diff --git a/scene/gui/rich_text_label.cpp b/scene/gui/rich_text_label.cpp
index af5d0e2f451..b19e1d8362f 100644
--- a/scene/gui/rich_text_label.cpp
+++ b/scene/gui/rich_text_label.cpp
@@ -204,6 +204,8 @@ int RichTextLabel::_process_line(ItemFrame *p_frame, const Vector2 &p_ofs, int &
 	int line_ascent = cfont->get_ascent();
 	int line_descent = cfont->get_descent();
 
+	int backtrack = 0; // for dynamic hidden content.
+
 	int nonblank_line_count = 0; //number of nonblank lines as counted during PROCESS_DRAW
 
 	Variant meta;
@@ -214,6 +216,7 @@ int RichTextLabel::_process_line(ItemFrame *p_frame, const Vector2 &p_ofs, int &
 	{                                                                                                                                                           \
 		if (p_mode != PROCESS_CACHE) {                                                                                                                          \
 			line++;                                                                                                                                             \
+			backtrack = 0;                                                                                                                                      \
 			if (!line_is_blank) {                                                                                                                               \
 				nonblank_line_count++;                                                                                                                          \
 			}                                                                                                                                                   \
@@ -263,7 +266,7 @@ int RichTextLabel::_process_line(ItemFrame *p_frame, const Vector2 &p_ofs, int &
 		l.maximum_width = MAX(l.maximum_width, MIN(p_width, wofs + m_width));                                                               \
 		l.minimum_width = MAX(l.minimum_width, m_width);                                                                                    \
 	}                                                                                                                                       \
-	if (wofs + m_width > p_width) {                                                                                                         \
+	if (wofs - backtrack + m_width > p_width) {                                                                                             \
 		line_wrapped = true;                                                                                                                \
 		if (p_mode == PROCESS_CACHE) {                                                                                                      \
 			if (spaces > 0)                                                                                                                 \
@@ -390,6 +393,7 @@ int RichTextLabel::_process_line(ItemFrame *p_frame, const Vector2 &p_ofs, int &
 					int fw = 0;
 
 					lh = 0;
+
 					if (p_mode != PROCESS_CACHE) {
 						lh = line < l.height_caches.size() ? l.height_caches[line] : 1;
 						line_ascent = line < l.ascent_caches.size() ? l.ascent_caches[line] : 1;
@@ -432,13 +436,12 @@ int RichTextLabel::_process_line(ItemFrame *p_frame, const Vector2 &p_ofs, int &
 
 					{
 
-						int ofs = 0;
+						int ofs = 0 - backtrack;
 
 						for (int i = 0; i < end; i++) {
 							int pofs = wofs + ofs;
 
 							if (p_mode == PROCESS_POINTER && r_click_char && p_click_pos.y >= p_ofs.y + y && p_click_pos.y <= p_ofs.y + y + lh) {
-								//int o = (wofs+w)-p_click_pos.x;
 
 								int cw = font->get_char_size(c[i], c[i + 1]).x;
 
@@ -481,7 +484,10 @@ int RichTextLabel::_process_line(ItemFrame *p_frame, const Vector2 &p_ofs, int &
 								bool visible = visible_characters < 0 || ((p_char_count < visible_characters && YRANGE_VISIBLE(y + lh - line_descent - line_ascent, line_ascent + line_descent)) &&
 																				 faded_visibility > 0.0f);
 
+								const bool previously_visible = visible;
+
 								for (int j = 0; j < fx_stack.size(); j++) {
+
 									ItemFX *item_fx = fx_stack[j];
 
 									if (item_fx->type == ITEM_CUSTOMFX && custom_fx_ok) {
@@ -575,6 +581,8 @@ int RichTextLabel::_process_line(ItemFrame *p_frame, const Vector2 &p_ofs, int &
 									} else {
 										cw = drawer.draw_char(ci, p_ofs + Point2(align_ofs + pofs, y + lh - line_descent) + fx_offset, fx_char, c[i + 1], fx_color);
 									}
+								} else if (previously_visible) {
+									backtrack += font->get_char_size(fx_char, c[i + 1]).x;
 								}
 
 								p_char_count++;
@@ -648,6 +656,7 @@ int RichTextLabel::_process_line(ItemFrame *p_frame, const Vector2 &p_ofs, int &
 			case ITEM_NEWLINE: {
 
 				lh = 0;
+
 				if (p_mode != PROCESS_CACHE) {
 					lh = line < l.height_caches.size() ? l.height_caches[line] : 1;
 					line_is_blank = true;