diff --git a/src/ui/composable_view.rs b/src/ui/composable_view.rs
index a7f71a02ba1a3d0b617824761ed9a090e4093cd9..7351601b00ded36cf8511ebbc8b90b6fff031910 100644
--- a/src/ui/composable_view.rs
+++ b/src/ui/composable_view.rs
@@ -132,6 +132,11 @@ impl eframe::App for ComposableView {
                 if ui.button("Layout Manager").clicked() {
                     self.layout_manager.toggle_open_state();
                 }
+
+                // If a pane is maximized show a visual clue
+                if self.maximized_pane.is_some() {
+                    ui.label("Pane Maximized!");
+                }
             })
         });
 
diff --git a/src/ui/utils.rs b/src/ui/utils.rs
index e9121eedef63af0d73069a8befb728255e042fa2..b9f510bda78fab7513f25defa33d1377ffdd6cd7 100644
--- a/src/ui/utils.rs
+++ b/src/ui/utils.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 use egui::containers::Frame;
-use egui::{Shadow, Style, Ui};
+use egui::{Shadow, Stroke, Style, Ui};
 
 use super::panes::{Pane, PaneBehavior};
 
@@ -9,5 +9,6 @@ pub fn maximized_pane_ui(ui: &mut Ui, pane: &mut Pane) {
     Frame::popup(&Style::default())
         .fill(egui::Color32::TRANSPARENT)
         .shadow(Shadow::NONE)
+        .stroke(Stroke::NONE)
         .show(ui, |ui| pane.ui(ui));
 }