Likely to happen when an element is empty, not just the editor, if you can get the cusros in an empty <p>, and press backspace you can get the same behavior, it can happen as you work on some content Steps to reproduce: 1. Go to the Editor demo page http://demos.telerik.com/aspnet-ajax/editor/examples/overview/defaultcs.aspx in Chrome 2. CTRL+A on the editor and hit delete 3. Hit Delete or Backspace again Result: Uncaught TypeError Cannot read property 'nodeType' of undefined Appears in the console