diff --git a/ide/che-core-ide-app/src/main/resources/org/eclipse/che/ide/command/explorer/styles.css b/ide/che-core-ide-app/src/main/resources/org/eclipse/che/ide/command/explorer/styles.css
index 5f3f758f2c..03410002f7 100644
--- a/ide/che-core-ide-app/src/main/resources/org/eclipse/che/ide/command/explorer/styles.css
+++ b/ide/che-core-ide-app/src/main/resources/org/eclipse/che/ide/command/explorer/styles.css
@@ -50,22 +50,26 @@
     overflow: hidden;
 }
 
-div.commandNode[selected] {
+div.commandNode[selected],
+div.commandNode[class~=selected] {
     background: categorySelectElementBackgroundColor;
     color: categorySelectElementColor;
 }
 
-div.commandNode[selected] .commandNodeButtonsPanel {
+div.commandNode[selected] .commandNodeButtonsPanel,
+div.commandNode[class~=selected] .commandNodeButtonsPanel {
     display: inline;
 }
 
-div.commandNode[selected] .commandNodeButtonsPanel svg {
+div.commandNode[selected] .commandNodeButtonsPanel svg,
+div.commandNode[class~=selected] .commandNodeButtonsPanel svg {
     opacity: 1;
     fill: categoryElementButtonColor;
     stroke: categoryElementButtonColor;
 }
 
-div.commandNode[selected] .commandNodeButtonsPanel span:hover > svg {
+div.commandNode[selected] .commandNodeButtonsPanel span:hover > svg,
+div.commandNode[class~=selected] .commandNodeButtonsPanel span:hover > svg {
     fill: categoryElementButtonHoverColor;
     stroke: categoryElementButtonHoverColor;
 }
diff --git a/ide/che-core-ide-ui/src/main/resources/org/eclipse/che/ide/ui/smartTree/TreeStyles.css b/ide/che-core-ide-ui/src/main/resources/org/eclipse/che/ide/ui/smartTree/TreeStyles.css
index 5c2760f0e6..5ef516dd1e 100644
--- a/ide/che-core-ide-ui/src/main/resources/org/eclipse/che/ide/ui/smartTree/TreeStyles.css
+++ b/ide/che-core-ide-ui/src/main/resources/org/eclipse/che/ide/ui/smartTree/TreeStyles.css
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
  * Contributors:
  *   Red Hat, Inc. - initial API and implementation
  */
+@external .selected;
 @eval projectExplorerJointContainerFill org.eclipse.che.ide.api.theme.Style.theme.projectExplorerJointContainerFill();
 @eval projectExplorerJointContainerShadow org.eclipse.che.ide.api.theme.Style.theme.projectExplorerJointContainerShadow();
 @eval projectExplorerPresentableTextShadow org.eclipse.che.ide.api.theme.Style.theme.projectExplorerPresentableTextShadow();