diff --git a/packages/theme/styles/_colors.scss b/packages/theme/styles/_colors.scss
index 5003092d101..4f721ddef72 100644
--- a/packages/theme/styles/_colors.scss
+++ b/packages/theme/styles/_colors.scss
@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@
   --highlight-red-hover: #ff967e;
   --highlight-red-press: #f96f50bd;
 
+  --text-editor-selected-node-background: rgba(43, 81, 144, 0.1);
   --text-editor-selected-node-color: #93CAF3;
 
   --text-editor-highlighted-node-warning-active-background-color: #F2D7AE;
diff --git a/packages/theme/styles/prose.scss b/packages/theme/styles/prose.scss
index 927528fa0e4..e1ec6028320 100644
--- a/packages/theme/styles/prose.scss
+++ b/packages/theme/styles/prose.scss
@@ -390,6 +390,12 @@ table.proseTable {
   }
 }
 
+.table-node-selected {
+  .proseTable {
+    background-color: var(--text-editor-selected-node-background);
+  }
+}
+
 .proseBlockQuote {
   margin-inline: 1px 0;
   padding-left: 1.5em;
diff --git a/plugins/text-editor-resources/src/components/extension/table/table.ts b/plugins/text-editor-resources/src/components/extension/table/table.ts
index 0ce0cc0c54a..24aa37ad0d4 100644
--- a/plugins/text-editor-resources/src/components/extension/table/table.ts
+++ b/plugins/text-editor-resources/src/components/extension/table/table.ts
@@ -29,23 +29,66 @@ import AddRowBefore from '../../icons/table/AddRowBefore.svelte'
 import DeleteCol from '../../icons/table/DeleteCol.svelte'
 import DeleteRow from '../../icons/table/DeleteRow.svelte'
 import DeleteTable from '../../icons/table/DeleteTable.svelte'
+import { Plugin } from '@tiptap/pm/state'
+import { TableSelection } from './types'
+import { Decoration, DecorationSet } from '@tiptap/pm/view'
 
 export const Table = TiptapTable.extend({
   draggable: true,
 
   addKeyboardShortcuts () {
     return {
-      'Mod-Backspace': () => handleDelete(this.editor),
-      'Mod-Delete': () => handleDelete(this.editor)
+      Backspace: () => handleDelete(this.editor),
+      Delete: () => handleDelete(this.editor),
+      'Mod-Backspace': () => handleModDelete(this.editor),
+      'Mod-Delete': () => handleModDelete(this.editor)
     }
   },
   addNodeView () {
     return SvelteNodeViewRenderer(TableNodeView, {})
+  },
+  addProseMirrorPlugins () {
+    return [...(this.parent?.() ?? []), tableSelectionHighlight()]
   }
 })
 
 function handleDelete (editor: Editor): boolean {
-  const { selection } = editor.state
+  const { selection } = editor.state.tr
+  if (selection instanceof TableSelection && isTableSelected(selection)) {
+    return editor.commands.deleteTable()
+  }
+  return false
+}
+
+export const tableSelectionHighlight = (): Plugin<DecorationSet> => {
+  return new Plugin<DecorationSet>({
+    props: {
+      decorations (state) {
+        return this.getState(state)
+      }
+    },
+    state: {
+      init: () => {
+        return DecorationSet.empty
+      },
+      apply (tr, value, oldState, newState) {
+        const selection = newState.selection
+        if (!(selection instanceof TableSelection)) return DecorationSet.empty
+
+        const table = findTable(newState.selection)
+        if (table === undefined) return DecorationSet.empty
+
+        const decorations: Decoration[] = [
+          Decoration.node(table.pos, table.pos + table.node.nodeSize, { class: 'table-node-selected' })
+        ]
+        return DecorationSet.create(newState.doc, decorations)
+      }
+    }
+  })
+}
+
+function handleModDelete (editor: Editor): boolean {
+  const { selection } = editor.state.tr
   if (selection instanceof CellSelection) {
     if (isTableSelected(selection)) {
       return editor.commands.deleteTable()
diff --git a/plugins/text-editor-resources/src/components/extension/table/types.ts b/plugins/text-editor-resources/src/components/extension/table/types.ts
index 13e64f5c5ae..462948d58c9 100644
--- a/plugins/text-editor-resources/src/components/extension/table/types.ts
+++ b/plugins/text-editor-resources/src/components/extension/table/types.ts
@@ -14,9 +14,15 @@
 //
 
 import { type Node as ProseMirrorNode } from '@tiptap/pm/model'
+import { CellSelection } from '@tiptap/pm/tables'
 
 export interface TableNodeLocation {
   pos: number
   start: number
   node: ProseMirrorNode
 }
+
+// This subclass serves as a tag to distinguish between situations where
+// the table is selected as a node and when all cells in the table are selected,
+// the deletion behavior depends on this.
+export class TableSelection extends CellSelection {}
diff --git a/plugins/text-editor-resources/src/components/extension/table/utils.ts b/plugins/text-editor-resources/src/components/extension/table/utils.ts
index adcdf878c43..3783b3d6495 100644
--- a/plugins/text-editor-resources/src/components/extension/table/utils.ts
+++ b/plugins/text-editor-resources/src/components/extension/table/utils.ts
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ import { findParentNode } from '@tiptap/core'
 import { type Selection, type Transaction } from '@tiptap/pm/state'
 import { CellSelection, type Rect, TableMap, addColumn, addRow } from '@tiptap/pm/tables'
 
-import { type TableNodeLocation } from './types'
+import { TableSelection, type TableNodeLocation } from './types'
 
 export function insertColumn (table: TableNodeLocation, index: number, tr: Transaction): Transaction {
   const map = TableMap.get(table.node)
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ export function selectTable (table: TableNodeLocation, tr: Transaction): Transac
   const $head = tr.doc.resolve(table.start + map[0])
   const $anchor = tr.doc.resolve(table.start + map[map.length - 1])
 
-  return tr.setSelection(new CellSelection($anchor, $head))
+  return tr.setSelection(new TableSelection($anchor, $head))
 }
 
 export const isColumnSelected = (columnIndex: number, selection: Selection): boolean => {