Line breaks <br> will prevent selecting text

When I have a simple HTML page containing a <br> tag it becomes difficult to select or edit the text on all following lines, it is as though the editor thinks there is an extra space somewhere.

When I double click a word to select it, this happens:

This is in Dreamweaver 2021 on macOS monterey in Design view.

If I delete the <br> from the previous line, I can then edit normally and afterwards replace the <br>, but that is a very clunky way to work.

Editing works normally in live view, I remember years ago this bug appeared in live view and the solution was to just use design view, now it seems they have fixed live view but broken Design view.