diff --git a/browser_tests/assets/vueNodes/simple-triple.json b/browser_tests/assets/vueNodes/simple-triple.json
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index 000000000..9b665191d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/browser_tests/assets/vueNodes/simple-triple.json
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+{"id":"4412323e-2509-4258-8abc-68ddeea8f9e1","revision":0,"last_node_id":39,"last_link_id":29,"nodes":[{"id":37,"type":"KSampler","pos":[3635.923095703125,870.237548828125],"size":[428,437],"flags":{},"order":0,"mode":0,"inputs":[{"localized_name":"model","name":"model","type":"MODEL","link":null},{"localized_name":"positive","name":"positive","type":"CONDITIONING","link":null},{"localized_name":"negative","name":"negative","type":"CONDITIONING","link":null},{"localized_name":"latent_image","name":"latent_image","type":"LATENT","link":null},{"localized_name":"seed","name":"seed","type":"INT","widget":{"name":"seed"},"link":null},{"localized_name":"steps","name":"steps","type":"INT","widget":{"name":"steps"},"link":null},{"localized_name":"cfg","name":"cfg","type":"FLOAT","widget":{"name":"cfg"},"link":null},{"localized_name":"sampler_name","name":"sampler_name","type":"COMBO","widget":{"name":"sampler_name"},"link":null},{"localized_name":"scheduler","name":"scheduler","type":"COMBO","widget":{"name":"scheduler"},"link":null},{"localized_name":"denoise","name":"denoise","type":"FLOAT","widget":{"name":"denoise"},"link":null}],"outputs":[{"localized_name":"LATENT","name":"LATENT","type":"LATENT","links":null}],"properties":{"Node name for S&R":"KSampler"},"widgets_values":[0,"randomize",20,8,"euler","simple",1]},{"id":38,"type":"VAEDecode","pos":[4164.01611328125,925.5230712890625],"size":[193.25,107],"flags":{},"order":1,"mode":0,"inputs":[{"localized_name":"samples","name":"samples","type":"LATENT","link":null},{"localized_name":"vae","name":"vae","type":"VAE","link":null}],"outputs":[{"localized_name":"IMAGE","name":"IMAGE","type":"IMAGE","links":null}],"properties":{"Node name for S&R":"VAEDecode"}},{"id":39,"type":"CLIPTextEncode","pos":[3259.289794921875,927.2508544921875],"size":[239.9375,155],"flags":{},"order":2,"mode":0,"inputs":[{"localized_name":"clip","name":"clip","type":"CLIP","link":null},{"localized_name":"text","name":"text","type":"STRING","widget":{"name":"text"},"link":null}],"outputs":[{"localized_name":"CONDITIONING","name":"CONDITIONING","type":"CONDITIONING","links":null}],"properties":{"Node name for S&R":"CLIPTextEncode"},"widgets_values":[""]}],"links":[],"groups":[],"config":{},"extra":{"ds":{"scale":1.1576250000000001,"offset":[-2808.366467322067,-478.34316506594797]}},"version":0.4}
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diff --git a/browser_tests/helpers/fitToView.ts b/browser_tests/helpers/fitToView.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..af6c10e9d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/browser_tests/helpers/fitToView.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,104 @@
+import type { ReadOnlyRect } from '../../src/lib/litegraph/src/interfaces'
+import type { ComfyPage } from '../fixtures/ComfyPage'
+
+interface FitToViewOptions {
+  selectionOnly?: boolean
+  zoom?: number
+  padding?: number
+}
+
+/**
+ * Instantly fits the canvas view to graph content without waiting for UI animation.
+ *
+ * Lives outside the shared fixture to keep the default ComfyPage interactions user-oriented.
+ */
+export async function fitToViewInstant(
+  comfyPage: ComfyPage,
+  options: FitToViewOptions = {}
+) {
+  const { selectionOnly = false, zoom = 0.75, padding = 10 } = options
+
+  const rectangles = await comfyPage.page.evaluate<
+    ReadOnlyRect[] | null,
+    { selectionOnly: boolean }
+  >(
+    ({ selectionOnly }) => {
+      const app = window['app']
+      if (!app?.canvas) return null
+
+      const canvas = app.canvas
+      const items = (() => {
+        if (selectionOnly && canvas.selectedItems?.size) {
+          return Array.from(canvas.selectedItems)
+        }
+        try {
+          return Array.from(canvas.positionableItems ?? [])
+        } catch {
+          return []
+        }
+      })()
+
+      if (!items.length) return null
+
+      const rects: ReadOnlyRect[] = []
+
+      for (const item of items) {
+        const rect = item?.boundingRect
+        if (!rect) continue
+
+        const x = Number(rect[0])
+        const y = Number(rect[1])
+        const width = Number(rect[2])
+        const height = Number(rect[3])
+
+        rects.push([x, y, width, height] as const)
+      }
+
+      return rects.length ? rects : null
+    },
+    { selectionOnly }
+  )
+
+  if (!rectangles || rectangles.length === 0) return
+
+  let minX = Infinity
+  let minY = Infinity
+  let maxX = -Infinity
+  let maxY = -Infinity
+
+  for (const [x, y, width, height] of rectangles) {
+    minX = Math.min(minX, Number(x))
+    minY = Math.min(minY, Number(y))
+    maxX = Math.max(maxX, Number(x) + Number(width))
+    maxY = Math.max(maxY, Number(y) + Number(height))
+  }
+
+  const hasFiniteBounds =
+    Number.isFinite(minX) &&
+    Number.isFinite(minY) &&
+    Number.isFinite(maxX) &&
+    Number.isFinite(maxY)
+
+  if (!hasFiniteBounds) return
+
+  const bounds: ReadOnlyRect = [
+    minX - padding,
+    minY - padding,
+    maxX - minX + 2 * padding,
+    maxY - minY + 2 * padding
+  ]
+
+  await comfyPage.page.evaluate(
+    ({ bounds, zoom }) => {
+      const app = window['app']
+      if (!app?.canvas) return
+
+      const canvas = app.canvas
+      canvas.ds.fitToBounds(bounds, { zoom })
+      canvas.setDirty(true, true)
+    },
+    { bounds, zoom }
+  )
+
+  await comfyPage.nextFrame()
+}
diff --git a/browser_tests/tests/vueNodes/NodeHeader.spec.ts b/browser_tests/tests/vueNodes/NodeHeader.spec.ts
index 7a8ae5dd2..336e2672d 100644
--- a/browser_tests/tests/vueNodes/NodeHeader.spec.ts
+++ b/browser_tests/tests/vueNodes/NodeHeader.spec.ts
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import { VueNodeFixture } from '../../fixtures/utils/vueNodeFixtures'
 
 test.describe('NodeHeader', () => {
   test.beforeEach(async ({ comfyPage }) => {
-    await comfyPage.setSetting('Comfy.UseNewMenu', 'Enabled')
+    await comfyPage.setSetting('Comfy.UseNewMenu', 'Top')
     await comfyPage.setSetting('Comfy.Graph.CanvasMenu', false)
     await comfyPage.setSetting('Comfy.EnableTooltips', true)
     await comfyPage.setSetting('Comfy.VueNodes.Enabled', true)
diff --git a/browser_tests/tests/vueNodes/linkInteraction.spec.ts b/browser_tests/tests/vueNodes/linkInteraction.spec.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d6b1bccc1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/browser_tests/tests/vueNodes/linkInteraction.spec.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,221 @@
+import type { Locator } from '@playwright/test'
+
+import { getSlotKey } from '../../../src/renderer/core/layout/slots/slotIdentifier'
+import {
+  comfyExpect as expect,
+  comfyPageFixture as test
+} from '../../fixtures/ComfyPage'
+import { fitToViewInstant } from '../../helpers/fitToView'
+
+async function getCenter(locator: Locator): Promise<{ x: number; y: number }> {
+  const box = await locator.boundingBox()
+  if (!box) throw new Error('Slot bounding box not available')
+  return {
+    x: box.x + box.width / 2,
+    y: box.y + box.height / 2
+  }
+}
+
+test.describe('Vue Node Link Interaction', () => {
+  test.beforeEach(async ({ comfyPage }) => {
+    await comfyPage.setSetting('Comfy.UseNewMenu', 'Top')
+    await comfyPage.setSetting('Comfy.VueNodes.Enabled', true)
+    await comfyPage.setup()
+    await comfyPage.loadWorkflow('vueNodes/simple-triple')
+    await comfyPage.vueNodes.waitForNodes()
+    await fitToViewInstant(comfyPage)
+  })
+
+  test('should show a link dragging out from a slot when dragging on a slot', async ({
+    comfyPage,
+    comfyMouse
+  }) => {
+    const samplerNodes = await comfyPage.getNodeRefsByType('KSampler')
+    expect(samplerNodes.length).toBeGreaterThan(0)
+
+    const samplerNode = samplerNodes[0]
+    const outputSlot = await samplerNode.getOutput(0)
+    await outputSlot.removeLinks()
+    await comfyPage.nextFrame()
+
+    const slotKey = getSlotKey(String(samplerNode.id), 0, false)
+    const slotLocator = comfyPage.page.locator(`[data-slot-key="${slotKey}"]`)
+    await expect(slotLocator).toBeVisible()
+
+    const start = await getCenter(slotLocator)
+    const canvasBox = await comfyPage.canvas.boundingBox()
+    if (!canvasBox) throw new Error('Canvas bounding box not available')
+
+    // Arbitrary value
+    const dragTarget = {
+      x: start.x + 180,
+      y: start.y - 140
+    }
+
+    await comfyMouse.move(start)
+    await comfyMouse.drag(dragTarget)
+    await comfyPage.nextFrame()
+
+    try {
+      await expect(comfyPage.canvas).toHaveScreenshot(
+        'vue-node-dragging-link.png'
+      )
+    } finally {
+      await comfyMouse.drop()
+    }
+  })
+
+  test('should create a link when dropping on a compatible slot', async ({
+    comfyPage
+  }) => {
+    const samplerNodes = await comfyPage.getNodeRefsByType('KSampler')
+    expect(samplerNodes.length).toBeGreaterThan(0)
+    const samplerNode = samplerNodes[0]
+
+    const vaeNodes = await comfyPage.getNodeRefsByType('VAEDecode')
+    expect(vaeNodes.length).toBeGreaterThan(0)
+    const vaeNode = vaeNodes[0]
+
+    const samplerOutput = await samplerNode.getOutput(0)
+    const vaeInput = await vaeNode.getInput(0)
+
+    const outputSlotKey = getSlotKey(String(samplerNode.id), 0, false)
+    const inputSlotKey = getSlotKey(String(vaeNode.id), 0, true)
+
+    const outputSlot = comfyPage.page.locator(
+      `[data-slot-key="${outputSlotKey}"]`
+    )
+    const inputSlot = comfyPage.page.locator(
+      `[data-slot-key="${inputSlotKey}"]`
+    )
+
+    await expect(outputSlot).toBeVisible()
+    await expect(inputSlot).toBeVisible()
+
+    await outputSlot.dragTo(inputSlot)
+    await comfyPage.nextFrame()
+
+    expect(await samplerOutput.getLinkCount()).toBe(1)
+    expect(await vaeInput.getLinkCount()).toBe(1)
+
+    const linkDetails = await comfyPage.page.evaluate((sourceId) => {
+      const app = window['app']
+      const graph = app?.canvas?.graph ?? app?.graph
+      if (!graph) return null
+
+      const source = graph.getNodeById(sourceId)
+      if (!source) return null
+
+      const linkId = source.outputs[0]?.links?.[0]
+      if (linkId == null) return null
+
+      const link = graph.links[linkId]
+      if (!link) return null
+
+      return {
+        originId: link.origin_id,
+        originSlot: link.origin_slot,
+        targetId: link.target_id,
+        targetSlot: link.target_slot
+      }
+    }, samplerNode.id)
+
+    expect(linkDetails).not.toBeNull()
+    expect(linkDetails).toMatchObject({
+      originId: samplerNode.id,
+      originSlot: 0,
+      targetId: vaeNode.id,
+      targetSlot: 0
+    })
+  })
+
+  test('should not create a link when slot types are incompatible', async ({
+    comfyPage
+  }) => {
+    const samplerNodes = await comfyPage.getNodeRefsByType('KSampler')
+    expect(samplerNodes.length).toBeGreaterThan(0)
+    const samplerNode = samplerNodes[0]
+
+    const clipNodes = await comfyPage.getNodeRefsByType('CLIPTextEncode')
+    expect(clipNodes.length).toBeGreaterThan(0)
+    const clipNode = clipNodes[0]
+
+    const samplerOutput = await samplerNode.getOutput(0)
+    const clipInput = await clipNode.getInput(0)
+
+    const outputSlotKey = getSlotKey(String(samplerNode.id), 0, false)
+    const inputSlotKey = getSlotKey(String(clipNode.id), 0, true)
+
+    const outputSlot = comfyPage.page.locator(
+      `[data-slot-key="${outputSlotKey}"]`
+    )
+    const inputSlot = comfyPage.page.locator(
+      `[data-slot-key="${inputSlotKey}"]`
+    )
+
+    await expect(outputSlot).toBeVisible()
+    await expect(inputSlot).toBeVisible()
+
+    await outputSlot.dragTo(inputSlot)
+    await comfyPage.nextFrame()
+
+    expect(await samplerOutput.getLinkCount()).toBe(0)
+    expect(await clipInput.getLinkCount()).toBe(0)
+
+    const graphLinkCount = await comfyPage.page.evaluate((sourceId) => {
+      const app = window['app']
+      const graph = app?.canvas?.graph ?? app?.graph
+      if (!graph) return 0
+
+      const source = graph.getNodeById(sourceId)
+      if (!source) return 0
+
+      return source.outputs[0]?.links?.length ?? 0
+    }, samplerNode.id)
+
+    expect(graphLinkCount).toBe(0)
+  })
+
+  test('should not create a link when dropping onto a slot on the same node', async ({
+    comfyPage
+  }) => {
+    const samplerNodes = await comfyPage.getNodeRefsByType('KSampler')
+    expect(samplerNodes.length).toBeGreaterThan(0)
+    const samplerNode = samplerNodes[0]
+
+    const samplerOutput = await samplerNode.getOutput(0)
+    const samplerInput = await samplerNode.getInput(3)
+
+    const outputSlotKey = getSlotKey(String(samplerNode.id), 0, false)
+    const inputSlotKey = getSlotKey(String(samplerNode.id), 3, true)
+
+    const outputSlot = comfyPage.page.locator(
+      `[data-slot-key="${outputSlotKey}"]`
+    )
+    const inputSlot = comfyPage.page.locator(
+      `[data-slot-key="${inputSlotKey}"]`
+    )
+
+    await expect(outputSlot).toBeVisible()
+    await expect(inputSlot).toBeVisible()
+
+    await outputSlot.dragTo(inputSlot)
+    await comfyPage.nextFrame()
+
+    expect(await samplerOutput.getLinkCount()).toBe(0)
+    expect(await samplerInput.getLinkCount()).toBe(0)
+
+    const graphLinkCount = await comfyPage.page.evaluate((sourceId) => {
+      const app = window['app']
+      const graph = app?.canvas?.graph ?? app?.graph
+      if (!graph) return 0
+
+      const source = graph.getNodeById(sourceId)
+      if (!source) return 0
+
+      return source.outputs[0]?.links?.length ?? 0
+    }, samplerNode.id)
+
+    expect(graphLinkCount).toBe(0)
+  })
+})
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