diff --git a/src/app/visualization/vgraphicssimpletextitem.cpp b/src/app/visualization/vgraphicssimpletextitem.cpp
index 34012b5d7..b69266b52 100644
--- a/src/app/visualization/vgraphicssimpletextitem.cpp
+++ b/src/app/visualization/vgraphicssimpletextitem.cpp
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
 #include "vgraphicssimpletextitem.h"
 #include <QFont>
 #include <QBrush>
+#include <QStyle>
 
 //---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 /**
@@ -63,6 +64,19 @@ VGraphicsSimpleTextItem::VGraphicsSimpleTextItem( const QString & text, QGraphic
     this->setAcceptHoverEvents(true);
 }
 
+//---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+void VGraphicsSimpleTextItem::paint(QPainter *painter, const QStyleOptionGraphicsItem *option, QWidget *widget)
+{
+    /* From question on StackOverflow
+     * https://stackoverflow.com/questions/10985028/how-to-remove-border-around-qgraphicsitem-when-selected
+     *
+     * There's no interface to disable the drawing of the selection border for the build-in QGraphicsItems. The only way
+     * I can think of is derive your own items from the build-in ones and override the paint() function:*/
+    QStyleOptionGraphicsItem myOption(*option);
+    myOption.state &= ~QStyle::State_Selected;
+    QGraphicsSimpleTextItem::paint(painter, &myOption, widget);
+}
+
 //---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 /**
  * @brief itemChange handle item change.
diff --git a/src/app/visualization/vgraphicssimpletextitem.h b/src/app/visualization/vgraphicssimpletextitem.h
index 283473dd5..699f9e436 100644
--- a/src/app/visualization/vgraphicssimpletextitem.h
+++ b/src/app/visualization/vgraphicssimpletextitem.h
@@ -39,15 +39,11 @@ class VGraphicsSimpleTextItem : public QObject, public QGraphicsSimpleTextItem
 {
     Q_OBJECT
 public:
+    VGraphicsSimpleTextItem(QGraphicsItem *parent = nullptr);
+    VGraphicsSimpleTextItem( const QString & text, QGraphicsItem *parent = nullptr );
 
-                 VGraphicsSimpleTextItem(QGraphicsItem * parent = nullptr);
-
-                 VGraphicsSimpleTextItem( const QString & text, QGraphicsItem * parent = nullptr );
-    /**
-     * @brief FontSize return label font size.
-     * @return font size.
-     */
-    qint32       FontSize()const {return fontSize;}
+    qint32       FontSize()const;
+    virtual void paint(QPainter *painter, const QStyleOptionGraphicsItem *option, QWidget *widget = 0);
 signals:
     /**
      * @brief NameChangePosition emit when label change position.
@@ -61,12 +57,22 @@ signals:
     void         ShowContextMenu(QGraphicsSceneContextMenuEvent *event);
 protected:
     QVariant     itemChange ( GraphicsItemChange change, const QVariant &value );
-    virtual void hoverMoveEvent ( QGraphicsSceneHoverEvent * event );
-    virtual void hoverLeaveEvent ( QGraphicsSceneHoverEvent * event );
-    virtual void contextMenuEvent ( QGraphicsSceneContextMenuEvent * event );
+    virtual void hoverMoveEvent ( QGraphicsSceneHoverEvent *event );
+    virtual void hoverLeaveEvent ( QGraphicsSceneHoverEvent *event );
+    virtual void contextMenuEvent ( QGraphicsSceneContextMenuEvent *event );
 private:
     /** @brief fontSize label font size. */
     qint32       fontSize;
 };
 
+//---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+/**
+ * @brief FontSize return label font size.
+ * @return font size.
+ */
+inline qint32 VGraphicsSimpleTextItem::FontSize() const
+{
+    return fontSize;
+}
+
 #endif // VGRAPHICSSIMPLETEXTITEM_H