diff --git a/page/api.ts b/page/api.ts
index 0667305..c42af2f 100644
--- a/page/api.ts
+++ b/page/api.ts
@@ -4,7 +4,10 @@ import {
   auxUp,
   auxDown
 } from './selector'
-import { resize } from './ux'
+import {
+  getHoverBehavior,
+  resize
+} from './ux'
 import {
   setTheme,
   setAccentColor
@@ -23,14 +26,40 @@ function setLayout (layout : 0 | 1) {
   }
 }
 
+function moveHighlight (from: Element | null, to: Element | null) {
+  from?.classList.remove('highlighted')
+  to?.classList.add('highlighted')
+  const fromMark = from?.querySelector('.mark')
+  const toMark = to?.querySelector('.mark')
+  if (fromMark && !toMark) {
+    to?.querySelector('.candidate-inner')?.prepend(fromMark)
+  }
+}
+
+function clearAdditionalHighlight () {
+  candidates.querySelector('.highlighted:not(.highlighted-original)')?.classList.remove('highlighted')
+}
+
 function setCandidates (cands: string[], labels: string[], highlighted: number, markText: string) {
   candidates.innerHTML = ''
   for (let i = 0; i < cands.length; ++i) {
     const candidate = document.createElement('div')
     candidate.classList.add('candidate')
     if (i === highlighted) {
-      candidate.classList.add('highlighted')
+      candidate.classList.add('highlighted', 'highlighted-original')
     }
+
+    candidate.addEventListener('mouseenter', () => {
+      const hoverBehavior = getHoverBehavior()
+      if (hoverBehavior === 'Move') {
+        const lastHighlighted = candidates.querySelector('.highlighted')
+        moveHighlight(lastHighlighted, candidate)
+      } else if (hoverBehavior === 'Add') {
+        clearAdditionalHighlight()
+        candidate.classList.add('highlighted')
+      }
+    })
+
     const label = document.createElement('div')
     label.classList.add('label')
     label.innerHTML = labels[i]
@@ -48,12 +77,11 @@ function setCandidates (cands: string[], labels: string[], highlighted: number,
       } else {
         mark.innerHTML = markText
       }
-      candidateInner.appendChild(mark)
+      candidateInner.append(mark)
     }
-    candidateInner.appendChild(label)
-    candidateInner.appendChild(text)
-    candidate.appendChild(candidateInner)
-    candidates.appendChild(candidate)
+    candidateInner.append(label, text)
+    candidate.append(candidateInner)
+    candidates.append(candidate)
   }
 }
 
@@ -72,6 +100,17 @@ function updateInputPanel (preeditHTML: string, auxUpHTML: string, auxDownHTML:
   updateElement(auxDown, auxDownHTML)
 }
 
+candidates.addEventListener('mouseleave', () => {
+  const hoverBehavior = getHoverBehavior()
+  if (hoverBehavior === 'Move') {
+    const lastHighlighted = candidates.querySelector('.highlighted')
+    const originalHighlighted = candidates.querySelector('.highlighted-original')
+    moveHighlight(lastHighlighted, originalHighlighted)
+  } else if (hoverBehavior === 'Add') {
+    clearAdditionalHighlight()
+  }
+})
+
 setTheme(0)
 
 // JavaScript APIs that webview_candidate_window.mm calls
diff --git a/page/customize.ts b/page/customize.ts
index cc8cf17..f28e370 100644
--- a/page/customize.ts
+++ b/page/customize.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 import {
+  HOVER_BEHAVIOR,
+  setHoverBehavior,
   setBlur,
   setBlink
 } from './ux'
@@ -43,8 +45,9 @@ type STYLE_JSON = {
   Cursor: {
     Style: 'Blink' | 'Static' | 'Text'
   }
-  HighlightMark: {
-    Style: 'None' | 'Bar' | 'Text'
+  Highlight: {
+    MarkStyle: 'None' | 'Bar' | 'Text'
+    HoverBehavior: HOVER_BEHAVIOR
   }
   Size: {
     BorderWidth: string
@@ -70,6 +73,7 @@ const PREEDIT = `${PANEL} .preedit`
 const CURSOR_NO_TEXT = `${PANEL} .cursor.no-text`
 const CANDIDATE_INNER = `${PANEL} .candidate-inner`
 const HIGHLIGHT_MARK = `${PANEL} .highlighted .mark`
+const HIGHLIGHT_ORIGINAL_MARK = `${PANEL} .highlighted-original .mark`
 
 const PANEL_LIGHT = `${PANEL}.light`
 const PANEL_LIGHT_HIGHLIGHT = `${PANEL_LIGHT} .candidate.highlighted .candidate-inner`
@@ -112,7 +116,7 @@ export function setStyle (style: string) {
   const j = JSON.parse(style) as STYLE_JSON
   const rules: {[key: string]: {[key: string]: string}} = {}
   const hasBackgroundImage = j.Background.ImageUrl.trim() !== ''
-  const markKey = j.HighlightMark.Style === 'Text' ? 'color' : 'background-color'
+  const markKey = j.Highlight.MarkStyle === 'Text' ? 'color' : 'background-color'
   rules[PANEL] = {}
   rules[CANDIDATES] = {}
   rules[TEXT] = {}
@@ -120,6 +124,7 @@ export function setStyle (style: string) {
   rules[PREEDIT] = {}
   rules[CURSOR_NO_TEXT] = {}
   rules[HIGHLIGHT_MARK] = {}
+  rules[HIGHLIGHT_ORIGINAL_MARK] = {}
   rules[CANDIDATE_INNER] = {}
 
   if (j.LightMode.OverrideDefault === 'True') {
@@ -248,7 +253,8 @@ export function setStyle (style: string) {
 
   setBlink(j.Cursor.Style === 'Blink')
 
-  rules[HIGHLIGHT_MARK].opacity = j.HighlightMark.Style === 'None' ? '0' : '1'
+  rules[j.Highlight.HoverBehavior === 'Add' ? HIGHLIGHT_ORIGINAL_MARK : HIGHLIGHT_MARK].opacity = j.Highlight.MarkStyle === 'None' ? '0' : '1'
+  setHoverBehavior(j.Highlight.HoverBehavior)
 
   rules[PANEL]['border-width'] = px(j.Size.BorderWidth)
   rules[PANEL]['border-radius'] = px(j.Size.BorderRadius)
diff --git a/page/ux.ts b/page/ux.ts
index e9acb7f..135b497 100644
--- a/page/ux.ts
+++ b/page/ux.ts
@@ -147,3 +147,12 @@ setInterval(() => {
   showCursor(blinkSwitch)
   blinkSwitch = !blinkSwitch
 }, 500)
+
+export type HOVER_BEHAVIOR = 'None' | 'Move' | 'Add'
+let hoverBehavior: HOVER_BEHAVIOR = 'None'
+export function setHoverBehavior (behavior: HOVER_BEHAVIOR) {
+  hoverBehavior = behavior
+}
+export function getHoverBehavior () {
+  return hoverBehavior
+}
diff --git a/src/webview_candidate_window.mm b/src/webview_candidate_window.mm
index fdb7d36..dd7e7da 100644
--- a/src/webview_candidate_window.mm
+++ b/src/webview_candidate_window.mm
@@ -22,13 +22,26 @@ - (void)accentColorChanged:(NSNotification *)notification {
 
 @end
 
+@interface HoverableWindow : NSWindow
+
+@end
+
+@implementation HoverableWindow
+
+- (BOOL)isKeyWindow {
+    return YES;
+}
+
+@end
+
 namespace candidate_window {
 
 WebviewCandidateWindow::WebviewCandidateWindow()
-    : w_(1, [[NSWindow alloc] initWithContentRect:NSMakeRect(0, 0, 400, 300)
-                                        styleMask:NSWindowStyleMaskBorderless
-                                          backing:NSBackingStoreBuffered
-                                            defer:NO]),
+    : w_(1, [[HoverableWindow alloc]
+                initWithContentRect:NSMakeRect(0, 0, 400, 300)
+                          styleMask:NSWindowStyleMaskBorderless
+                            backing:NSBackingStoreBuffered
+                              defer:NO]),
       listener_([[NotificationListener alloc] init]) {
     [static_cast<NSWindow *>(w_.window()) setLevel:NSPopUpMenuWindowLevel];
     set_transparent_background();
diff --git a/tests/test-generic.spec.ts b/tests/test-generic.spec.ts
index b7965e4..196133b 100644
--- a/tests/test-generic.spec.ts
+++ b/tests/test-generic.spec.ts
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ test('HTML structure', async ({ page }) => {
       </div>
       <div class="aux-down hidden"></div>
       <div class="candidates">
-        <div class="candidate highlighted">
+        <div class="candidate highlighted highlighted-original">
           <div class="candidate-inner">
             <div class="mark no-text"></div>
             <div class="label">1</div>