diff --git a/frontend/text-editor/src/editor/controllers/SelectionController.js b/frontend/text-editor/src/editor/controllers/SelectionController.js
index 11cca7c1b..0f2aeed07 100644
--- a/frontend/text-editor/src/editor/controllers/SelectionController.js
+++ b/frontend/text-editor/src/editor/controllers/SelectionController.js
@@ -479,6 +479,9 @@ export class SelectionController extends EventTarget {
    * Selects all content.
    */
   selectAll() {
+    if (this.#textEditor.isEmpty) {
+      return this
+    }
     this.#selection.selectAllChildren(this.#textEditor.root);
     return this;
   }