diff --git a/lib/components/SchematicViewer.tsx b/lib/components/SchematicViewer.tsx
index ab4fd20..b12ec09 100644
--- a/lib/components/SchematicViewer.tsx
+++ b/lib/components/SchematicViewer.tsx
@@ -1,10 +1,13 @@
+import { su } from "@tscircuit/soup-util"
+import type { CircuitJson } from "circuit-json"
 import {
-  convertCircuitJsonToSchematicSvg,
   type ColorOverrides,
+  convertCircuitJsonToSchematicSvg,
 } from "circuit-to-svg"
-import { su } from "@tscircuit/soup-util"
 import { useChangeSchematicComponentLocationsInSvg } from "lib/hooks/useChangeSchematicComponentLocationsInSvg"
 import { useChangeSchematicTracesForMovedComponents } from "lib/hooks/useChangeSchematicTracesForMovedComponents"
+import { useHighlightConnectedSchematicTracesOnHover } from "lib/hooks/useHighlightConnectedSchematicTracesOnHover"
+import { getStoredBoolean, setStoredBoolean } from "lib/hooks/useLocalStorage"
 import { useSchematicGroupsOverlay } from "lib/hooks/useSchematicGroupsOverlay"
 import { enableDebug } from "lib/utils/debug"
 import { useCallback, useEffect, useMemo, useRef, useState } from "react"
@@ -16,21 +19,19 @@ import {
 import { useMouseMatrixTransform } from "use-mouse-matrix-transform"
 import { useResizeHandling } from "../hooks/use-resize-handling"
 import { useComponentDragging } from "../hooks/useComponentDragging"
+import { useSpiceSimulation } from "../hooks/useSpiceSimulation"
 import type { ManualEditEvent } from "../types/edit-events"
+import { getSpiceFromCircuitJson } from "../utils/spice-utils"
+import { zIndexMap } from "../utils/z-index-map"
 import { EditIcon } from "./EditIcon"
 import { GridIcon } from "./GridIcon"
-import { ViewMenuIcon } from "./ViewMenuIcon"
-import { ViewMenu } from "./ViewMenu"
-import type { CircuitJson } from "circuit-json"
-import { SpiceSimulationIcon } from "./SpiceSimulationIcon"
-import { SpiceSimulationOverlay } from "./SpiceSimulationOverlay"
-import { zIndexMap } from "../utils/z-index-map"
-import { useSpiceSimulation } from "../hooks/useSpiceSimulation"
-import { getSpiceFromCircuitJson } from "../utils/spice-utils"
-import { getStoredBoolean, setStoredBoolean } from "lib/hooks/useLocalStorage"
 import { MouseTracker } from "./MouseTracker"
 import { SchematicComponentMouseTarget } from "./SchematicComponentMouseTarget"
 import { SchematicPortMouseTarget } from "./SchematicPortMouseTarget"
+import { SpiceSimulationIcon } from "./SpiceSimulationIcon"
+import { SpiceSimulationOverlay } from "./SpiceSimulationOverlay"
+import { ViewMenu } from "./ViewMenu"
+import { ViewMenuIcon } from "./ViewMenuIcon"
 
 interface Props {
   circuitJson: CircuitJson
@@ -345,6 +346,13 @@ export const SchematicViewer = ({
     editEvents: editEventsWithUnappliedEditEvents,
   })
 
+  useHighlightConnectedSchematicTracesOnHover({
+    svgDivRef,
+    circuitJson,
+    circuitJsonKey,
+    enabled: !editModeEnabled,
+  })
+
   // Add group overlays when enabled
   useSchematicGroupsOverlay({
     svgDivRef,
@@ -398,12 +406,14 @@ export const SchematicViewer = ({
     <MouseTracker>
       {onSchematicComponentClicked && (
         <style>
-          {`.schematic-component-clickable [data-schematic-component-id]:hover { cursor: pointer !important; }`}
+          {
+            ".schematic-component-clickable [data-schematic-component-id]:hover { cursor: pointer !important; }"
+          }
         </style>
       )}
       {onSchematicPortClicked && (
         <style>
-          {`[data-schematic-port-id]:hover { cursor: pointer !important; }`}
+          {"[data-schematic-port-id]:hover { cursor: pointer !important; }"}
         </style>
       )}
       <div
diff --git a/lib/hooks/useHighlightConnectedSchematicTracesOnHover.ts b/lib/hooks/useHighlightConnectedSchematicTracesOnHover.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..921eb9a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/hooks/useHighlightConnectedSchematicTracesOnHover.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,210 @@
+import { su } from "@tscircuit/soup-util"
+import type { CircuitJson } from "circuit-json"
+import { useEffect, useMemo, useRef } from "react"
+
+const TRACE_HOVER_STROKE = "rgb(255, 132, 0)"
+
+const getVisibleTracePaths = (traceGroup: Element) =>
+  Array.from(traceGroup.querySelectorAll("path")).filter((path) => {
+    const className = path.getAttribute("class") ?? ""
+    return !className.includes("invisible")
+  }) as SVGPathElement[]
+
+const getTraceGroup = (target: EventTarget | null) => {
+  if (!(target instanceof Element)) return null
+
+  return target.closest(
+    '[data-circuit-json-type="schematic_trace"][data-schematic-trace-id]',
+  )
+}
+
+export const useHighlightConnectedSchematicTracesOnHover = ({
+  svgDivRef,
+  circuitJson,
+  circuitJsonKey,
+  enabled = true,
+}: {
+  svgDivRef: React.RefObject<HTMLDivElement | null>
+  circuitJson: CircuitJson
+  circuitJsonKey: string
+  enabled?: boolean
+}) => {
+  const activeTraceIdsRef = useRef<string[]>([])
+
+  const traceIdsBySourceTraceId = useMemo(() => {
+    const traceIdsBySourceTraceId = new Map<string, string[]>()
+
+    try {
+      for (const trace of su(circuitJson).schematic_trace.list()) {
+        const schematicTraceId = trace.schematic_trace_id
+        const sourceTraceId = trace.source_trace_id
+
+        if (!schematicTraceId || !sourceTraceId) continue
+
+        const traceIds = traceIdsBySourceTraceId.get(sourceTraceId) ?? []
+        traceIds.push(schematicTraceId)
+        traceIdsBySourceTraceId.set(sourceTraceId, traceIds)
+      }
+    } catch (err) {
+      console.error("Failed to derive connected schematic traces", err)
+    }
+
+    return traceIdsBySourceTraceId
+  }, [circuitJson, circuitJsonKey])
+
+  const sourceTraceIdsBySourceNetId = useMemo(() => {
+    const sourceTraceIdsBySourceNetId = new Map<string, string[]>()
+
+    try {
+      for (const trace of su(circuitJson).source_trace.list()) {
+        if (!trace.source_trace_id) continue
+
+        for (const sourceNetId of trace.connected_source_net_ids ?? []) {
+          const sourceTraceIds =
+            sourceTraceIdsBySourceNetId.get(sourceNetId) ?? []
+          sourceTraceIds.push(trace.source_trace_id)
+          sourceTraceIdsBySourceNetId.set(sourceNetId, sourceTraceIds)
+        }
+      }
+    } catch (err) {
+      console.error("Failed to derive source trace nets", err)
+    }
+
+    return sourceTraceIdsBySourceNetId
+  }, [circuitJson, circuitJsonKey])
+
+  const sourceNetIdsBySourceTraceId = useMemo(() => {
+    const sourceNetIdsBySourceTraceId = new Map<string, string[]>()
+
+    try {
+      for (const trace of su(circuitJson).source_trace.list()) {
+        if (!trace.source_trace_id) continue
+
+        sourceNetIdsBySourceTraceId.set(
+          trace.source_trace_id,
+          trace.connected_source_net_ids ?? [],
+        )
+      }
+    } catch (err) {
+      console.error("Failed to derive source trace net ids", err)
+    }
+
+    return sourceNetIdsBySourceTraceId
+  }, [circuitJson, circuitJsonKey])
+
+  const sourceTraceIdByTraceId = useMemo(() => {
+    const sourceTraceIdByTraceId = new Map<string, string>()
+
+    for (const [sourceTraceId, traceIds] of traceIdsBySourceTraceId) {
+      for (const traceId of traceIds) {
+        sourceTraceIdByTraceId.set(traceId, sourceTraceId)
+      }
+    }
+
+    return sourceTraceIdByTraceId
+  }, [traceIdsBySourceTraceId])
+
+  useEffect(() => {
+    const svgDiv = svgDivRef.current
+    if (!svgDiv || !enabled) return
+
+    const resetHighlightedTraces = () => {
+      for (const traceId of activeTraceIdsRef.current) {
+        const traceGroup = svgDiv.querySelector(
+          `[data-schematic-trace-id="${traceId}"]`,
+        )
+        if (!traceGroup) continue
+
+        for (const path of getVisibleTracePaths(traceGroup)) {
+          const originalStroke = path.dataset.originalTraceStroke
+          if (originalStroke) {
+            path.setAttribute("stroke", originalStroke)
+            delete path.dataset.originalTraceStroke
+          }
+          path.style.filter = ""
+        }
+      }
+
+      activeTraceIdsRef.current = []
+    }
+
+    const highlightTraces = (traceIds: string[]) => {
+      resetHighlightedTraces()
+
+      activeTraceIdsRef.current = traceIds
+
+      for (const traceId of traceIds) {
+        const traceGroup = svgDiv.querySelector(
+          `[data-schematic-trace-id="${traceId}"]`,
+        )
+        if (!traceGroup) continue
+
+        for (const path of getVisibleTracePaths(traceGroup)) {
+          path.dataset.originalTraceStroke = path.getAttribute("stroke") ?? ""
+          path.setAttribute("stroke", TRACE_HOVER_STROKE)
+          path.style.filter = "drop-shadow(0 0 3px rgba(255, 132, 0, 0.55))"
+        }
+      }
+    }
+
+    const handlePointerOver = (event: PointerEvent) => {
+      const traceGroup = getTraceGroup(event.target)
+      const schematicTraceId = traceGroup?.getAttribute(
+        "data-schematic-trace-id",
+      )
+
+      if (!schematicTraceId) return
+
+      const sourceTraceId = sourceTraceIdByTraceId.get(schematicTraceId)
+      const sourceNetIds = sourceTraceId
+        ? sourceNetIdsBySourceTraceId.get(sourceTraceId)
+        : null
+      const connectedSourceTraceIds = new Set<string>(
+        sourceTraceId ? [sourceTraceId] : [],
+      )
+
+      for (const sourceNetId of sourceNetIds ?? []) {
+        for (const connectedSourceTraceId of sourceTraceIdsBySourceNetId.get(
+          sourceNetId,
+        ) ?? []) {
+          connectedSourceTraceIds.add(connectedSourceTraceId)
+        }
+      }
+
+      const connectedTraceIds = Array.from(connectedSourceTraceIds).flatMap(
+        (connectedSourceTraceId) =>
+          traceIdsBySourceTraceId.get(connectedSourceTraceId) ?? [],
+      )
+
+      highlightTraces(
+        connectedTraceIds.length > 0 ? connectedTraceIds : [schematicTraceId],
+      )
+    }
+
+    const handlePointerOut = (event: PointerEvent) => {
+      const traceGroup = getTraceGroup(event.target)
+      if (!traceGroup) return
+
+      const relatedTraceGroup = getTraceGroup(event.relatedTarget)
+      if (relatedTraceGroup === traceGroup) return
+
+      resetHighlightedTraces()
+    }
+
+    svgDiv.addEventListener("pointerover", handlePointerOver)
+    svgDiv.addEventListener("pointerout", handlePointerOut)
+
+    return () => {
+      svgDiv.removeEventListener("pointerover", handlePointerOver)
+      svgDiv.removeEventListener("pointerout", handlePointerOut)
+      resetHighlightedTraces()
+    }
+  }, [
+    svgDivRef,
+    enabled,
+    sourceNetIdsBySourceTraceId,
+    sourceTraceIdByTraceId,
+    sourceTraceIdsBySourceNetId,
+    traceIdsBySourceTraceId,
+  ])
+}