1 files changed, 11 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/src/client/views/nodes/formattedText/DashFieldView.tsx b/src/client/views/nodes/formattedText/DashFieldView.tsx
index 9a1b909c1..60a9c2a27 100644
--- a/src/client/views/nodes/formattedText/DashFieldView.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/nodes/formattedText/DashFieldView.tsx
@@ -103,11 +103,14 @@ export class DashFieldViewInternal extends React.Component<IDashFieldViewInterna
                 // bcz: this is unfortunate, but since this React component is nested within a non-React text box (prosemirror), we can't
                 // use React events.  Essentially, React events occur after native events have been processed, so corresponding React events
                 // will never fire because Prosemirror has handled the native events.  So we add listeners for native events here.
-                return <span contentEditable={true} suppressContentEditableWarning={true} defaultValue={strVal} ref={r => {
-                    r?.addEventListener("keydown", e => this.fieldSpanKeyDown(e, r));
-                    r?.addEventListener("blur", e => r && this.updateText(r.textContent!, false));
-                    r?.addEventListener("pointerdown", action((e) => this._showEnumerables = true));
-                }} >
+                return <span className="dashFieldView-fieldSpan" contentEditable={true}
+                    style={{ display: strVal.length < 2 ? "inline-block" : undefined }}
+                    suppressContentEditableWarning={true} defaultValue={strVal}
+                    ref={r => {
+                        r?.addEventListener("keydown", e => this.fieldSpanKeyDown(e, r));
+                        r?.addEventListener("blur", e => r && this.updateText(r.textContent!, false));
+                        r?.addEventListener("pointerdown", action((e) => this._showEnumerables = true));
+                    }} >
                     {strVal}
                 </span>;
             }
@@ -205,9 +208,9 @@ export class DashFieldViewInternal extends React.Component<IDashFieldViewInterna
                     {this._fieldKey}
                 </span>}
 
-            <div className="dashFieldView-fieldSpan">
-                {this.fieldValueContent}
-            </div>
+            {/* <div className="dashFieldView-fieldSpan"> */}
+            {this.fieldValueContent}
+            {/* </div> */}
 
             {!this._showEnumerables ? (null) : <div className="dashFieldView-enumerables" onPointerDown={this.onPointerDownEnumerables} />}