diff --git a/frontend/resources/styles/main/partials/sidebar-element-options.scss b/frontend/resources/styles/main/partials/sidebar-element-options.scss
index 36c098ca6..7febf9415 100644
--- a/frontend/resources/styles/main/partials/sidebar-element-options.scss
+++ b/frontend/resources/styles/main/partials/sidebar-element-options.scss
@@ -2414,6 +2414,16 @@
     .title .icon {
       display: flex;
     }
+
+    textarea {
+      min-height: 250px;
+    }
+  }
+
+  &.creating {
+    textarea {
+      min-height: 250px;
+    }
   }
 
   .hidden {
@@ -2445,7 +2455,6 @@
     textarea {
       background-color: $color-gray-60;
       color: $color-white;
-      min-height: 250px;
       padding: 10px;
 
       border: none;
diff --git a/frontend/src/app/main/ui/workspace/sidebar/options/menus/component.cljs b/frontend/src/app/main/ui/workspace/sidebar/options/menus/component.cljs
index 9e86e786f..33de55bf3 100644
--- a/frontend/src/app/main/ui/workspace/sidebar/options/menus/component.cljs
+++ b/frontend/src/app/main/ui/workspace/sidebar/options/menus/component.cljs
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@
        (fn [] (st/emit! (dw/set-annotations-id-for-create nil))))) ;; cleanup set-annotationsid-for-create on unload
 
     (when (or creating? annotation)
-      [:div.component-annotation {:class (dom/classnames :editing @editing?)}
+      [:div.component-annotation {:class (dom/classnames :editing @editing? :creating creating?)}
        [:div.title {:class (dom/classnames :expandeable (not (or @editing? creating?)))
                     :on-click #(expand (not annotations-expanded?))}
         [:div (if (or @editing? creating?)