diff --git a/lib/web_ui/lib/src/engine/text_editing.dart b/lib/web_ui/lib/src/engine/text_editing.dart
index 957087eccccfa..3491fcc7d4bc4 100644
--- a/lib/web_ui/lib/src/engine/text_editing.dart
+++ b/lib/web_ui/lib/src/engine/text_editing.dart
@@ -341,6 +341,10 @@ class TextEditingElement {
       _subscriptions.add(domElement.onKeyUp.listen((event) {
         _handleChange(event);
       }));
+      /// In Firefox the context menu item "Select All" does not work without
+      /// listening to onSelect. On the other browsers onSelectionChange is
+      /// enough for covering "Select All" functionality.
+      _subscriptions.add(domElement.onSelect.listen(_handleChange));
     } else {
       _subscriptions.add(html.document.onSelectionChange.listen(_handleChange));
     }
@@ -379,7 +383,7 @@ class TextEditingElement {
         throw UnsupportedError(
             'Unsupported input type: ${inputConfig.inputType}');
     }
-    html.document.body.append(domElement);
+    domRenderer.glassPaneElement.append(domElement);
   }
 
   void _removeDomElement() {
diff --git a/lib/web_ui/test/text_editing_test.dart b/lib/web_ui/test/text_editing_test.dart
index 9f41dd320919b..78c584189575e 100644
--- a/lib/web_ui/test/text_editing_test.dart
+++ b/lib/web_ui/test/text_editing_test.dart
@@ -75,6 +75,10 @@ void main() {
       expect(document.activeElement, input);
       expect(editingElement.domElement, input);
 
+      // Input is appended to the glass pane.
+      expect(domRenderer.glassPaneElement.contains(editingElement.domElement),
+          isTrue);
+
       editingElement.disable();
       expect(
         document.getElementsByTagName('input'),