I am trying to use the anchor button in a RTF field of a Component, and getting unexpected behavior. Using the Chrome Browser from the design view, I highlight/select the he
It looks like a bug to me Chris. I've just confirmed it on Chrome, Firefox and IE. It's completely counter-intuitive that the current text selection should be ignored. (On the plus side, once you fix it manually in the source tab, everything appears to behave perfectly.)
I suggest that you report this to Tridion, and perhaps work around it by altering your templating or filter XSLT.