1 files changed, 14 insertions, 11 deletions
diff --git a/src/client/views/SidebarAnnos.tsx b/src/client/views/SidebarAnnos.tsx
index 6d06bbbf6..b9af28413 100644
--- a/src/client/views/SidebarAnnos.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/SidebarAnnos.tsx
@@ -88,6 +88,7 @@ export class SidebarAnnos extends React.Component<FieldViewProps & ExtraProps> {
                 };
             });
 
+        if (!anchor.text) Doc.GetProto(anchor).text = '-selection-';
         const textLines: any = [
             {
                 type: 'paragraph',
@@ -121,16 +122,18 @@ export class SidebarAnnos extends React.Component<FieldViewProps & ExtraProps> {
             content: taggedContent,
         };
         if (taggedContent.length) textLines.push(metadatatext);
-        Doc.GetProto(target).text = new RichTextField(
-            JSON.stringify({
-                doc: {
-                    type: 'doc',
-                    content: textLines,
-                },
-                selection: { type: 'text', anchor: 4, head: 4 }, // set selection to middle paragraph
-            }),
-            ''
-        );
+        if (textLines.length) {
+            Doc.GetProto(target).text = new RichTextField(
+                JSON.stringify({
+                    doc: {
+                        type: 'doc',
+                        content: textLines,
+                    },
+                    selection: { type: 'text', anchor: 4, head: 4 }, // set selection to middle paragraph
+                }),
+                ''
+            );
+        }
         this.addDocument(target);
         setTimeout(() => this._stackRef.current?.focusDocument(target, {}));
         return target;
@@ -233,7 +236,7 @@ export class SidebarAnnos extends React.Component<FieldViewProps & ExtraProps> {
                         isAnnotationOverlay={false}
                         select={emptyFunction}
                         NativeDimScaling={returnOne}
-                        childShowTitle={this.showTitle}
+                        //childShowTitle={this.showTitle}
                         childDocumentsActive={this.props.isContentActive}
                         whenChildContentsActiveChanged={this.props.whenChildContentsActiveChanged}
                         childHideDecorationTitle={returnTrue}