diff --git a/src/components/rich-text-editor/core-rich-text-editor.html b/src/components/rich-text-editor/core-rich-text-editor.html
index c4b96e0fe..ba2bd897f 100644
--- a/src/components/rich-text-editor/core-rich-text-editor.html
+++ b/src/components/rich-text-editor/core-rich-text-editor.html
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
-<div [hidden]="!rteEnabled" #editor contenteditable="true" class="core-rte-editor" tappable (focus)="showToolbar()" (longPress)="showToolbar()" [attr.data-placeholder-text]="placeholder" role="textbox">
+<div [hidden]="!rteEnabled" #editor contenteditable="true" class="core-rte-editor" tappable (focus)="showToolbar()" (longPress)="showToolbar()" (blur)="hideToolbar($event)" [attr.data-placeholder-text]="placeholder" role="textbox">
 </div>
 
-<ion-textarea [hidden]="rteEnabled" #textarea class="core-textarea" [placeholder]="placeholder" [attr.name]="name" ngControl="control" (ionChange)="onChange($event)" (focus)="showToolbar()" (longPress)="showToolbar()" (longPress)="showToolbar()" role="textbox"></ion-textarea>
+<ion-textarea [hidden]="rteEnabled" #textarea class="core-textarea" [placeholder]="placeholder" [attr.name]="name" ngControl="control" (ionChange)="onChange($event)" (focus)="showToolbar()" (longPress)="showToolbar()" (blur)="hideToolbar($event)" role="textbox"></ion-textarea>
 
 <div #toolbar class="core-rte-toolbar" [class.toolbar-hidden]="toolbarHidden">
     <button *ngIf="toolbarArrows" class="toolbar-arrow" [class.toolbar-arrow-hidden]="toolbarPrevHidden" (click)="toolbarPrev($event)" (mousedown)="stopBubble($event)">