diff --git a/editor.html b/editor.html
index 9845538..2fbe6de 100644
--- a/editor.html
+++ b/editor.html
@@ -213,7 +213,7 @@ SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-or-later
         </svg>
         &nbsp;&nbsp;New State
       </div>
-      <div class="menubottom menu-lightmode">
+      <div id="add-edge" class="menubottom menu-lightmode">
         <svg height="10" width="10" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg">
           <polyline points="1,1 9,9" style="fill:none;stroke-width:2" stroke-linecap="round" />
         </svg>
diff --git a/editor.ts b/editor.ts
index d7e8e62..9bf7180 100644
--- a/editor.ts
+++ b/editor.ts
@@ -202,13 +202,14 @@ export function search(text: string) {
     });      
   }
 
-  function format(possibleTargets: (WF.WFEdge | WF.WFNode)[], results: IndexSearchResult, heading: string) {
+  function format(possibleTargets: (WF.WFEdge | WF.WFNode | WF.WFGhostNode)[], results: IndexSearchResult, heading: string) {
     var h = document.createElement('h3');
     h.innerHTML = heading;
     searchResultList.appendChild(h);
     results.forEach(result => {
       var target: WF.WFEdge | WF.WFNode | null = null;
       possibleTargets.forEach(stateOrEdge => {
+        if (stateOrEdge instanceof WF.WFGhostNode) return;
         if (stateOrEdge.id === result)
           target = stateOrEdge;
       });
@@ -413,6 +414,7 @@ export function selectViewer() {
   highlightedTargets = [];
   selectedActor.value = NO_ACTOR;
   workflow.states.forEach(st => {
+    if (st instanceof WF.WFGhostNode) return;
     if (st.stateData.viewerNames.includes(selectedViewer.value)) {
       highlightedSources.push(st.id);
     }
@@ -491,6 +493,7 @@ document.getElementById('side-panel-focus')?.addEventListener('click', _ => focu
 document.getElementById('side-panel-delete')?.addEventListener('click', _ => removeSelection());
 document.getElementById('file-panel-cancel')?.addEventListener('click', _ => closeFileDisplay());
 document.getElementById('add-state')?.addEventListener('click', _ => addState());
+document.getElementById('add-edge')?.addEventListener('click', _ => addEdge());
 document.getElementById('edge-from')?.addEventListener('click', _ => markEdgeFrom());
 document.getElementById('edge-to')?.addEventListener('click', _ => markEdgeTo());
 document.getElementById('close-side-panel')?.addEventListener('click', _ => deselect());
@@ -566,25 +569,50 @@ export function addState() {
   var x = newStateCoords.x;
   var y = newStateCoords.y;
   var state : WF.WFNode = { id: 'state_' + nodeId,
-                         x: x,
-                         y: y,
-                         name: 'state_' + nodeId,
-                         fx: x,
-                         fy: y,
-                         val: 5,
-                         stateData: new WF.StateData({ abbreviation: `S${nodeId}`, final: 'false' }) };
+                            x: x,
+                            y: y,
+                            name: 'state_' + nodeId,
+                            fx: x,
+                            fy: y,
+                            val: 5,
+                            stateData: new WF.StateData({ abbreviation: `S${nodeId}`, final: 'false' }) };
   workflow.states.push(state);
   updateGraph();
   select(state);
   nodeIndex.add(state.id, state.name);
 }
 
+export function addEdge() {
+  var x = newStateCoords.x;
+  var y = newStateCoords.y;
+  var ghostState = new WF.WFGhostNode({
+    id: `@@ghost@(${x},${y})`,
+    x: x,
+    y: y,
+    name: 'Drag me!',
+    fx: x,
+    fy: y,
+    val: 5 });
+  var ghostState2 = new WF.WFGhostNode({
+    id: `@@ghost@(${x+200},${y})`,
+    x: x + 200,
+    y: y,
+    name: 'Drag me!',
+    fx: x + 200,
+    fy: y,
+    val: 5 });
+  workflow.states.push(ghostState, ghostState2);
+  console.log('is ghost:', ghostState instanceof WF.WFGhostNode, ghostState2 instanceof WF.WFGhostNode);
+  updateGraph();
+  connect(ghostState, ghostState2);
+}
+
 /**
  * Adds a new action between two states.
  * @param source The source state.
  * @param target The target state.
  */
-function connect(source: WF.WFNode, target: WF.WFNode) {
+function connect(source: WF.WFNode | WF.WFGhostNode, target: WF.WFNode | WF.WFGhostNode) {
   let linkId = actionIdCounter ++;
   var action : WF.WFEdge = new WF.WFEdge({
     id: (linkId).toString(),
@@ -817,6 +845,7 @@ function prepareWorkflow() {
   });
   //Identify all viewers of every state
   workflow.states.forEach(st => {
+    if (st instanceof WF.WFGhostNode) return;
     if (st.name === '@@INIT') {
       initState = st;
     } else if (st.stateData.viewers.length() === 0) {
@@ -858,6 +887,7 @@ function prepareWorkflow() {
 
   //Compute abbreviations of the names of all states
   workflow.states.forEach(state => {
+    if (state instanceof WF.WFGhostNode) return;
     // var label = node.name.substring(0, 5);
     var label = state.name.split(' '); // [node.name.substring(0, 6), node.name.substring(6, 12), node.name.substring(12, 18)];
     for (var i = 0; i < label.length; i++) {
@@ -940,12 +970,12 @@ const edgeColourMostSubtle = '#99999944';
  * @param node 
  * @returns The colour the given node should have.
  */
-function getNodeColour(node: WF.WFNode) {
+function getNodeColour(node: WF.WFNode | WF.WFGhostNode) {
   var standard = (selectedActor.value === NO_ACTOR && selectedViewer.value === NO_VIEWER)
                 || highlightedSources.includes(node.id) || highlightedTargets.includes(node.id)
   var alpha = standard ? 'ff' : '55';
   var isSelected = selection === node || rightSelection === node;
-  if (node.stateData && node.stateData.final !== 'false' && node.stateData.final !== '') {
+  if (node instanceof WF.WFNode && node.stateData.final !== 'false' && node.stateData.final !== '') {
     if (node.stateData.final === 'true' || node.stateData.final === 'ok') {
       return (isSelected ? '#3ac713' : '#31a810') + alpha;
     } else if (node.stateData.final === 'not-ok') {
@@ -955,6 +985,8 @@ function getNodeColour(node: WF.WFNode) {
     }
   } else if (node.name === '@@INIT') {
     return (isSelected ? '#ffbc15' : '#eeaa00') + alpha;
+  } else if (node instanceof WF.WFGhostNode) {
+    return '#cafc03ff';
   } else {
     return (isSelected ? '#538cd9' : '#3679d2') + alpha;
   }
@@ -1081,26 +1113,42 @@ function getEdgeColour(edge: LinkObject) {
     .linkDirectionalParticleColor(() => darkMode ? '#ffffff55' : '#00000055')
     .linkDirectionalParticleWidth((edge: LinkObject) => (isHighlightedActorEdge(edge as WF.WFEdge)) ? 3 : 0)
     .nodeCanvasObject((node: NodeObject, ctx: CanvasRenderingContext2D) => {
-      const wfNode = node as WF.WFNode;
+      const wfNode = (node instanceof WF.WFNode) ? node as WF.WFNode : node as WF.WFGhostNode;
       ctx.fillStyle = getNodeColour(wfNode);
       ctx.beginPath();
       ctx.arc(wfNode.x, wfNode.y, 2*wfNode.val, 0, 2 * Math.PI, false);
       ctx.fill();
-      if (node === selection || node === rightSelection) {
-        ctx.strokeStyle = darkMode ? 'white' : 'black';
-        ctx.lineWidth = 1;
+
+      var selected = (node === selection || node === rightSelection);
+      ctx.lineWidth = selected ? 1 : 0.2;
+
+      if (node instanceof WF.WFGhostNode) {
+        ctx.save()
         ctx.setLineDash([1, 2]);
+        ctx.strokeStyle = darkMode ? 'white' : 'black';
         ctx.lineCap = 'round';
         ctx.stroke();
+        ctx.restore();
+      } else {
+        ctx.save();
+        ctx.lineCap = 'round';
+        if (selected)
+          ctx.strokeStyle = darkMode ? 'white' : 'black';
+        else
+          ctx.strokeStyle = !darkMode ? 'white' : 'black';
+        ctx.stroke();
+        ctx.restore();
       }
 
-      if (! (wfNode.stateData && wfNode.stateData.abbreviation)) return;
-
       ctx.fillStyle = 'white';
       ctx.font = '4px Inter';
       ctx.textAlign = 'center';
       ctx.textBaseline = 'middle';
-      ctx.fillText(wfNode.stateData.abbreviation, wfNode.x, wfNode.y);      
+
+      if (wfNode instanceof WF.WFNode && wfNode.stateData.abbreviation)
+        ctx.fillText(wfNode.stateData.abbreviation, wfNode.x, wfNode.y);
+      else if (wfNode instanceof WF.WFGhostNode)
+        ctx.fillText(wfNode.text, wfNode.x, wfNode.y);
     })
     .onNodeDragEnd((node: NodeObject) => {
       node.fx = node.x;
@@ -1155,6 +1203,32 @@ function getEdgeColour(edge: LinkObject) {
     })
     .autoPauseRedraw(false);
 
+    //Remove all ghost states from the force computations to enable dragging them onto normal states
+    var oldChargeInit = <any>((<any>wfGraph.d3Force('charge')).initialize);
+    var oldCenterInit = <any>((<any>wfGraph.d3Force('center')).initialize);
+    var oldLinkInit = <any>((<any>wfGraph.d3Force('link')).initialize);
+    (<any>wfGraph.d3Force('charge')).initialize = function(_nodes: NodeObject[], ...args: any) {
+      var nodes : WF.WFNode[] = [];    
+      _nodes.forEach(node => (node instanceof WF.WFNode && nodes.push(node)));
+      console.log('rem. total:', nodes.length); //TODO already store them instead of computing each tick
+      oldChargeInit(nodes, args);
+    };
+
+    (<any>wfGraph.d3Force('center')).initialize = function(_nodes: NodeObject[], ...args: any) {
+      var nodes : WF.WFNode[] = [];    
+      _nodes.forEach(node => (node instanceof WF.WFNode && nodes.push(node)));
+      console.log('rem. total:', nodes.length);
+      oldCenterInit(nodes, args);
+    };
+
+    (<any>wfGraph.d3Force('link')).initialize = function(_nodes: NodeObject[], ...args: any) {
+      var nodes : WF.WFNode[] = [];    
+      _nodes.forEach(node => (node instanceof WF.WFNode && nodes.push(node)));
+      console.log('rem. total:', nodes.length);
+      oldLinkInit(nodes, args);
+    };
+
+
 updateGraph();
   }
 
diff --git a/start.sh b/start.sh
index e4d1689..b92e75e 100755
--- a/start.sh
+++ b/start.sh
@@ -5,9 +5,9 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-or-later
 
 
-echo 'Transpiling to JS...'
-npx tsc
-echo 'Generating Webpack bundle...'
+# echo 'Transpiling to JS...'
+# npx tsc
+echo 'Transpiling to JS & generating Webpack bundle...'
 npx webpack
 echo 'Starting server...'
 npx http-server --cors -o ./editor.html
diff --git a/workflow.ts b/workflow.ts
index 392f7d0..49d27cf 100644
--- a/workflow.ts
+++ b/workflow.ts
@@ -20,6 +20,16 @@ export type NodeFormat = {
   val: number
 }
 
+export type GhostNodeFormat = {
+  x: number,
+  y: number,
+  fx: number,
+  fy: number,
+  id: string,
+  name: string,
+  val: number
+}
+
 export type SDFormat = {
   abbreviation: string,
   final: boolean | string,
@@ -30,8 +40,8 @@ export type SDFormat = {
 
 export type EdgeFormat = {
   actionData: ADFormat,
-  source: WFNode | string,
-  target: WFNode | string,
+  source: WFNode | WFGhostNode | string,
+  target: WFNode | WFGhostNode | string,
   id: string,
   name: string,
   nodePairId : string
@@ -82,7 +92,7 @@ export type MessageFormat = {
 
 export class Workflow {
 
-  states: WFNode[];
+  states: (WFNode | WFGhostNode)[];
   actions: WFEdge[];
 
   constructor(json: WF) {
@@ -95,7 +105,7 @@ export class Workflow {
     }
     // Resolve ID refs to nodes
     var actions = json.actions.map(action => {
-      function transformRef(ref: string | WFNode) {
+      function transformRef(ref: string | WFNode | WFGhostNode) {
         if (ref instanceof String)
           stateMap.has(<string>ref)
             && (ref = <WFNode>stateMap.get(<string>ref))
@@ -155,11 +165,34 @@ export class StateData {
   }
 }
 
+export class WFGhostNode implements NodeObject {
+
+  text: string;
+  x: number;
+  y: number;
+  fx: number;
+  fy: number;
+  id: string;
+  name: string;
+  val: number;
+
+  constructor(json: GhostNodeFormat) {
+    this.text = 'Drag me!';
+    this.x = json.x;
+    this.y = json.y;
+    this.fx = json.fx;
+    this.fy = json.fy;
+    this.id = json.id;
+    this.name = json.name;
+    this.val = json.val;
+  }
+}
+
 export class WFEdge implements LinkObject {
 
   actionData: ActionData;
-  source: WFNode;
-  target: WFNode;
+  source: WFNode | WFGhostNode;
+  target: WFNode | WFGhostNode;
   id: string;
   name: string;
   nodePairId : string;