diff --git a/org.fortiss.tooling.base.ui/trunk/src/org/fortiss/tooling/base/ui/editpart/ConnectorEditPartBase.java b/org.fortiss.tooling.base.ui/trunk/src/org/fortiss/tooling/base/ui/editpart/ConnectorEditPartBase.java
index 62c87aef35e06bb94728b24abe3a3923a8edcbc7..0647dd188344c4109600932f35e54973c0b4a659 100644
--- a/org.fortiss.tooling.base.ui/trunk/src/org/fortiss/tooling/base/ui/editpart/ConnectorEditPartBase.java
+++ b/org.fortiss.tooling.base.ui/trunk/src/org/fortiss/tooling/base/ui/editpart/ConnectorEditPartBase.java
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ import org.fortiss.tooling.base.model.element.IHierarchicElement;
 import org.fortiss.tooling.base.model.layout.ILayoutedModelElement;
 import org.fortiss.tooling.base.model.layout.Point;
 import org.fortiss.tooling.base.ui.editpart.figure.AntiAliasedEllipse;
+import org.fortiss.tooling.base.ui.editpart.figure.TransparentLabel;
 import org.fortiss.tooling.base.ui.editpart.policy.ConnectionGraphicalNodeEditPolicy;
 import org.fortiss.tooling.base.ui.editpart.policy.RemoveEditPolicy;
 import org.fortiss.tooling.base.ui.layout.constants.DefaultLayoutConstants;
@@ -95,7 +96,7 @@ public abstract class ConnectorEditPartBase<T extends ILayoutedModelElement & IC
 	/** {@inheritDoc} */
 	@Override
 	protected Label createLabelFigure() {
-		Label nameLabel = new Label();
+		Label nameLabel = new TransparentLabel();
 		nameLabel.setForegroundColor(getForegroundColor());
 		nameLabel.setTextAlignment(PositionConstants.LEFT
 				| PositionConstants.TOP);
diff --git a/org.fortiss.tooling.base.ui/trunk/src/org/fortiss/tooling/base/ui/editpart/ElementEditPartBase.java b/org.fortiss.tooling.base.ui/trunk/src/org/fortiss/tooling/base/ui/editpart/ElementEditPartBase.java
index a4a961467c9c27552659f836d027a493f5eacefa..d6d6c2b50e82c69ce86d6e1cffca83b87280bbad 100644
--- a/org.fortiss.tooling.base.ui/trunk/src/org/fortiss/tooling/base/ui/editpart/ElementEditPartBase.java
+++ b/org.fortiss.tooling.base.ui/trunk/src/org/fortiss/tooling/base/ui/editpart/ElementEditPartBase.java
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ import org.eclipse.gef.Request;
 import org.eclipse.gef.RequestConstants;
 import org.eclipse.gef.SnapToHelper;
 import org.fortiss.tooling.base.model.layout.ILayoutedModelElement;
+import org.fortiss.tooling.base.ui.editpart.figure.TransparentLabel;
 import org.fortiss.tooling.base.ui.editpart.policy.ConnectionGraphicalNodeEditPolicy;
 import org.fortiss.tooling.base.ui.editpart.policy.ElementLayoutEditPolicy;
 import org.fortiss.tooling.base.ui.editpart.policy.RemoveEditPolicy;
@@ -62,7 +63,7 @@ public abstract class ElementEditPartBase<T extends ILayoutedModelElement & INam
 	/** Creates the label figure. */
 	@Override
 	public Label createLabelFigure() {
-		Label nameLabel = new Label();
+		Label nameLabel = new TransparentLabel();
 		nameLabel.setForegroundColor(getForegroundColor());
 		nameLabel.setFont(DefaultLayoutConstants.TITLE_FONT);
 		nameLabel.setTextAlignment(PositionConstants.LEFT
diff --git a/org.fortiss.tooling.base.ui/trunk/src/org/fortiss/tooling/base/ui/editpart/ExtendedLayerRootEditPart.java b/org.fortiss.tooling.base.ui/trunk/src/org/fortiss/tooling/base/ui/editpart/ExtendedLayerRootEditPart.java
index 4e7605156a6765d5f60d6a6aee8e01ba25461593..8642aedd4df224fe0d4de065d46a9dda861680cb 100644
--- a/org.fortiss.tooling.base.ui/trunk/src/org/fortiss/tooling/base/ui/editpart/ExtendedLayerRootEditPart.java
+++ b/org.fortiss.tooling.base.ui/trunk/src/org/fortiss/tooling/base/ui/editpart/ExtendedLayerRootEditPart.java
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ package org.fortiss.tooling.base.ui.editpart;
 
 import org.eclipse.draw2d.ColorConstants;
 import org.eclipse.draw2d.FreeformLayer;
-import org.eclipse.draw2d.Graphics;
 import org.eclipse.draw2d.IFigure;
 import org.eclipse.draw2d.Layer;
 import org.eclipse.draw2d.LayeredPane;
@@ -126,21 +125,7 @@ public class ExtendedLayerRootEditPart extends ScalableRootEditPart {
 
 	/** Creates the default layer with XYLayout. */
 	private Layer createDefaultLayer() {
-		Layer l = new FreeformLayer() {
-			/** {@inheritDoc} */
-			@Override
-			public void paint(Graphics graphics) {
-				// TODO Auto-generated method stub
-				super.paint(graphics);
-			}
-
-			/** {@inheritDoc} */
-			@Override
-			protected void paintChildren(Graphics graphics) {
-				// TODO Auto-generated method stub
-				super.paintChildren(graphics);
-			}
-		};
+		Layer l = new FreeformLayer();
 		l.setOpaque(false);
 		l.setLayoutManager(new XYLayout());
 		l.setBackgroundColor(ColorConstants.white);
diff --git a/org.fortiss.tooling.base.ui/trunk/src/org/fortiss/tooling/base/ui/editpart/figure/TransparentLabel.java b/org.fortiss.tooling.base.ui/trunk/src/org/fortiss/tooling/base/ui/editpart/figure/TransparentLabel.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..0b010137468197989e15116fc679afb31258de82
--- /dev/null
+++ b/org.fortiss.tooling.base.ui/trunk/src/org/fortiss/tooling/base/ui/editpart/figure/TransparentLabel.java
@@ -0,0 +1,68 @@
+/*--------------------------------------------------------------------------+
+$Id$
+|                                                                          |
+| Copyright 2011 ForTISS GmbH                     |
+|                                                                          |
+| Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");          |
+| you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.         |
+| You may obtain a copy of the License at                                  |
+|                                                                          |
+|    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0                            |
+|                                                                          |
+| Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software      |
+| distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,        |
+| WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. |
+| See the License for the specific language governing permissions and      |
+| limitations under the License.                                           |
++--------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
+package org.fortiss.tooling.base.ui.editpart.figure;
+
+import org.eclipse.draw2d.IFigure;
+import org.eclipse.draw2d.Label;
+import org.eclipse.draw2d.TreeSearch;
+import org.eclipse.swt.graphics.Image;
+
+/**
+ * A label that is transparent for the mouse location interpretation.
+ * 
+ * @author hoelzl
+ * @author $Author$
+ * @version $Rev$
+ * @ConQAT.Rating RED Hash:
+ */
+public class TransparentLabel extends Label {
+
+	/** Constructor. */
+	public TransparentLabel() {
+		super();
+	}
+
+	/** Constructor. */
+	public TransparentLabel(String text) {
+		super(text);
+	}
+
+	/** Constructor. */
+	public TransparentLabel(Image image) {
+		super(image);
+	}
+
+	/** Constructor. */
+	public TransparentLabel(String text, Image image) {
+		super(text, image);
+	}
+
+	/** {@inheritDoc} */
+	@Override
+	public IFigure findFigureAt(int x, int y, TreeSearch search) {
+		// implements transparency
+		return null;
+	}
+
+	/** {@inheritDoc} */
+	@Override
+	public boolean isOpaque() {
+		// implements transparency
+		return false;
+	}
+}