diff --git a/projects/editor/src/app/components/unit-view/page-view/canvas/overlays/dynamic-canvas-overlay.component.ts b/projects/editor/src/app/components/unit-view/page-view/canvas/overlays/dynamic-canvas-overlay.component.ts
index 4849c6476d8a78a85173b9d3bdb61b9423608805..17e693ce1410941986fa2da79c2f4e75412070f4 100644
--- a/projects/editor/src/app/components/unit-view/page-view/canvas/overlays/dynamic-canvas-overlay.component.ts
+++ b/projects/editor/src/app/components/unit-view/page-view/canvas/overlays/dynamic-canvas-overlay.component.ts
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ import { UIElement } from '../../../../../../../../common/models/uI-element';
          [style.position]="'relative'"
          [style.width.px]="dragging ? elementWidth : 0"
          [style.height.px]="dragging ? elementHeight : 0"
-         [style.border]="'1px solid purple'">
+         [style.border]="'1px dashed purple'">
     </div>
   `,
   styles: [
diff --git a/projects/editor/src/app/components/unit-view/page-view/canvas/overlays/static-canvas-overlay.component.ts b/projects/editor/src/app/components/unit-view/page-view/canvas/overlays/static-canvas-overlay.component.ts
index 911f69ebbf8eec7e290c06b8144a64e614073b13..2c0bf7842c233732ab5f512035ec78909661f541 100644
--- a/projects/editor/src/app/components/unit-view/page-view/canvas/overlays/static-canvas-overlay.component.ts
+++ b/projects/editor/src/app/components/unit-view/page-view/canvas/overlays/static-canvas-overlay.component.ts
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ import { UIElement } from '../../../../../../../../common/models/uI-element';
       <div *cdkDragPlaceholder></div>
       <!-- Needs extra div because styling can interfere with drag and drop-->
       <div [style.position]="'absolute'"
-           [style.outline]="isSelected ? 'purple solid 1px' : ''"
+           [style.outline]="isSelected ? '1px dashed purple' : ''"
            [style.left.px]="element.positionProps?.xPosition"
            [style.top.px]="element.positionProps?.yPosition"
            [style.z-index]="element.positionProps?.zIndex">