diff --git a/src/shared/components/ResourceEditor/CodeEditor.tsx b/src/shared/components/ResourceEditor/CodeEditor.tsx
index 7886a79a4..2829daa60 100644
--- a/src/shared/components/ResourceEditor/CodeEditor.tsx
+++ b/src/shared/components/ResourceEditor/CodeEditor.tsx
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import React, { forwardRef } from 'react';
 import codemiror, { EditorConfiguration } from 'codemirror';
 import { UnControlled as CodeMirror } from 'react-codemirror2';
-import { INDENT_UNIT } from './editorUtils';
+import { INDENT_UNIT, highlightUrlOverlay } from './editorUtils';
 import { clsx } from 'clsx';
 import { Spin } from 'antd';
 
@@ -12,25 +12,13 @@ type TCodeEditor = {
   fullscreen: boolean;
   keyFoldCode(cm: any): void;
   handleChange(editor: any, data: any, value: any): void;
-  onLinksFound(): void;
 };
 type TEditorConfiguration = EditorConfiguration & {
   foldCode: boolean;
 };
 
 const CodeEditor = forwardRef<codemiror.Editor | undefined, TCodeEditor>(
-  (
-    {
-      busy,
-      value,
-      editable,
-      fullscreen,
-      keyFoldCode,
-      handleChange,
-      onLinksFound,
-    },
-    ref
-  ) => {
+  ({ busy, value, editable, fullscreen, keyFoldCode, handleChange }, ref) => {
     return (
       <Spin spinning={busy}>
         <CodeMirror
@@ -61,9 +49,9 @@ const CodeEditor = forwardRef<codemiror.Editor | undefined, TCodeEditor>(
           )}
           onChange={handleChange}
           editorDidMount={editor => {
+            highlightUrlOverlay(editor);
             (ref as React.MutableRefObject<codemiror.Editor>).current = editor;
           }}
-          onUpdate={onLinksFound}
         />
       </Spin>
     );
diff --git a/src/shared/components/ResourceEditor/ResourceEditor.less b/src/shared/components/ResourceEditor/ResourceEditor.less
index d78da0b66..ebfa1d05c 100644
--- a/src/shared/components/ResourceEditor/ResourceEditor.less
+++ b/src/shared/components/ResourceEditor/ResourceEditor.less
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@
 }
 
 .code-mirror-editor {
-  .fusion-resource-link {
+  .cm-fusion-resource-link:not(.cm-property) {
     color: #0974ca !important;
     cursor: pointer !important;
     background-color: rgba(#0974ca, 0.12);
diff --git a/src/shared/components/ResourceEditor/ResourceEditor.spec.tsx b/src/shared/components/ResourceEditor/ResourceEditor.spec.tsx
index f33982c32..4a17a1a27 100644
--- a/src/shared/components/ResourceEditor/ResourceEditor.spec.tsx
+++ b/src/shared/components/ResourceEditor/ResourceEditor.spec.tsx
@@ -24,13 +24,11 @@ document.createRange = () => {
 describe('ResourceEditor', () => {
   it('check if code editor will be rendered in the screen', async () => {
     const editor = React.createRef<codemiror.Editor>();
-    const onLinksFound = jest.fn();
     const { queryByText, container } = render(
       <CodeEditor
         data-testid="code-mirror-editor"
         value={JSON.stringify(resourceResolverApi)}
         editable={false}
-        onLinksFound={onLinksFound}
         busy={false}
         keyFoldCode={() => {}}
         handleChange={() => {}}
diff --git a/src/shared/components/ResourceEditor/editorUtils.ts b/src/shared/components/ResourceEditor/editorUtils.ts
index 4a4d519bb..28448bd43 100644
--- a/src/shared/components/ResourceEditor/editorUtils.ts
+++ b/src/shared/components/ResourceEditor/editorUtils.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import { NexusClient, Resource } from '@bbp/nexus-sdk';
 import { has } from 'lodash';
 import isValidUrl, {
+  isAllowedProtocol,
   isExternalLink,
   isStorageLink,
   isUrlCurieFormat,
@@ -46,6 +47,8 @@ type TReturnedResolvedData = Omit<
 
 export const LINE_HEIGHT = 15;
 export const INDENT_UNIT = 4;
+export const CODEMIRROR_HOVER_CLASS = 'CodeMirror-hover-tooltip';
+export const CODEMIRROR_LINK_CLASS = 'fusion-resource-link';
 const NEAR_BY = [0, 0, 0, 5, 0, -5, 5, 0, -5, 0];
 const isDownloadableLink = (resource: Resource) => {
   return Boolean(
@@ -74,6 +77,15 @@ export const getDataExplorerResourceItemArray = (
         data._rev,
       ]) as TDEResource;
 };
+export const isClickableLine = (url: string) => {
+  return (
+    isValidUrl(url) &&
+    isAllowedProtocol(url) &&
+    !isUrlCurieFormat(url) &&
+    !isStorageLink(url)
+  );
+};
+
 export function getTokenAndPosAt(e: MouseEvent, current: CodeMirror.Editor) {
   const node = e.target || e.srcElement;
   const text =
@@ -86,9 +98,12 @@ export function getTokenAndPosAt(e: MouseEvent, current: CodeMirror.Editor) {
     };
     const pos = current.coordsChar(coords);
     const token = current.getTokenAt(pos);
-    if (token && token.string === text) {
+    const url = token
+      ? token.string.replace(/\\/g, '').replace(/\"/g, '')
+      : null;
+    if (token && url === text) {
       return {
-        token,
+        url,
         coords: {
           left: editorRect.left,
           top: coords.top + LINE_HEIGHT,
@@ -101,6 +116,29 @@ export function getTokenAndPosAt(e: MouseEvent, current: CodeMirror.Editor) {
     coords: { left: editorRect.left, top: e.pageY },
   };
 }
+export const highlightUrlOverlay = (editor: CodeMirror.Editor) => {
+  editor.addOverlay({
+    token: (stream: any, tall: any, call: any) => {
+      const rxWord = '" '; // Define what separates a word
+      let ch = stream.peek();
+      let word = '';
+      // \uE001: end of line
+      // \uE000: start of line
+      if (rxWord.includes(ch) || ch === '\uE000' || ch === '\uE001') {
+        stream.next();
+        return null;
+      }
+
+      while ((ch = stream.peek()) && !rxWord.includes(ch)) {
+        word += ch;
+        stream.next();
+      }
+
+      if (isClickableLine(word)) return CODEMIRROR_LINK_CLASS;
+      return;
+    },
+  });
+};
 export async function editorLinkResolutionHandler({
   nexus,
   apiEndpoint,
diff --git a/src/shared/components/ResourceEditor/index.tsx b/src/shared/components/ResourceEditor/index.tsx
index e9f0facec..34ed4fe12 100644
--- a/src/shared/components/ResourceEditor/index.tsx
+++ b/src/shared/components/ResourceEditor/index.tsx
@@ -15,23 +15,12 @@ import 'codemirror/addon/fold/foldcode';
 import 'codemirror/addon/fold/foldgutter';
 import 'codemirror/addon/fold/brace-fold';
 
-import isValidUrl, {
-  isAllowedProtocal,
-  isStorageLink,
-  isUrlCurieFormat,
-} from '../../../utils/validUrl';
 import CodeEditor from './CodeEditor';
 import { RootState } from '../../store/reducers';
-import {
-  useEditorPopover,
-  useEditorTooltip,
-  CODEMIRROR_LINK_CLASS,
-} from './useEditorTooltip';
+import { useEditorPopover, useEditorTooltip } from './useEditorTooltip';
 import { DATA_EXPLORER_GRAPH_FLOW_PATH } from '../../store/reducers/data-explorer';
 import ResourceResolutionCache from './ResourcesLRUCache';
 import './ResourceEditor.less';
-
-const AnchorLinkIcon = require('../../images/AnchorLink.svg');
 export interface ResourceEditorProps {
   rawData: { [key: string]: any };
   onSubmit: (rawData: { [key: string]: any }) => void;
@@ -53,15 +42,6 @@ export interface ResourceEditorProps {
 
 const switchMarginRight = { marginRight: 5 };
 
-const isClickableLine = (url: string) => {
-  return (
-    isValidUrl(url) &&
-    isAllowedProtocal(url) &&
-    !isUrlCurieFormat(url) &&
-    !isStorageLink(url)
-  );
-};
-
 const ResourceEditor: React.FunctionComponent<ResourceEditorProps> = props => {
   const {
     rawData,
@@ -96,7 +76,6 @@ const ResourceEditor: React.FunctionComponent<ResourceEditorProps> = props => {
     oidc: state.oidc,
     config: state.config,
   }));
-  const userAuthenticated = oidc.user && oidc.user.access_token;
   const keyFoldCode = (cm: any) => {
     cm.foldCode(cm.getCursor());
   };
@@ -131,16 +110,6 @@ const ResourceEditor: React.FunctionComponent<ResourceEditorProps> = props => {
     }
     onMetadataChange?.(checked);
   };
-  const onLinksFound = () => {
-    const elements = document.getElementsByClassName('cm-string');
-    Array.from(elements).forEach((item, index) => {
-      const itemSpan = item as HTMLSpanElement;
-      const url = itemSpan.innerText.replace(/^"|"$/g, '');
-      if (isClickableLine(url)) {
-        itemSpan.classList.add(CODEMIRROR_LINK_CLASS);
-      }
-    });
-  };
 
   React.useEffect(() => {
     setEditing(false);
@@ -204,11 +173,6 @@ const ResourceEditor: React.FunctionComponent<ResourceEditorProps> = props => {
     <div
       data-testid="resource-editor"
       className={valid ? 'resource-editor' : 'resource-editor _invalid'}
-      style={
-        {
-          '--resource-link-anchor-icon': `url(${AnchorLinkIcon})`,
-        } as React.CSSProperties
-      }
     >
       {showControlPanel && (
         <div className="control-panel">
@@ -298,7 +262,6 @@ const ResourceEditor: React.FunctionComponent<ResourceEditorProps> = props => {
         editable={editable}
         handleChange={handleChange}
         keyFoldCode={keyFoldCode}
-        onLinksFound={onLinksFound}
         fullscreen={fullscreen}
       />
     </div>
diff --git a/src/shared/components/ResourceEditor/useEditorTooltip.tsx b/src/shared/components/ResourceEditor/useEditorTooltip.tsx
index 9e06ade0d..693c019cd 100644
--- a/src/shared/components/ResourceEditor/useEditorTooltip.tsx
+++ b/src/shared/components/ResourceEditor/useEditorTooltip.tsx
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import clsx from 'clsx';
 import { useNexusContext } from '@bbp/react-nexus';
 import { useSelector } from 'react-redux';
 import {
+  CODEMIRROR_HOVER_CLASS,
   TEditorPopoverResolvedData,
   editorLinkResolutionHandler,
   getTokenAndPosAt,
@@ -15,8 +16,6 @@ import useResolutionActions from './useResolutionActions';
 
 const downloadImg = require('../../images/DownloadingLoop.svg');
 
-export const CODEMIRROR_HOVER_CLASS = 'CodeMirror-hover-tooltip';
-export const CODEMIRROR_LINK_CLASS = 'fusion-resource-link';
 type TTooltipCreator = Pick<
   TEditorPopoverResolvedData,
   'error' | 'resolvedAs' | 'results'
@@ -226,10 +225,8 @@ function useEditorTooltip({
 
     async function onMouseOver(ev: MouseEvent) {
       const node = ev.target as HTMLElement;
-      if (node) {
-        const { token } = getTokenAndPosAt(ev, currentEditor);
-        const content = token?.string || '';
-        const url = content.replace(/\\/g, '').replace(/\"/g, '');
+      if (node && !node.classList.contains('cm-property')) {
+        const { url } = getTokenAndPosAt(ev, currentEditor);
         if (url && mayBeResolvableLink(url)) {
           node.classList.add('wait-for-tooltip');
           removeTooltipsFromDOM();
@@ -340,10 +337,8 @@ function useEditorPopover({
     async function onMouseDown(_: CodeMirror.Editor, ev: MouseEvent) {
       removeTooltipsFromDOM();
       const node = ev.target as HTMLElement;
-      if (node) {
-        const { token } = getTokenAndPosAt(ev, currentEditor);
-        const content = token?.string || '';
-        const url = content.replace(/\\/g, '').replace(/\"/g, '');
+      if (node && !node.classList.contains('cm-property')) {
+        const { url } = getTokenAndPosAt(ev, currentEditor);
         if (url && mayBeResolvableLink(url)) {
           editorLinkResolutionHandler({
             nexus,
diff --git a/src/utils/validUrl.ts b/src/utils/validUrl.ts
index cc641c87e..ec59b6913 100644
--- a/src/utils/validUrl.ts
+++ b/src/utils/validUrl.ts
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ function isExternalLink(url: string): boolean {
 function isStorageLink(url: string): boolean {
   return url.startsWith('file:///gpfs');
 }
-function isAllowedProtocal(url: string): boolean {
+function isAllowedProtocol(url: string): boolean {
   return url.startsWith('https://') || url.startsWith('http://');
 }
 
@@ -43,6 +43,6 @@ export {
   isUrlCurieFormat,
   isExternalLink,
   isStorageLink,
-  isAllowedProtocal,
+  isAllowedProtocol,
 };
 export default isValidUrl;