looks better still some things to work out

1 files changed, 3 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/src/client/views/nodes/chatbot/chatboxcomponents/ChatBox.tsx b/src/client/views/nodes/chatbot/chatboxcomponents/ChatBox.tsx
index c5ffb2c74..a61705250 100644
--- a/src/client/views/nodes/chatbot/chatboxcomponents/ChatBox.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/nodes/chatbot/chatboxcomponents/ChatBox.tsx
@@ -756,9 +756,10 @@ export class ChatBox extends ViewBoxAnnotatableComponent<FieldViewProps>() {
                         <MessageComponentBox key={this.history.length} message={this.current_message} onFollowUpClick={this.handleFollowUpClick} onCitationClick={this.handleCitationClick} updateMessageCitations={this.updateMessageCitations} />
                     )}
                 </div>
+
                 <form onSubmit={this.askGPT} className="chat-input">
-                    <input type="text" name="messageInput" autoComplete="off" placeholder="Type your message here..." value={this.inputValue} onChange={e => (this.inputValue = e.target.value)} />
-                    <button className="submit-button" type="submit" disabled={this.isLoading}>
+                    <input type="text" name="messageInput" autoComplete="off" placeholder="Type your message here..." value={this.inputValue} onChange={e => (this.inputValue = e.target.value)} disabled={this.isLoading} />
+                    <button className="submit-button" type="submit" disabled={this.isLoading || !this.inputValue.trim()}>
                         {this.isLoading ? (
                             <div className="spinner"></div>
                         ) : (