diff --git a/templates/repo/issue/sidebar/project_column.tmpl b/templates/repo/issue/sidebar/project_column.tmpl
index 5dad4f9c68..2c1c2cae32 100644
--- a/templates/repo/issue/sidebar/project_column.tmpl
+++ b/templates/repo/issue/sidebar/project_column.tmpl
@@ -17,8 +17,9 @@
 			</div>
 		</div>
 	{{else if $selectedColumn}}
-		<div class="tw-mt-1">
-			<span class="muted">{{svg "octicon-columns" 16 "tw-mr-1"}}{{$selectedColumn.Title}}</span>
+		<div class="tw-mt-1 flex-text-block">
+			{{svg "octicon-columns" 16}}
+			<span>{{$selectedColumn.Title}}</span>
 		</div>
 	{{end}}
 {{end}}
diff --git a/templates/repo/issue/sidebar/project_list.tmpl b/templates/repo/issue/sidebar/project_list.tmpl
index e352ca34f1..8b09cf12bd 100644
--- a/templates/repo/issue/sidebar/project_list.tmpl
+++ b/templates/repo/issue/sidebar/project_list.tmpl
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 <div class="issue-sidebar-combo" data-selection-mode="single" data-update-algo="all"
 		{{if $pageMeta.Issue}}data-update-url="{{$pageMeta.RepoLink}}/issues/projects?issue_ids={{$pageMeta.Issue.ID}}"{{end}}
 >
-	<input class="combo-value" name="project_id" type="hidden" value="{{if $data.SelectedProjectIDs}}{{index $data.SelectedProjectIDs 0}}{{end}}">
+	<input class="combo-value" name="project_id" type="hidden" value="{{if and $pageMeta.CanModifyIssueOrPull $data.SelectedProjectIDs}}{{index $data.SelectedProjectIDs 0}}{{end}}">
 	<div class="ui dropdown full-width {{if not $pageMeta.CanModifyIssueOrPull}}disabled{{end}}">
 		<a class="fixed-text muted">
 			<strong>{{ctx.Locale.Tr "repo.issues.new.projects"}}</strong> {{if $pageMeta.CanModifyIssueOrPull}}{{svg "octicon-gear"}}{{end}}