diff --git a/api/js/egw_action/EgwDragDropShoelaceTree.ts b/api/js/egw_action/EgwDragDropShoelaceTree.ts
index cb94c11c46..358b997da4 100644
--- a/api/js/egw_action/EgwDragDropShoelaceTree.ts
+++ b/api/js/egw_action/EgwDragDropShoelaceTree.ts
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ function dhtmlxTree_getNode(_tree: Et2Tree, _itemId: string)
     }
 }
 
-export const EXPAND_FOLDER_ON_DRAG_DROP_TIMEOUT = 2000
+export const EXPAND_FOLDER_ON_DRAG_DROP_TIMEOUT = 1000
 
 export class EgwDragDropShoelaceTree {
     constructor(_tree:Et2Tree, _itemId) {
diff --git a/api/js/egw_action/EgwDropActionImplementation.ts b/api/js/egw_action/EgwDropActionImplementation.ts
index 9cb18aa74f..b40f8a3b82 100644
--- a/api/js/egw_action/EgwDropActionImplementation.ts
+++ b/api/js/egw_action/EgwDropActionImplementation.ts
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ export class EgwDropActionImplementation implements EgwActionImplementation {
 
                 // don't trigger dragleave if we are leaving the drag element
                 // don't go further if the dragged element is no there (happens when a none et2 dragged element is being dragged)
-                if (!self.getTheDraggedDOM() || self.isTheDraggedDOM(this) || this == self.currentDropEl) return;
+                if (!self.getTheDraggedDOM() || self.isTheDraggedDOM(this)) return;
 
                 const data = {
                     event: event,
diff --git a/api/js/etemplate/Et2Tree/Et2Tree.ts b/api/js/etemplate/Et2Tree/Et2Tree.ts
index 3c63443a0f..9f3cf3f297 100644
--- a/api/js/etemplate/Et2Tree/Et2Tree.ts
+++ b/api/js/etemplate/Et2Tree/Et2Tree.ts
@@ -161,7 +161,19 @@ export class Et2Tree extends Et2WidgetWithSelectMixin(LitElement)
 					white-space: nowrap;
 					text-overflow: ellipsis;
 				}
+				sl-tree-item{
+					background-color: white;
+				}
+				sl-tree-item.drop-hover{
+					background-color: #0a5ca5;
+				}
+				sl-tree-item.drop-hover sl-tree-item{
+					background-color: white ;
+				}
+
 			`
+			//todo bg color on drop-hover should take precedence over selected color change
+
 		]
 	}