diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/src/addons/select.rs b/crates/ui-egui/src/addons/select.rs
index 3429fd49a..8f6b25826 100644
--- a/crates/ui-egui/src/addons/select.rs
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/src/addons/select.rs
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ pub(crate) fn shown(names: &[String], query: &str) -> Vec<usize> {
     names.iter().enumerate().filter(|(_, n)| q.is_empty() || n.to_lowercase().contains(&q)).map(|(i, _)| i).collect()
 }
 
-/// A click on row `i` of the rows `shown`: alone it chooses only that artboard, with Cmd/Ctrl it
+/// A click on row `i` of the rows `shown`: alone it chooses only that artboard of those shown, with Cmd/Ctrl it
 /// toggles it, with Shift it adds the rows from the last one clicked (`anchor`) to it. Returns the
 /// new anchor.
 pub(crate) fn click(chosen: &mut Vec<usize>, anchor: Option<usize>, i: usize, shown: &[usize], shift: bool, command: bool) -> Option<usize> {
@@ -75,7 +75,11 @@ pub(crate) fn click(chosen: &mut Vec<usize>, anchor: Option<usize>, i: usize, sh
             }
             None => chosen.push(i),
         },
-        _ => *chosen = vec![i],
+        // Of the rows shown, only this one; rows the search hides keep their state.
+        _ => {
+            chosen.retain(|j| !shown.contains(j));
+            chosen.push(i);
+        }
     }
     chosen.sort_unstable();
     Some(i)
diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/src/addons/select/tests.rs b/crates/ui-egui/src/addons/select/tests.rs
index f28dedca5..a2c7ef4f3 100644
--- a/crates/ui-egui/src/addons/select/tests.rs
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/src/addons/select/tests.rs
@@ -45,7 +45,11 @@ fn clicks_choose_toggle_and_extend_rows() {
     let a = click(&mut c, a, 3, &rows, false, false);
     assert_eq!((c.clone(), a), (vec![3], Some(3)));
     let a = click(&mut c, None, 5, &rows, true, false);
-    assert_eq!((c, a), (vec![5], Some(5)));
+    assert_eq!((c.clone(), a), (vec![5], Some(5)));
+    // Board 4, chosen but hidden by the search, stays chosen through a plain click.
+    c.push(4);
+    click(&mut c, a, 2, &rows, false, false);
+    assert_eq!(c, vec![2, 4]);
 }
 
 #[test]
@@ -92,7 +96,8 @@ fn double_clicking_a_row_fits_its_artboard_and_keeps_the_choice() {
     // The search shows boards 0 and 2: row 2 is the second row, but board 2 is the one fitted.
     let rows = [0, 2];
     row_clicked(&mut d, 2, &rows, egui::Modifiers::NONE);
-    assert_eq!(d.fields["artboards"], json!([2]), "the first click chooses the row");
+    // Board 1, hidden by the search, stays chosen.
+    assert_eq!(d.fields["artboards"], json!([1, 2]), "the first click chooses the row among those shown");
     // The dialog frame lends the dialog to its body while the app still shows it.
     app.ui.dialog = Some(d.clone());
     row_double_clicked(&mut app, &mut d, 2);