diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/src/panels/appearance.rs b/crates/ui-egui/src/panels/appearance.rs
index 346449c9d..42137927d 100644
--- a/crates/ui-egui/src/panels/appearance.rs
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/src/panels/appearance.rs
@@ -1456,10 +1456,29 @@ fn drop_on_buttons(app: &mut VectorcraftApp, ui: &Ui, node: Option<&Node>, sel:
             && let Dragged::Effect(item, _) = what
         {
             select_row(app, ctx, item.map_or(Sel::None, Sel::Item));
+        } else if removed && let Dragged::Effect(item, _) = what {
+            let gone: Vec<usize> = gone.iter().map(|k| *k as usize).collect();
+            highlight_after_removal(app, ctx, n, sel, Rows::Effects(item), &gone);
         }
     }
 }
 
+/// After the rows `gone` of kind `rows` were removed while the active row survived, the active row,
+/// the highlight and its anchor move up past the removed rows below them; removed rows drop out of
+/// the highlight. `n` is the object as it was before the removal.
+fn highlight_after_removal(app: &mut VectorcraftApp, ctx: &egui::Context, n: &Node, sel: Sel, rows: Rows, gone: &[usize]) {
+    let h = highlight(ctx, n, sel);
+    if h.rows != rows {
+        return;
+    }
+    let shift = |k: usize| (!gone.contains(&k)).then(|| k - gone.iter().filter(|g| **g < k).count());
+    let order = h.order.iter().filter_map(|k| shift(*k)).collect();
+    let anchor = h.anchor.and_then(shift);
+    let active = sel.rows().filter(|(r, _)| *r == rows).and_then(|(_, a)| shift(a));
+    set_active(app, ctx, active.map_or(Sel::None, |a| rows.sel(a)));
+    set_pstate(ctx, "ap-multi", Highlight { owner: Some(n.id), rows, order, anchor });
+}
+
 /// The command a stack row `what` dropped on Duplicate Selected Item (`copy`) or Delete Selected
 /// Item runs: a fill/stroke row acts on the highlighted rows `items` when it is one of them, an
 /// effect row on the highlighted `effects` (list, positions) when it is one of them, else either on
diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/src/panels/tests_appearance.rs b/crates/ui-egui/src/panels/tests_appearance.rs
index a9415a591..4abb4be5d 100644
--- a/crates/ui-egui/src/panels/tests_appearance.rs
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/src/panels/tests_appearance.rs
@@ -1406,6 +1406,28 @@ fn a_drop_on_delete_that_removes_the_active_effect_leaves_no_effect_active() {
     assert_eq!(object_effects(&app), ["distort.twist"], "Twist was never highlighted");
 }
 
+/// Dragging an effect that isn't highlighted onto Delete removes only it: the highlighted effects
+/// below it move up with their rows, so they stay highlighted and active, and Delete Selected Item
+/// then removes them.
+#[test]
+fn a_drop_on_delete_above_the_active_effect_keeps_the_highlight_on_its_rows() {
+    let mut app = rect_with_three_effects();
+    let ctx = drop_ctx();
+    let delete = panel_button(&ctx, &mut app, "Delete Selected Item");
+    let (glow, shadow, twist) =
+        (row_point(&ctx, &mut app, "Outer Glow", 0), row_point(&ctx, &mut app, "Drop Shadow", 0), row_point(&ctx, &mut app, "Twist", 0));
+    // Drop Shadow, then Twist with Ctrl: both highlighted, Twist active.
+    click_mod(&ctx, &mut app, shadow, egui::Modifiers::NONE);
+    click_mod(&ctx, &mut app, twist, egui::Modifiers::COMMAND);
+    drag_in_panel(&ctx, &mut app, glow, delete);
+    assert_eq!(object_effects(&app), ["stylize.dropShadow", "distort.twist"]);
+    let lit = lit_texts(&ctx, &mut app);
+    assert!(["Drop Shadow", "Twist"].iter().all(|t| lit.iter().any(|l| l.contains(t))), "still highlighted: {lit:?}");
+    let delete = panel_button(&ctx, &mut app, "Delete Selected Item");
+    click(&ctx, &mut app, delete, appearance::show);
+    assert!(object_effects(&app).is_empty(), "both highlighted effects removed: {:?}", object_effects(&app));
+}
+
 /// Whether Duplicate Selected Item and Delete Selected Item are enabled in a frame of the panel
 /// with input `events`.
 fn drop_buttons_on(ctx: &egui::Context, app: &mut VectorcraftApp, events: Vec<egui::Event>) -> [bool; 2] {