diff --git a/frontend/src/canvas/MarkdownOverlay.ts b/frontend/src/canvas/MarkdownOverlay.ts
index 8cb8af7..62671a4 100644
--- a/frontend/src/canvas/MarkdownOverlay.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/canvas/MarkdownOverlay.ts
@@ -126,7 +126,8 @@ export class MarkdownOverlay {
     if (!entry || !item || item.type !== 'markdown') return;
 
     requestAnimationFrame(() => {
-      const h = entry.el.offsetHeight / this._viewport.scale.x;
+      // offsetHeight is the CSS layout height at unscaled width — already in world space
+      const h = entry.el.offsetHeight;
       if (Math.abs(h - item.data.h) > 1) {
         item.data.h = h;
         // Redraw MarkdownSprite background
diff --git a/frontend/src/canvas/SceneManager.ts b/frontend/src/canvas/SceneManager.ts
index 9258b59..b65b3ee 100644
--- a/frontend/src/canvas/SceneManager.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/canvas/SceneManager.ts
@@ -465,6 +465,9 @@ export class SceneManager {
       const imgData = data as ImageObject;
       obj.applyCrop(imgData.crop);
     }
+    if (data.type === 'markdown' && obj instanceof MarkdownSprite) {
+      obj.updateFromData(data as MarkdownObject);
+    }
 
     // Update stored data
     item.data = { ...data };
diff --git a/frontend/src/canvas/TransformBox.ts b/frontend/src/canvas/TransformBox.ts
index d0fa694..e206363 100644
--- a/frontend/src/canvas/TransformBox.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/canvas/TransformBox.ts
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@
 
 import { Container, Graphics, FederatedPointerEvent, Text, TextStyle } from 'pixi.js';
 import type { Viewport } from 'pixi-viewport';
+import { MarkdownSprite } from './sprites/MarkdownSprite';
+import type { MarkdownObject } from './scene-format';
 import { type SceneItem, getItemWorldBounds } from './SceneManager';
 import type { SnapGuides } from './SnapGuides';
 import { applyImageDisplayTransform } from './imageTransforms';
@@ -360,6 +362,9 @@ export class TransformBox extends Container {
         item.data.x = orig.x;
         item.data.y = orig.y;
         item.displayObject.position.set(item.data.x, item.data.y);
+        if (item.displayObject instanceof MarkdownSprite) {
+          item.displayObject.updateFromData(item.data as MarkdownObject);
+        }
         this._onItemTransform?.(item);
         continue; // Skip normal sx/sy scaling
       }
diff --git a/frontend/src/canvas/image-drop.ts b/frontend/src/canvas/image-drop.ts
index eab6514..3fdaff5 100644
--- a/frontend/src/canvas/image-drop.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/canvas/image-drop.ts
@@ -346,13 +346,16 @@ export function setupPaste(
     }
 
     if (textContent) {
-      e.preventDefault();
-      if (textContent.length > 20) {
-        opts?.onTextPaste?.({ text: textContent, html: htmlContent, hasImage: hasMedia });
-      } else {
-        opts?.onShortTextPaste?.(textContent);
+      if (textContent.length > 20 && opts?.onTextPaste) {
+        e.preventDefault();
+        opts.onTextPaste({ text: textContent, html: htmlContent, hasImage: hasMedia });
+        return;
+      } else if (textContent.length <= 20 && opts?.onShortTextPaste) {
+        e.preventDefault();
+        opts.onShortTextPaste(textContent);
+        return;
       }
-      return;
+      // No callback provided — let native paste behavior through
     }
 
     // ── Media paste logic (unchanged) ──
diff --git a/frontend/src/components/MarkdownEditView.tsx b/frontend/src/components/MarkdownEditView.tsx
index f505d07..0a08698 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/MarkdownEditView.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/components/MarkdownEditView.tsx
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import React, { useCallback, useEffect, useRef } from 'react';
 import { useCreateBlockNote } from '@blocknote/react';
 import { BlockNoteViewRaw } from '@blocknote/react';
 import '@blocknote/react/style.css';
+import { MD_BLOCKNOTE_DARK_CSS } from '../canvas/markdownStyles';
 
 interface MarkdownEditViewProps {
   initialContent: string;
@@ -24,6 +25,17 @@ export default function MarkdownEditView(props: MarkdownEditViewProps) {
   const { initialContent, accentColor, onSave, onCancel } = props;
   const savedRef = useRef(false);
 
+  // Inject BlockNote dark theme CSS overrides (once)
+  useEffect(() => {
+    const id = 'bn-dark-theme-overrides';
+    if (!document.getElementById(id)) {
+      const style = document.createElement('style');
+      style.id = id;
+      style.textContent = MD_BLOCKNOTE_DARK_CSS;
+      document.head.appendChild(style);
+    }
+  }, []);
+
   const editor = useCreateBlockNote({
     domAttributes: {
       editor: {