diff --git a/src/JSONNode.scss b/src/JSONNode.scss
index 4513996..2d4845f 100644
--- a/src/JSONNode.scss
+++ b/src/JSONNode.scss
@@ -32,6 +32,8 @@
     right: $input-padding;
     height: $selector-height;
     box-sizing: border-box;
+    padding-left: $indentation-width;
+    z-index: 1;
 
     .selector {
       margin-top: $selector-height / 2;
@@ -39,13 +41,13 @@
 
     &:hover {
       .selector {
-        border: 1px dashed $selection-background;
+        border: 1px dashed $theme-color;
       }
     }
 
     &.selected {
       .selector {
-        border: 1px dashed $theme-color;
+        border: 1px dashed $gray;
       }
     }
   }
@@ -54,8 +56,12 @@
     top: -$selector-height/2 - 1px;
   }
 
-  .after-node-selector {
+  .append-node-selector {
     bottom: -$selector-height/2 - 1px;
+
+    .selector {
+      margin-top: $selector-height / 2 - 2px;
+    }
   }
 
   .header {
diff --git a/src/JSONNode.svelte b/src/JSONNode.svelte
index 5c22d63..932b247 100644
--- a/src/JSONNode.svelte
+++ b/src/JSONNode.svelte
@@ -14,7 +14,10 @@
   import { singleton } from './singleton.js'
   import {
     getPlainText,
-    isChildOfButton, isContentEditableDiv,
+    isAppendNodeSelector,
+    isBeforeNodeSelector,
+    isChildOfButton,
+    isContentEditableDiv,
     setPlainText
   } from './utils/domUtils.js'
   import Icon from 'svelte-awesome'
@@ -218,7 +221,27 @@
     }
 
     // check if the mouse down is not happening in the key or value input fields or on a button
-    if (!isContentEditableDiv(event.target) && !isChildOfButton(event.target)) {
+    if (isContentEditableDiv(event.target) || isChildOfButton(event.target)) {
+      return
+    }
+
+    if (isBeforeNodeSelector(event.target)) {
+      singleton.mousedown = true
+      singleton.selectionAnchor = path
+      singleton.selectionFocus = null
+
+      onSelect({
+        beforePath: path
+      })
+    } else if (isAppendNodeSelector(event.target)) {
+      singleton.mousedown = true
+      singleton.selectionAnchor = path
+      singleton.selectionFocus = null
+
+      onSelect({
+        appendPath: path
+      })
+    } else {
       // initialize dragging a selection
       singleton.mousedown = true
       singleton.selectionAnchor = path
@@ -228,17 +251,18 @@
         anchorPath: singleton.selectionAnchor,
         focusPath: singleton.selectionFocus
       })
-
-      event.stopPropagation()
     }
 
+    event.stopPropagation()
+    event.preventDefault()
+
     // we attache the mouse up event listener to the global document,
     // so we will not miss if the mouse up is happening outside of the editor
     document.addEventListener('mouseup', handleMouseUp)
   }
 
   function handleMouseMove (event) {
-    if (singleton.mousedown) {
+    if (singleton.mousedown) { // TODO: Remove the need for this, only create mousemove handle when mouse is down
       event.preventDefault()
       event.stopPropagation()
 
@@ -314,10 +338,10 @@
   on:mousemove={handleMouseMove}
 >
   <div
+    data-type="before-node-selector"
     class="before-node-selector"
     class:selected={selectedBefore}
     style={indentationStyle}
-    on:click={handleSelectBefore}
   >
     <div class="selector"></div>
   </div>
@@ -372,10 +396,10 @@
           />
         {/each}
         <div
+          data-type="append-node-selector"
           class="append-node-selector"
           class:selected={selectedAppend}
           style={indentationStyle}
-          on:click={handleSelectAfter}
         >
           <div class="selector"></div>
         </div>
@@ -440,10 +464,10 @@
           />
         {/each}
         <div
+          data-type="append-node-selector"
           class="append-node-selector"
           class:selected={selectedAppend}
           style={indentationStyle}
-          on:click={handleSelectAfter}
         >
           <div class="selector"></div>
         </div>
diff --git a/src/styles.scss b/src/styles.scss
index 8108918..c51c41a 100644
--- a/src/styles.scss
+++ b/src/styles.scss
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ $highlight-active-hover-color: #f3cd00;
 $warning-color: #FBB917;
 $error-background-color: #ffef8b;
 $error-border-color: #ffd700;
+$dark-gray: #656565;
 $gray: #9d9d9d;
 $gray-icon: $gray;
 $light-gray: #c0c0c0;
diff --git a/src/utils/domUtils.js b/src/utils/domUtils.js
index abd1760..69fe58a 100644
--- a/src/utils/domUtils.js
+++ b/src/utils/domUtils.js
@@ -181,16 +181,44 @@ export function traverseInnerText (element, buffer) {
 
 // test whether a DOM element is a child of a button
 export function isChildOfButton (element) {
-  let e = element
-
-  while (e && e.nodeName !== 'BUTTON') {
-    e = e.parentNode
-  }
-
-  return e && e.nodeName === 'BUTTON'
+  return isChildOf(element, e => e.nodeName === 'BUTTON')
 }
 
 // test whether a DOM element is a content editable div
 export function isContentEditableDiv (element) {
   return (element.nodeName === 'DIV' && element.contentEditable === 'true')
 }
+
+export function isBeforeNodeSelector (element) {
+  return isChildOf(element, e => {
+    return hasAttribute(e, 'data-type', 'before-node-selector')
+  })
+}
+
+export function isAppendNodeSelector (element) {
+  return isChildOf(element, e => {
+    return hasAttribute(e, 'data-type', 'append-node-selector')
+  })
+}
+
+function hasAttribute(element, name, value) {
+  return typeof element.getAttribute === 'function' && element.getAttribute(name) === value
+}
+
+/**
+ * Test if the element or one of it's parents has a certain predicate
+ * Can be use for example to check whether the element or it's parent has
+ * a specific attribute or nodeName.
+ * @param {HTMLElement} element
+ * @param {function (element: HTMLElement) : boolean} predicate
+ * @returns {*}
+ */
+export function isChildOf (element, predicate) {
+  let e = element
+
+  while (e && !predicate(e)) {
+    e = e.parentNode
+  }
+
+  return e && predicate(e)
+}