diff --git a/packages/roosterjs-content-model-core/lib/coreApi/setContentModel/setContentModel.ts b/packages/roosterjs-content-model-core/lib/coreApi/setContentModel/setContentModel.ts
index 1c5909d5bf3..dac753d1d96 100644
--- a/packages/roosterjs-content-model-core/lib/coreApi/setContentModel/setContentModel.ts
+++ b/packages/roosterjs-content-model-core/lib/coreApi/setContentModel/setContentModel.ts
@@ -6,6 +6,9 @@ import {
 } from 'roosterjs-content-model-dom';
 import type { SetContentModel } from 'roosterjs-content-model-types';
 
+const SelectionClassName = '__persistedSelection';
+const SelectionSelector = '.' + SelectionClassName;
+
 /**
  * @internal
  * Set content with content model
@@ -15,6 +18,16 @@ import type { SetContentModel } from 'roosterjs-content-model-types';
  */
 export const setContentModel: SetContentModel = (core, model, option, onNodeCreated) => {
     const editorContext = core.api.createEditorContext(core, true /*saveIndex*/);
+
+    if (option?.shouldMaintainSelection) {
+        editorContext.selectionClassName = SelectionClassName;
+        core.api.setEditorStyle(core, SelectionClassName, 'background-color: #ddd!important', [
+            SelectionSelector,
+        ]);
+    } else {
+        core.api.setEditorStyle(core, SelectionClassName, null /*rule*/);
+    }
+
     const modelToDomContext = option
         ? createModelToDomContext(
               editorContext,
diff --git a/packages/roosterjs-content-model-core/test/coreApi/setContentModel/setContentModelTest.ts b/packages/roosterjs-content-model-core/test/coreApi/setContentModel/setContentModelTest.ts
index 234717bcdb7..895b5aef77b 100644
--- a/packages/roosterjs-content-model-core/test/coreApi/setContentModel/setContentModelTest.ts
+++ b/packages/roosterjs-content-model-core/test/coreApi/setContentModel/setContentModelTest.ts
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import { setContentModel } from '../../../lib/coreApi/setContentModel/setContent
 
 const mockedDoc = 'DOCUMENT' as any;
 const mockedModel = 'MODEL' as any;
-const mockedEditorContext = 'EDITORCONTEXT' as any;
+const mockedEditorContext = { context: 'EDITORCONTEXT' } as any;
 const mockedContext = { name: 'CONTEXT' } as any;
 const mockedDiv = { ownerDocument: mockedDoc } as any;
 const mockedConfig = 'CONFIG' as any;
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ describe('setContentModel', () => {
     let createModelToDomContextWithConfigSpy: jasmine.Spy;
     let setDOMSelectionSpy: jasmine.Spy;
     let getDOMSelectionSpy: jasmine.Spy;
+    let setEditorStyleSpy: jasmine.Spy;
 
     beforeEach(() => {
         contentModelToDomSpy = spyOn(contentModelToDom, 'contentModelToDom');
@@ -34,6 +35,7 @@ describe('setContentModel', () => {
         ).and.returnValue(mockedContext);
         setDOMSelectionSpy = jasmine.createSpy('setDOMSelection');
         getDOMSelectionSpy = jasmine.createSpy('getDOMSelection');
+        setEditorStyleSpy = jasmine.createSpy('setEditorStyle');
 
         core = ({
             physicalRoot: mockedDiv,
@@ -42,6 +44,7 @@ describe('setContentModel', () => {
                 createEditorContext,
                 setDOMSelection: setDOMSelectionSpy,
                 getDOMSelection: getDOMSelectionSpy,
+                setEditorStyle: setEditorStyleSpy,
             },
             lifecycle: {},
             cache: {},
@@ -76,6 +79,7 @@ describe('setContentModel', () => {
         expect(setDOMSelectionSpy).toHaveBeenCalledWith(core, mockedRange);
         expect(core.cache.cachedSelection).toBe(mockedRange);
         expect(core.cache.cachedModel).toBe(mockedModel);
+        expect(setEditorStyleSpy).toHaveBeenCalledWith(core, '__persistedSelection', null);
     });
 
     it('with default option, no shadow edit', () => {
@@ -98,6 +102,7 @@ describe('setContentModel', () => {
             mockedContext
         );
         expect(setDOMSelectionSpy).toHaveBeenCalledWith(core, mockedRange);
+        expect(setEditorStyleSpy).toHaveBeenCalledWith(core, '__persistedSelection', null);
     });
 
     it('with default option, no shadow edit, with additional option', () => {
@@ -125,6 +130,7 @@ describe('setContentModel', () => {
             mockedContext
         );
         expect(setDOMSelectionSpy).toHaveBeenCalledWith(core, mockedRange);
+        expect(setEditorStyleSpy).toHaveBeenCalledWith(core, '__persistedSelection', null);
     });
 
     it('no default option, with shadow edit', () => {
@@ -181,6 +187,7 @@ describe('setContentModel', () => {
         );
         expect(setDOMSelectionSpy).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
         expect(core.selection.selection).toBe(mockedRange);
+        expect(setEditorStyleSpy).toHaveBeenCalledWith(core, '__persistedSelection', null);
     });
 
     it('restore range selection ', () => {
@@ -215,6 +222,7 @@ describe('setContentModel', () => {
         );
         expect(setDOMSelectionSpy).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
         expect(core.selection.selection).toBe(mockedRange);
+        expect(setEditorStyleSpy).toHaveBeenCalledWith(core, '__persistedSelection', null);
     });
 
     it('restore null selection ', () => {
@@ -244,5 +252,6 @@ describe('setContentModel', () => {
         );
         expect(setDOMSelectionSpy).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
         expect(core.selection.selection).toBe(null);
+        expect(setEditorStyleSpy).toHaveBeenCalledWith(core, '__persistedSelection', null);
     });
 });
diff --git a/packages/roosterjs-content-model-dom/lib/modelToDom/utils/handleSegmentCommon.ts b/packages/roosterjs-content-model-dom/lib/modelToDom/utils/handleSegmentCommon.ts
index ccf24a5c70b..91fc4a0cabd 100644
--- a/packages/roosterjs-content-model-dom/lib/modelToDom/utils/handleSegmentCommon.ts
+++ b/packages/roosterjs-content-model-dom/lib/modelToDom/utils/handleSegmentCommon.ts
@@ -23,5 +23,9 @@ export function handleSegmentCommon(
 
     applyFormat(containerNode, context.formatAppliers.elementBasedSegment, segment.format, context);
 
+    if (segment.isSelected && context.selectionClassName) {
+        containerNode.className = context.selectionClassName;
+    }
+
     context.onNodeCreated?.(segment, segmentNode);
 }
diff --git a/packages/roosterjs-content-model-dom/test/modelToDom/utils/handleSegmentCommonTest.ts b/packages/roosterjs-content-model-dom/test/modelToDom/utils/handleSegmentCommonTest.ts
index 8a3b3c923a4..f75f78e25d1 100644
--- a/packages/roosterjs-content-model-dom/test/modelToDom/utils/handleSegmentCommonTest.ts
+++ b/packages/roosterjs-content-model-dom/test/modelToDom/utils/handleSegmentCommonTest.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import { createModelToDomContext } from '../../../lib/modelToDom/context/createModelToDomContext';
 import { createText } from '../../../lib/modelApi/creators/createText';
+import { expectHtml } from '../../testUtils';
 import { handleSegmentCommon } from '../../../lib/modelToDom/utils/handleSegmentCommon';
 
 describe('handleSegmentCommon', () => {
@@ -60,4 +61,42 @@ describe('handleSegmentCommon', () => {
         expect(segmentNodes.length).toBe(1);
         expect(segmentNodes[0]).toBe(parent);
     });
+
+    it('selected text', () => {
+        const txt = document.createTextNode('test');
+        const container = document.createElement('span');
+        const segment = createText('test', {
+            textColor: 'red',
+            fontSize: '10pt',
+            lineHeight: '2',
+            fontWeight: 'bold',
+        });
+        const onNodeCreated = jasmine.createSpy('onNodeCreated');
+        const context = createModelToDomContext();
+
+        segment.isSelected = true;
+        context.onNodeCreated = onNodeCreated;
+        context.selectionClassName = 'test';
+
+        segment.link = {
+            dataset: {},
+            format: {
+                href: 'href',
+            },
+        };
+        container.appendChild(txt);
+        const segmentNodes: Node[] = [];
+
+        handleSegmentCommon(document, txt, container, segment, context, segmentNodes);
+
+        expect(context.regularSelection.current.segment).toBe(txt);
+        expectHtml(container.outerHTML, [
+            '<span class="test" style="font-size: 10pt; color: red; line-height: 2;"><b><a href="href">test</a></b></span>',
+            '<span style="font-size: 10pt; color: red; line-height: 2;" class="test"><b><a href="href">test</a></b></span>',
+        ]);
+        expect(onNodeCreated).toHaveBeenCalledWith(segment, txt);
+        expect(segmentNodes.length).toBe(2);
+        expect(segmentNodes[0]).toBe(txt);
+        expect(segmentNodes[1]).toBe(txt.parentNode!);
+    });
 });
diff --git a/packages/roosterjs-content-model-types/lib/context/EditorContext.ts b/packages/roosterjs-content-model-types/lib/context/EditorContext.ts
index 937a72788f6..edeca4073d7 100644
--- a/packages/roosterjs-content-model-types/lib/context/EditorContext.ts
+++ b/packages/roosterjs-content-model-types/lib/context/EditorContext.ts
@@ -62,4 +62,9 @@ export interface EditorContext {
      * Enabled experimental features
      */
     experimentalFeatures?: ReadonlyArray<string>;
+
+    /**
+     * Optional parameter that indicate the customized classes to be applied on selection block.
+     */
+    selectionClassName?: string;
 }
diff --git a/packages/roosterjs-content-model-types/lib/context/ModelToDomOption.ts b/packages/roosterjs-content-model-types/lib/context/ModelToDomOption.ts
index 3ca91ef31db..cf71f3d3341 100644
--- a/packages/roosterjs-content-model-types/lib/context/ModelToDomOption.ts
+++ b/packages/roosterjs-content-model-types/lib/context/ModelToDomOption.ts
@@ -33,4 +33,9 @@ export interface ModelToDomOption {
      * When set to true, selection from content model will not be applied
      */
     ignoreSelection?: boolean;
+
+    /**
+     * When set to true, selection will be maintained on text even if cursor has moved away from editor.
+     */
+    shouldMaintainSelection?: boolean;
 }