diff --git a/examples/example21-connected-trace-hover.fixture.tsx b/examples/example21-connected-trace-hover.fixture.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6e77ff1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/example21-connected-trace-hover.fixture.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+import { SchematicViewer } from "lib/components/SchematicViewer"
+import { renderToCircuitJson } from "lib/dev/render-to-circuit-json"
+
+const circuitJson = renderToCircuitJson(
+  <board width="12mm" height="10mm" routingDisabled>
+    <resistor name="R1" resistance="1k" schX={-3} schY={1.5} />
+    <resistor name="R2" resistance="2k" schX={3} schY={1.5} />
+    <capacitor name="C1" capacitance="1uF" schX={0} schY={-2} />
+
+    <trace from=".R1 .pin2" to="net.SIGNAL" />
+    <trace from=".R2 .pin1" to="net.SIGNAL" />
+    <trace from=".C1 .pin1" to="net.SIGNAL" />
+  </board>,
+)
+
+export default () => (
+  <SchematicViewer
+    circuitJson={circuitJson}
+    containerStyle={{ height: "100%" }}
+    debugGrid
+  />
+)
diff --git a/lib/components/SchematicViewer.tsx b/lib/components/SchematicViewer.tsx
index ab4fd20..1ec6bc5 100644
--- a/lib/components/SchematicViewer.tsx
+++ b/lib/components/SchematicViewer.tsx
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ import {
 import { useMouseMatrixTransform } from "use-mouse-matrix-transform"
 import { useResizeHandling } from "../hooks/use-resize-handling"
 import { useComponentDragging } from "../hooks/useComponentDragging"
+import { useHighlightConnectedSchematicTraces } from "../hooks/useHighlightConnectedSchematicTraces"
 import type { ManualEditEvent } from "../types/edit-events"
 import { EditIcon } from "./EditIcon"
 import { GridIcon } from "./GridIcon"
@@ -345,6 +346,12 @@ export const SchematicViewer = ({
     editEvents: editEventsWithUnappliedEditEvents,
   })
 
+  useHighlightConnectedSchematicTraces({
+    svgDivRef,
+    circuitJson,
+    circuitJsonKey,
+  })
+
   // Add group overlays when enabled
   useSchematicGroupsOverlay({
     svgDivRef,
@@ -396,6 +403,18 @@ export const SchematicViewer = ({
 
   return (
     <MouseTracker>
+      <style>
+        {`
+          .schematic-trace-net-hover path:not(.trace-invisible-hover-outline) {
+            stroke: #f97316 !important;
+            transition: stroke 120ms ease;
+          }
+
+          .schematic-trace-net-hover .trace-crossing-outline {
+            opacity: 0 !important;
+          }
+        `}
+      </style>
       {onSchematicComponentClicked && (
         <style>
           {`.schematic-component-clickable [data-schematic-component-id]:hover { cursor: pointer !important; }`}
diff --git a/lib/hooks/useHighlightConnectedSchematicTraces.ts b/lib/hooks/useHighlightConnectedSchematicTraces.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..70266f7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/hooks/useHighlightConnectedSchematicTraces.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,96 @@
+import { useEffect, useMemo } from "react"
+import { su } from "@tscircuit/soup-util"
+import type { CircuitJson } from "circuit-json"
+
+export const useHighlightConnectedSchematicTraces = ({
+  svgDivRef,
+  circuitJson,
+  circuitJsonKey,
+}: {
+  svgDivRef: React.RefObject<HTMLDivElement | null>
+  circuitJson: CircuitJson
+  circuitJsonKey: string
+}) => {
+  const traceIdsByGroupKey = useMemo(() => {
+    const groups = new Map<string, string[]>()
+
+    try {
+      for (const trace of su(circuitJson).schematic_trace.list()) {
+        const traceId = trace.schematic_trace_id
+        if (!traceId) continue
+
+        const groupKey =
+          (trace as any).source_net_id ?? trace.source_trace_id ?? traceId
+        const traceIds = groups.get(groupKey) ?? []
+        traceIds.push(traceId)
+        groups.set(groupKey, traceIds)
+      }
+    } catch (err) {
+      console.error("Failed to derive connected schematic trace groups", err)
+    }
+
+    return groups
+  }, [circuitJson, circuitJsonKey])
+
+  useEffect(() => {
+    const svg = svgDivRef.current
+    if (!svg || traceIdsByGroupKey.size === 0) return
+
+    const groupKeyByTraceId = new Map<string, string>()
+    for (const [groupKey, traceIds] of traceIdsByGroupKey) {
+      for (const traceId of traceIds) {
+        groupKeyByTraceId.set(traceId, groupKey)
+      }
+    }
+
+    const highlightedElements = new Set<Element>()
+
+    const clearHighlight = () => {
+      for (const element of highlightedElements) {
+        element.classList.remove("schematic-trace-net-hover")
+      }
+      highlightedElements.clear()
+    }
+
+    const highlightTraceGroup = (traceId: string) => {
+      const groupKey = groupKeyByTraceId.get(traceId)
+      if (!groupKey) return
+
+      clearHighlight()
+
+      for (const connectedTraceId of traceIdsByGroupKey.get(groupKey) ?? []) {
+        const traceElement = svg.querySelector(
+          `[data-schematic-trace-id="${connectedTraceId}"]`,
+        )
+        if (!traceElement) continue
+        traceElement.classList.add("schematic-trace-net-hover")
+        highlightedElements.add(traceElement)
+      }
+    }
+
+    const cleanupFns: Array<() => void> = []
+
+    for (const traceId of groupKeyByTraceId.keys()) {
+      const traceElement = svg.querySelector(
+        `[data-schematic-trace-id="${traceId}"]`,
+      )
+      if (!traceElement) continue
+
+      const handlePointerEnter = () => highlightTraceGroup(traceId)
+      const handlePointerLeave = () => clearHighlight()
+
+      traceElement.addEventListener("pointerenter", handlePointerEnter)
+      traceElement.addEventListener("pointerleave", handlePointerLeave)
+
+      cleanupFns.push(() => {
+        traceElement.removeEventListener("pointerenter", handlePointerEnter)
+        traceElement.removeEventListener("pointerleave", handlePointerLeave)
+      })
+    }
+
+    return () => {
+      for (const cleanup of cleanupFns) cleanup()
+      clearHighlight()
+    }
+  }, [svgDivRef, traceIdsByGroupKey])
+}