diff --git a/src/renderer/core/canvas/links/linkDropOrchestrator.ts b/src/renderer/core/canvas/links/linkDropOrchestrator.ts
index 086a2dc8b..6e3fec991 100644
--- a/src/renderer/core/canvas/links/linkDropOrchestrator.ts
+++ b/src/renderer/core/canvas/links/linkDropOrchestrator.ts
@@ -20,7 +20,9 @@ export const resolveSlotTargetCandidate = (
   const { state: dragState, setCompatibleForKey } = useSlotLinkDragUIState()
   if (!(target instanceof HTMLElement)) return null
 
-  const elWithKey = target.closest<HTMLElement>('[data-slot-key]')
+  const elWithKey = target
+    .closest('.lg-slot, .lg-node-widget')
+    ?.querySelector<HTMLElement>('[data-slot-key]')
   const key = elWithKey?.dataset['slotKey']
   if (!key) return null
 
diff --git a/src/renderer/extensions/vueNodes/components/NodeWidgets.vue b/src/renderer/extensions/vueNodes/components/NodeWidgets.vue
index 18fe8cc56..f843897e3 100644
--- a/src/renderer/extensions/vueNodes/components/NodeWidgets.vue
+++ b/src/renderer/extensions/vueNodes/components/NodeWidgets.vue
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
     <div
       v-for="(widget, index) in processedWidgets"
       :key="`widget-${index}-${widget.name}`"
-      class="group flex items-stretch has-[.widget-expands]:flex-1"
+      class="lg-node-widget group flex items-stretch has-[.widget-expands]:flex-1"
     >
       <!-- Widget Input Slot Dot -->
 
diff --git a/src/renderer/extensions/vueNodes/composables/useSlotLinkInteraction.ts b/src/renderer/extensions/vueNodes/composables/useSlotLinkInteraction.ts
index f93885e88..3baf2b047 100644
--- a/src/renderer/extensions/vueNodes/composables/useSlotLinkInteraction.ts
+++ b/src/renderer/extensions/vueNodes/composables/useSlotLinkInteraction.ts
@@ -301,14 +301,12 @@ export function useSlotLinkInteraction({
       hoveredSlotKey = dragContext.lastPointerTargetSlotKey
       hoveredNodeId = dragContext.lastPointerTargetNodeId
     } else if (target instanceof HTMLElement) {
-      const elWithSlot = target.closest<HTMLElement>('[data-slot-key]')
-      const elWithNode = elWithSlot
-        ? null
-        : target.closest<HTMLElement>('[data-node-id]')
+      const elWithSlot = target
+        .closest('.lg-slot, .lg-node-widget')
+        ?.querySelector<HTMLElement>('[data-slot-key]')
+      const elWithNode = target.closest<HTMLElement>('[data-node-id]')
       hoveredSlotKey = elWithSlot?.dataset['slotKey'] ?? null
-      hoveredNodeId = hoveredSlotKey
-        ? null
-        : (elWithNode?.dataset['nodeId'] ?? null)
+      hoveredNodeId = elWithNode?.dataset['nodeId'] ?? null
       dragContext.lastPointerEventTarget = target
       dragContext.lastPointerTargetSlotKey = hoveredSlotKey
       dragContext.lastPointerTargetNodeId = hoveredNodeId
@@ -325,10 +323,8 @@ export function useSlotLinkInteraction({
       const graph = app.canvas?.graph ?? null
       const context = { adapter, graph, session: dragContext }
       const slotCandidate = resolveSlotTargetCandidate(target, context)
-      const nodeCandidate = slotCandidate
-        ? null
-        : resolveNodeSurfaceSlotCandidate(target, context)
-      candidate = slotCandidate ?? nodeCandidate
+      const nodeCandidate = resolveNodeSurfaceSlotCandidate(target, context)
+      candidate = slotCandidate?.compatible ? slotCandidate : nodeCandidate
       dragContext.lastHoverSlotKey = hoveredSlotKey
       dragContext.lastHoverNodeId = hoveredNodeId
 
@@ -339,7 +335,8 @@ export function useSlotLinkInteraction({
           slotCandidate.layout.type === 'input'
         )
         setCompatibleForKey(key, !!slotCandidate.compatible)
-      } else if (nodeCandidate) {
+      }
+      if (nodeCandidate && !slotCandidate?.compatible) {
         const key = getSlotKey(
           nodeCandidate.layout.nodeId,
           nodeCandidate.layout.index,