diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/src/grid/interact.rs b/crates/ui-egui/src/grid/interact.rs
index a7bbede7e..4b7adf587 100644
--- a/crates/ui-egui/src/grid/interact.rs
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/src/grid/interact.rs
@@ -124,16 +124,18 @@ pub(super) fn interact(app: &mut SheetApp, ui: &mut egui::Ui, resp: &egui::Respo
         // A drag is recognised only after the pointer has moved, so grab the object where the press began.
         let at = if primary_drag { pointer.press_origin().map(|p| geo.mirror_pos(p)).or(pos) } else { pos };
         // The selected object's handles reach a little outside it, so they win over hit-testing.
-        let on_handle = at.and_then(|p| crate::chartview::selected_handle(app, geo, sh, p)).map(|(o, r, _)| (o, r));
+        // Only they resize: a press anywhere on another object selects and moves it, as the
+        // hover cursor shows.
+        let on_handle = at.and_then(|p| crate::chartview::selected_handle(app, geo, sh, p));
+        let handle = on_handle.map(|(.., h)| h);
         if let Some(p) = at
-            && let Some((obj, rect)) = on_handle.or_else(|| crate::chartview::hit(app, geo, sh, p))
+            && let Some((obj, _)) = on_handle.map(|(o, r, _)| (o, r)).or_else(|| crate::chartview::hit(app, geo, sh, p))
         {
             app.selected_object = Some(obj);
             if resp.double_clicked() && app.open_object(obj) != crate::objects::OpenAction::Select {
                 return;
             }
             if primary_drag && let Some(a) = sh.object_anchor(obj) {
-                let handle = crate::objects::handle_at(rect, p);
                 app.grid.drag = Drag::Object { obj, start: p, orig: (a.cell, a.dx, a.dy, a.width, a.height), handle, stepped: false };
                 // The first recognised drag frame already holds movement away from the press.
                 if let Some(now) = pos {
diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/tests/it/objects.rs b/crates/ui-egui/tests/it/objects.rs
index 521a2f44c..e3382352d 100644
--- a/crates/ui-egui/tests/it/objects.rs
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/tests/it/objects.rs
@@ -344,3 +344,21 @@ fn each_drag_of_an_object_is_its_own_undo_step() {
     h.run_steps(2);
     assert_eq!(rect(&h, o.image), start, "a second undo takes back the move");
 }
+
+#[test]
+fn dragging_an_unselected_object_by_its_edge_moves_it() {
+    let (mut h, o) = fixture();
+    assert_eq!(h.state().selected_object, None);
+    let before = rect(&h, o.shape);
+    // On the bottom-right corner, where the handle would be if the shape were selected; the
+    // pointer shows Move there, and the press selects and moves the shape.
+    let grab = Handle::BottomRight.pos(before) - vec2(2.0, 2.0);
+    h.input_mut().events.push(Event::PointerMoved(grab));
+    h.run_steps(2);
+    assert_eq!(h.output().platform_output.cursor_icon, egui::CursorIcon::Move);
+    drag(&mut h, grab, grab + vec2(30.0, 20.0));
+    let after = rect(&h, o.shape);
+    assert_eq!(h.state().selected_object, Some(o.shape));
+    assert!((after.size() - before.size()).length() < 0.5, "not resized: {before:?} {after:?}");
+    assert!((after.min - before.min - vec2(30.0, 20.0)).length() < 1.0, "moved with the pointer: {before:?} {after:?}");
+}