diff --git a/css/80_app.css b/css/80_app.css
index db173441d..5fc74cd97 100644
--- a/css/80_app.css
+++ b/css/80_app.css
@@ -2480,6 +2480,7 @@ button.raw-tag-option svg.icon {
     flex: 1 1 50%;
 }
 
+.tag-text.readonly,
 .tag-row.readonly,
 .tag-row.readonly input.key,
 .tag-row.readonly input.value,
@@ -2945,8 +2946,8 @@ input.key-trap {
     border-radius: 5px 0 0 5px;
 }
 
-/* tag editor - no buttons */
-.data-editor.raw-tag-editor button {
+/* custom data editor - no info/delete buttons */
+.data-editor.raw-tag-editor .tag-row button {
     display: none;
 }
 .data-editor.raw-tag-editor .tag-row .key-wrap,
diff --git a/modules/ui/data_editor.js b/modules/ui/data_editor.js
index 7bf69e7ae..fc8eb3f20 100644
--- a/modules/ui/data_editor.js
+++ b/modules/ui/data_editor.js
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@ export function uiDataEditor(context) {
         var editor = body.selectAll('.data-editor')
             .data([0]);
 
+        // enter/update
         editor.enter()
             .append('div')
             .attr('class', 'modal-section data-editor')
@@ -70,6 +71,7 @@ export function uiDataEditor(context) {
         var rte = body.selectAll('.raw-tag-editor')
             .data([0]);
 
+        // enter/update
         rte.enter()
             .append('div')
             .attr('class', 'raw-tag-editor inspector-inner data-editor')
@@ -79,7 +81,10 @@ export function uiDataEditor(context) {
                 .readOnlyTags([/./])
                 .tags((_datum && _datum.properties) || {})
                 .state('hover')
-            );
+            )
+            .selectAll('textarea.tag-text')
+            .property('disabled', true)
+            .classed('readonly', true);
     }