diff --git a/lib/public/components/common/markdown/markdown.js b/lib/public/components/common/markdown/markdown.js
index bf935d841c..e0b04cb445 100644
--- a/lib/public/components/common/markdown/markdown.js
+++ b/lib/public/components/common/markdown/markdown.js
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ const markdownFromTextarea = (textarea, readOnly, size) => {
 
     const editor = hyperMD.fromTextArea(textarea, {
         hmdModeLoader: '/assets/SmartEditor/codemirror',
-        readOnly,
+        readOnly: readOnly ? 'nocursor' : false,
         lineNumbers: !readOnly,
         extraKeys: {
             'Ctrl-Space': 'autocomplete',