diff --git a/addons/web_editor/static/src/js/backend.js b/addons/web_editor/static/src/js/backend.js
index 8677b683da5..b1b3a0c38fa 100644
--- a/addons/web_editor/static/src/js/backend.js
+++ b/addons/web_editor/static/src/js/backend.js
@@ -289,12 +289,32 @@ var FieldTextHtml = widget.extend({
         src += "&datarecord="+ encodeURIComponent(JSON.stringify(datarecord));
         return src;
     },
+    _toggleFormButtons: function(enable) {
+        if (this.$formButtons) {
+            if (enable) {
+                this.$formButtons.find('button').removeClass('o_disabled').attr('disabled', false);
+            } else {
+                this.$formButtons.find('button').addClass('o_disabled').attr('disabled', true);
+            }
+        }
+    },
     initialize_content: function() {
         var self = this;
+
+        // Do not Forward port in >= 10.0
+        function getModalButtons() {
+            var $modal = self.getParent().getParent();
+            if ($modal && $modal.$footer) {
+                return $modal.$footer;
+            }
+        }
+
+        this.$formButtons = this.getParent().$buttons || getModalButtons();
         this.$el.closest('.modal-body').css('max-height', 'none');
         this.$iframe = this.$el.find('iframe');
         // deactivate any button to avoid saving a not ready iframe
-        $('.o_cp_buttons, .o_statusbar_buttons').find('button').addClass('o_disabled').attr('disabled', true);
+        // Do not Forward port in >= 10.0
+        this._toggleFormButtons(false);
         this.document = null;
         this.$body = $();
         this.$content = $();
@@ -321,7 +341,8 @@ var FieldTextHtml = widget.extend({
         this._dirty_flag = false;
         this.render_value();
         // reactivate all the buttons when the field's content (the iframe) is loaded
-        $('.o_cp_buttons, .o_statusbar_buttons').find('button').removeClass('o_disabled').attr('disabled', false);
+        // Do not Forward port in >= 10.0
+        this._toggleFormButtons(true);
         setTimeout(function () {
             self.add_button();
             setTimeout(self.resize,0);
@@ -424,6 +445,8 @@ var FieldTextHtml = widget.extend({
         }
     },
     destroy: function () {
+        // Do not Forward port in >= 10.0
+        this._toggleFormButtons(true);
         $(window).off('resize', this.resize);
         delete window.odoo[this.callback+"_editor"];
         delete window.odoo[this.callback+"_content"];