diff --git a/dmp-frontend/src/app/ui/admin/description-template/editor/components/composite-field/description-template-editor-composite-field.component.html b/dmp-frontend/src/app/ui/admin/description-template/editor/components/composite-field/description-template-editor-composite-field.component.html
index df5c12230..fab4f0674 100644
--- a/dmp-frontend/src/app/ui/admin/description-template/editor/components/composite-field/description-template-editor-composite-field.component.html
+++ b/dmp-frontend/src/app/ui/admin/description-template/editor/components/composite-field/description-template-editor-composite-field.component.html
@@ -30,13 +30,13 @@
 	<div style="position: relative;" class="col-12" *ngIf="hasFocus" [@fade-in]>
 		<div *ngIf="showDescription" class="mb-4">
 			<h5 style="font-weight: bold" class="row">{{'DESCRIPTION-TEMPLATE-EDITOR.STEPS.FORM.COMPOSITE-FIELD.FIELDS.DESCRIPTION' | translate}}</h5>
-			<rich-text-editor-component [form]="form.get('description')" [id]="'editor1'" [placeholder]="'DESCRIPTION-TEMPLATE-EDITOR.STEPS.FORM.COMPOSITE-FIELD.FIELDS.DESCRIPTION'" [wrapperClasses]="'row'">
+			<rich-text-editor-component [form]="form.get('description')" [id]="'editor1'" [placeholder]="'DESCRIPTION-TEMPLATE-EDITOR.STEPS.FORM.COMPOSITE-FIELD.FIELDS.DESCRIPTION'" [wrapperClasses]="'row'" [editable]="!viewOnly">
 			</rich-text-editor-component>
 			<mat-error *ngIf="this.form.get('description').hasError('backendError')">{{form.get('description').getError('backendError').message}}</mat-error>
 		</div>
 		<div *ngIf="showExtendedDescription" class="mb-4">
 			<h5 style="font-weight: bold" class="row">{{'DESCRIPTION-TEMPLATE-EDITOR.STEPS.FORM.COMPOSITE-FIELD.FIELDS.EXTENDED-DESCRIPTION' | translate}}</h5>
-			<rich-text-editor-component [form]="form.get('extendedDescription')" [id]="'editor2'" [placeholder]="'DESCRIPTION-TEMPLATE-EDITOR.STEPS.FORM.COMPOSITE-FIELD.FIELDS.EXTENDED-DESCRIPTION'" [wrapperClasses]="'row'">
+			<rich-text-editor-component [form]="form.get('extendedDescription')" [id]="'editor2'" [placeholder]="'DESCRIPTION-TEMPLATE-EDITOR.STEPS.FORM.COMPOSITE-FIELD.FIELDS.EXTENDED-DESCRIPTION'" [wrapperClasses]="'row'" [editable]="!viewOnly">
 			</rich-text-editor-component>
 			<mat-error *ngIf="this.form.get('extendedDescription').hasError('backendError')">{{form.get('extendedDescription').getError('backendError').message}}</mat-error>
 		</div>
diff --git a/dmp-frontend/src/app/ui/admin/description-template/editor/components/section/description-template-editor-section.component.html b/dmp-frontend/src/app/ui/admin/description-template/editor/components/section/description-template-editor-section.component.html
index c21a53e6e..5ed520cb2 100644
--- a/dmp-frontend/src/app/ui/admin/description-template/editor/components/section/description-template-editor-section.component.html
+++ b/dmp-frontend/src/app/ui/admin/description-template/editor/components/section/description-template-editor-section.component.html
@@ -11,7 +11,8 @@
 	<div class="hint col-12">{{'DESCRIPTION-TEMPLATE-EDITOR.STEPS.SECTION-INFO.SECTION-DESCRIPTION-HINT' | translate}}</div>
 	<div class="col-12">
 		<rich-text-editor-component [form]="form.get('description')"
-									[placeholder]="'DESCRIPTION-TEMPLATE-EDITOR.STEPS.FORM.SECTION.FIELDS.DESCRIPTION'">
+									[placeholder]="'DESCRIPTION-TEMPLATE-EDITOR.STEPS.FORM.SECTION.FIELDS.DESCRIPTION'"
+									[editable]="!form.disabled">
 		</rich-text-editor-component>
 		<mat-error *ngIf="form.get('description').hasError('backendError')">{{form.get('description').getError('backendError').message}}</mat-error> 
 	</div>