diff --git a/Base/res/ladybird/inspector.js b/Base/res/ladybird/inspector.js
index 91240560024..5e8e210b04d 100644
--- a/Base/res/ladybird/inspector.js
+++ b/Base/res/ladybird/inspector.js
@@ -262,10 +262,9 @@ const editDOMNode = domNode => {
     }
 
     const domNodeID = selectedDOMNode.dataset.id;
+    const type = domNode.dataset.nodeType;
 
     const handleChange = value => {
-        const type = domNode.dataset.nodeType;
-
         if (type === "text" || type === "comment") {
             inspector.setDOMNodeText(domNodeID, value);
         } else if (type === "tag") {
@@ -282,7 +281,12 @@ const editDOMNode = domNode => {
     };
 
     let editor = createDOMEditor(handleChange, cancelChange);
-    editor.value = domNode.innerText;
+
+    if (type === "text") {
+        editor.value = domNode.dataset.text;
+    } else {
+        editor.value = domNode.innerText;
+    }
 
     domNode.parentNode.replaceChild(editor, domNode);
 };
diff --git a/Userland/Libraries/LibWebView/InspectorClient.cpp b/Userland/Libraries/LibWebView/InspectorClient.cpp
index bcb5172a84c..6ee8728b61c 100644
--- a/Userland/Libraries/LibWebView/InspectorClient.cpp
+++ b/Userland/Libraries/LibWebView/InspectorClient.cpp
@@ -484,16 +484,15 @@ String InspectorClient::generate_dom_tree(JsonObject const& dom_tree)
             auto deprecated_text = node.get_deprecated_string("text"sv).release_value();
             deprecated_text = escape_html_entities(deprecated_text);
 
-            if (auto text = MUST(Web::Infra::strip_and_collapse_whitespace(deprecated_text)); text.is_empty()) {
-                builder.appendff("<span class=\"hoverable internal\" {}>", data_attributes.string_view());
-                builder.append(name);
-                builder.append("</span>"sv);
-            } else {
-                builder.appendff("<span data-node-type=\"text\" class=\"hoverable editable\" {}>", data_attributes.string_view());
-                builder.append(text);
-                builder.append("</span>"sv);
-            }
+            auto text = MUST(Web::Infra::strip_and_collapse_whitespace(deprecated_text));
+            builder.appendff("<span data-node-type=\"text\" data-text=\"{}\" class=\"hoverable editable\" {}>", text, data_attributes.string_view());
 
+            if (text.is_empty())
+                builder.appendff("<span class=\"internal\">{}</span>", name);
+            else
+                builder.append(text);
+
+            builder.append("</span>"sv);
             return;
         }