diff --git a/packages/uhk-web/src/app/components/keyboard/slider/keyboard-slider.component.html b/packages/uhk-web/src/app/components/keyboard/slider/keyboard-slider.component.html
index 87b2279a..544e08b3 100644
--- a/packages/uhk-web/src/app/components/keyboard/slider/keyboard-slider.component.html
+++ b/packages/uhk-web/src/app/components/keyboard/slider/keyboard-slider.component.html
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
               [selected]="selectedKey?.layerId === index"
               [keyboardLayout]="keyboardLayout"
               [description]="description"
+              [showDescription]="true"
               (keyClick)="keyClick.emit($event)"
               (keyHover)="keyHover.emit($event)"
               (capture)="capture.emit($event)"
diff --git a/packages/uhk-web/src/app/components/svg/keyboard/svg-keyboard.component.html b/packages/uhk-web/src/app/components/svg/keyboard/svg-keyboard.component.html
index ffd3c0bf..5a622a91 100644
--- a/packages/uhk-web/src/app/components/svg/keyboard/svg-keyboard.component.html
+++ b/packages/uhk-web/src/app/components/svg/keyboard/svg-keyboard.component.html
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
            (capture)="onCapture(i, $event.index, $event.captured)"
     />
 </svg>
-<editable-text [ngModel]="description"
+<editable-text *ngIf="showDescription"
+               [ngModel]="description"
                (ngModelChange)="descriptionChanged.emit($event)"
                placeholder="No description provided for this keymap."></editable-text>
diff --git a/packages/uhk-web/src/app/components/svg/keyboard/svg-keyboard.component.ts b/packages/uhk-web/src/app/components/svg/keyboard/svg-keyboard.component.ts
index f74e0dd2..884b7deb 100644
--- a/packages/uhk-web/src/app/components/svg/keyboard/svg-keyboard.component.ts
+++ b/packages/uhk-web/src/app/components/svg/keyboard/svg-keyboard.component.ts
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ export class SvgKeyboardComponent implements OnInit {
     @Input() halvesSplit: boolean;
     @Input() keyboardLayout = KeyboardLayout.ANSI;
     @Input() description: string;
+    @Input() showDescription = false;
     @Output() keyClick = new EventEmitter();
     @Output() keyHover = new EventEmitter();
     @Output() capture = new EventEmitter();