1 files changed, 9 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/src/client/views/nodes/ComparisonBox.tsx b/src/client/views/nodes/ComparisonBox.tsx
index ef8c045cc..2b57178f4 100644
--- a/src/client/views/nodes/ComparisonBox.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/nodes/ComparisonBox.tsx
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@ import './ComparisonBox.scss';
 import { DocumentView } from './DocumentView';
 import { FieldView, FieldViewProps } from './FieldView';
 import { PinProps, PresBox } from './trails';
+import { FormattedTextBox } from './formattedText/FormattedTextBox';
+import { RichTextField } from '../../../fields/RichTextField';
 
 @observer
 export class ComparisonBox extends ViewBoxAnnotatableComponent<FieldViewProps>() implements ViewBoxInterface {
@@ -172,12 +174,15 @@ export class ComparisonBox extends ViewBoxAnnotatableComponent<FieldViewProps>()
         const displayDoc = (which: string) => {
             const whichDoc = DocCast(this.dataDoc[which]);
             const targetDoc = DocCast(whichDoc?.annotationOn, whichDoc);
-            return targetDoc ? (
+            // if there is no Doc in the first comparison slot, but the comparison box's fieldKey slot has a RichTextField, then render a text box to show the contents of the document's field key slot
+            const layoutTemplateString = !targetDoc && which.endsWith('1') && this.Document[this.fieldKey] instanceof RichTextField ? FormattedTextBox.LayoutString(this.fieldKey) : undefined;
+            return targetDoc || layoutTemplateString ? (
                 <>
                     <DocumentView
                         {...this._props}
-                        Document={targetDoc}
-                        TemplateDataDocument={undefined}
+                        renderDepth={this.props.renderDepth + 1}
+                        LayoutTemplateString={layoutTemplateString}
+                        Document={layoutTemplateString ? this.Document : targetDoc}
                         containerViewPath={this.DocumentView?.().docViewPath}
                         moveDocument={which.endsWith('1') ? this.moveDoc1 : this.moveDoc2}
                         removeDocument={which.endsWith('1') ? this.remDoc1 : this.remDoc2}
@@ -190,7 +195,7 @@ export class ComparisonBox extends ViewBoxAnnotatableComponent<FieldViewProps>()
                         hideLinkButton={true}
                         pointerEvents={this._isAnyChildContentActive ? undefined : returnNone}
                     />
-                    {clearButton(which)}
+                    {layoutTemplateString ? null : clearButton(which)}
                 </> // placeholder image if doc is missing
             ) : (
                 <div className="placeholder">