diff --git a/aqt/editor.py b/aqt/editor.py
index 8eaa76d8a..1906fb20c 100644
--- a/aqt/editor.py
+++ b/aqt/editor.py
@@ -723,22 +723,22 @@ class Editor(object):
     ######################################################################
 
     def toggleBold(self, bool):
-        self._eval("setFormat('bold');")
+        self.web.eval("setFormat('bold');")
 
     def toggleItalic(self, bool):
-        self._eval("setFormat('italic');")
+        self.web.eval("setFormat('italic');")
 
     def toggleUnderline(self, bool):
-        self._eval("setFormat('underline');")
+        self.web.eval("setFormat('underline');")
 
     def toggleSuper(self, bool):
-        self._eval("setFormat('superscript');")
+        self.web.eval("setFormat('superscript');")
 
     def toggleSub(self, bool):
-        self._eval("setFormat('subscript');")
+        self.web.eval("setFormat('subscript');")
 
     def removeFormat(self):
-        self._eval("setFormat('removeFormat');")
+        self.web.eval("setFormat('removeFormat');")
 
     def onCloze(self):
         # check that the model is set up for cloze deletion
@@ -756,13 +756,7 @@ class Editor(object):
             highest += 1
         # must start at 1
         highest = max(1, highest)
-        self._eval("wrap('{{c%d::', '}}');" % highest)
-
-    def _eval(self, str):
-        # some versions of webkit crash if we try a dom-modifying operation
-        # before outstanding UI events have been processed
-        self.mw.app.processEvents()
-        self.mw.progress.timer(100, lambda: self.web.eval(str), False)
+        self.web.eval("wrap('{{c%d::', '}}');" % highest)
 
     # Foreground colour
     ######################################################################
@@ -800,7 +794,7 @@ class Editor(object):
         self.mw.pm.profile['lastColour'] = self.fcolour
 
     def _wrapWithColour(self, colour):
-        self._eval("setFormat('forecolor', '%s')" % colour)
+        self.web.eval("setFormat('forecolor', '%s')" % colour)
 
     # Audio/video/images
     ######################################################################
@@ -816,7 +810,7 @@ class Editor(object):
 
     def addMedia(self, path, canDelete=False):
         html = self._addMedia(path, canDelete)
-        self._eval("setFormat('inserthtml', %s);" % json.dumps(html))
+        self.web.eval("setFormat('inserthtml', %s);" % json.dumps(html))
 
     def _addMedia(self, path, canDelete=False):
         "Add to media folder and return basename."
@@ -870,13 +864,13 @@ class Editor(object):
     ######################################################################
 
     def insertLatex(self):
-        self._eval("wrap('[latex]', '[/latex]');")
+        self.web.eval("wrap('[latex]', '[/latex]');")
 
     def insertLatexEqn(self):
-        self._eval("wrap('[$]', '[/$]');")
+        self.web.eval("wrap('[$]', '[/$]');")
 
     def insertLatexMathEnv(self):
-        self._eval("wrap('[$$]', '[/$$]');")
+        self.web.eval("wrap('[$$]', '[/$$]');")
 
     # Keyboard layout
     ######################################################################