diff --git a/Telegram/SourceFiles/iv/editor/iv_editor_widget.cpp b/Telegram/SourceFiles/iv/editor/iv_editor_widget.cpp
index ef554ab391..ce732b5690 100644
--- a/Telegram/SourceFiles/iv/editor/iv_editor_widget.cpp
+++ b/Telegram/SourceFiles/iv/editor/iv_editor_widget.cpp
@@ -1669,23 +1669,31 @@ void EditMathBox(
 		host->resize(cardWidth, desiredHeight);
 	}, host->lifetime());
 	preview->setSource(startSource);
-	const auto interacted = box->lifetime().make_state<bool>(false);
-	if (startSource.isEmpty()) {
+	const auto applyRandomSample = [=] {
 		const auto &sample = kFormulaSamples[
 			base::RandomIndex(int(kFormulaSamples.size()))];
 		source->setPlaceholder(rpl::single(sample));
 		preview->setColor(st::windowSubTextFg);
 		preview->setSource(sample);
+	};
+	const auto wasEmpty = box->lifetime().make_state<bool>(
+		startSource.isEmpty());
+	if (startSource.isEmpty()) {
+		applyRandomSample();
 	}
 	source->changes(
 	) | rpl::on_next([=] {
-		if (!*interacted) {
-			*interacted = true;
+		const auto text = source->getLastText();
+		if (text.isEmpty()) {
+			if (!*wasEmpty) {
+				*wasEmpty = true;
+				applyRandomSample();
+			}
+		} else {
+			*wasEmpty = false;
 			preview->setColor(st::ivFormulaPreviewFg);
-			source->setPlaceholder(
-				tr::lng_formatting_math_source_placeholder());
+			preview->setSource(text);
 		}
-		preview->setSource(source->getLastText());
 	}, source->lifetime());
 
 	box->setTitle(editingExisting
diff --git a/Telegram/SourceFiles/iv/iv.style b/Telegram/SourceFiles/iv/iv.style
index a049a4b7a7..9639fbb13e 100644
--- a/Telegram/SourceFiles/iv/iv.style
+++ b/Telegram/SourceFiles/iv/iv.style
@@ -577,9 +577,13 @@ ivFormulaPreviewRadius: 8px;
 ivFormulaPreviewBg: windowBgOver;
 ivFormulaPreviewFg: windowFg;
 ivFormulaSourceField: InputField(defaultInputField) {
+	textMargins: margins(0px, 6px, 0px, 4px);
+	placeholderFg: placeholderFg;
+	placeholderFgActive: placeholderFgActive;
 	placeholderScale: 0.;
 	placeholderFont: normalFont;
 	placeholderShift: -50px;
+	heightMin: 33px;
 }
 defaultMarkdownTable: MarkdownTable {
 	cellPadding: margins(8px, 10px, 8px, 10px);