.filetype === 'image') {
diff --git a/resources/js/wysiwyg/shortcuts.js b/resources/js/wysiwyg/shortcuts.js
index 1c20df9c5..147e3c2d5 100644
--- a/resources/js/wysiwyg/shortcuts.js
+++ b/resources/js/wysiwyg/shortcuts.js
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ export function register(editor) {
     editor.shortcuts.add('meta+shift+K', '', () => {
         /** @var {EntitySelectorPopup} * */
         const selectorPopup = window.$components.first('entity-selector-popup');
+        const selectionText = editor.selection.getContent({format: 'text'}).trim();
         selectorPopup.show(entity => {
             if (editor.selection.isCollapsed()) {
                 editor.insertContent(editor.dom.createHTML('a', {href: entity.link}, editor.dom.encode(entity.name)));
@@ -57,6 +58,6 @@ export function register(editor) {
 
             editor.selection.collapse(false);
             editor.focus();
-        });
+        }, selectionText);
     });
 }