The work around, I came up with:  
 On the form submitasp:ImageButton: added  onclientclick="updater();" before the normal OnClick="onSubmit" 
    <script type="text/javascript">
        function updater() {
            var editor = eo_GetObject("Editor1");
            editor.execCommand("HTMLMode");
            editor.execCommand("DesignMode");
            return true;            
        }