diff --git a/lib/src/widgets/delegate.dart b/lib/src/widgets/delegate.dart
index a75b64e7..a7ad9866 100644
--- a/lib/src/widgets/delegate.dart
+++ b/lib/src/widgets/delegate.dart
@@ -66,7 +66,9 @@ class EditorTextSelectionGestureDetectorBuilder {
   /// Creates a [EditorTextSelectionGestureDetectorBuilder].
   ///
   /// The [delegate] must not be null.
-  EditorTextSelectionGestureDetectorBuilder({required this.delegate});
+  EditorTextSelectionGestureDetectorBuilder({
+    required this.delegate,
+    this.detectWordBoundary = true});
 
   /// The delegate for this [EditorTextSelectionGestureDetectorBuilder].
   ///
@@ -83,6 +85,8 @@ class EditorTextSelectionGestureDetectorBuilder {
   /// a stylus.
   bool shouldShowSelectionToolbar = true;
 
+  bool detectWordBoundary = true;
+
   /// The [State] of the [EditableText] for which the builder will provide a
   /// [EditorTextSelectionGestureDetector].
   @protected
@@ -354,7 +358,8 @@ class EditorTextSelectionGestureDetectorBuilder {
       onDragSelectionUpdate: onDragSelectionUpdate,
       onDragSelectionEnd: onDragSelectionEnd,
       behavior: behavior,
-      child: child,
+      detectWordBoundary: detectWordBoundary,
+      child: child
     );
   }
 }
diff --git a/lib/src/widgets/editor.dart b/lib/src/widgets/editor.dart
index 99ac8b34..b8d007d2 100644
--- a/lib/src/widgets/editor.dart
+++ b/lib/src/widgets/editor.dart
@@ -596,7 +596,7 @@ class QuillEditorState extends State<QuillEditor>
 class _QuillEditorSelectionGestureDetectorBuilder
     extends EditorTextSelectionGestureDetectorBuilder {
   _QuillEditorSelectionGestureDetectorBuilder(this._state, this._detectWordBoundary)
-      : super(delegate: _state);
+      : super(delegate: _state, detectWordBoundary: _detectWordBoundary);
 
   final QuillEditorState _state;
   final bool _detectWordBoundary;
diff --git a/lib/src/widgets/text_selection.dart b/lib/src/widgets/text_selection.dart
index 811d3fe6..7930d468 100644
--- a/lib/src/widgets/text_selection.dart
+++ b/lib/src/widgets/text_selection.dart
@@ -714,6 +714,7 @@ class EditorTextSelectionGestureDetector extends StatefulWidget {
     this.onDragSelectionUpdate,
     this.onDragSelectionEnd,
     this.behavior,
+    this.detectWordBoundary = true,
     Key? key,
   }) : super(key: key);
 
@@ -789,6 +790,8 @@ class EditorTextSelectionGestureDetector extends StatefulWidget {
   /// Child below this widget.
   final Widget child;
 
+  final bool detectWordBoundary;
+
   @override
   State<StatefulWidget> createState() =>
       _EditorTextSelectionGestureDetectorState();