diff --git a/crates/editor2/src/element.rs b/crates/editor2/src/element.rs
index eaaa2d2a2f5370f4c0bb9b2fcf184f2fb5135e7c..4d9a516f2b175f30ba0d968e82091aee7d76220a 100644
--- a/crates/editor2/src/element.rs
+++ b/crates/editor2/src/element.rs
@@ -2464,7 +2464,9 @@ impl Element<Editor> for EditorElement {
                         self.paint_text(text_bounds, &mut layout, editor, cx);
 
                         if !layout.blocks.is_empty() {
-                            self.paint_blocks(bounds, &mut layout, editor, cx);
+                            cx.with_element_id(Some("editor_blocks"), |cx| {
+                                self.paint_blocks(bounds, &mut layout, editor, cx);
+                            })
                         }
                     });
                 });