diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/src/canvas/page_router.rs b/crates/ui-egui/src/canvas/page_router.rs
index 2479e9860b..a8a07e6ad7 100644
--- a/crates/ui-egui/src/canvas/page_router.rs
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/src/canvas/page_router.rs
@@ -48,6 +48,9 @@ pub(crate) enum Owner {
 pub(crate) enum PicturePart {
     /// The picture: a click selects it, a drag moves the selected one.
     Body,
+    /// A picture lying over the selected one, within the selected one's frame: a click selects the
+    /// one on top, a drag moves the selected one.
+    OverSelected,
     /// A resize grip in `ImageObb::handles` order (four corners and four edge midpoints).
     Corner(usize),
     /// The selected picture's rotate knob: a drag turns it.
diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/src/tools/edit_text_ui/image.rs b/crates/ui-egui/src/tools/edit_text_ui/image.rs
index f39c644487..7a7ad701a2 100644
--- a/crates/ui-egui/src/tools/edit_text_ui/image.rs
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/src/tools/edit_text_ui/image.rs
@@ -611,17 +611,19 @@ pub(crate) fn body_hit(xf: &PageXform, page: usize, info: &DocInfo, images: &[pd
     }
     let (x, y) = xf.screen_to_view(p);
     let user = info.pages.get(page)?.view_to_user(x, y).map(f64::from);
-    let index = images
-        .iter()
-        .rposition(|im| im.visible_rect.is_some_and(|r| xf.user_rect(info, page, r.map(|v| v as f32)).contains(p)) && im.contains(user))
-        .or_else(|| {
-            let s = view.image_selection.as_ref().filter(|s| s.page == page && s.crop.is_none())?;
-            let image = images.get(s.index)?;
-            quad_contains(ImageObb::from_image(image, xf, info, page).corners(), p).then_some(s.index)
-        })?;
+    let on_picture = |im: &pdfcraft_engine::PageImage| {
+        im.visible_rect.is_some_and(|r| xf.user_rect(info, page, r.map(|v| v as f32)).contains(p)) && im.contains(user)
+    };
+    // The selected picture's frame is its own, a hole in it and a picture over it included.
+    let framed =
+        view.image_selection.as_ref().filter(|s| s.page == page && s.crop.is_none()).map(|s| s.index).filter(|i| {
+            images.get(*i).is_some_and(|image| on_picture(image) || quad_contains(ImageObb::from_image(image, xf, info, page).corners(), p))
+        });
+    let index = images.iter().rposition(on_picture).or(framed)?;
     let selected = view.image_selection.as_ref().is_some_and(|s| s.page == page && s.index == index);
     let icon = if selected { egui::CursorIcon::Move } else { egui::CursorIcon::PointingHand };
-    Some(Hit::new(Owner::Picture { index, part: PicturePart::Body }, Layer::Text, icon))
+    let part = if framed.is_some_and(|i| i != index) { PicturePart::OverSelected } else { PicturePart::Body };
+    Some(Hit::new(Owner::Picture { index, part }, Layer::Text, icon))
 }
 
 /// What a right-click on a selected image asks for.
@@ -785,7 +787,7 @@ pub(crate) fn image_input(cx: &ImageCx<'_>, images: &[pdfcraft_engine::PageImage
             && ptr.drag_started
             && let Some(o) = ptr.origin
             && let PagePress::Mine(Owner::Picture { index, part }) = press
-            && index == i
+            && (index == i || part == PicturePart::OverSelected)
             && let Some(s) = view.image_selection.as_mut()
         {
             match part {
@@ -803,7 +805,7 @@ pub(crate) fn image_input(cx: &ImageCx<'_>, images: &[pdfcraft_engine::PageImage
                         });
                     }
                 }
-                PicturePart::Body => {
+                PicturePart::Body | PicturePart::OverSelected => {
                     s.drag = Some(ImageDrag { start: o, target: DragTarget::Move, initial_rect: b, initial_matrix: image.matrix });
                 }
                 PicturePart::Crop(_) => {}
diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/tests/it/editing.rs b/crates/ui-egui/tests/it/editing.rs
index 06ff943bb5..cd82d95aec 100644
--- a/crates/ui-egui/tests/it/editing.rs
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/tests/it/editing.rs
@@ -7377,6 +7377,64 @@ fn a_right_click_on_an_open_paragraphs_frame_over_a_picture_selects_the_picture(
     assert!(h.query_by_label("Flip horizontal").is_some(), "its menu opens");
 }
 
+/// A drag from the selected picture moves it, though another picture lies over it there; a click
+/// there selects the one on top.
+#[test]
+fn a_drag_from_the_selected_picture_under_another_moves_the_selected_one() {
+    let mut h = Harness::builder().with_size(egui::vec2(1400.0, 1400.0)).build_eframe(|_cc| {
+        let mut app = PdfCraftApp::new();
+        app.set_option("language", "en").unwrap();
+        app.open_bytes("two.pdf", None, two_image_fixture()).unwrap();
+        app
+    });
+    h.run_steps(4);
+    // The second picture lies over the right half of the first.
+    h.state_mut().apply_edit(pdfcraft_engine::Edit::EditPageImage {
+        page: 0,
+        index: 1,
+        change: pdfcraft_engine::ImageEdit::Move([110.0, 100.0, 130.0, 120.0]),
+    });
+    assert!(h.state_mut().execute("edit.edit_text"));
+    h.run_steps(4);
+    h.state_mut().views[0].image_selection = Some(pdfcraft_ui_egui::ImageSelection::at(0, 0));
+    h.run_steps(2);
+    let id = h.state().views[0].id;
+    let rects = |h: &Harness<'static, PdfCraftApp>| {
+        let images = h.state().session.get(id).unwrap().page_images(0);
+        (images[0].rect, images[1].rect)
+    };
+    let before = rects(&h);
+    let xf = h.state().views[0].page_xform(0).unwrap();
+    let doc = h.state().session.get(id).unwrap();
+    let images = doc.page_images(0);
+    let frame = |i: usize| pdfcraft_ui_egui::canvas::image_screen_rect(&images[i], &xf, &doc.info, 0);
+    let overlap = frame(0).intersect(frame(1)).center();
+    h.hover_at(overlap);
+    h.run_steps(1);
+    h.drag_at(overlap);
+    h.run_steps(1);
+    for k in 1..=4 {
+        h.hover_at(overlap + egui::vec2(8.0 * k as f32, 0.0));
+        h.run_steps(1);
+    }
+    h.drop_at(overlap + egui::vec2(32.0, 0.0));
+    h.run_steps(3);
+    let after = rects(&h);
+    assert_ne!(after.0, before.0, "the selected picture moves");
+    assert_eq!(after.1, before.1, "the one over it stays");
+    let selected = h.state().views[0].image_selection.as_ref().map(|s| s.index);
+    assert_eq!(selected, Some(0), "and stays selected");
+    // After the move the two still overlap, a little further along.
+    let xf = h.state().views[0].page_xform(0).unwrap();
+    let doc = h.state().session.get(id).unwrap();
+    let images = doc.page_images(0);
+    let frame = |i: usize| pdfcraft_ui_egui::canvas::image_screen_rect(&images[i], &xf, &doc.info, 0);
+    let overlap = frame(0).intersect(frame(1)).center();
+    slipping_click(&mut h, overlap, overlap);
+    let selected = h.state().views[0].image_selection.as_ref().map(|s| s.index);
+    assert_eq!(selected, Some(1), "a click selects the one on top");
+}
+
 /// In the page grid, Delete deletes the page chosen there. The picture selected before the grid
 /// opened is not on screen, and stays.
 #[test]