diff --git a/common/static/js/vendor/ova/OpenSeaDragonAnnotation.js b/common/static/js/vendor/ova/OpenSeaDragonAnnotation.js
index 032bb77f85..e6bcfade41 100644
--- a/common/static/js/vendor/ova/OpenSeaDragonAnnotation.js
+++ b/common/static/js/vendor/ova/OpenSeaDragonAnnotation.js
@@ -1035,6 +1035,10 @@ OpenSeadragonAnnotation = function (element, options) {
     function reloadEditor(){
         tinymce.EditorManager.execCommand('mceRemoveEditor',true, "annotator-field-0");
         tinymce.EditorManager.execCommand('mceAddEditor',true, "annotator-field-0");
+        
+        // if person hits into/out of fullscreen before closing the editor should close itself
+        // ideally we would want to keep it open and reposition, this would make a great TODO in the future
+        annotator.editor.hide();
     }
 
     var self = this;
diff --git a/common/static/js/vendor/ova/catch/js/catch.js b/common/static/js/vendor/ova/catch/js/catch.js
index c754182f05..7491d70fd7 100644
--- a/common/static/js/vendor/ova/catch/js/catch.js
+++ b/common/static/js/vendor/ova/catch/js/catch.js
@@ -1001,6 +1001,9 @@ CatchAnnotation.prototype = {
             var positionAnnotator = videojs.findPosition(wrapper[0]);
             var positionAdder = {};
 
+            // the following addition to display makes sure the editor shows up
+            // after opening TinyMCE/editor within the image source
+            positionAdder.display = "block";
             positionAdder.left = positionLeft.left - positionAnnotator.left;
             positionAdder.top = positionLeft.top + 20 - positionAnnotator.top;
 
@@ -1010,6 +1013,7 @@ CatchAnnotation.prototype = {
             this.annotator.onAdderClick();
             
             // Set vertical editor
+            $(this.annotator.editor.element).css(positionAdder);
             this.annotator.editor.resetOrientation();
             this.annotator.editor.invertY();
 
diff --git a/common/static/js/vendor/ova/richText-annotator.js b/common/static/js/vendor/ova/richText-annotator.js
index d036c2ea00..0b87a8eb1a 100644
--- a/common/static/js/vendor/ova/richText-annotator.js
+++ b/common/static/js/vendor/ova/richText-annotator.js
@@ -93,6 +93,17 @@ Annotator.Plugin.RichText = (function(_super) {
                 // set the modification in the textarea of annotator
                 $(editor.element).find('textarea')[0].value = tinymce.activeEditor.getContent();
             });
+
+            // creates a function called whenever editor is resized
+            ed.on('init', function(mceInstance) {
+
+                // get win means this event activates when window is resized
+                tinymce.dom.Event.bind(ed.getWin(), 'resize', function(e){
+
+                    // mceInstance.target gets the editor, its id is used to retrieved iframe
+                    $("#"+mceInstance.target.id+"_ifr").css('min-width', '400px');
+                });
+            });
             // new button to add Rubrics of the url https://gteavirtual.org/rubric
             ed.addButton('rubric', {
                 icon: 'rubric',