diff --git a/src/default/sense.rs b/src/default/sense.rs
index 553409c..980cd5f 100644
--- a/src/default/sense.rs
+++ b/src/default/sense.rs
@@ -183,12 +183,16 @@ impl SensorUi for UiRenderState {
         // update it there?
         let mut active = std::mem::take(&mut rsc.events_mut().get_type::<CursorSense>().active);
         let position_only = cursor.position_only();
+        let mut consumed = false;
         for layer in self.layers.indices().rev() {
-            let mut consumed = false;
+            let mut consumed_here = false;
             for (id, sensor) in active.get_mut(&layer).into_flat_iter() {
                 let shape = self.active.get(id).unwrap().region;
                 let region = shape.to_px(window_size);
-                let in_shape = cursor.exists && region.contains(cursor.pos);
+                // Once a layer above has taken the input, everything under it
+                // is covered rather than skipped: it is not hovered, so a
+                // widget that was gets to end its hover.
+                let in_shape = !consumed && cursor.exists && region.contains(cursor.pos);
                 sensor.hover.update(in_shape);
                 if sensor.hover == ActivationState::Off {
                     continue;
@@ -212,11 +216,11 @@ impl SensorUi for UiRenderState {
                 // hovering does not reach through one -- but not at a widget
                 // it has just left, which is here only to end its hover.
                 let answered = rsc.run_event::<CursorSense>(*id, data, state);
-                consumed |= answered || (position_only && in_shape);
-            }
-            if consumed {
-                break;
+                consumed_here |= answered || (position_only && in_shape);
             }
+            // Applied after the layer, never during it: senses on one layer
+            // do not block each other.
+            consumed |= consumed_here;
         }
         rsc.events_mut().get_type::<CursorSense>().active = active;
     }
diff --git a/tests/pointer_routing.rs b/tests/pointer_routing.rs
index b7c4da9..1a653f5 100644
--- a/tests/pointer_routing.rs
+++ b/tests/pointer_routing.rs
@@ -288,3 +288,33 @@ fn hovering_a_button_above_does_not_stop_a_later_scroll() {
     );
     assert_eq!(clicked.take(), []);
 }
+
+#[test]
+fn covering_a_widget_ends_its_hover() {
+    let ui = &mut Ui::new();
+    let below = full(ui);
+    // Only the left half of the layer above is a widget, so the cursor can
+    // start beside it and then move onto it.
+    let (above, gap) = (full(ui), full(ui));
+    let below_hover = ui.listen(&below, CursorSense::HoverStart | CursorSense::HoverEnd);
+    let above_hover = ui.listen(&above, CursorSense::HoverStart);
+    let row = ui.rsc.ui.widgets.add_strong(Span {
+        children: vec![above.any(), gap.any()],
+        dir: Dir::RIGHT,
+        gap: 0.0,
+    });
+    ui.stack(vec![below.any(), row.any()]);
+
+    let beside_it = ui.cursor((80.0, 50.0));
+    ui.run(beside_it);
+    assert_eq!(below_hover.take(), [CursorSense::HoverStart]);
+
+    let onto_above = ui.cursor((20.0, 50.0));
+    ui.run(onto_above);
+    assert_eq!(above_hover.take(), [CursorSense::HoverStart]);
+    assert_eq!(
+        below_hover.take(),
+        [CursorSense::HoverEnd],
+        "a widget covered by one that took the input is no longer hovered"
+    );
+}