diff --git a/frontend/src/app/main/data/workspace/transforms.cljs b/frontend/src/app/main/data/workspace/transforms.cljs
index 72b05c104..daaf0f0ad 100644
--- a/frontend/src/app/main/data/workspace/transforms.cljs
+++ b/frontend/src/app/main/data/workspace/transforms.cljs
@@ -643,7 +643,9 @@
       (let [objects (wsh/lookup-page-objects state)
             selected (wsh/lookup-selected state {:omit-blocked? true})
             selected-shapes (->> selected (map (d/getf objects)))]
-        (if (every? (partial ctl/layout-immediate-child? objects) selected-shapes)
+        (if (every? #(and (ctl/layout-immediate-child? objects %)
+                          (not (ctl/layout-absolute? %)))
+                    selected-shapes)
           (rx/of (reorder-selected-layout-child direction))
           (rx/of (nudge-selected-shapes direction shift?)))))))
 
diff --git a/frontend/src/app/main/ui/workspace/sidebar/options/menus/layout_item.cljs b/frontend/src/app/main/ui/workspace/sidebar/options/menus/layout_item.cljs
index c99acb8b3..25bf1c809 100644
--- a/frontend/src/app/main/ui/workspace/sidebar/options/menus/layout_item.cljs
+++ b/frontend/src/app/main/ui/workspace/sidebar/options/menus/layout_item.cljs
@@ -206,7 +206,7 @@
 
     [:div.element-set
      [:div.element-set-title
-      [:span (if is-layout-container?
+      [:span (if (and is-layout-container? (not is-layout-child?))
                "Flex board"
                "Flex element")]]