diff --git a/superset-frontend/temporary_superset_ui/superset-ui/packages/superset-ui-dimension/src/getTextDimension.ts b/superset-frontend/temporary_superset_ui/superset-ui/packages/superset-ui-dimension/src/getTextDimension.ts
index 1f1cf4e990a11..f486bfaeb71ae 100644
--- a/superset-frontend/temporary_superset_ui/superset-ui/packages/superset-ui-dimension/src/getTextDimension.ts
+++ b/superset-frontend/temporary_superset_ui/superset-ui/packages/superset-ui-dimension/src/getTextDimension.ts
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ export default function getTextDimension(
   const svg = document.createElementNS(SVG_NS, 'svg');
   svg.style.position = 'absolute'; // so it won't disrupt page layout
   svg.style.opacity = '0'; // and not visible
+  svg.style.pointerEvents = 'none'; // and not capturing mouse events
   svg.appendChild(textNode);
   container.appendChild(svg);