diff --git a/core.windows/src/org/netbeans/core/windows/view/EditorView.java b/core.windows/src/org/netbeans/core/windows/view/EditorView.java
--- a/core.windows/src/org/netbeans/core/windows/view/EditorView.java
+++ b/core.windows/src/org/netbeans/core/windows/view/EditorView.java
@@ -410,6 +410,11 @@
         public boolean supportsKind(TopComponentDraggable transfer) {
             return true;
         }
+
+        @Override
+        public int getKind() {
+            return Constants.MODE_KIND_EDITOR;
+        }
         
     } // End of EditorAreaComponent class.
     
diff --git a/core.windows/src/org/netbeans/core/windows/view/dnd/DropTargetGlassPane.java b/core.windows/src/org/netbeans/core/windows/view/dnd/DropTargetGlassPane.java
--- a/core.windows/src/org/netbeans/core/windows/view/dnd/DropTargetGlassPane.java
+++ b/core.windows/src/org/netbeans/core/windows/view/dnd/DropTargetGlassPane.java
@@ -274,13 +274,17 @@
     }
 
     private TexturePaint texturePaint;
+    private int modeKind = -1;
     private TexturePaint getIndicationPaint() {
-        if( null == texturePaint ) {
+        if (droppable != null && droppable.getKind() != modeKind) {
             BufferedImage image = new BufferedImage(2,2,BufferedImage.TYPE_INT_ARGB);
             Graphics2D g2 = image.createGraphics();
             Color c = UIManager.getColor("Panel.dropTargetGlassPane");
             if (c == null) {
                 c = new Color(255, 90, 0);
+                if (droppable.getKind() == Constants.MODE_KIND_EDITOR) {
+                    c = new Color(90, 255, 0);
+                }
             }
             g2.setColor(c);
             g2.fillRect(0,0,1,1);
@@ -290,6 +294,7 @@
             g2.fillRect(1,0,1,1);
             g2.fillRect(0,1,1,1);
             texturePaint = new TexturePaint(image, new Rectangle(0,0,2,2));
+            modeKind = droppable.getKind();
         }
         return texturePaint;
     }
diff --git a/core.windows/src/org/netbeans/core/windows/view/dnd/TopComponentDroppable.java b/core.windows/src/org/netbeans/core/windows/view/dnd/TopComponentDroppable.java
--- a/core.windows/src/org/netbeans/core/windows/view/dnd/TopComponentDroppable.java
+++ b/core.windows/src/org/netbeans/core/windows/view/dnd/TopComponentDroppable.java
@@ -90,4 +90,10 @@
     /** Checks whether this droppable supports kind of winsys transfer.
      * Either <code>Constants.MODE_KIND_EDITOR</code> or <code>Constants.MODE_KIND_VIEW or both. */
     public boolean supportsKind(TopComponentDraggable transfer);
+    
+    /**
+     * @return Mode kind of the originating mode when just a single TopComponent
+     * is being dragged or the kind of the mode that is being dragged.
+     */
+    public int getKind();
 }
diff --git a/core.windows/src/org/netbeans/core/windows/view/dnd/WindowDnDManager.java b/core.windows/src/org/netbeans/core/windows/view/dnd/WindowDnDManager.java
--- a/core.windows/src/org/netbeans/core/windows/view/dnd/WindowDnDManager.java
+++ b/core.windows/src/org/netbeans/core/windows/view/dnd/WindowDnDManager.java
@@ -1193,6 +1193,10 @@
             return transfer.getKind() == Constants.MODE_KIND_VIEW || transfer.getKind() == Constants.MODE_KIND_SLIDING;
         }
 
+        @Override
+        public int getKind() {
+            return Constants.MODE_KIND_VIEW;
+        }
 
     } // End of class CenterPanelDroppable.
     
@@ -1276,6 +1280,10 @@
             return transfer.getKind() == Constants.MODE_KIND_EDITOR;
         }
 
+        @Override
+        public int getKind() {
+            return Constants.MODE_KIND_EDITOR;
+        }
 
     } // End of class EditorAreaDroppable.
 
@@ -1337,6 +1345,11 @@
             return true;
         }
 
+        @Override
+        public int getKind() {
+            return Constants.MODE_KIND_VIEW;
+        }
+
     } // End of class FreeAreaDroppable.
     
     /**
@@ -1533,6 +1546,11 @@
             }
             return rect;
         }
+
+        @Override
+        public int getKind() {
+            return Constants.MODE_KIND_SLIDING;
+        }
     }
 
 }