diff --git a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/stateseditor/stateslist.qml b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/stateseditor/stateslist.qml
index f4b11113196e476d5fdec42673e3589d830c5630..2d5e331256a3c6ce2078eb36f72c8a47d57c267f 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/stateseditor/stateslist.qml
+++ b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/stateseditor/stateslist.qml
@@ -433,7 +433,7 @@ Rectangle {
         // border
         Rectangle {
             anchors.fill:parent;
-            color:"#000000"
+            color:"transparent"
             border.width:1;
             border.color:"#8F8F8F";
         }