parent1 = selectionStart.element.parent() || undefined,
         parent2 = selectionEnd.element.parent() || undefined;
 
         parent1 = selectionStart.element.parent() || undefined,
         parent2 = selectionEnd.element.parent() || undefined;
 
-            selectionStart.element.wrapWithNodeElement({tag: params.wlxmlTag, klass: params.wlxmlClass, start: selectionStart.offset, end: selectionEnd.offset});
+            var newElement = selectionStart.element.wrapWithNodeElement({tag: params.wlxmlTag, klass: params.wlxmlClass, start: selectionStart.offset, end: selectionEnd.offset}),
+                caretTo = selectionStart.offset < selectionEnd.offset ? 'start' : 'end';
+            canvas.setCurrentElement(newElement.children()[0], {caretTo: caretTo});
-            var parent = selectionStart.element.parent();
-            canvas.wrapText({
+            var parent = selectionStart.element.parent(),
+                caretTo = selectionStart.element.sameNode(cursor.getSelectionAnchor().element) ? 'end' : 'start';
+
+            var wrapper = canvas.wrapText({
                 inside: parent,
                 _with: {tag: params.wlxmlTag, klass: params.wlxmlClass},
                 offsetStart: selectionStart.offset,
                 offsetEnd: selectionEnd.offset,
                 textNodeIdx: [parent.childIndex(selectionStart.element), parent.childIndex(selectionEnd.element)]
             });
                 inside: parent,
                 _with: {tag: params.wlxmlTag, klass: params.wlxmlClass},
                 offsetStart: selectionStart.offset,
                 offsetEnd: selectionEnd.offset,
                 textNodeIdx: [parent.childIndex(selectionStart.element), parent.childIndex(selectionEnd.element)]
             });