diff --git a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/formeditor/contentnoteditableindicator.cpp b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/formeditor/contentnoteditableindicator.cpp
index 5cba0e3565c..b9040b9b4de 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/formeditor/contentnoteditableindicator.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/formeditor/contentnoteditableindicator.cpp
@@ -95,13 +95,14 @@ void ContentNotEditableIndicator::addAddiationEntries(const QList<FormEditorItem
 
             if (!m_entryList.contains(EntryPair(formEditorItem, 0))) {
                 QGraphicsRectItem *indicatorShape = new QGraphicsRectItem(m_layerItem);
+                QPen linePen;
+                linePen.setColor("#a0a0a0");
+                indicatorShape->setPen(linePen);
                 QRectF boundingRectangleInSceneSpace = formEditorItem->qmlItemNode().instanceSceneTransform().mapRect(formEditorItem->qmlItemNode().instanceBoundingRect());
                 indicatorShape->setRect(boundingRectangleInSceneSpace);
-                static QBrush brush(QColor(0, 0, 0, 130), Qt::BDiagPattern);
+                static QBrush brush(QColor(0, 0, 0, 10), Qt::BDiagPattern);
                 indicatorShape->setBrush(brush);
 
-                formEditorItem->blurContent(true);
-
                 m_entryList.append(EntryPair(formEditorItem, indicatorShape));
             }