diff --git a/deps/db/src/logseq/db/frontend/malli_schema.cljs b/deps/db/src/logseq/db/frontend/malli_schema.cljs
index 9c50c4c624..735f54dd39 100644
--- a/deps/db/src/logseq/db/frontend/malli_schema.cljs
+++ b/deps/db/src/logseq/db/frontend/malli_schema.cljs
@@ -89,30 +89,18 @@
   expected to be a coll if the property has a :many cardinality. validate-fn is
   a fn that is called directly on each value to return a truthy value.
   validate-fn varies by property type"
-  [db validate-fn [property property-val] & {:keys [new-closed-value? _skip-strict-url-validate?]
+  [db validate-fn [property property-val] & {:keys [_skip-strict-url-validate?]
                                              :as validate-option}]
   ;; For debugging
   ;; (when (not (internal-ident? (:db/ident property))) (prn :validate-val (dissoc property :property/closed-values) property-val))
   (let [validate-fn' (if (db-property-type/property-types-with-db (:logseq.property/type property))
                        (fn [value]
                          (validate-fn db value validate-option))
-                       validate-fn)
-        validate-fn'' (if (and (db-property-type/closed-value-property-types (:logseq.property/type property))
-                               ;; new closed values aren't associated with the property yet
-                               (not new-closed-value?)
-                               (seq (:property/closed-values property)))
-                        (fn closed-value-valid? [val]
-                          (and (validate-fn' val)
-                               (let [ids (set (map :db/id (:property/closed-values property)))
-                                     result (contains? ids val)]
-                                 (when-not result
-                                   (js/console.error (str "Error: not a closed value, id: " val ", existing choices: " ids ", property: " (:db/ident property))))
-                                 result)))
-                        validate-fn')]
+                       validate-fn)]
     (if (db-property/many? property)
-      (or (every? validate-fn'' property-val)
+      (or (every? validate-fn' property-val)
           (empty-placeholder-value? db property (first property-val)))
-      (or (validate-fn'' property-val)
+      (or (validate-fn' property-val)
           ;; also valid if value is empty-placeholder
           (empty-placeholder-value? db property property-val)))))
 
diff --git a/src/main/frontend/components/property/value.cljs b/src/main/frontend/components/property/value.cljs
index 3555c8803a..51dad0a929 100644
--- a/src/main/frontend/components/property/value.cljs
+++ b/src/main/frontend/components/property/value.cljs
@@ -1096,7 +1096,12 @@
         [:span.number (str value')]
 
         :else
-        (inline-text {} :markdown (str value'))))))
+        [:span.inline-flex.w-full
+         (let [value' (str value')
+               value' (if (string/blank? value')
+                        "Empty"
+                        value')]
+           (inline-text {} :markdown value'))]))))
 
 (rum/defc select-item
   [property type value {:keys [page-cp inline-text other-position? property-position table-view? _icon?] :as opts}]