diff --git a/.betterer.results b/.betterer.results
index dc61ba89ee0..7b4ddd5ca1f 100644
--- a/.betterer.results
+++ b/.betterer.results
@@ -3762,7 +3762,8 @@ exports[`better eslint`] = {
     "public/app/features/sandbox/TestStuffPage.tsx:5381": [
       [0, 0, 0, "No untranslated strings. Wrap text with <Trans />", "0"],
       [0, 0, 0, "No untranslated strings. Wrap text with <Trans />", "1"],
-      [0, 0, 0, "No untranslated strings. Wrap text with <Trans />", "2"]
+      [0, 0, 0, "No untranslated strings. Wrap text with <Trans />", "2"],
+      [0, 0, 0, "No untranslated strings. Wrap text with <Trans />", "3"]
     ],
     "public/app/features/scopes/index.ts:5381": [
       [0, 0, 0, "Do not re-export imported variable (\`./instance\`)", "0"],
diff --git a/packages/grafana-ui/src/components/ElementSelectionContext/ElementSelectionContext.tsx b/packages/grafana-ui/src/components/ElementSelectionContext/ElementSelectionContext.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..2e6b1b9fd46
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/grafana-ui/src/components/ElementSelectionContext/ElementSelectionContext.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+import React, { createContext, useCallback, useContext } from 'react';
+
+/** @alpha */
+export interface ElementSelectionContextState {
+  /**
+   * Turn on selection mode & show selection state
+   */
+  enabled?: boolean;
+  /** List of currently selected elements */
+  selected: ElementSelectionContextItem[];
+  onSelect: (item: ElementSelectionContextItem, multi?: boolean) => void;
+}
+
+export interface ElementSelectionContextItem {
+  id: string;
+}
+
+export const ElementSelectionContext = createContext<ElementSelectionContextState | undefined>(undefined);
+
+export interface UseElementSelectionResult {
+  isSelected?: boolean;
+  isSelectable?: boolean;
+  onSelect?: (evt: React.PointerEvent) => void;
+}
+
+export function useElementSelection(id: string | undefined): UseElementSelectionResult {
+  if (!id) {
+    return {};
+  }
+
+  const context = useContext(ElementSelectionContext);
+  if (!context) {
+    return {};
+  }
+
+  const isSelected = context.selected.some((item) => item.id === id);
+  const onSelect = useCallback<React.PointerEventHandler>(
+    (evt) => {
+      if (!context.enabled) {
+        return;
+      }
+
+      // To prevent this click form clearing the selection
+      evt.stopPropagation();
+
+      context.onSelect({ id }, evt.shiftKey);
+    },
+    [context, id]
+  );
+
+  return { isSelected, onSelect, isSelectable: context.enabled };
+}
diff --git a/packages/grafana-ui/src/components/PanelChrome/PanelChrome.tsx b/packages/grafana-ui/src/components/PanelChrome/PanelChrome.tsx
index 14da2a42c06..45d597378c4 100644
--- a/packages/grafana-ui/src/components/PanelChrome/PanelChrome.tsx
+++ b/packages/grafana-ui/src/components/PanelChrome/PanelChrome.tsx
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import { selectors } from '@grafana/e2e-selectors';
 import { useStyles2, useTheme2 } from '../../themes';
 import { getFocusStyles } from '../../themes/mixins';
 import { DelayRender } from '../../utils/DelayRender';
+import { useElementSelection } from '../ElementSelectionContext/ElementSelectionContext';
 import { Icon } from '../Icon/Icon';
 import { LoadingBar } from '../LoadingBar/LoadingBar';
 import { Text } from '../Text/Text';
@@ -33,6 +34,7 @@ interface BaseProps {
   menu?: ReactElement | (() => ReactElement);
   dragClass?: string;
   dragClassCancel?: string;
+  selectionId?: string;
   /**
    * Use only to indicate loading or streaming data in the panel.
    * Any other values of loadingState are ignored.
@@ -131,6 +133,7 @@ export function PanelChrome({
   statusMessageOnClick,
   leftItems,
   actions,
+  selectionId,
   onCancelQuery,
   onOpenMenu,
   collapsible = false,
@@ -145,6 +148,7 @@ export function PanelChrome({
   const styles = useStyles2(getStyles);
   const panelContentId = useId();
   const panelTitleId = useId().replace(/:/g, '_');
+  const { isSelected, onSelect } = useElementSelection(selectionId);
 
   const hasHeader = !hoverHeader;
 
@@ -263,7 +267,11 @@ export function PanelChrome({
   return (
     // tabIndex={0} is needed for keyboard accessibility in the plot area
     <section
-      className={cx(styles.container, { [styles.transparentContainer]: isPanelTransparent })}
+      className={cx(
+        styles.container,
+        isPanelTransparent && styles.transparentContainer,
+        isSelected && 'dashboard-selected-element'
+      )}
       style={containerStyles}
       aria-labelledby={!!title ? panelTitleId : undefined}
       data-testid={testid}
@@ -300,7 +308,12 @@ export function PanelChrome({
       )}
 
       {hasHeader && (
-        <div className={cx(styles.headerContainer, dragClass)} style={headerStyles} data-testid="header-container">
+        <div
+          className={cx(styles.headerContainer, dragClass)}
+          style={headerStyles}
+          data-testid="header-container"
+          onPointerUp={onSelect}
+        >
           {statusMessage && (
             <div className={dragClassCancel}>
               <PanelStatus message={statusMessage} onClick={statusMessageOnClick} ariaLabel="Panel status" />
diff --git a/packages/grafana-ui/src/components/index.ts b/packages/grafana-ui/src/components/index.ts
index a88b49db681..ec327ebf293 100644
--- a/packages/grafana-ui/src/components/index.ts
+++ b/packages/grafana-ui/src/components/index.ts
@@ -322,3 +322,9 @@ export { type GraphNGLegendEvent } from '../graveyard/GraphNG/types';
 
 export { ZoomPlugin } from '../graveyard/uPlot/plugins/ZoomPlugin';
 export { TooltipPlugin } from '../graveyard/uPlot/plugins/TooltipPlugin';
+
+export {
+  ElementSelectionContext,
+  useElementSelection,
+  type ElementSelectionContextState,
+} from './ElementSelectionContext/ElementSelectionContext';
diff --git a/packages/grafana-ui/src/themes/GlobalStyles/dashboardGrid.ts b/packages/grafana-ui/src/themes/GlobalStyles/dashboardGrid.ts
index 6fd77b0e77e..2e4ef8924de 100644
--- a/packages/grafana-ui/src/themes/GlobalStyles/dashboardGrid.ts
+++ b/packages/grafana-ui/src/themes/GlobalStyles/dashboardGrid.ts
@@ -67,5 +67,11 @@ export function getDashboardGridStyles(theme: GrafanaTheme2) {
         },
       },
     },
+
+    '.dashboard-selected-element': {
+      outline: `2px dashed ${theme.colors.primary.border}`,
+      outlineOffset: '0px',
+      borderRadius: '2px',
+    },
   });
 }
diff --git a/public/app/features/sandbox/TestStuffPage.tsx b/public/app/features/sandbox/TestStuffPage.tsx
index 36368f5b508..19672e36f2b 100644
--- a/public/app/features/sandbox/TestStuffPage.tsx
+++ b/public/app/features/sandbox/TestStuffPage.tsx
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import { NavModelItem } from '@grafana/data';
 import { getPluginExtensions, isPluginExtensionLink } from '@grafana/runtime';
-import { Button, LinkButton, Stack } from '@grafana/ui';
+import { Button, LinkButton, Stack, Text } from '@grafana/ui';
 import { Page } from 'app/core/components/Page/Page';
 import { useAppNotification } from 'app/core/copy/appNotification';
 
@@ -17,8 +17,9 @@ export const TestStuffPage = () => {
 
   return (
     <Page navModel={{ node: node, main: node }}>
+      <LinkToBasicApp extensionPointId="grafana/sandbox/testing" />
+      <Text variant="h5">Application notifications (toasts) testing</Text>
       <Stack>
-        <LinkToBasicApp extensionPointId="grafana/sandbox/testing" />
         <Button onClick={() => notifyApp.success('Success toast', 'some more text goes here')} variant="primary">
           Success
         </Button>