diff --git a/apps/editor/src/editorCore.ts b/apps/editor/src/editorCore.ts
index 84d86ef812..6f16285201 100644
--- a/apps/editor/src/editorCore.ts
+++ b/apps/editor/src/editorCore.ts
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ import { cls, replaceBRWithEmptyBlock } from './utils/dom';
 import { sanitizeHTML } from './sanitizer/htmlSanitizer';
 import { createHTMLSchemaMap } from './wysiwyg/nodes/html';
 import { getHTMLRenderConvertors } from './markdown/htmlRenderConvertors';
+import { buildQuery } from './queries/queryManager';
 
 /**
  * ToastUIEditorCore
@@ -273,6 +274,7 @@ class ToastUIEditorCore {
     this.scrollSync = new ScrollSync(this.mdEditor, this.preview, this.eventEmitter);
     this.addInitEvent();
     this.addInitCommand(mdCommands, wwCommands);
+    buildQuery(this);
 
     if (this.options.hooks) {
       forEachOwnProperties(this.options.hooks, (fn, key) => this.addHook(key, fn));
diff --git a/apps/editor/src/event/eventEmitter.ts b/apps/editor/src/event/eventEmitter.ts
index 1b83688002..337dff1424 100644
--- a/apps/editor/src/event/eventEmitter.ts
+++ b/apps/editor/src/event/eventEmitter.ts
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ const eventTypeList: EventTypes[] = [
   'mixinTableOffsetMapPrototype',
   'setFocusedNode',
   'removePopupWidget',
+  'query',
   // provide event for user
   'openPopup',
   'closePopup',
diff --git a/apps/editor/src/markdown/mdPreview.ts b/apps/editor/src/markdown/mdPreview.ts
index add3c182cd..fb97117f2b 100644
--- a/apps/editor/src/markdown/mdPreview.ts
+++ b/apps/editor/src/markdown/mdPreview.ts
@@ -232,7 +232,7 @@ class MarkdownPreview {
   }
 
   getElement() {
-    return this.el;
+    return this.el!;
   }
 
   getHTML() {
diff --git a/apps/editor/src/queries/queryManager.ts b/apps/editor/src/queries/queryManager.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0bdb54c3e2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/editor/src/queries/queryManager.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+import type { EditorCore as Editor } from '@t/editor';
+
+type QueryFn = (editor: Editor, payload?: Record<string, any>) => any;
+
+const queryMap: Record<string, QueryFn> = {
+  getPopupInitialValues(editor, payload) {
+    const { popupName } = payload!;
+
+    return popupName === 'link' ? { linkText: editor.getSelectedText() } : {};
+  },
+};
+
+export function buildQuery(editor: Editor) {
+  editor.eventEmitter.listen('query', (query: string, payload?: Record<string, any>) =>
+    queryMap[query](editor, payload)
+  );
+}
diff --git a/apps/editor/src/ui/components/toolbar/toolbarButton.ts b/apps/editor/src/ui/components/toolbar/toolbarButton.ts
index fda07e0efc..415ed467a3 100644
--- a/apps/editor/src/ui/components/toolbar/toolbarButton.ts
+++ b/apps/editor/src/ui/components/toolbar/toolbarButton.ts
@@ -54,17 +54,20 @@ export class ToolbarButtonComp extends Component<Props> {
   };
 
   private execCommand = () => {
-    const { item, execCommand, setPopupInfo, getBound } = this.props;
+    const { item, execCommand, setPopupInfo, getBound, eventEmitter } = this.props;
     const { command, name, popup } = item;
 
     if (command) {
       execCommand(command);
     } else {
       const popupName = popup ? 'customPopupBody' : name;
+      const [initialValues] = eventEmitter.emit('query', 'getPopupInitialValues', { popupName });
+
       const info = createPopupInfo(popupName, {
         el: this.refs.el,
         pos: getBound(this.refs.el),
         popup,
+        initialValues,
       });
 
       if (info) {
diff --git a/apps/editor/types/event.d.ts b/apps/editor/types/event.d.ts
index 4660134c69..da6183edd6 100644
--- a/apps/editor/types/event.d.ts
+++ b/apps/editor/types/event.d.ts
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ export type EventTypes =
   | 'mixinTableOffsetMapPrototype'
   | 'setFocusedNode'
   | 'removePopupWidget'
+  | 'query'
   // provide event for user
   | 'openPopup'
   | 'closePopup'