diff --git a/addons/web_editor/static/src/js/backend.js b/addons/web_editor/static/src/js/backend.js
index 17a2df31c6e..3d3b6cb27ee 100644
--- a/addons/web_editor/static/src/js/backend.js
+++ b/addons/web_editor/static/src/js/backend.js
@@ -103,17 +103,23 @@ var FieldTextHtmlSimple = widget.extend({
         return value;
     },
     focus: function() {
-        var input = !this.get("effective_readonly") && this.$textarea;
-        return input ? input.focus() : false;
+        if (this.get("effective_readonly")) {
+            return false;
+        }
+        // on IE an error may occur when creating range on not displayed element
+        try {
+            return this.$content.focusInEnd();
+        } catch (e) {
+            return this.$content.focus();
+        };
     },
     render_value: function() {
         var value = this.get('value');
         this.$textarea.val(value || '');
         this.$content.html(this.text_to_html(value));
-        // on ie an error may occur when creating range on not displayed element
-        try {
-            this.$content.focusInEnd();
-        } catch (e) {}
+        if (this.$content.is(document.activeElement)) {
+            this.focus();
+        }
         var history = this.$content.data('NoteHistory');
         if (history && history.recordUndo()) {
             this.$('.note-toolbar').find('button[data-event="undo"]').attr('disabled', false);