diff --git a/crates/editor2/src/element.rs b/crates/editor2/src/element.rs
index ab11f5ffb5427d39905675756be5d9996e984fc1..d7badd4ab5cc080a9f5bb2d58ef586416539632f 100644
--- a/crates/editor2/src/element.rs
+++ b/crates/editor2/src/element.rs
@@ -2835,8 +2835,10 @@ impl Element for EditorElement {
                         self.paint_text(text_bounds, &mut layout, cx);
 
                         if !layout.blocks.is_empty() {
-                            cx.with_element_id(Some("editor_blocks"), |cx| {
-                                self.paint_blocks(bounds, &mut layout, cx);
+                            cx.with_z_index(1, |cx| {
+                                cx.with_element_id(Some("editor_blocks"), |cx| {
+                                    self.paint_blocks(bounds, &mut layout, cx);
+                                })
                             })
                         }
                     });