diff --git a/packages/react/src/editor/styles.css b/packages/react/src/editor/styles.css
index 8ce0056370..8b406bd720 100644
--- a/packages/react/src/editor/styles.css
+++ b/packages/react/src/editor/styles.css
@@ -1,5 +1,15 @@
 @import url("@blocknote/core/style.css");
 
+/* Give TipTap's empty content element the contentRef's minimum dimensions so
+   native input lands inside it, not beside it (#2142). Leave populated content
+   inline so text and formatting can wrap normally. */
+.bn-ic-react-node-view-renderer
+  :where([data-editable] > [data-node-view-content-react]:empty) {
+  display: inline-block;
+  min-height: inherit;
+  min-width: inherit;
+}
+
 /* Default theme params */
 .bn-root {
   --bn-colors-editor-text: #3f3f3f;
diff --git a/packages/react/src/schema/ReactInlineContentSpec.browser.test.tsx b/packages/react/src/schema/ReactInlineContentSpec.browser.test.tsx
index 63ea726f60..47258d9c3a 100644
--- a/packages/react/src/schema/ReactInlineContentSpec.browser.test.tsx
+++ b/packages/react/src/schema/ReactInlineContentSpec.browser.test.tsx
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import { BlockNoteEditor, BlockNoteSchema } from "@blocknote/core";
 import { flushSync } from "react-dom";
 import { createRoot } from "react-dom/client";
 import { expect, it } from "vite-plus/test";
+import { userEvent } from "vite-plus/test/browser";
 
 import { BlockNoteViewRaw } from "../editor/BlockNoteView.js";
 import { createReactInlineContentSpec } from "./ReactInlineContentSpec.js";
@@ -100,3 +101,79 @@ it.each([
     }
   },
 );
+
+it.each([
+  ["plain", "inline-block"],
+  ["styled", "inline-block"],
+  ["plain", "inline-flex"],
+  ["styled", "inline-flex"],
+] as const)(
+  "records native input after clicking empty %s inline content with %s layout (#2142)",
+  async (content, display) => {
+    const schema = BlockNoteSchema.create().extend({
+      inlineContentSpecs: {
+        tag: createReactInlineContentSpec(
+          { type: "tag", propSchema: {}, content },
+          {
+            render: ({ contentRef }) => (
+              <span
+                className="tag"
+                ref={contentRef}
+                style={{
+                  display,
+                  minWidth: 50,
+                  minHeight: 20,
+                }}
+              />
+            ),
+          },
+        ),
+      },
+    });
+    const editor = BlockNoteEditor.create({
+      schema,
+      trailingBlock: false,
+      initialContent: [{ id: "paragraph", type: "paragraph", content: [] }],
+    });
+    const host = document.createElement("div");
+    document.body.append(host);
+    const root = createRoot(host);
+    try {
+      flushSync(() => root.render(<BlockNoteViewRaw editor={editor} />));
+      editor.setTextCursorPosition("paragraph", "start");
+      editor.insertInlineContent([{ type: "tag" }]);
+      await expect.poll(() => host.querySelector(".tag")).not.toBeNull();
+      for (const text of ["a", "b"]) {
+        // Click unused space again after the first character shrinks contentDOM.
+        await userEvent.click(host.querySelector(".tag")!);
+        // Native input bypasses ProseMirror's keypress insertion handler.
+        document.execCommand("insertText", false, text);
+        const expected = text === "a" ? "a" : "ab";
+        await expect
+          .poll(() => host.querySelector(".tag")?.textContent)
+          .toBe(expected);
+        expect(
+          getComputedStyle(
+            host.querySelector<HTMLElement>("[data-node-view-content-react]")!,
+          ).display,
+        ).toBe(display === "inline-flex" ? "block" : "inline");
+        await expect
+          .poll(() => editor.document[0].content)
+          .toEqual([
+            {
+              type: "tag",
+              props: {},
+              content:
+                content === "plain"
+                  ? expected
+                  : [{ type: "text", text: expected, styles: {} }],
+            },
+          ]);
+      }
+    } finally {
+      root.unmount();
+      editor.unmount();
+      host.remove();
+    }
+  },
+);