diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/views/propertyeditors/rte/rte.html b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/views/propertyeditors/rte/rte.html
index 21e9065d92..d81b858002 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/views/propertyeditors/rte/rte.html
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/views/propertyeditors/rte/rte.html
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
     <ng-form name="rteForm">
         <div class="umb-rte-editor-con">
-            <input type="text" id="{{model.alias}}" ng-focus="focus()" name="modelValue" ng-model="model.value" style="position:absolute;top:0;width:0;height:0;" />
+            <input type="text" id="{{model.alias}}" ng-focus="focus()" name="modelValue" ng-model="model.value" style="position:absolute;top:0;width:0;height:0;padding:0;border:none;" />
             <div disable-hotkeys id="{{textAreaHtmlId}}" class="umb-rte-editor" ng-style="{ width: containerWidth, height: containerHeight, overflow: containerOverflow}"></div>
         </div>
     </ng-form>