diff --git a/src/plugins/graph/adornments/movable-line/movable-line.tsx b/src/plugins/graph/adornments/movable-line/movable-line.tsx
index 776347c4d8..3aa7920033 100644
--- a/src/plugins/graph/adornments/movable-line/movable-line.tsx
+++ b/src/plugins/graph/adornments/movable-line/movable-line.tsx
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ import { kInfinitePoint } from "../adornment-models";
 import { LocationSetterContext, Point } from "../../graph-types";
 
 import "./movable-line.scss";
+import { kAnnotationNodeDefaultRadius } from "../../../../components/annotations/annotation-utilities";
 
 function equationContainer(model: IMovableLineModel, subPlotKey: Record<string, string>, containerId: string) {
   const classFromKey = model.classNameFromKey(subPlotKey),
@@ -84,11 +85,18 @@ export const MovableLine = observer(function MovableLine(props: IProps) {
     }
   }, [kHandle1Loc, kHandle2Loc]);
 
-  const positionEquation = useCallback((elt: Selection<HTMLElement, unknown, HTMLElement, any>, point: Point) => {
-    elt.style('left', `${point.x}px`)
+  const positionEquation = useCallback((equation: Selection<HTMLElement, unknown, HTMLElement, any>, point: Point) => {
+    const annotationId = getAnnotationId(instanceKey, "equation");
+    equation.style('left', `${point.x}px`)
         .style('top', `${point.y}px`);
     if (model.isVisible) {
-      annotationLocationSetter?.set(getAnnotationId(instanceKey, "equation"), point);
+      const equationNode = equation.node() as Element,
+        rect = equationNode?.getBoundingClientRect(),
+        width = rect.width || kAnnotationNodeDefaultRadius,
+        height = rect.height || kAnnotationNodeDefaultRadius;
+      annotationLocationSetter?.set(annotationId, point, { width, height });
+    } else {
+      annotationLocationSetter?.set(annotationId, undefined, undefined);
     }
   }, [annotationLocationSetter, instanceKey, model]);
 
@@ -144,9 +152,9 @@ export const MovableLine = observer(function MovableLine(props: IProps) {
               .attr('cy', y);
             const annotationId = getAnnotationId(instanceKey, "handle", index===1 ? "lower" : "upper");
             if (model.isVisible) {
-              annotationLocationSetter?.set(annotationId, { x, y });
+              annotationLocationSetter?.set(annotationId, { x, y }, undefined);
             } else {
-              annotationLocationSetter?.set(annotationId, undefined);
+              annotationLocationSetter?.set(annotationId, undefined, undefined);
             }
           }
         }
diff --git a/src/plugins/graph/components/graph-wrapper-component.tsx b/src/plugins/graph/components/graph-wrapper-component.tsx
index 8e9fc5c94e..a695cfddaa 100644
--- a/src/plugins/graph/components/graph-wrapper-component.tsx
+++ b/src/plugins/graph/components/graph-wrapper-component.tsx
@@ -112,10 +112,19 @@ export const GraphWrapperComponent: React.FC<ITileProps> = observer(function(pro
         let coords;
         if (objectType === "dot") {
           coords = getDotCenter(objectId);
+        // Check location cache
         } else if (content.annotationLocationCache.has(objectId)){
-          // Check location cache
           const location = content.annotationLocationCache.get(objectId);
           if (location) {
+            const size = content.annotationSizesCache.get(objectId);
+            if (size) { // This is a rectangle of defined width & height
+              const bbox = {
+                left: location.x + layout.getComputedBounds("plot").left,
+                top: location.y + layout.getComputedBounds("plot").top,
+                ...size };
+              console.log('bbox', bbox);
+              return bbox;
+            }
             return boundingBoxForPoint(location);
           }
         } else {
@@ -130,8 +139,13 @@ export const GraphWrapperComponent: React.FC<ITileProps> = observer(function(pro
       getObjectButtonSVG: ({ classes, handleClick, objectId, objectType }) => {
         let coords;
         if (objectType === "dot") {
+          // Native graph object
           coords = getDotCenter(objectId);
+        } else if (content.annotationSizesCache.has(objectId)) {
+          // Adornment object with rectangle shape; do not return SVG
+          return undefined;
         } else if (content.annotationLocationCache.has(objectId)){
+          // Adornment object with dot shape
           coords = content.annotationLocationCache.get(objectId);
         } else if (objectType) {
           const pos = getPositionFromAdornment(objectType, objectId);
diff --git a/src/plugins/graph/graph-types.ts b/src/plugins/graph/graph-types.ts
index 384875f601..df1f3ea4dc 100644
--- a/src/plugins/graph/graph-types.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/graph/graph-types.ts
@@ -62,6 +62,8 @@ export type Point = { x: number, y: number };
 export type CPLine = { slope: number, intercept: number, pivot1?: Point, pivot2?: Point };
 export const kNullPoint = {x: -999, y: -999};
 
+export interface RectSize { width: number, height: number }
+
 export interface Rect {
   x: number, y: number, width: number, height: number
 }
@@ -113,7 +115,7 @@ export const GraphEditModes = ["none", "edit", "add"];
 export type GraphEditMode = typeof GraphEditModes[number];
 
 export interface ILocationSetterContext {
-  set: (id: string, location: Point|undefined) => void;
+  set: (id: string, location: Point|undefined, size: RectSize|undefined) => void;
 }
 
 export const LocationSetterContext = createContext<ILocationSetterContext|undefined>(undefined);
diff --git a/src/plugins/graph/models/graph-model.ts b/src/plugins/graph/models/graph-model.ts
index 74079977ac..618307499b 100644
--- a/src/plugins/graph/models/graph-model.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/graph/models/graph-model.ts
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ import {
 import { GraphPlace } from "../imports/components/axis-graph-shared";
 import {
   GraphAttrRole, GraphEditMode, hoverRadiusFactor, kDefaultAxisLabel, kDefaultNumericAxisBounds, kGraphTileType,
-  PlotType, PlotTypes, Point, pointRadiusMax, pointRadiusSelectionAddend
+  PlotType, PlotTypes, Point, pointRadiusMax, pointRadiusSelectionAddend, RectSize
 } from "../graph-types";
 import { withoutUndo } from "../../../models/history/without-undo";
 import { SharedModelType } from "../../../models/shared/shared-model";
@@ -88,7 +88,8 @@ export const GraphModel = TileContentModel
     editingLayerId: undefined as string|undefined,
     // Map from annotation IDs to their current locations.
     // This allows adornments to flexibly give us these locations.
-    annotationLocationCache: new ObservableMap<string,Point>()
+    annotationLocationCache: new ObservableMap<string,Point>(),
+    annotationSizesCache: new ObservableMap<string,RectSize>()
   }))
   .preProcessSnapshot((snapshot: any) => {
     const hasLayerAlready:boolean = (snapshot?.layers?.length || 0) > 0;
@@ -414,12 +415,18 @@ export const GraphModel = TileContentModel
     setInteractionInProgress(value: boolean) {
       self.interactionInProgress = value;
     },
-    setAnnotationLocation(id: string, location: Point|undefined) {
+    setAnnotationLocation(id: string, location: Point|undefined, size: RectSize|undefined) {
       if (location) {
         self.annotationLocationCache.set(id, location);
       } else {
         self.annotationLocationCache.delete(id);
       }
+
+      if (size) {
+        self.annotationSizesCache.set(id, size);
+      } else {
+        self.annotationSizesCache.delete(id);
+      }
     }
   }))
   .actions(self => ({