diff --git a/packages/slate-react/src/plugins/before.js b/packages/slate-react/src/plugins/before.js
index 6266758f9..d56178936 100644
--- a/packages/slate-react/src/plugins/before.js
+++ b/packages/slate-react/src/plugins/before.js
@@ -248,15 +248,19 @@ function BeforePlugin() {
    */
 
   function onDragOver(event, change, editor) {
+    // If the target is inside a void node, and only in this case,
+    // call `preventDefault` to signal that drops are allowed.
+    // When the target is editable, dropping is already allowed by 
+    // default, and calling `preventDefault` hides the cursor.
+    const node = findNode(event.target, editor.value)
+    if (node.isVoid) event.preventDefault()
+
     // If a drag is already in progress, don't do this again.
     if (isDragging) return true
 
     isDragging = true
     event.nativeEvent.dataTransfer.dropEffect = 'move'
 
-    // You must call `preventDefault` to signal that drops are allowed.
-    event.preventDefault()
-
     debug('onDragOver', { event })
   }
 
diff --git a/packages/slate-react/src/utils/get-event-range.js b/packages/slate-react/src/utils/get-event-range.js
index 676880721..025b48964 100644
--- a/packages/slate-react/src/utils/get-event-range.js
+++ b/packages/slate-react/src/utils/get-event-range.js
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 
 import getWindow from 'get-window'
 
-import findDOMNode from './find-dom-node'
+import { Range } from 'slate'
+import findNode from './find-node'
 import findRange from './find-range'
 
 /**
@@ -17,46 +18,47 @@ function getEventRange(event, value) {
     event = event.nativeEvent
   }
 
-  const { x, y } = event
+  const { x, y, target } = event
   if (x == null || y == null) return null
 
-  // Resolve a range from the caret position where the drop occured.
-  const window = getWindow(event.target)
-  let r
-
-  // COMPAT: In Firefox, `caretRangeFromPoint` doesn't exist. (2016/07/25)
-  if (window.document.caretRangeFromPoint) {
-    r = window.document.caretRangeFromPoint(x, y)
-  } else {
-    const position = window.document.caretPositionFromPoint(x, y)
-    r = window.document.createRange()
-    r.setStart(position.offsetNode, position.offset)
-    r.setEnd(position.offsetNode, position.offset)
-  }
-
-  // Resolve a Slate range from the DOM range.
-  let range = findRange(r, value)
-  if (!range) return null
-
   const { document } = value
-  const node = document.getNode(range.anchorKey)
-  const parent = document.getParent(node.key)
-  const el = findDOMNode(parent)
+  const node = findNode(target, value)
+  if (!node) return null
 
   // If the drop target is inside a void node, move it into either the next or
   // previous node, depending on which side the `x` and `y` coordinates are
   // closest to.
-  if (parent.isVoid) {
-    const rect = el.getBoundingClientRect()
-    const isPrevious = parent.kind == 'inline'
+  if (node.isVoid) {
+    const rect = target.getBoundingClientRect()
+    const isPrevious = node.kind == 'inline'
       ? x - rect.left < rect.left + rect.width - x
       : y - rect.top < rect.top + rect.height - y
 
-    range = isPrevious
-      ? range.moveToEndOf(document.getPreviousText(node.key))
-      : range.moveToStartOf(document.getNextText(node.key))
+    const text = node.getFirstText()
+    const range = Range.create()
+    return isPrevious
+      ? range.moveToEndOf(document.getPreviousText(text.key))
+      : range.moveToStartOf(document.getNextText(text.key))
   }
 
+  // Else resolve a range from the caret position where the drop occured.
+  const window = getWindow(target)
+  let native
+
+  // COMPAT: In Firefox, `caretRangeFromPoint` doesn't exist. (2016/07/25)
+  if (window.document.caretRangeFromPoint) {
+    native = window.document.caretRangeFromPoint(x, y)
+  } else {
+    const position = window.document.caretPositionFromPoint(x, y)
+    native = window.document.createRange()
+    native.setStart(position.offsetNode, position.offset)
+    native.setEnd(position.offsetNode, position.offset)
+  }
+
+  // Resolve a Slate range from the DOM range.
+  const range = findRange(native, value)
+  if (!range) return null
+
   return range
 }