diff --git a/src/components/Editor/Editor.tsx b/src/components/Editor/Editor.tsx
index 18882032..04b2e984 100644
--- a/src/components/Editor/Editor.tsx
+++ b/src/components/Editor/Editor.tsx
@@ -260,7 +260,7 @@ export const Editor = (props: Props) => {
               !e.isActive('image') &&
               !e.isActive('figure')) ||
             e.isActive('footnote') ||
-            e.isActive('figcaption')
+            (e.isActive('figcaption') && !empty)
           setShouldShowTextBubbleMenu(result)
           return result
         },