Rich text editor has a large grey box appear when in dark mode

[openbayou]

Describe the Bug

I have payload running on a Ubuntu Server 24.04 in a virtual environment using Vagrant. When Payload is in dark mode, there's a dark grey box that appears over the rich text editor briefly before going away. This only appears on dark mode, it doesn't show up on light mode.

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Reproduction Steps

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Which area(s) are affected? (Select all that apply)

plugin: richtext-lexical

Environment Info

Payload: 3.19
Next.js 15.1.5
Node.js: 22.13.1

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[openbayou]

Update: It also appears on light theme as well

[jmikrut]

Hey all, this is because the rich text editor loads its code asynchronously. It's code-split, and is fetched when the field renders. That box is its "loading" state.

This does not appear to be a bug. We could improve the loading state in the future - it actually does have a little "shimmer" effect but it loads so fast that you don't have any time to see it "shimmer" - so it looks like a box.