diff --git a/core/selection.js b/core/selection.js
index 807970880d4..81ce1538075 100644
--- a/core/selection.js
+++ b/core/selection.js
@@ -2281,6 +2281,22 @@
 			return isTableSelection( this.getRanges(), allowPartialSelection );
 		},
 
+		/**
+		 * Checks if the selection contains only one range, which is collapsed.
+		 *
+		 *		if ( editor.getSelection().isCollapsed() ) {
+		 *			// Do something when selection is collapsed.
+		 *		}
+		 *
+		 * @since 4.7.3
+		 * @returns {Boolean}
+		 */
+		isCollapsed: function() {
+			var ranges = this.getRanges();
+
+			return ranges.length === 1 && ranges[ 0 ].collapsed;
+		},
+
 		/**
 		 * Creates a bookmark for each range of this selection (from {@link #getRanges})
 		 * by calling the {@link CKEDITOR.dom.range#createBookmark} method,
diff --git a/tests/core/selection/selection.js b/tests/core/selection/selection.js
index ce777316cd0..57885cdb59a 100644
--- a/tests/core/selection/selection.js
+++ b/tests/core/selection/selection.js
@@ -726,5 +726,64 @@ bender.test( {
 		this.editor.document.fire( 'keydown', new CKEDITOR.dom.event( { keyCode: 46 } ) );
 
 		assert.areEqual( 7, editable.$.innerText.length );
+	},
+
+	// #800
+	'test isCollapsed on collapsed selection': function() {
+		var editor = this.editor;
+
+		bender.tools.setHtmlWithSelection( editor, '<p>Te^st</p>' );
+
+		assert.isTrue( editor.getSelection().isCollapsed() );
+	},
+
+	// #800
+	'test isCollapsed on non-collapsed selection': function() {
+		var editor = this.editor;
+
+		bender.tools.setHtmlWithSelection( editor, '<p>T[es]t</p>' );
+
+		assert.isFalse( editor.getSelection().isCollapsed() );
+	},
+
+	// #800
+	'test isCollapsed on selection with no ranges': function() {
+		// In old IEs it's actually impossible to get really empty selection.
+		if ( typeof window.getSelection != 'function' ) {
+			assert.ignore();
+		}
+
+		var editor = this.editor;
+
+		bender.tools.setHtmlWithSelection( editor, '<p>T[es]t</p>' );
+		editor.getSelection().removeAllRanges();
+
+		assert.isFalse( editor.getSelection().isCollapsed() );
+	},
+
+	// #800
+	'test isCollapsed on multi-range selection': function() {
+		if ( !CKEDITOR.env.gecko ) {
+			assert.ignore();
+		}
+
+		var editor = this.editor;
+
+		bender.tools.setHtmlWithSelection( editor, '<p>[T]e[s]t</p>' );
+
+		assert.isFalse( editor.getSelection().isCollapsed() );
+	},
+
+	// #800
+	'test isCollapsed on multiple collapsed selections': function() {
+		if ( !CKEDITOR.env.gecko ) {
+			assert.ignore();
+		}
+
+		var editor = this.editor;
+
+		bender.tools.setHtmlWithSelection( editor, '<p>T^es^t</p>' );
+
+		assert.isFalse( editor.getSelection().isCollapsed() );
 	}
 } );
diff --git a/tests/plugins/tableselection/integrations/core/selection.js b/tests/plugins/tableselection/integrations/core/selection.js
index b305d8fe8db..c6f0d8b3872 100644
--- a/tests/plugins/tableselection/integrations/core/selection.js
+++ b/tests/plugins/tableselection/integrations/core/selection.js
@@ -199,7 +199,8 @@
 				selection = editor.getSelection(),
 				initialRev = selection.rev,
 				realSelection,
-				ranges;
+				ranges,
+				i;
 
 			bender.tools.setHtmlWithSelection( editor, CKEDITOR.document.getById( 'simpleTable' ).getHtml() );
 
@@ -218,6 +219,10 @@
 			assert.isTrue( _getTableElementFromRange( ranges[ 0 ] ).equals( selection.getSelectedElement() ),
 				'Selected element equals to the first selected cell' );
 
+			for ( i = 0; i < ranges.length; i++ ) {
+				assert.isFalse( ranges[ i ].collapsed, 'Range #' + i + ' is not collapsed' );
+			}
+
 			realSelection = editor.getSelection( 1 );
 
 			assert.areSame( 1, realSelection.getRanges().length, 'Real selection has only one range' );