diff --git a/css/60_photos.css b/css/60_photos.css
index cc853900c..dece57cca 100644
--- a/css/60_photos.css
+++ b/css/60_photos.css
@@ -88,6 +88,10 @@
 
 /* markers and sequences */
 .viewfield-group {
+    pointer-events: none;
+}
+.mode-browse .viewfield-group,
+.mode-select .viewfield-group {
     pointer-events: visible;
     cursor: pointer;
 }
diff --git a/css/65_data.css b/css/65_data.css
index 962311fee..7fca3c9e8 100644
--- a/css/65_data.css
+++ b/css/65_data.css
@@ -6,7 +6,8 @@
 .layer-notes .note * {
     pointer-events: none;
 }
-.layer-notes .note .note-fill {
+.mode-browse .layer-notes .note .note-fill,
+.mode-select .layer-notes .note .note-fill {
     pointer-events: visible;
     cursor: pointer; /* Opera */
     cursor: url(img/cursor-select-point.png), pointer; /* FF */