diff --git a/src/components/builder/AppBuilder.vue b/src/components/builder/AppBuilder.vue
index ef3adf946d..bd2610d22b 100644
--- a/src/components/builder/AppBuilder.vue
+++ b/src/components/builder/AppBuilder.vue
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ import { DOMWidgetImpl } from '@/scripts/domWidget'
 import { promptRenameWidget } from '@/utils/widgetUtil'
 import { useAppMode } from '@/composables/useAppMode'
 import { nodeTypeValidForApp, useAppModeStore } from '@/stores/appModeStore'
+import { resolveNodeWidget } from '@/utils/litegraphUtil'
 import { cn } from '@/utils/tailwindUtil'
 import { HideLayoutFieldKey } from '@/types/widgetTypes'
 
@@ -102,30 +103,6 @@ function getHovered(
 
   if (widget || node.constructor.nodeData?.output_node) return [node, widget]
 }
-function resolveNodeWidget(
-  nodeId: NodeId,
-  widgetName?: string
-): [LGraphNode, IBaseWidget] | [LGraphNode] | [] {
-  const node = app.graph.getNodeById(nodeId)
-  if (!widgetName) return node ? [node] : []
-  if (node) {
-    const widget = node.widgets?.find((w) => w.name === widgetName)
-    return widget ? [node, widget] : []
-  }
-
-  for (const node of app.graph.nodes) {
-    if (!node.isSubgraphNode()) continue
-    const widget = node.widgets?.find(
-      (w) =>
-        isPromotedWidgetView(w) &&
-        w.sourceWidgetName === widgetName &&
-        w.sourceNodeId === nodeId
-    )
-    if (widget) return [node, widget]
-  }
-
-  return []
-}
 
 function getBounding(nodeId: NodeId, widgetName?: string) {
   if (settingStore.get('Comfy.VueNodes.Enabled')) return undefined
diff --git a/src/renderer/extensions/linearMode/LinearControls.vue b/src/renderer/extensions/linearMode/LinearControls.vue
index 74bb0b0054..1b235ff51b 100644
--- a/src/renderer/extensions/linearMode/LinearControls.vue
+++ b/src/renderer/extensions/linearMode/LinearControls.vue
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import ScrubableNumberInput from '@/components/common/ScrubableNumberInput.vue'
 import Popover from '@/components/ui/Popover.vue'
 import Button from '@/components/ui/button/Button.vue'
 import { extractVueNodeData } from '@/composables/graph/useGraphNodeManager'
+import { isPromotedWidgetView } from '@/core/graph/subgraph/promotedWidgetTypes'
 import type { LGraphNode } from '@/lib/litegraph/src/LGraphNode'
 import { LGraphEventMode } from '@/lib/litegraph/src/types/globalEnums'
 import { useBillingContext } from '@/composables/billing/useBillingContext'
@@ -29,7 +30,7 @@ import { useQueueSettingsStore } from '@/stores/queueStore'
 import { cn } from '@/utils/tailwindUtil'
 import { useAppMode } from '@/composables/useAppMode'
 import { useAppModeStore } from '@/stores/appModeStore'
-import { resolveNode } from '@/utils/litegraphUtil'
+import { resolveNodeWidget } from '@/utils/litegraphUtil'
 const { t } = useI18n()
 const commandStore = useCommandStore()
 const executionErrorStore = useExecutionErrorStore()
@@ -63,21 +64,41 @@ useEventListener(
 )
 
 const mappedSelections = computed(() => {
-  let unprocessedInputs = [...appModeStore.selectedInputs]
-  //FIXME strict typing here
+  let unprocessedInputs = appModeStore.selectedInputs.flatMap(
+    ([nodeId, widgetName]) => {
+      const [node, widget] = resolveNodeWidget(nodeId, widgetName)
+      return widget ? ([[node, widget]] as const) : []
+    }
+  )
   const processedInputs: ReturnType<typeof nodeToNodeData>[] = []
   while (unprocessedInputs.length) {
-    const nodeId = unprocessedInputs[0][0]
-    const inputGroup = takeWhile(
-      unprocessedInputs,
-      ([id]) => id === nodeId
-    ).map(([, widgetName]) => widgetName)
+    const [node] = unprocessedInputs[0]
+    const inputGroup = takeWhile(unprocessedInputs, ([n]) => n === node).map(
+      ([, widget]) => widget
+    )
     unprocessedInputs = unprocessedInputs.slice(inputGroup.length)
-    const node = resolveNode(nodeId)
+    //FIXME: hide widget if owning node bypassed
     if (node?.mode !== LGraphEventMode.ALWAYS) continue
 
     const nodeData = nodeToNodeData(node)
-    remove(nodeData.widgets ?? [], (w) => !inputGroup.includes(w.name))
+    remove(nodeData.widgets ?? [], (vueWidget) => {
+      if (vueWidget.slotMetadata?.linked) return true
+
+      if (!node.isSubgraphNode())
+        return !inputGroup.some((w) => w.name === vueWidget.name)
+
+      const storeNodeId = vueWidget.storeNodeId?.split(':')?.[1] ?? ''
+      return !inputGroup.some(
+        (subWidget) =>
+          isPromotedWidgetView(subWidget) &&
+          subWidget.sourceNodeId == storeNodeId &&
+          subWidget.sourceWidgetName === vueWidget.storeName
+      )
+    })
+    for (const widget of nodeData.widgets ?? []) {
+      widget.slotMetadata = undefined
+      widget.nodeId = String(node.id)
+    }
     processedInputs.push(nodeData)
   }
   return processedInputs
@@ -107,10 +128,6 @@ function getDropIndicator(node: LGraphNode) {
 function nodeToNodeData(node: LGraphNode) {
   const dropIndicator = getDropIndicator(node)
   const nodeData = extractVueNodeData(node)
-  for (const widget of nodeData.widgets ?? []) {
-    widget.slotMetadata = undefined
-    widget.nodeId = String(node.id)
-  }
 
   return {
     ...nodeData,
diff --git a/src/utils/litegraphUtil.ts b/src/utils/litegraphUtil.ts
index 2a05397383..65629a8d3e 100644
--- a/src/utils/litegraphUtil.ts
+++ b/src/utils/litegraphUtil.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import _ from 'es-toolkit/compat'
 
+import { isPromotedWidgetView } from '@/core/graph/subgraph/promotedWidgetTypes'
 import type { ColorOption, LGraph } from '@/lib/litegraph/src/litegraph'
 import type { ExecutedWsMessage } from '@/schemas/apiSchema'
 import {
@@ -319,6 +320,31 @@ export function resolveNode(
   }
   return undefined
 }
+export function resolveNodeWidget(
+  nodeId: NodeId,
+  widgetName?: string,
+  graph: LGraph = app.rootGraph
+): [LGraphNode, IBaseWidget] | [LGraphNode] | [] {
+  const node = graph.getNodeById(nodeId)
+  if (!widgetName) return node ? [node] : []
+  if (node) {
+    const widget = node.widgets?.find((w) => w.name === widgetName)
+    return widget ? [node, widget] : []
+  }
+
+  for (const node of graph.nodes) {
+    if (!node.isSubgraphNode()) continue
+    const widget = node.widgets?.find(
+      (w) =>
+        isPromotedWidgetView(w) &&
+        w.sourceWidgetName === widgetName &&
+        w.sourceNodeId === nodeId
+    )
+    if (widget) return [node, widget]
+  }
+
+  return []
+}
 
 export function isLoad3dNode(node: LGraphNode) {
   return (