diff --git a/src/TSMapEditor/Rendering/MapView.cs b/src/TSMapEditor/Rendering/MapView.cs
index ffd18228..f4997ddc 100644
--- a/src/TSMapEditor/Rendering/MapView.cs
+++ b/src/TSMapEditor/Rendering/MapView.cs
@@ -1614,10 +1614,9 @@ private static void DrawArrow(Vector2 start, Vector2 end,
 
         public void Draw(bool isActive, TechnoBase technoUnderCursor, MapTile tileUnderCursor, CursorAction cursorAction)
         {
-            if (isActive && tileUnderCursor != null && cursorAction != null)
-            {
-                cursorAction.PreMapDraw(tileUnderCursor.CoordsToPoint());
-            }
+            // Note: the cursor action's PreMapDraw is invoked by MapUI.Draw before this method,
+            // so that TechnoUnderCursor assignments made by placement previews are
+            // visible to DrawPerFrameTransparentElements below.
 
             if (mapInvalidated || cameraMoved)
             {
diff --git a/src/TSMapEditor/UI/MapUI.cs b/src/TSMapEditor/UI/MapUI.cs
index 0eee7641..05dce647 100644
--- a/src/TSMapEditor/UI/MapUI.cs
+++ b/src/TSMapEditor/UI/MapUI.cs
@@ -742,6 +742,12 @@ public void DeleteObjectFromCell(Point2D cellCoords)
 
         public override void Draw(GameTime gameTime)
         {
+            // Run the cursor action's pre-map-draw logic before passing TechnoUnderCursor
+            // to the renderer, so that placement previews (which assign TechnoUnderCursor)
+            // get their range indicators drawn during placement.
+            if (IsActive && tileUnderCursor != null && CursorAction != null)
+                CursorAction.PreMapDraw(tileUnderCursor.CoordsToPoint());
+
             mapView.Draw(IsActive, TechnoUnderCursor, tileUnderCursor, CursorAction);
 
             mapView.DrawOnTileUnderCursor(tileUnderCursor, CursorAction, isDraggingObject,