diff --git a/src/entities/attribute.js b/src/entities/attribute.js
index 6755f113f..59ab5252b 100644
--- a/src/entities/attribute.js
+++ b/src/entities/attribute.js
@@ -113,6 +113,7 @@ class Attribute extends Entity {
     // cannot be static!
     updatePojo(pojo) {
         delete pojo.isOwned;
+        delete pojo.__note;
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/src/public/stylesheets/style.css b/src/public/stylesheets/style.css
index 99016a8ae..834aaa33e 100644
--- a/src/public/stylesheets/style.css
+++ b/src/public/stylesheets/style.css
@@ -75,6 +75,12 @@ ul.fancytree-container {
     content: "\e9f8";
 }
 
+/** some common text styling for cssClass label */
+span.fancytree-node.underline .fancytree-title { text-decoration: underline; }
+span.fancytree-node.dotted .fancytree-title { text-decoration: dotted; }
+span.fancytree-node.bold .fancytree-title { font-weight: bold; }
+span.fancytree-node.muted { opacity: 0.6; }
+
 .note-title[readonly] {
     background: inherit;
 }