diff --git a/src/Gui/EditableDatumLabel.cpp b/src/Gui/EditableDatumLabel.cpp
index 7f33e71e0c..ac40d13698 100644
--- a/src/Gui/EditableDatumLabel.cpp
+++ b/src/Gui/EditableDatumLabel.cpp
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ void EditableDatumLabel::deactivate()
     }
 }
 
-void EditableDatumLabel::startEdit(double val, QObject* eventFilteringObj)
+void EditableDatumLabel::startEdit(double val, QObject* eventFilteringObj, bool visibleToMouse)
 {
     QWidget* mdi = viewer->parentWidget();
 
@@ -147,6 +147,10 @@ void EditableDatumLabel::startEdit(double val, QObject* eventFilteringObj)
         spinBox->installEventFilter(eventFilteringObj);
     }
 
+    if (!visibleToMouse) {
+        setSpinboxVisibleToMouse(visibleToMouse);
+    }
+
     spinBox->show();
     setSpinboxValue(val);
     //Note: adjustSize apparently uses the Min/Max values to set the size. So if we don't set them to INT_MAX, the spinbox are much too big.
@@ -340,9 +344,9 @@ void EditableDatumLabel::setLabelAutoDistanceReverse(bool val)
     autoDistanceReverse = val;
 }
 
-void EditableDatumLabel::setSpinboxInvisibleToMouse(bool val)
+void EditableDatumLabel::setSpinboxVisibleToMouse(bool val)
 {
-    spinBox->setAttribute(Qt::WA_TransparentForMouseEvents, val);
+    spinBox->setAttribute(Qt::WA_TransparentForMouseEvents, !val);
 }
 
 #include "moc_EditableDatumLabel.cpp"
diff --git a/src/Gui/EditableDatumLabel.h b/src/Gui/EditableDatumLabel.h
index c6fad407d2..d5cc18ed04 100644
--- a/src/Gui/EditableDatumLabel.h
+++ b/src/Gui/EditableDatumLabel.h
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ public:
     void activate();
     void deactivate();
 
-    void startEdit(double val, QObject* eventFilteringObj = nullptr);
+    void startEdit(double val, QObject* eventFilteringObj = nullptr, bool visibleToMouse = false);
     void stopEdit();
     bool isInEdit();
     double getValue();
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ public:
     void setLabelRange(double val);
     void setLabelRecommendedDistance();
     void setLabelAutoDistanceReverse(bool val);
-    void setSpinboxInvisibleToMouse(bool val);
+    void setSpinboxVisibleToMouse(bool val);
 
     // NOLINTBEGIN
     SoDatumLabel* label;
diff --git a/src/Gui/TaskView/TaskImage.cpp b/src/Gui/TaskView/TaskImage.cpp
index d1ed313356..672832c3e0 100644
--- a/src/Gui/TaskView/TaskImage.cpp
+++ b/src/Gui/TaskView/TaskImage.cpp
@@ -529,7 +529,7 @@ void InteractiveScale::collectPoint(const SbVec3f& pos3d)
 
             midPoint = (points[0] + points[1]) / 2;
 
-            measureLabel->startEdit(getDistance(points[1]), this);
+            measureLabel->startEdit(getDistance(points[1]), this, true);
 
             Q_EMIT enableApplyBtn();
         }