diff --git a/chrome/content/zotero/integration/citationDialog.js b/chrome/content/zotero/integration/citationDialog.js
index fdf31000bc..c3333f7777 100644
--- a/chrome/content/zotero/integration/citationDialog.js
+++ b/chrome/content/zotero/integration/citationDialog.js
@@ -1322,8 +1322,16 @@ class ListLayout extends Layout {
 			}
 		}
 
-		// Hide padding of list layout if there is not a single item to show
-		_id("list-layout").classList.toggle("empty", this._listRows.length === 0);
+		// Insert message when there are no matching results - only
+		// when window resizing is not skipped, meaning library search has ran
+		if (!skipWindowResize) {
+			if (this._listRows.length === 0) {
+				this._listRows.push(new ListRow({
+					kind: "empty",
+					ref: { activeSearch: SearchHandler.searchValue.length > 0 },
+				}));
+			}
+		}
 
 		// Push per-row heights to the virtualized table's _customRowHeightMap
 		this._table.updateCustomRowHeights(
@@ -1436,6 +1444,15 @@ class ListLayout extends Layout {
 			divider.className = "divider";
 			div.appendChild(divider);
 		}
+		else if (row.kind === "empty") {
+			let message = doc.createElement("div");
+			message.className = "empty-message";
+			let suffix = row.ref.activeSearch ? "-searching" : "";
+			message.textContent = Zotero.getString(
+				`integration-citationDialog-list-message-${DIALOG_STATE.type}${suffix}`
+			);
+			div.appendChild(message);
+		}
 		else {
 			div.setAttribute("data-l10n-id", "integration-citationDialog-aria-item-list");
 			let node = this.createItemNode(row.ref);
diff --git a/chrome/locale/en-US/zotero/integration.ftl b/chrome/locale/en-US/zotero/integration.ftl
index 8481e97f2d..6034484b4e 100644
--- a/chrome/locale/en-US/zotero/integration.ftl
+++ b/chrome/locale/en-US/zotero/integration.ftl
@@ -49,6 +49,10 @@ integration-citationDialog-lib-message-annotations = { $search ->
     [true] No items with annotations match the current search
    *[other] No selected or open items with annotations
 }
+integration-citationDialog-list-message-citation = No selected, open, or cited items
+integration-citationDialog-list-message-citation-searching = No items match the current search
+integration-citationDialog-list-message-add-note = No selected or open notes
+integration-citationDialog-list-message-add-note-searching = No notes match the current search
 integration-citationDialog-settings-keepSorted = Keep sources sorted
 integration-citationDialog-btn-settings =
     .title = { general-open-settings }
diff --git a/scss/components/_citationDialog.scss b/scss/components/_citationDialog.scss
index e28a726e89..16b2f939a7 100644
--- a/scss/components/_citationDialog.scss
+++ b/scss/components/_citationDialog.scss
@@ -431,6 +431,19 @@
 				border-bottom: 1px solid var(--fill-quinary);
 			}
 
+			// Empty-state message -- emitted as a single row when no search
+			// results are available.
+			.row > .empty-message {
+				display: flex;
+				align-items: center;
+				justify-content: center;
+				height: 100%;
+				padding: 0 16px;
+				text-align: center;
+				font-size: 1rem;
+				color: var(--fill-secondary);
+			}
+
 			// Section header -- emitted as its own row at the start of every section.
 			.row > .header {
 				font-weight: 700;
@@ -538,11 +551,6 @@
 				}
 			}
 		}
-		&.empty {
-			#list-layout-wrapper .virtualized-table-body {
-				padding: 0;
-			}
-		}
 	}
 
 	#bottom-area-wrapper {