diff --git a/src/common/components/InlineTextarea.tsx b/src/common/components/InlineTextarea.tsx
index 8e70d084e..d18b8e89d 100644
--- a/src/common/components/InlineTextarea.tsx
+++ b/src/common/components/InlineTextarea.tsx
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ export function InlineTextarea(props: {
   centerText?: boolean,
   minRows?: number,
   syncWithInitialText?: boolean, // optional. if set, the text will be reset to initialText when the prop changes
+  selectAllOnFocus?: boolean, // optional. if set to false, text won't be selected on focus (default: true)
   onEdit: (text: string) => void,
   onCancel?: () => void,
   sx?: SxProps,
@@ -72,6 +73,11 @@ export function InlineTextarea(props: {
           ...(props.centerText && {
             sx: { textAlign: 'center' },
           }),
+          onFocus: (props.selectAllOnFocus === false) ? undefined : (e) => {
+            // Select all text when the textarea receives focus
+            // This is a great default behavior for all the inline text edits
+            e.target?.select();
+          },
         },
       }}
       sx={props.sx}
diff --git a/src/modules/aifn/flatten/FlattenerModal.tsx b/src/modules/aifn/flatten/FlattenerModal.tsx
index 14f9744dd..0081d8ee1 100644
--- a/src/modules/aifn/flatten/FlattenerModal.tsx
+++ b/src/modules/aifn/flatten/FlattenerModal.tsx
@@ -208,7 +208,7 @@ export function FlattenerModal(props: {
         )}
 
         {/* Review or Edit Text */}
-        {isSuccess && <InlineTextarea initialText={flattenedText} onEdit={setText} />}
+        {isSuccess && <InlineTextarea initialText={flattenedText} selectAllOnFocus={false} onEdit={setText} />}
 
       </Box>}
 
diff --git a/src/modules/beam/gather/FusionInstructionsEditor.tsx b/src/modules/beam/gather/FusionInstructionsEditor.tsx
index ddacd6cff..4fda3eff7 100644
--- a/src/modules/beam/gather/FusionInstructionsEditor.tsx
+++ b/src/modules/beam/gather/FusionInstructionsEditor.tsx
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ function EditableChatInstructionPrompt(props: {
         decolor
         initialText={props.itemValue}
         minRows={3}
+        selectAllOnFocus={false}
         onCancel={handleEditCancel}
         onEdit={handleEdit}
         sx={{