diff --git a/app/javascript/dashboard/components/widgets/WootWriter/Editor.vue b/app/javascript/dashboard/components/widgets/WootWriter/Editor.vue
index e776ed913..c349468b8 100644
--- a/app/javascript/dashboard/components/widgets/WootWriter/Editor.vue
+++ b/app/javascript/dashboard/components/widgets/WootWriter/Editor.vue
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ import {
 
 import {
   appendSignature,
+  collapseSelection,
   findNodeToInsertImage,
   getContentNode,
   insertAtCursor,
@@ -66,6 +67,7 @@ import {
 import {
   hasPressedEnterAndNotCmdOrShift,
   hasPressedCommandAndEnter,
+  isEscape,
 } from 'shared/helpers/KeyboardHelpers';
 import { createTypingIndicator } from '@chatwoot/utils';
 import { checkFileSizeLimit } from 'shared/helpers/FileHelper';
@@ -515,7 +517,9 @@ function setMenubarPosition({ selection } = {}) {
 
 function checkSelection(editorState) {
   showSelectionMenu.value = false;
-  const hasSelection = editorState.selection.from !== editorState.selection.to;
+  const { selection } = editorState;
+  // Skip NodeSelection (from Esc -> selectParentNode); only text ranges count.
+  const hasSelection = !selection.empty && !selection.node;
   if (hasSelection === isTextSelected.value) return;
 
   isTextSelected.value = hasSelection;
@@ -711,12 +715,17 @@ function handleLineBreakWhenCmdAndEnterToSendEnabled(event) {
 }
 
 function onKeydown(event) {
+  if (isEscape(event)) {
+    collapseSelection(editorView);
+    return true;
+  }
   if (isEnterToSendEnabled()) {
     handleLineBreakWhenEnterToSendEnabled(event);
   }
   if (isCmdPlusEnterToSendEnabled()) {
     handleLineBreakWhenCmdAndEnterToSendEnabled(event);
   }
+  return false;
 }
 
 function createEditorView() {
@@ -744,6 +753,9 @@ function createEditorView() {
       blur: () => {
         if (props.disabled) return;
         typingIndicator.stop();
+        // PM keeps its selection on blur — clear the menu flags manually.
+        isTextSelected.value = false;
+        editorRoot.value?.classList.remove('has-selection');
         emit('blur');
       },
       paste: (view, event) => {
diff --git a/app/javascript/dashboard/components/widgets/WootWriter/FullEditor.vue b/app/javascript/dashboard/components/widgets/WootWriter/FullEditor.vue
index 72104ff06..1e1ab9756 100644
--- a/app/javascript/dashboard/components/widgets/WootWriter/FullEditor.vue
+++ b/app/javascript/dashboard/components/widgets/WootWriter/FullEditor.vue
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@ import { toggleMark } from 'prosemirror-commands';
 import { wrapInList } from 'prosemirror-schema-list';
 import { toggleBlockType } from '@chatwoot/prosemirror-schema/src/menu/common';
 import { checkFileSizeLimit } from 'shared/helpers/FileHelper';
+import { isEscape } from 'shared/helpers/KeyboardHelpers';
+import { collapseSelection } from 'dashboard/helper/editorHelper';
 import { useAlert } from 'dashboard/composables';
 import { useUISettings } from 'dashboard/composables/useUISettings';
 import keyboardEventListenerMixins from 'shared/mixins/keyboardEventListenerMixins';
@@ -362,19 +364,33 @@ export default {
     onKeyup() {
       this.$emit('keyup');
     },
-    onKeydown() {
+    onKeydown(view, event) {
       this.$emit('keydown');
+      if (isEscape(event)) {
+        if (this.showSlashMenu) {
+          this.showSlashMenu = false;
+          this.slashSearchTerm = '';
+          this.slashMenuPosition = null;
+          return true;
+        }
+        collapseSelection(editorView);
+        return true;
+      }
+      return false;
     },
     onBlur() {
+      // ProseMirror keeps its selection on blur — clear the menu flag manually.
+      this.isTextSelected = false;
+      this.$refs.editor?.classList.remove('has-selection');
       this.$emit('blur');
     },
     onFocus() {
       this.$emit('focus');
     },
     checkSelection(editorState) {
-      const { from, to } = editorState.selection;
-      // Check if there's a selection (from and to are different)
-      const hasSelection = from !== to;
+      const { selection } = editorState;
+      // Skip NodeSelection (from Esc -> selectParentNode); only text ranges count.
+      const hasSelection = !selection.empty && !selection.node;
       // If the selection state is the same as the previous state, do nothing
       if (hasSelection === this.isTextSelected) return;
       // Update the selection state
diff --git a/app/javascript/dashboard/helper/editorHelper.js b/app/javascript/dashboard/helper/editorHelper.js
index b3d071ccd..9839a04e0 100644
--- a/app/javascript/dashboard/helper/editorHelper.js
+++ b/app/javascript/dashboard/helper/editorHelper.js
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import {
   messageSchema,
   MessageMarkdownTransformer,
   MessageMarkdownSerializer,
+  Selection,
 } from '@chatwoot/prosemirror-schema';
 import { replaceVariablesInMessage } from '@chatwoot/utils';
 import * as Sentry from '@sentry/vue';
@@ -273,6 +274,18 @@ export const scrollCursorIntoView = view => {
   }
 };
 
+/**
+ * Collapse the current selection to a cursor near its head. Used to override
+ * the default Escape -> selectParentNode behavior which would otherwise keep
+ * the text highlight visible.
+ *
+ * @param {EditorView} view - The ProseMirror EditorView
+ */
+export const collapseSelection = view => {
+  const { tr, selection } = view.state;
+  view.dispatch(tr.setSelection(Selection.near(selection.$head)));
+};
+
 /**
  * Returns a transaction that inserts a node into editor at the given position
  * Has an optional param 'content' to check if the
diff --git a/app/javascript/dashboard/helper/specs/editorHelper.spec.js b/app/javascript/dashboard/helper/specs/editorHelper.spec.js
index f558dd213..b06c36d42 100644
--- a/app/javascript/dashboard/helper/specs/editorHelper.spec.js
+++ b/app/javascript/dashboard/helper/specs/editorHelper.spec.js
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ import {
   calculateMenuPosition,
   stripUnsupportedFormatting,
   stripInlineBase64Images,
+  collapseSelection,
 } from '../editorHelper';
 import { FORMATTING } from 'dashboard/constants/editor';
 import { EditorState } from '@chatwoot/prosemirror-schema';
@@ -454,6 +455,37 @@ describe('stripInlineBase64Images', () => {
   });
 });
 
+describe('collapseSelection', () => {
+  it('collapses a text range to a cursor at its head', () => {
+    const editorView = new EditorView(document.body, {
+      state: createEditorState('Hello world'),
+    });
+
+    // Build a TextSelection via the initial selection's constructor (avoids
+    // importing prosemirror-state, which isn't a direct dep).
+    const { doc, selection } = editorView.state;
+    editorView.dispatch(
+      editorView.state.tr.setSelection(selection.constructor.create(doc, 1, 6))
+    );
+    expect(editorView.state.selection.empty).toBe(false);
+
+    collapseSelection(editorView);
+
+    expect(editorView.state.selection.empty).toBe(true);
+    expect(editorView.state.selection.head).toBe(6);
+  });
+
+  it('leaves an already-collapsed selection as a cursor', () => {
+    const editorView = new EditorView(document.body, {
+      state: createEditorState('Hi'),
+    });
+
+    collapseSelection(editorView);
+
+    expect(editorView.state.selection.empty).toBe(true);
+  });
+});
+
 describe('insertAtCursor', () => {
   it('should return undefined if editorView is not provided', () => {
     const result = insertAtCursor(undefined, schema.text('Hello'), 0);