diff --git a/modules/gui/src/sequence/background_painter.cc b/modules/gui/src/sequence/background_painter.cc
index 123ceacf379a1fa6efc8225a0d8557499d2dcb7f..25cf4c65022a3eb0783d7e678d93ca1cabe8e1ff 100644
--- a/modules/gui/src/sequence/background_painter.cc
+++ b/modules/gui/src/sequence/background_painter.cc
@@ -38,6 +38,9 @@ void BackgroundPainter::Paint(QPainter* painter, const QStyleOptionViewItem& opt
     painter->fillRect(option.rect, QColor(240,240,240));
 
   }
+  else{
+    painter->fillRect(option.rect, QColor(255,255,255));
+  }
   if(index.row()>0 && (index.column())%10 == 0){
     painter->setPen(QPen(QColor(135,135,135)));
     painter->drawLine(option.rect.topRight(),option.rect.bottomRight());
diff --git a/modules/gui/src/sequence/sequence_table_view.cc b/modules/gui/src/sequence/sequence_table_view.cc
index 9cd77671acd7fb53a8bd4bad6b59a8930c34ef8e..f97bbb3e96636b8d273920f6782f5628c9959f25 100644
--- a/modules/gui/src/sequence/sequence_table_view.cc
+++ b/modules/gui/src/sequence/sequence_table_view.cc
@@ -169,7 +169,9 @@ void SequenceTableView::InitStaticField(){
   static_field_->setVerticalScrollBarPolicy(Qt::ScrollBarAlwaysOff);
   static_field_->show();
   static_field_->setStyleSheet("QTableView { border: 0px;"
-                                 "background-color: #FFFFFF}"
+                                 "selection-color: transparent;"
+                                 "selection-background-color: transparent;"
+                                 "background-color: white}"
                                  "QTableView::item{ border: none;"
                                  "padding: 0px; border-width: 0px; margin: 0px;}");
   static_field_->setShowGrid(false);