diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index b0f4011b5..3dae96569 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@
     "yazl": "^2.5.1"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
-    "electron": "9.0.0-beta.14",
+    "electron": "9.0.0-beta.15",
     "electron-builder": "22.4.1",
     "electron-packager": "14.2.1",
     "electron-rebuild": "1.10.1",
diff --git a/src/public/javascripts/dialogs/add_link.js b/src/public/javascripts/dialogs/add_link.js
index fc2a03905..43f67df85 100644
--- a/src/public/javascripts/dialogs/add_link.js
+++ b/src/public/javascripts/dialogs/add_link.js
@@ -20,6 +20,14 @@ export async function showDialog(widget) {
     updateTitleFormGroupVisibility();
     $addLinkTitleSettings.find('input[type=radio]').on('change', updateTitleFormGroupVisibility);
 
+    // with selection hyper link is implied
+    if (textTypeWidget.hasSelection()) {
+        $addLinkTitleSettings.find("input[value='hyper-link']").prop("checked", true);
+    }
+    else {
+        $addLinkTitleSettings.find("input[value='reference-link']").prop("checked", true);
+    }
+
     utils.openDialog($dialog);
 
     $autoComplete.val('').trigger('focus');