To reproduce: try to hide the caret: this.radRichTextEditor1.CaretWidth = 0; Workaround: //Flow layout this.radRichTextEditor1.LayoutMode = DocumentLayoutMode.Flow; Telerik.WinControls.RichTextEditor.UI.DocumentWebLayoutPresenter webLayoutPresenter = this.radRichTextEditor1.RichTextBoxElement.ActiveEditorPresenter as Telerik.WinControls.RichTextEditor.UI.DocumentWebLayoutPresenter; webLayoutPresenter.Caret.Width = 0; //Page layout this.radRichTextEditor1.LayoutMode = DocumentLayoutMode.Paged; Telerik.WinControls.RichTextEditor.UI.DocumentPrintLayoutPresenter activeEditorPresenter1 = this.radRichTextEditor1.RichTextBoxElement.ActiveEditorPresenter as DocumentPrintLayoutPresenter; activeEditorPresenter1.Caret.Width = 0;