diff --git a/projects/common/components/compound-elements/cloze/cloze-child-elements/drop-list-simple.component.ts b/projects/common/components/compound-elements/cloze/cloze-child-elements/drop-list-simple.component.ts
index 605cf0137c2855693f198bdd7eadf6d88c9d3857..414e645fc42fa4aeefb1248f759c9cc2dcee1a25 100644
--- a/projects/common/components/compound-elements/cloze/cloze-child-elements/drop-list-simple.component.ts
+++ b/projects/common/components/compound-elements/cloze/cloze-child-elements/drop-list-simple.component.ts
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ import { DropListComponent } from 'common/components/input-elements/drop-list.co
     '.errors {box-sizing: border-box; border: 2px solid #f44336 !important;}',
     '.error-message {font-size: 75%; margin-top: 10px;}',
     '.cdk-drag-preview {padding: 8px 20px; border-radius: 5px; box-shadow: 2px 2px 5px black;}',
-    '.drag-placeholder {box-sizing: border-box; border-radius: 5px; background-color: lightgrey; border: dotted 3px #999;}',
+    '.drag-placeholder {box-sizing: border-box; border-radius: 5px; background-color: lightgrey; border: solid 3px #999;}',
     '.drag-placeholder {transition: transform 250ms cubic-bezier(0, 0, 0.2, 1);}',
     '.cdk-drag-animating {transition: transform 250ms cubic-bezier(0, 0, 0.2, 1);}',
 
diff --git a/projects/common/components/input-elements/drop-list.component.ts b/projects/common/components/input-elements/drop-list.component.ts
index eaa04a72def94433a5a792f0be2dc77a421cf813..8ef765233e1cb600c790c3c3a621defa76170caf 100644
--- a/projects/common/components/input-elements/drop-list.component.ts
+++ b/projects/common/components/input-elements/drop-list.component.ts
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ import { FormElementComponent } from '../../directives/form-element-component.di
     '.errors {outline: 2px solid #f44336 !important;}',
     '.error-message {font-size: 75%; margin-top: 10px;}',
     '.cdk-drag-preview {padding: 8px 20px; border-radius: 5px; z-index: 5; box-shadow: 2px 2px 5px black;}',
-    '.drag-placeholder {box-sizing: border-box; border-radius: 5px; background-color: lightgrey; border: dotted 3px #999;}',
+    '.drag-placeholder {box-sizing: border-box; border-radius: 5px; background-color: lightgrey; border: solid 3px #999;}',
     '.drag-placeholder {transition: transform 250ms cubic-bezier(0, 0, 0.2, 1);}',
     '.cdk-drag-animating {transition: transform 250ms cubic-bezier(0, 0, 0.2, 1);}',
     '.dropList-highlight.cdk-drop-list-receiving {outline: solid;}',