diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/src/grid.rs b/crates/ui-egui/src/grid.rs
index dc975c592..6ae386fef 100644
--- a/crates/ui-egui/src/grid.rs
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/src/grid.rs
@@ -722,6 +722,9 @@ pub fn show(app: &mut SheetApp, ui: &mut egui::Ui) {
     app.grid.cells_rect = Some(geo.mirror_rect(geo.cells));
     // The selection outline glides to a new selection. It stays on its cells when Animations is
     // off, when egui's animations are (the headless harness), and while a screenshot is on its way.
+    // A mouse button held down (a click or a drag selecting cells) moves it at once, as in Excel:
+    // a gliding outline trails the pointer and reads as lag.
+    let pointer_selecting = ui.input(|i| i.pointer.any_down());
     let outline = app.grid.glide.frame(crate::selection_glide::Frame {
         place,
         range: sel.current(),
@@ -729,7 +732,7 @@ pub fn show(app: &mut SheetApp, ui: &mut egui::Ui) {
         view: geo.cells,
         now,
         frame_nr: ui.ctx().cumulative_frame_nr(),
-        animate: app.ui.animations && ui.ctx().global_style().animation_time > 0.0 && !app.shots.in_flight(),
+        animate: app.ui.animations && ui.ctx().global_style().animation_time > 0.0 && !app.shots.in_flight() && !pointer_selecting,
     });
     if app.grid.glide.is_gliding() {
         ui.ctx().request_repaint();
diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/tests/selection_glide.rs b/crates/ui-egui/tests/selection_glide.rs
index fd8bf4e73..c8c253ac8 100644
--- a/crates/ui-egui/tests/selection_glide.rs
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/tests/selection_glide.rs
@@ -201,3 +201,29 @@ fn agents_find_run_and_read_the_setting_over_the_control_channel() {
     assert_eq!(set["result"]["animations"], json!(true));
     assert!(a.ui.animations);
 }
+
+#[test]
+fn a_mouse_drag_keeps_the_outline_on_its_cells() {
+    // A gliding outline trails the pointer while selecting with the mouse and reads as lag; Excel
+    // draws it on the selection at once. Keyboard moves still glide (above).
+    let mut h = animated();
+    let (b2, e8) = (cell_rect(&h, "B2"), cell_rect(&h, "E8"));
+    let m = egui::Modifiers::NONE;
+    h.input_mut().events.extend([
+        egui::Event::PointerMoved(b2.center()),
+        egui::Event::PointerButton { pos: b2.center(), button: egui::PointerButton::Primary, pressed: true, modifiers: m },
+    ]);
+    h.step();
+    for k in 1..=6 {
+        let p = b2.center() + (e8.center() - b2.center()) * (k as f32 / 6.0);
+        h.input_mut().events.push(egui::Event::PointerMoved(p));
+        steps(&mut h, 2);
+        let sel = h.state().session.active().map(|d| d.selection.current()).unwrap();
+        let shown = cell_rect(&h, &sel.start.a1()).union(cell_rect(&h, &sel.end.a1()));
+        assert!(!gliding(&h), "no glide while the button is held");
+        assert_eq!(outline(&h), shown, "the outline is on the dragged range {}", sel.a1());
+    }
+    h.input_mut().events.push(egui::Event::PointerButton { pos: e8.center(), button: egui::PointerButton::Primary, pressed: false, modifiers: m });
+    h.step();
+    assert_eq!(h.state().session.active().map(|d| d.selection.current().a1()).as_deref(), Some("B2:E8"));
+}
diff --git a/docs/ui-parity.md b/docs/ui-parity.md
index cbcf9b758..835c6b00e 100644
--- a/docs/ui-parity.md
+++ b/docs/ui-parity.md
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # UI parity
 
-> **Last reviewed:** 2026-10-10 · **Last updated:** 2026-10-19 · **Change:** minor (Ctrl+Enter fill gives each cell the automatic number format typing gives it; keytip letters typed with Alt held, #1846; Ctrl+6 hides and shows objects) · **Target:** Microsoft Excel (Microsoft 365), Excel for Mac 16.113.4
+> **Last reviewed:** 2026-10-10 · **Last updated:** 2026-10-19 · **Change:** minor (Ctrl+Enter fill gives each cell the automatic number format typing gives it; keytip letters typed with Alt held, #1846; Ctrl+6 hides and shows objects; the selection outline follows a mouse drag at once) · **Target:** Microsoft Excel (Microsoft 365), Excel for Mac 16.113.4
 
 Interaction, controls and feel, against Excel. Part of [target-app-parity.md](target-app-parity.md).
 **UI/UX fidelity: ~55% ready, 50–80 h** (estimated). Ribbon command coverage is measured
@@ -162,6 +162,7 @@ scrollbar bugs 2–4 · pixel/feel pass against observed Excel 7–12.
 
 | Date | Change | Summary |
 |---|---|---|
+| 2026-10-19 | trivial | While a mouse button is held (a click or a drag selecting cells) the selection outline is drawn on its cells at once instead of gliding after the pointer, which read as lag; keyboard moves still glide |
 | 2026-10-19 | minor | Ctrl+Enter (`range.fill`) gives each cell what typing the input there gives: a General cell gets the automatic number format (`5%`, `$5`, `3/4/2026`, `=TODAY()`) even when it already held a value, and a cell with its own format, a formatted row or column, or Text keeps it. Cells that held a value used to keep General (`5%` showed 0.05), and empty cells took the active cell's format |
 | 2026-10-18 | minor | Keytip letters typed with left Alt held continue the sequence (Alt+H, O, A / Alt+H, O, I ran nothing before: Alt+letter cancelled keytips); other Alt combinations, AltGr and macOS Option are unchanged (#1846) |
 | 2026-10-16 | minor | Ctrl+6 hides every object (charts, pictures, shapes, slicers) and shows them again; hidden objects are not drawn, take no clicks and drop their selection, and the setting is saved with the workbook (`workbookPr showObjects`) |