diff --git a/org.adempiere.ui.zk/WEB-INF/src/org/adempiere/webui/editor/WStringEditor.java b/org.adempiere.ui.zk/WEB-INF/src/org/adempiere/webui/editor/WStringEditor.java
index a5b601e5dc..606656ea6c 100644
--- a/org.adempiere.ui.zk/WEB-INF/src/org/adempiere/webui/editor/WStringEditor.java
+++ b/org.adempiere.ui.zk/WEB-INF/src/org/adempiere/webui/editor/WStringEditor.java
@@ -233,8 +233,16 @@ public class WStringEditor extends WEditor implements ContextMenuListener
 		else if (WEditorPopupMenu.EDITOR_EVENT.equals(evt.getContextEvent()))
 		{
 			adwindowContent = findADWindowContent();
+			boolean isHtml = false;
+			if ((   gridField.getDisplayType() == DisplayType.Text 
+				 || gridField.getDisplayType() == DisplayType.TextLong
+				 || gridField.getDisplayType() == DisplayType.Memo)
+				&& adwindowContent != null
+				&& adwindowContent.getActiveGridTab() != null) {
+				isHtml = adwindowContent.getActiveGridTab().getValueAsBoolean("IsHtml");
+			}
 			final WTextEditorDialog dialog = new WTextEditorDialog(gridField.getVO().Header, getDisplay(),
-					isReadWrite(), gridField.getFieldLength());
+					isReadWrite(), gridField.getFieldLength(), isHtml);
 			dialog.addEventListener(DialogEvents.ON_WINDOW_CLOSE, new EventListener<Event>() {
 				@Override
 				public void onEvent(Event event) throws Exception {
diff --git a/org.adempiere.ui.zk/WEB-INF/src/org/adempiere/webui/window/WTextEditorDialog.java b/org.adempiere.ui.zk/WEB-INF/src/org/adempiere/webui/window/WTextEditorDialog.java
index 589487da2f..3efe983d31 100644
--- a/org.adempiere.ui.zk/WEB-INF/src/org/adempiere/webui/window/WTextEditorDialog.java
+++ b/org.adempiere.ui.zk/WEB-INF/src/org/adempiere/webui/window/WTextEditorDialog.java
@@ -38,11 +38,11 @@ import org.zkoss.zul.Vlayout;
  *
  */
 public class WTextEditorDialog extends Window implements EventListener<Event>{
-	
 	/**
 	 * 
 	 */
-	private static final long serialVersionUID = -3852236029054284848L;
+	private static final long serialVersionUID = 1188165765430615546L;
+
 	private boolean editable;
 	private int maxSize;
 	private String text;
@@ -59,8 +59,9 @@ public class WTextEditorDialog extends Window implements EventListener<Event>{
 	 * @param text
 	 * @param editable
 	 * @param maxSize
+	 * @param isHtml - select the html tab at start
 	 */
-	public WTextEditorDialog(String title, String text, boolean editable, int maxSize) {
+	public WTextEditorDialog(String title, String text, boolean editable, int maxSize, boolean IsHtml) {
 		super();
 		setTitle(title);
 		this.editable = editable;
@@ -68,8 +69,14 @@ public class WTextEditorDialog extends Window implements EventListener<Event>{
 		this.text = text;
 		
 		init();
+		if (IsHtml)
+			tabbox.setSelectedTab(htmlTab);
 	}
-	
+
+	public WTextEditorDialog(String title, String text, boolean editable, int maxSize) {
+		this(title, text, editable, maxSize, false);
+	}
+
 	private void init() {
 		setBorder("normal");
 		setHeight("450px");