--- a/UIPainterView.st	Mon Feb 22 22:33:30 1999 +0100
+++ b/UIPainterView.st	Fri Feb 26 13:45:27 1999 +0100
@@ -1301,14 +1301,16 @@
 showSelected:aComponent
     "show object selected
     "
-    |wasClipped sel|
+    |wasClipped sel hColor|
 
     selectionHiddenLevel == 0 ifTrue:[
         sel := treeView selection.
         (sel size > 1 and: 
         [(treeView model list at: sel first) contents view == aComponent])
-            ifTrue: [self paint: handleMasterColor]
-            ifFalse:[self paint: handleColor].
+            ifTrue: [hColor := handleMasterColor]
+            ifFalse:[hColor := handleColor].
+
+        self paint:hColor.
 
         (wasClipped := clipChildren) ifTrue:[
             self clippedByChildren:(clipChildren := false).