diff --git a/app/client/components/Forms/Editor.ts b/app/client/components/Forms/Editor.ts
index 26e6220e..46bb6814 100644
--- a/app/client/components/Forms/Editor.ts
+++ b/app/client/components/Forms/Editor.ts
@@ -123,6 +123,11 @@ export function buildEditor(props: Props, ...args: IDomArgs<HTMLElement>) {
     dom.on('dragstart', (ev) => {
       // Prevent propagation, as we might be in a nested editor.
       ev.stopPropagation();
+      if (props.editMode?.get()) {
+        ev.preventDefault();
+        return;
+      }
+
       ev.dataTransfer?.setData('text/plain', JSON.stringify(box.toJSON()));
       ev.dataTransfer!.dropEffect = "move";
       dragging.set(true);
diff --git a/app/client/components/Forms/Paragraph.ts b/app/client/components/Forms/Paragraph.ts
index 650b97ac..44fa8c1c 100644
--- a/app/client/components/Forms/Paragraph.ts
+++ b/app/client/components/Forms/Paragraph.ts
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ export class ParagraphModel extends BoxModel {
     return buildEditor({
       box: this,
       overlay: this._overlay,
+      editMode,
       content: css.cssMarkdownRendered(
         css.markdown(use => use(text) || '', dom.hide(editMode)),
         dom.maybe(use => !use(text) && !use(editMode), () => cssEmpty('(empty)')),