diff --git a/addons/web_editor/static/src/js/backend.js b/addons/web_editor/static/src/js/backend.js
index 964ececa06b..1c5feb7a7d4 100644
--- a/addons/web_editor/static/src/js/backend.js
+++ b/addons/web_editor/static/src/js/backend.js
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ var FieldTextHtmlSimple = widget.extend({
         this.$content.html(this.text_to_html(value));
         if (this.get("effective_readonly")) {
             this.resize();
-        } else {
+        } else if (this.options['style-inline']) {
             transcoder.style_to_class(this.$content);
         }
         if (this.$content.is(document.activeElement)) {
diff --git a/addons/web_editor/static/src/js/transcoder.js b/addons/web_editor/static/src/js/transcoder.js
index a5cf20575d4..aff3b3210f6 100644
--- a/addons/web_editor/static/src/js/transcoder.js
+++ b/addons/web_editor/static/src/js/transcoder.js
@@ -182,14 +182,34 @@ var img_to_font = function ($editable) {
     });
 };
 
+/*
+ * Utility function to apply function over descendants elements
+ *
+ * This is needed until the following issue of jQuery is solved:
+ *  https://github.com./jquery/sizzle/issues/403
+ *
+ * @param {Element} node The root Element node
+ * @param {Function} func The function applied over descendants
+ */
+var applyOverDescendants = function (node, func) {
+    node = node.firstChild;
+    while (node) {
+        if (node.nodeType === 1) {
+            func(node);
+            applyOverDescendants(node, func);
+        }
+        node = node.nextSibling;
+    }
+};
+
 // convert class into inline style to send by mail
 var class_to_style = function ($editable) {
     if (!rulesCache.length) {
         getMatchedCSSRules($editable[0]);
     }
-    $editable.find('*').each(function () {
-        var $target = $(this);
-        var css = getMatchedCSSRules(this);
+    applyOverDescendants($editable[0], function (node) {
+        var $target = $(node);
+        var css = getMatchedCSSRules(node);
         var style = $target.attr("style") || "";
         _.each(css, function (v,k) {
             if (!(new RegExp('(^|;)\s*' + k).test(style))) {
@@ -209,9 +229,9 @@ var style_to_class = function ($editable) {
 
     var $c = $('<span/>').appendTo("body");
 
-    $editable.find('*').each(function () {
-        var $target = $(this);
-        var css = getMatchedCSSRules(this);
+    applyOverDescendants($editable[0], function (node) {
+        var $target = $(node);
+        var css = getMatchedCSSRules(node);
         var style = "";
         _.each(css, function (v,k) {
             if (!(new RegExp('(^|;)\s*' + k).test(style))) {