Angular HostListener on click remove text selection

I'm struggling to understand why text selection (using mouse) got deleted automatically on HostListener click.

I built a very basic directive to detect if user click on a link in a paragraph and add some logic to it. However, it stops user from selecting a text (copy/paste) as it automatically deselect the text.

Any thoughts?

@HostListener('click', ['$event'])
  public onClick(event: any) {
    if (event.view.getSelection().type !== 'Range') {
      alert('you clicked');
    } else {
      alert('U selected text');
      return;
    }
  }
}