diff --git a/browser/components/urlbar/UrlbarInput.sys.mjs b/browser/components/urlbar/UrlbarInput.sys.mjs
index c504c9afc43785b5f003bb1f9f1dfbddef38d78b..e5a1ce5d61962d485d092cf3d1a90ff4833037f1 100644
--- a/browser/components/urlbar/UrlbarInput.sys.mjs
+++ b/browser/components/urlbar/UrlbarInput.sys.mjs
@@ -3901,6 +3901,9 @@ export class UrlbarInput {
   }
 
   _on_click(event) {
+    event.zenOriginalTarget = this.textbox;
+    this._on_mousedown(event);
+
     if (
       event.target == this.inputField ||
       event.target == this._inputContainer ||
@@ -4012,8 +4015,11 @@ export class UrlbarInput {
   }
 
   _on_mousedown(event) {
-    switch (event.currentTarget) {
+    switch (event.zenOriginalTarget || event.currentTarget) {
       case this.textbox: {
+        if (event.type != "click") {
+          return true;
+        }
         this._mousedownOnUrlbarDescendant = true;
 
         if (
@@ -4025,7 +4031,7 @@ export class UrlbarInput {
         }
 
         this.focusedViaMousedown = !this.focused;
-        this._preventClickSelectsAll = this.focused;
+        this._preventClickSelectsAll = this.hasAttribute("breakout-extend");
 
         // Keep the focus status, since the attribute may be changed
         // upon calling this.focus().