diff --git a/packages/grafana-ui/src/slate-plugins/suggestions.tsx b/packages/grafana-ui/src/slate-plugins/suggestions.tsx
index 92f2e4c393f..d04155bdf72 100644
--- a/packages/grafana-ui/src/slate-plugins/suggestions.tsx
+++ b/packages/grafana-ui/src/slate-plugins/suggestions.tsx
@@ -177,6 +177,7 @@ export function SuggestionsPlugin({
         };
 
         return editor
+          .snapshotSelection()
           .deleteBackward(backward)
           .deleteForward(forward)
           .insertText(suggestionText)