diff --git a/client/packages/lowcoder/src/comps/comps/richTextEditorComp.tsx b/client/packages/lowcoder/src/comps/comps/richTextEditorComp.tsx
index 64ec62a95..a75120511 100644
--- a/client/packages/lowcoder/src/comps/comps/richTextEditorComp.tsx
+++ b/client/packages/lowcoder/src/comps/comps/richTextEditorComp.tsx
@@ -171,7 +171,8 @@ const toolbarOptions = [
 ];
 
 const childrenMap = {
-  value: stringExposingStateControl("value"),
+  value: stringExposingStateControl("value"),     
+  delta: stringExposingStateControl("delta"),     
   hideToolbar: BoolControl,
   readOnly: BoolControl,
   autoHeight: withDefault(AutoHeightControl, "fixed"),
@@ -194,7 +195,7 @@ interface IProps {
   hideToolbar: boolean;
   readOnly: boolean;
   autoHeight: boolean;
-  onChange: (value: string) => void;
+  onChange: (html: string, deltaJSON: string, text: string) => void; 
   $style: RichTextEditorStyleType;
   contentScrollBar: boolean;
   tabIndex?: number;
@@ -207,6 +208,28 @@ function RichTextEditor(props: IProps) {
   const [content, setContent] = useState("");
   const wrapperRef = useRef<HTMLDivElement>(null);
   const editorRef = useRef<ReactQuill>(null);
+
+   // know exactly when the editor mounts
+   const [editorReady, setEditorReady] = useState(false);
+   const setEditorRef = (node: ReactQuill | null) => {
+     (editorRef as any).current = node as any;
+     setEditorReady(!!node);
+   };
+
+  const getQuill = () => (editorRef.current as any)?.getEditor?.();
+
+  const tryParseDelta = (v: unknown) => {
+    if (!v) return null;
+    if (typeof v === "string") {
+      try {
+        const d = JSON.parse(v);
+        return Array.isArray(d?.ops) ? d : null;
+      } catch { return null; }
+    }
+    if (typeof v === "object" && Array.isArray((v as any).ops)) return v as any;
+    return null;
+  };
+
   const isTypingRef = useRef(0);
 
   const debounce = INPUT_DEFAULT_ONCHANGE_DEBOUNCE;
@@ -214,8 +237,8 @@ function RichTextEditor(props: IProps) {
   const originOnChangeRef = useRef(props.onChange);
   originOnChangeRef.current = props.onChange;
 
-  const onChangeRef = useRef(
-    (v: string) => originOnChangeRef.current?.(v)
+  const onChangeRef = useRef((html: string, deltaJSON: string, text: string) =>
+    originOnChangeRef.current?.(html, deltaJSON, text)
   );
 
   // react-quill will not take effect after the placeholder is updated
@@ -235,7 +258,7 @@ function RichTextEditor(props: IProps) {
         (editor.scroll.domNode as HTMLElement).tabIndex = props.tabIndex;
       }
     }
-  }, [props.tabIndex, key]); // Also re-run when key changes due to placeholder update
+  }, [props.tabIndex, key]); 
 
   const contains = (parent: HTMLElement, descendant: HTMLElement) => {
     try {
@@ -248,19 +271,26 @@ function RichTextEditor(props: IProps) {
     return parent.contains(descendant);
   };
 
-  const handleChange = (value: string) => {
-    setContent(value);
-    // props.onChange(value);
-    onChangeRef.current(value);
-  };
 
   useEffect(() => {
-    let finalValue = props.value;
-    if (!/^<\w+>.+<\/\w+>$/.test(props.value)) {
-      finalValue = `<p class="">${props.value}</p>`;
+    const q = getQuill();
+    if (!q) {
+      return;
     }
-    setContent(finalValue);
-  }, [props.value]);
+  
+    const asDelta = tryParseDelta(props.value);
+    if (asDelta) {
+      q.setContents(asDelta, "api");
+      const html = q.root?.innerHTML ?? "";
+      setContent(html);
+      return;
+    }
+    const v = props.value ?? "";
+    const looksHtml = /<\/?[a-z][\s\S]*>/i.test(v);
+    const html = looksHtml ? v : `<p class="">${v}</p>`;
+    setContent(html);
+  }, [props.value, editorReady]);
+  
 
   const handleClickWrapper = (e: React.MouseEvent<HTMLDivElement>) => {
     // grid item prevents bubbling, quill can't listen to events on document.body, so it can't close the toolbar drop-down box
@@ -288,7 +318,7 @@ function RichTextEditor(props: IProps) {
       <Suspense fallback={<Skeleton />}>
         <ReactQuillEditor
           key={key}
-          ref={editorRef}
+          ref={setEditorRef}
           bounds={`#${id}`}
           modules={{
             toolbar: JSON.parse(props.toolbar),
@@ -297,7 +327,13 @@ function RichTextEditor(props: IProps) {
           value={content}
           placeholder={props.placeholder}
           readOnly={props.readOnly}
-          onChange={handleChange}
+          onChange={(html, _delta, source, editor) => {
+            setContent(html);
+            const quill = editorRef.current?.getEditor?.();
+            const fullDelta = quill?.getContents?.() ?? { ops: [] };
+            const text = quill?.getText?.() ?? "";
+            onChangeRef.current(html, JSON.stringify(fullDelta), text);
+            }}
         />
       </Suspense>
     </Wrapper>
@@ -305,15 +341,25 @@ function RichTextEditor(props: IProps) {
 }
 
 const RichTextEditorCompBase = new UICompBuilder(childrenMap, (props) => {
+  const propsRef = useRef(props);
+  propsRef.current = props;
+
   const debouncedOnChangeRef = useRef(
-    debounce((value: string) => {
-      props.value.onChange(value);
-      props.onEvent("change");
-    }, 1000)
+    debounce((html: string, deltaJSON: string, text: string) => {
+      propsRef.current.value.onChange(html);        
+      propsRef.current.delta.onChange(deltaJSON);   
+      propsRef.current.onEvent("change");
+    }, 500)
   );
 
-  const handleChange = (value: string) => {
-    debouncedOnChangeRef.current?.(value);
+  useEffect(() => {
+    return () => {
+      debouncedOnChangeRef.current?.cancel();
+    };
+  }, []);
+
+  const handleChange = (html: string, deltaJSON: string, text: string) => {
+    debouncedOnChangeRef.current?.(html, deltaJSON, text);
   };
 
   return (
@@ -379,6 +425,7 @@ class RichTextEditorCompAutoHeight extends RichTextEditorCompBase {
 
 export const RichTextEditorComp = withExposingConfigs(RichTextEditorCompAutoHeight, [
   new NameConfig("value", trans("export.richTextEditorValueDesc")),
+  new NameConfig("delta", trans("export.richTextEditorDeltaDesc")), 
   new NameConfig("readOnly", trans("export.richTextEditorReadOnlyDesc")),
   new NameConfig("hideToolbar", trans("export.richTextEditorHideToolBarDesc")),
   NameConfigHidden,