diff --git a/projects/ng-devtools/src/lib/devtools-tabs/directive-explorer/directive-forest/directive-forest.component.html b/projects/ng-devtools/src/lib/devtools-tabs/directive-explorer/directive-forest/directive-forest.component.html
index 905d1db5ec1..462f0984d04 100644
--- a/projects/ng-devtools/src/lib/devtools-tabs/directive-explorer/directive-forest/directive-forest.component.html
+++ b/projects/ng-devtools/src/lib/devtools-tabs/directive-explorer/directive-forest/directive-forest.component.html
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
       </button>
       <span class="element-name" [class.angular-element]="isElement(node)">{{ node.name }}</span>
       <span *ngIf="node.directives" class="dir-names">[{{ node.directives }}]</span>
-      <span class="console-reference" *ngIf="isSelected(node)"> - $ng0 </span>
+      <span class="console-reference" *ngIf="isSelected(node)"> == $ng0 </span>
     </div>
   </ng-container>
 </cdk-virtual-scroll-viewport>
diff --git a/projects/ng-devtools/src/lib/devtools-tabs/directive-explorer/directive-forest/directive-forest.component.scss b/projects/ng-devtools/src/lib/devtools-tabs/directive-explorer/directive-forest/directive-forest.component.scss
index 709b9aa9e78..2f2266231be 100644
--- a/projects/ng-devtools/src/lib/devtools-tabs/directive-explorer/directive-forest/directive-forest.component.scss
+++ b/projects/ng-devtools/src/lib/devtools-tabs/directive-explorer/directive-forest/directive-forest.component.scss
@@ -136,4 +136,5 @@
 .console-reference {
   padding-left: 8px;
   opacity: 0.4;
+  font-style: italic;
 }