diff -r b21dd8500df4 editor.lib/src/org/netbeans/editor/BaseTextUI.java
--- a/editor.lib/src/org/netbeans/editor/BaseTextUI.java	Mon Jul 14 15:43:09 2008 +0200
+++ b/editor.lib/src/org/netbeans/editor/BaseTextUI.java	Wed Jul 16 11:17:20 2008 +0200
@@ -217,6 +217,15 @@
         Insets margin = value != null ? SettingsConversions.parseInsets(value) : null;
         component.setMargin(margin != null ? margin : EditorUI.NULL_INSETS);
 
+        BaseKit kit = (BaseKit)getEditorKit(component);
+        ViewFactory vf = kit.getViewFactory();
+        // Create and attach caret
+        Caret defaultCaret = component.getCaret();
+        Caret caret = kit.createCaret();
+        component.setCaretColor(Color.black); // will be changed by settings later
+        component.setCaret(caret);
+        component.putClientProperty(PROP_DEFAULT_CARET_BLINK_RATE, defaultCaret.getBlinkRate());
+
         getEditorUI().installUI(component);
         foldingEnabled  = prefs.getBoolean(SimpleValueNames.CODE_FOLDING_ENABLE, EditorPreferencesDefaults.defaultCodeFoldingEnable);
         component.putClientProperty(SimpleValueNames.CODE_FOLDING_ENABLE, foldingEnabled);
@@ -229,14 +238,6 @@
             component.putClientProperty(UIWatcher.class, uiWatcher);
         }
         
-        BaseKit kit = (BaseKit)getEditorKit(component);
-        ViewFactory vf = kit.getViewFactory();
-        // Create and attach caret
-        Caret defaultCaret = component.getCaret();
-        Caret caret = kit.createCaret();
-        component.setCaretColor(Color.black); // will be changed by settings later
-        component.setCaret(caret);
-        component.putClientProperty(PROP_DEFAULT_CARET_BLINK_RATE, defaultCaret.getBlinkRate());
         
         // assign blink rate
         int br = prefs.getInt(SimpleValueNames.CARET_BLINK_RATE, -1);