diff --git a/src/Mod/Fem/Gui/ViewProviderFemPostFilter.cpp b/src/Mod/Fem/Gui/ViewProviderFemPostFilter.cpp
index 7edfb2fadd..bb1b3ddb6a 100644
--- a/src/Mod/Fem/Gui/ViewProviderFemPostFilter.cpp
+++ b/src/Mod/Fem/Gui/ViewProviderFemPostFilter.cpp
@@ -22,6 +22,10 @@
 
 #include "PreCompiled.h"
 
+#ifndef _PreComp_
+# include <Inventor/nodes/SoDrawStyle.h>
+#endif
+
 #include <Mod/Fem/App/FemPostFilter.h>
 
 #include "ViewProviderFemPostFilter.h"
@@ -77,6 +81,19 @@ ViewProviderFemPostDataAtPoint::ViewProviderFemPostDataAtPoint() {
     sPixmap = "FEM_PostFilterDataAtPoint";
 }
 
+void ViewProviderFemPostDataAtPoint::show()
+{
+    Gui::ViewProviderDocumentObject::show();
+    m_colorStyle->style = SoDrawStyle::FILLED;
+}
+
+void ViewProviderFemPostDataAtPoint::onSelectionChanged(const Gui::SelectionChanges &)
+{
+    // do not do anything here
+    // For DataAtPoint the color bar must not be refreshed when it is selected
+    // because a single point does not make sense with a color range.
+}
+
 ViewProviderFemPostDataAtPoint::~ViewProviderFemPostDataAtPoint() {
 
 }
diff --git a/src/Mod/Fem/Gui/ViewProviderFemPostFilter.h b/src/Mod/Fem/Gui/ViewProviderFemPostFilter.h
index 79d3eb2374..d06180e4fc 100644
--- a/src/Mod/Fem/Gui/ViewProviderFemPostFilter.h
+++ b/src/Mod/Fem/Gui/ViewProviderFemPostFilter.h
@@ -62,6 +62,8 @@ class FemGuiExport ViewProviderFemPostDataAtPoint: public ViewProviderFemPostObj
 public:
     /// constructor.
     ViewProviderFemPostDataAtPoint();
+    void show() override;
+    void onSelectionChanged(const Gui::SelectionChanges &) override;
     ~ViewProviderFemPostDataAtPoint();
 
 protected:
diff --git a/src/Mod/Fem/Gui/ViewProviderFemPostObject.cpp b/src/Mod/Fem/Gui/ViewProviderFemPostObject.cpp
index c2fdad7d0d..210c167da9 100644
--- a/src/Mod/Fem/Gui/ViewProviderFemPostObject.cpp
+++ b/src/Mod/Fem/Gui/ViewProviderFemPostObject.cpp
@@ -699,9 +699,9 @@ void ViewProviderFemPostObject::show(void) {
     Gui::ViewProviderDocumentObject::show();
     m_colorStyle->style = SoDrawStyle::FILLED;
     // we must update the color bar except for data point filters
-    auto nameVP = std::string(this->getObject()->getViewProviderName());
-    if (nameVP.compare("FemGui::ViewProviderFemPostDataAtPoint") == 0)
-        return;
+    //auto nameVP = std::string(this->getObject()->getViewProviderName());
+    //if (nameVP.compare("FemGui::ViewProviderFemPostDataAtPoint") == 0)
+    //    return;
     WriteColorData(true);
 }
 
@@ -750,21 +750,21 @@ bool ViewProviderFemPostObject::canDelete(App::DocumentObject* obj) const
 }
 
 void ViewProviderFemPostObject::selectionChanged(const Gui::SelectionChanges &sel)
+{
+    onSelectionChanged(sel);
+}
+
+void ViewProviderFemPostObject::onSelectionChanged(const Gui::SelectionChanges &sel)
 {
     // If a FemPostObject is selected in the document tree we must refresh its
     // color bar.
     // But don't do this if the object is invisible because other objects with a
     // color bar might be visible and the color bar is then wrong.
-    // Also don't do this for point filters because for them a color bar is not sensible.
     if (sel.Type == sel.AddSelection) {
         Gui::SelectionObject obj(sel);
         if (obj.getObject() == this->getObject()) {
-            if (!this->getObject()->Visibility.getValue())
-                return;
-            auto nameVP = std::string(this->getObject()->getViewProviderName());
-            if (nameVP.compare("FemGui::ViewProviderFemPostDataAtPoint") == 0)
-                return;
-            WriteColorData(true);
+            if (this->getObject()->Visibility.getValue())
+                WriteColorData(true);
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/Mod/Fem/Gui/ViewProviderFemPostObject.h b/src/Mod/Fem/Gui/ViewProviderFemPostObject.h
index 399fe96340..1ef1b007b7 100644
--- a/src/Mod/Fem/Gui/ViewProviderFemPostObject.h
+++ b/src/Mod/Fem/Gui/ViewProviderFemPostObject.h
@@ -147,6 +147,7 @@ protected:
     vtkSmartPointer<vtkVertexGlyphFilter>       m_points, m_pointsSurface;
 
     void selectionChanged(const Gui::SelectionChanges &);
+    virtual void onSelectionChanged(const Gui::SelectionChanges &sel);
     typedef boost::signals2::scoped_connection Connection;
     Connection connectSelection;