diff --git a/core/src/event/manager.rs b/core/src/event/manager.rs
index 840fcb8..1a92557 100644
--- a/core/src/event/manager.rs
+++ b/core/src/event/manager.rs
@@ -135,6 +135,15 @@ impl<Rsc: HasEvents + 'static, E: Event> TypeEventManager<Rsc, E> {
         ));
     }
 
+    /// The event lists this widget was registered with, without running
+    /// anything. Asking what a widget would match is a separate question
+    /// from dispatching to it: input routing needs the first to decide
+    /// whether a widget consumes an event, and `run_fn` can only answer
+    /// the second.
+    pub fn registered(&self, id: WidgetId) -> impl Iterator<Item = &E> {
+        self.map.get(&id).into_iter().flatten().map(|(e, _)| e)
+    }
+
     pub fn run_fn<'a>(
         &mut self,
         id: impl IdLike,
diff --git a/src/default/sense.rs b/src/default/sense.rs
index ee73ee9..37c9a4f 100644
--- a/src/default/sense.rs
+++ b/src/default/sense.rs
@@ -52,6 +52,18 @@ impl CursorSense {
     pub fn is_dragging(&self) -> bool {
         matches!(self, CursorSense::Pressing(CursorButton::Left))
     }
+
+    /// True for a sense that names something happening this frame (a
+    /// button transitioning, a scroll), as opposed to the ambient
+    /// `Hover*` family that is on for as long as the cursor rests there.
+    /// Only a momentary sense can consume an input -- see
+    /// `SensorUi::run_sensors`.
+    pub fn is_momentary(&self) -> bool {
+        !matches!(
+            self,
+            CursorSense::HoverStart | CursorSense::Hovering | CursorSense::HoverEnd
+        )
+    }
 }
 
 #[derive(Default, Clone)]
@@ -163,6 +175,11 @@ impl SensorUi for UiRenderState {
         // this would probably be done through a generic parameter that adds yet another rsc /
         // state like thing, but local to render state, and is passed to UiRsc events so you can
         // update it there?
+        // Whether anything momentary is happening this frame at all; see
+        // `consumed` below, which is only judged per kind when it is.
+        let momentary_active =
+            cursor.scroll_delta != Vec2::ZERO || cursor.buttons.iter().any(|(_, a)| !a.is_off());
+
         let mut active = std::mem::take(&mut rsc.events_mut().get_type::<CursorSense>().active);
         for layer in self.layers.indices().rev() {
             let mut sensed = false;
@@ -174,7 +191,29 @@ impl SensorUi for UiRenderState {
                 if sensor.hover == ActivationState::Off {
                     continue;
                 }
-                sensed = true;
+
+                // A widget in shape always still runs: a hover-only
+                // highlight must fire on the topmost thing under the
+                // cursor even while a scroll passes through it. What is
+                // judged per input kind is whether it *consumes* that
+                // input, stopping a lower layer from seeing it. With
+                // nothing momentary happening, being in shape is
+                // consumption and the topmost widget wins the hover; with
+                // a scroll or a press happening, only a widget that
+                // registered a matching momentary sense consumes it, so a
+                // button registered for `click()` alone cannot block a
+                // scroll meant for the list behind it.
+                let consumed = if momentary_active {
+                    rsc.events_mut()
+                        .get_type::<CursorSense>()
+                        .registered(*id)
+                        .any(|senses| {
+                            matches!(should_run(senses, &cursor, sensor.hover), Some(s) if s.is_momentary())
+                        })
+                } else {
+                    true
+                };
+                sensed |= consumed;
 
                 let cursor = cursor.clone();
 
diff --git a/tests/pointer_routing.rs b/tests/pointer_routing.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5d31f6e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/pointer_routing.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,121 @@
+//! A widget that registered only `click()` used to block a `Scroll` meant
+//! for whatever is behind it: `run_sensors` decided "consumed, stop looking
+//! at lower layers" from mere hover rather than from anything actually
+//! matching the input. These drive `run_sensors` directly, which needs no
+//! GPU and no window.
+
+use iris::prelude::*;
+use std::{cell::Cell, rc::Rc};
+
+struct SenseRsc {
+    ui: UiData,
+    events: EventManager<SenseRsc>,
+}
+
+impl UiRsc for SenseRsc {
+    fn ui(&self) -> &UiData {
+        &self.ui
+    }
+    fn ui_mut(&mut self) -> &mut UiData {
+        &mut self.ui
+    }
+    fn on_draw(&mut self, active: &ActiveData) {
+        self.events.draw(active);
+    }
+    fn on_undraw(&mut self, active: &ActiveData) {
+        self.events.undraw(active);
+    }
+    fn on_remove(&mut self, id: WidgetId) {
+        self.events.remove(id);
+    }
+}
+
+impl HasState for SenseRsc {
+    type State = ();
+}
+
+impl HasEvents for SenseRsc {
+    fn events(&self) -> &EventManager<Self> {
+        &self.events
+    }
+    fn events_mut(&mut self) -> &mut EventManager<Self> {
+        &mut self.events
+    }
+}
+
+fn cursor_at(pos: Vec2) -> CursorState {
+    CursorState {
+        pos,
+        exists: true,
+        buttons: Default::default(),
+        scroll_delta: Vec2::ZERO,
+    }
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn a_button_over_a_list_scrolls_the_list_and_still_clicks() {
+    let mut rsc = SenseRsc {
+        ui: UiData::default(),
+        events: EventManager::default(),
+    };
+
+    // Both cover the whole window: the button "sitting over" the list.
+    let list = rsc.ui.widgets.add_strong(Rect::new(UiColor::WHITE));
+    let list_weak = list.weak();
+    let button = rsc.ui.widgets.add_strong(Rect::new(UiColor::RED));
+    let button_weak = button.weak();
+
+    let scrolled = Rc::new(Cell::new(false));
+    let clicked = Rc::new(Cell::new(false));
+    {
+        let scrolled = scrolled.clone();
+        rsc.register_event(list_weak, CursorSense::Scroll, move |_ctx, _rsc| {
+            scrolled.set(true);
+        });
+    }
+    {
+        let clicked = clicked.clone();
+        rsc.register_event(button_weak, CursorSense::click(), move |_ctx, _rsc| {
+            clicked.set(true);
+        });
+    }
+
+    // A Stack draws its children on separate layers in order, which is
+    // exactly the "one thing drawn over another" shape `run_sensors`
+    // walks top layer first.
+    let root = rsc
+        .ui
+        .widgets
+        .add_strong(Stack {
+            children: vec![list.any(), button.any()],
+            size: StackSize::default(),
+        })
+        .any();
+
+    let mut render = UiRenderState::new();
+    render.resize((100.0, 100.0));
+    render.update(&root, &mut rsc);
+
+    let mut state = ();
+    let mut scroll_cursor = cursor_at((50.0, 50.0).into());
+    scroll_cursor.scroll_delta = (0.0, 10.0).into();
+    render.run_sensors(&mut rsc, &mut state, scroll_cursor, (100.0, 100.0).into());
+
+    assert!(
+        scrolled.get(),
+        "a scroll over the button must still reach the list underneath it"
+    );
+    assert!(
+        !clicked.get(),
+        "a scroll is not a click; the button must not have fired"
+    );
+
+    let mut click_cursor = cursor_at((50.0, 50.0).into());
+    click_cursor.buttons.left = ActivationState::Start;
+    render.run_sensors(&mut rsc, &mut state, click_cursor, (100.0, 100.0).into());
+
+    assert!(
+        clicked.get(),
+        "the button on top must still receive an actual click"
+    );
+}