Description of the occurring behavior

the styling of links is handled inconsistently:

• When you set the cursor inside a link and then change the text-color the color is changed.
• When you select a block of text containing a link and style the entire block of text (e.g. change the color) and then you try to change the color of the link this has no effect.

The issue seems to be that in the first case a span is inserted inside the a-tag, while in the second case a span is created around the a-tag and the styling for the a-tag is then used.

Reproduction of the problem

This can be reproduced in the All Tools demo as shown in the following video.

NOTE: if only the link is selected, or the selection starts or ends with the link, then the link color is changed. The issue is reproducible only when there is selected text before and after the link.

Expected/desired behavior

The color should be applied to the link text too.

Environment

• Kendo UI version: 2025.1.227
• Browser: [All]