diff --git a/apps/readest-app/src/app/reader/components/FoliateViewer.tsx b/apps/readest-app/src/app/reader/components/FoliateViewer.tsx
index e855fc63..10d7ff52 100644
--- a/apps/readest-app/src/app/reader/components/FoliateViewer.tsx
+++ b/apps/readest-app/src/app/reader/components/FoliateViewer.tsx
@@ -13,7 +13,12 @@ import { usePagination } from '../hooks/usePagination';
 import { useFoliateEvents } from '../hooks/useFoliateEvents';
 import { useProgressSync } from '../hooks/useProgressSync';
 import { useProgressAutoSave } from '../hooks/useProgressAutoSave';
-import { applyTranslationStyles, getStyles, transformStylesheet } from '@/utils/style';
+import {
+  applyImageStyle,
+  applyTranslationStyle,
+  getStyles,
+  transformStylesheet,
+} from '@/utils/style';
 import { mountAdditionalFonts } from '@/utils/font';
 import { getBookDirFromLanguage, getBookDirFromWritingMode } from '@/utils/book';
 import { useUICSS } from '@/hooks/useUICSS';
@@ -129,6 +134,8 @@ const FoliateViewer: React.FC<{
 
       mountAdditionalFonts(detail.doc, isCJKLang(bookData.book?.primaryLanguage));
 
+      applyImageStyle(detail.doc);
+
       // Inline scripts in tauri platforms are not executed by default
       if (viewSettings.allowScript && isTauriAppPlatform()) {
         evalInlineScripts(detail.doc);
@@ -242,7 +249,7 @@ const FoliateViewer: React.FC<{
       const height = viewHeight - insets.top - insets.bottom;
       book.transformTarget?.addEventListener('data', getDocTransformHandler({ width, height }));
       view.renderer.setStyles?.(getStyles(viewSettings));
-      applyTranslationStyles(viewSettings);
+      applyTranslationStyle(viewSettings);
 
       const animated = viewSettings.animated!;
       const maxColumnCount = viewSettings.maxColumnCount!;
diff --git a/apps/readest-app/src/utils/sel.ts b/apps/readest-app/src/utils/sel.ts
index 3f4b5a46..74f777d1 100644
--- a/apps/readest-app/src/utils/sel.ts
+++ b/apps/readest-app/src/utils/sel.ts
@@ -84,7 +84,24 @@ export const getPosition = (
   const [sx, , , sy] = match?.[1]?.split(/\s*,\s*/)?.map((x) => parseFloat(x)) ?? [];
 
   const frame = frameElement?.getBoundingClientRect() ?? { top: 0, left: 0 };
-  const rects = Array.from(target.getClientRects());
+  let padding = { top: 0, right: 0, bottom: 0, left: 0 };
+  if ('nodeType' in target && target.nodeType === 1) {
+    const computedStyle = window.getComputedStyle(target);
+    padding = {
+      top: parseInt(computedStyle.paddingTop, 10) || 0,
+      right: parseInt(computedStyle.paddingRight, 10) || 0,
+      bottom: parseInt(computedStyle.paddingBottom, 10) || 0,
+      left: parseInt(computedStyle.paddingLeft, 10) || 0,
+    };
+  }
+  const rects = Array.from(target.getClientRects()).map((rect) => {
+    return {
+      top: rect.top + padding.top,
+      right: rect.right - padding.right,
+      bottom: rect.bottom - padding.bottom,
+      left: rect.left + padding.left,
+    };
+  });
   const first = frameRect(frame, rects[0], sx, sy);
   const last = frameRect(frame, rects.at(-1), sx, sy);
 
diff --git a/apps/readest-app/src/utils/style.ts b/apps/readest-app/src/utils/style.ts
index 05e0ae50..3f44609c 100644
--- a/apps/readest-app/src/utils/style.ts
+++ b/apps/readest-app/src/utils/style.ts
@@ -211,6 +211,11 @@ const getLayoutStyles = (
     width: auto;
     background-color: transparent !important;
   }
+  /* enlarge the clickable area of links */
+  a {
+    padding: 10px;
+    margin: -10px;
+  }
   p, blockquote, dd, div:not(:has(*:not(b, a, em, i, strong, u, span))) {
     line-height: ${lineSpacing} ${overrideLayout ? '!important' : ''};
     word-spacing: ${wordSpacing}px ${overrideLayout ? '!important' : ''};
@@ -286,13 +291,12 @@ const getLayoutStyles = (
   }
 
   /* inline images without dimension */
-  p > img, span > img, sup img {
+  sup img {
     height: 1em;
   }
-  p:has(> img:only-child) img, span:has(> img:only-child) img,
-  p:has(> a:first-child + img:last-child) img,
-  span:has(> a:first-child + img:last-child) img {
-    height: auto;
+  img.has-text-siblings {
+    height: 1em;
+    vertical-align: text-bottom;
   }
   .ie6 img {
     width: auto;
@@ -328,6 +332,8 @@ export const getFootnoteStyles = () => `
 
   a:any-link {
     text-decoration: none;
+    padding: unset;
+    margin: unset;
   }
 
   ol {
@@ -446,8 +452,8 @@ export const getStyles = (viewSettings: ViewSettings, themeCode?: ThemeCode) =>
   return `${layoutStyles}\n${fontStyles}\n${colorStyles}\n${translationStyles}\n${userStylesheet}`;
 };
 
-export const applyTranslationStyles = (viewSettings: ViewSettings) => {
-  const styleId = 'translation-styles';
+export const applyTranslationStyle = (viewSettings: ViewSettings) => {
+  const styleId = 'translation-style';
 
   const existingStyle = document.getElementById(styleId);
   if (existingStyle) {
@@ -509,3 +515,16 @@ export const transformStylesheet = (vw: number, vh: number, css: string) => {
     .replace(/[\s;]color\s*:\s*rgb\(0,\s*0,\s*0\)/gi, 'color: var(--theme-fg-color)');
   return css;
 };
+
+export const applyImageStyle = (document: Document) => {
+  document.querySelectorAll('img').forEach((img) => {
+    const parent = img.parentNode;
+    if (!parent || parent.nodeType !== Node.ELEMENT_NODE) return;
+    const hasTextSiblings = Array.from(parent.childNodes).some(
+      (node) => node.nodeType === Node.TEXT_NODE && node.textContent?.trim(),
+    );
+    if (hasTextSiblings) {
+      img.classList.add('has-text-siblings');
+    }
+  });
+};