diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/src/control.rs b/crates/ui-egui/src/control.rs
index 91a7b0bb4..3a5648e79 100644
--- a/crates/ui-egui/src/control.rs
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/src/control.rs
@@ -399,7 +399,7 @@ pub fn handle(app: &mut VectorcraftApp, ctx: &egui::Context, req: &ControlReques
                 app.ui.control_bar = v;
             }
             if let Some(v) = p.get("imageTracePreview").and_then(Value::as_bool) {
-                app.ui.image_trace_preview = v;
+                r = app.run("imageTrace.preview", json!({"on": v}));
             }
             if p.get("closePanel").is_some() {
                 app.ui.open_panel = None;
@@ -602,6 +602,22 @@ mod tests {
         }
     }
 
+    #[test]
+    fn the_image_trace_preview_is_a_command() {
+        let mut app = VectorcraftApp::new(Session::new(), Services::default());
+        assert!(crate::menus::UI_COMMANDS.iter().any(|c| c.0 == "imageTrace.preview"));
+        assert_eq!(app.run("imageTrace.preview", json!({})), Ok(json!(false)), "toggles");
+        assert!(!app.ui.image_trace_preview);
+        assert_eq!(app.run("imageTrace.preview", json!({"on": false})), Ok(json!(false)), "stays off");
+        assert_eq!(app.run("imageTrace.preview", json!({"on": true})), Ok(json!(true)));
+        assert!(app.ui.image_trace_preview);
+        assert!(app.run("imageTrace.preview", json!({"on": "yes"})).is_err());
+        assert!(app.ui.image_trace_preview, "a bad value leaves it");
+        let r = input_request(&mut app, "engine.execute", json!({"command": "imageTrace.preview", "params": {"on": false}}));
+        assert_eq!(r["ok"], true, "{r}");
+        assert!(!app.ui.image_trace_preview, "the control channel reaches it");
+    }
+
     #[test]
     fn control_input_rejects_excessive_counts_before_mutation() {
         // Only modest over-limit values on the baseline: never exercise an unbounded loop.
diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/src/i18n/bg.tsv b/crates/ui-egui/src/i18n/bg.tsv
index 8db5c9c4a..a39605ff1 100644
--- a/crates/ui-egui/src/i18n/bg.tsv
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/src/i18n/bg.tsv
@@ -3022,6 +3022,7 @@ font-technology	Variable	Променливи
 	Snap to Grid	Прилепване към мрежа
 	Snap to Pixel	Прилепване към пиксел
 	Precise Cursors	Прецизни курсори
+	Image Trace Preview	Преглед на трасирането на изображение
 	Snap to Point	Прилепване към точка
 	Snap to Unit	Прилепване към мерна единица
 	Snapping Tolerance	Толеранс на прилепване
diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/src/i18n/cs.tsv b/crates/ui-egui/src/i18n/cs.tsv
index 905991ddb..ded761f51 100644
--- a/crates/ui-egui/src/i18n/cs.tsv
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/src/i18n/cs.tsv
@@ -583,6 +583,7 @@
 	Save Grid as Preset…	Uložit mřížku jako přednastavení…
 	Snap to Pixel	Přichytávat k obrazovým bodům
 	Precise Cursors	Přesné kurzory
+	Image Trace Preview	Náhled vektorizace obrazu
 	Snap to Point	Přichytávat k bodům
 	Snap to Glyph	Přichytávat ke glyfům
 	New View…	Nové zobrazení…
diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/src/i18n/da.tsv b/crates/ui-egui/src/i18n/da.tsv
index c0f2ac983..64e77487e 100644
--- a/crates/ui-egui/src/i18n/da.tsv
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/src/i18n/da.tsv
@@ -536,6 +536,7 @@
 	Save Grid as Preset…	Gem gitter som forudindstilling…
 	Snap to Pixel	Fastgør til pixel
 	Precise Cursors	Præcise markører
+	Image Trace Preview	Forhåndsvisning af billedsporing
 	Snap to Point	Fastgør til punkt
 	Snap to Glyph	Fastgør til tegn
 	New View…	Ny visning…
diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/src/i18n/de.tsv b/crates/ui-egui/src/i18n/de.tsv
index c4ea20835..a036d1022 100644
--- a/crates/ui-egui/src/i18n/de.tsv
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/src/i18n/de.tsv
@@ -3060,6 +3060,7 @@ effect	Points	Punkte
 	Snap to Grid	Am Raster ausrichten
 	Snap to Pixel	An Pixel ausrichten
 	Precise Cursors	Präzise Cursor
+	Image Trace Preview	Bildnachzeichner-Vorschau
 	Snap to Point	An Punkt ausrichten
 	Snap to Unit	An Einheit ausrichten
 	Snapping Tolerance	Einrasttoleranz
diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/src/i18n/el.tsv b/crates/ui-egui/src/i18n/el.tsv
index 8ea627a28..c7a68ee82 100644
--- a/crates/ui-egui/src/i18n/el.tsv
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/src/i18n/el.tsv
@@ -3483,6 +3483,7 @@ theme	Appearance	Εμφάνιση
 	Snap Options	Επιλογές προσκόλλησης
 	Snap to Glyph	Προσκόλληση σε γλυφή
 	Precise Cursors	Δείκτες ακριβείας
+	Image Trace Preview	Προεπισκόπηση ανίχνευσης περιγραμμάτων εικόνας
 	Snapping Tolerance	Ανοχή προσκόλλησης
 	Social Square Post 1080×1080	Τετράγωνη δημοσίευση κοινωνικών δικτύων 1080×1080
 	Sort by Kind	Ταξινόμηση κατά είδος
diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/src/i18n/es.tsv b/crates/ui-egui/src/i18n/es.tsv
index 376080274..4e4704949 100644
--- a/crates/ui-egui/src/i18n/es.tsv
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/src/i18n/es.tsv
@@ -3090,6 +3090,7 @@ font-technology	Variable	Variables
 	Snap to Grid	Ajustar a cuadrícula
 	Snap to Pixel	Ajustar a píxel
 	Precise Cursors	Cursores precisos
+	Image Trace Preview	Vista previa de Calco de imagen
 	Snap to Point	Ajustar a punto
 	Snap to Unit	Ajustar a unidad
 	Snapping Tolerance	Tolerancia de ajuste
diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/src/i18n/fi.tsv b/crates/ui-egui/src/i18n/fi.tsv
index 849bbbaf2..016b8a7b5 100644
--- a/crates/ui-egui/src/i18n/fi.tsv
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/src/i18n/fi.tsv
@@ -574,6 +574,7 @@
 	Save Grid as Preset…	Tallenna ruudukko esiasetukseksi…
 	Snap to Pixel	Kohdista pikseliin
 	Precise Cursors	Tarkat osoittimet
+	Image Trace Preview	Kuvan jäljityksen esikatselu
 	Snap to Point	Kohdista pisteeseen
 	Snap to Glyph	Kohdista merkkiin
 	New View…	Uusi näkymä…
diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/src/i18n/fr.tsv b/crates/ui-egui/src/i18n/fr.tsv
index 54048e7f3..4d99c7e07 100644
--- a/crates/ui-egui/src/i18n/fr.tsv
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/src/i18n/fr.tsv
@@ -3087,6 +3087,7 @@ font-technology	Variable	Variables
 	Snap to Grid	Magnétisme de la grille
 	Snap to Pixel	Magnétisme du pixel
 	Precise Cursors	Pointeurs précis
+	Image Trace Preview	Aperçu de la vectorisation de l’image
 	Snap to Point	Magnétisme du point
 	Snap to Unit	Magnétisme de l’unité
 	Snapping Tolerance	Tolérance du magnétisme
diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/src/i18n/hu.tsv b/crates/ui-egui/src/i18n/hu.tsv
index 0013f0fe0..3473988cc 100644
--- a/crates/ui-egui/src/i18n/hu.tsv
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/src/i18n/hu.tsv
@@ -3715,6 +3715,7 @@ mark-style	Japanese	Japán
 	Snap to Grid	Illesztés a rácshoz
 	Snap to Pixel	Illesztés pixelhez
 	Precise Cursors	Pontos kurzorok
+	Image Trace Preview	Képvektorizálás előnézete
 	Snap to Point	Illesztés pontra
 	Snap to Unit	Illesztés mértékegységhez
 	Snapping Tolerance	Illesztési tűrés
diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/src/i18n/id.tsv b/crates/ui-egui/src/i18n/id.tsv
index 64f84668a..500fd22e3 100644
--- a/crates/ui-egui/src/i18n/id.tsv
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/src/i18n/id.tsv
@@ -536,6 +536,7 @@
 	Save Grid as Preset…	Simpan kisi sebagai preset…
 	Snap to Pixel	Snap ke piksel
 	Precise Cursors	Kursor presisi
+	Image Trace Preview	Pratinjau Image Trace
 	Snap to Point	Snap ke titik
 	Snap to Glyph	Snap ke glif
 	New View…	Tampilan baru…
diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/src/i18n/it.tsv b/crates/ui-egui/src/i18n/it.tsv
index 56ef85e6a..35482e90d 100644
--- a/crates/ui-egui/src/i18n/it.tsv
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/src/i18n/it.tsv
@@ -3124,6 +3124,7 @@ mark-style	Japanese	Giapponese
 	Snap to Grid	Aggancia alla griglia
 	Snap to Pixel	Aggancia ai pixel
 	Precise Cursors	Cursori di precisione
+	Image Trace Preview	Anteprima di Ricalco immagine
 	Snap to Point	Aggancia al punto
 	Snap to Unit	Aggancia all'unità
 	Snapping Tolerance	Tolleranza di aggancio
diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/src/i18n/ja.tsv b/crates/ui-egui/src/i18n/ja.tsv
index 38da5a882..acd2b776b 100644
--- a/crates/ui-egui/src/i18n/ja.tsv
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/src/i18n/ja.tsv
@@ -566,6 +566,7 @@ font-technology	Variable	バリアブル
 	Save Grid as Preset…	グリッドをプリセットとして保存…
 	Snap to Pixel	ピクセルにスナップ
 	Precise Cursors	精密カーソル
+	Image Trace Preview	画像トレースのプレビュー
 	Snap to Point	ポイントにスナップ
 	Snap to Glyph	グリフにスナップ
 	New View…	新規表示…
diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/src/i18n/ka.tsv b/crates/ui-egui/src/i18n/ka.tsv
index 9b8ead253..fcf12d546 100644
--- a/crates/ui-egui/src/i18n/ka.tsv
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/src/i18n/ka.tsv
@@ -4815,6 +4815,7 @@ imageTrace	Outline	კონტური
 	Needs a key	საჭიროა კლავიში
 	No equivalent	შესატყვისი არ არის
 	Precise Cursors	ზუსტი კურსორები
+	Image Trace Preview	გამოსახულების ვექტორიზაციის წინასწარი ნახვა
 	Press a key…	დააჭირეთ კლავიშს…
 	Read Shortcut Set File	მალსახმობების ნაკრების ფაილის წაკითხვა
 	Ready	მზადაა
diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/src/i18n/ko.tsv b/crates/ui-egui/src/i18n/ko.tsv
index dd059b45b..465a7eff7 100644
--- a/crates/ui-egui/src/i18n/ko.tsv
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/src/i18n/ko.tsv
@@ -564,6 +564,7 @@ font-technology	Variable	가변
 	Save Grid as Preset…	격자를 프리셋으로 저장…
 	Snap to Pixel	픽셀에 스냅
 	Precise Cursors	정밀 커서
+	Image Trace Preview	이미지 추적 미리 보기
 	Snap to Point	포인트에 스냅
 	Snap to Glyph	글리프에 스냅
 	New View…	새 보기…
diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/src/i18n/nl.tsv b/crates/ui-egui/src/i18n/nl.tsv
index 57c4f9ed2..5e60c58fa 100644
--- a/crates/ui-egui/src/i18n/nl.tsv
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/src/i18n/nl.tsv
@@ -550,6 +550,7 @@
 	Save Grid as Preset…	Raster opslaan als voorinstelling…
 	Snap to Pixel	Uitlijnen op pixel
 	Precise Cursors	Nauwkeurige cursors
+	Image Trace Preview	Voorbeeld van Afbeelding traceren
 	Snap to Point	Uitlijnen op punt
 	Snap to Glyph	Uitlijnen op glyph
 	New View…	Nieuwe weergave…
diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/src/i18n/pl.tsv b/crates/ui-egui/src/i18n/pl.tsv
index b9fd725dd..078c6eb0d 100644
--- a/crates/ui-egui/src/i18n/pl.tsv
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/src/i18n/pl.tsv
@@ -541,6 +541,7 @@
 	Save Grid as Preset…	Zapisz siatkę jako ustawienie…
 	Snap to Pixel	Przyciągaj do pikseli
 	Precise Cursors	Precyzyjne kursory
+	Image Trace Preview	Podgląd obrysu obrazu
 	Snap to Point	Przyciągaj do punktów
 	Snap to Glyph	Przyciągaj do glifów
 	New View…	Nowy widok…
diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/src/i18n/pt-br.tsv b/crates/ui-egui/src/i18n/pt-br.tsv
index 3649bff31..8415173b4 100644
--- a/crates/ui-egui/src/i18n/pt-br.tsv
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/src/i18n/pt-br.tsv
@@ -2560,6 +2560,7 @@
 	Snap to Grid	Ajustar à Grade
 	Snap to Pixel	Ajustar ao Pixel
 	Precise Cursors	Cursores Precisos
+	Image Trace Preview	Visualização do Rastreamento de Imagem
 	Snap to Point	Ajustar ao Ponto
 	Snap to Unit	Ajustar à Unidade
 	Snapping Tolerance	Tolerância de Ajuste
diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/src/i18n/ru.tsv b/crates/ui-egui/src/i18n/ru.tsv
index d971aab6d..136fc6868 100644
--- a/crates/ui-egui/src/i18n/ru.tsv
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/src/i18n/ru.tsv
@@ -3120,6 +3120,7 @@ mark-style	Japanese	Японский
 	Snap to Grid	Привязать к сетке
 	Snap to Pixel	Привязать к пикселю
 	Precise Cursors	Точные курсоры
+	Image Trace Preview	Просмотр трассировки изображения
 	Snap to Point	Привязать к точке
 	Snap to Unit	Привязать к единицам
 	Snapping Tolerance	Допуск привязки
diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/src/i18n/sv.tsv b/crates/ui-egui/src/i18n/sv.tsv
index 89cf00ec4..3e10de425 100644
--- a/crates/ui-egui/src/i18n/sv.tsv
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/src/i18n/sv.tsv
@@ -3022,6 +3022,7 @@ font-technology	Variable	Variabla
 	Snap to Grid	Fäst mot rutnät
 	Snap to Pixel	Fäst mot pixel
 	Precise Cursors	Exakta markörer
+	Image Trace Preview	Förhandsgranskning av bildkalkering
 	Snap to Point	Fäst mot punkt
 	Snap to Unit	Fäst mot enhet
 	Snapping Tolerance	Fästtolerans
diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/src/i18n/tr.tsv b/crates/ui-egui/src/i18n/tr.tsv
index 3c0d4b722..6384ae068 100644
--- a/crates/ui-egui/src/i18n/tr.tsv
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/src/i18n/tr.tsv
@@ -2930,6 +2930,7 @@ font-technology	Variable	Değişken
 	Snap to Grid	Izgaraya Yasla
 	Snap to Pixel	Piksel'e Yapış
 	Precise Cursors	Hassas İmleçler
+	Image Trace Preview	Görüntü İzleme Önizlemesi
 	Snap to Point	Noktaya Yasla
 	Snapping Tolerance	Yapışma Toleransı
 	Social Square Post 1080×1080	Sosyal Meydan Gönderisi 1080×1080
diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/src/i18n/uk.tsv b/crates/ui-egui/src/i18n/uk.tsv
index c9c09442d..3b61d4e17 100644
--- a/crates/ui-egui/src/i18n/uk.tsv
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/src/i18n/uk.tsv
@@ -3117,6 +3117,7 @@ effect	Points	Точки
 	Snap to Grid	Прив’язати до сітки
 	Snap to Pixel	Прив’язати до пікселя
 	Precise Cursors	Точні курсори
+	Image Trace Preview	Перегляд трасування зображення
 	Snap to Point	Прив’язати до точки
 	Snap to Unit	Прив’язати до одиниць
 	Snapping Tolerance	Допуск прив’язки
diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/src/i18n/vi.tsv b/crates/ui-egui/src/i18n/vi.tsv
index f6f231ef6..4a6ae2137 100644
--- a/crates/ui-egui/src/i18n/vi.tsv
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/src/i18n/vi.tsv
@@ -3449,6 +3449,7 @@ mark-style	Japanese	Kiểu Nhật
 	Snap to Grid	Hút vào lưới
 	Snap to Pixel	Hút vào pixel
 	Precise Cursors	Con trỏ chính xác
+	Image Trace Preview	Xem trước Vector hóa ảnh
 	Snap to Point	Hút vào điểm
 	Snap to Unit	Hút vào đơn vị
 	Snapping Tolerance	Dung sai hút
diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/src/i18n/zh-hans.tsv b/crates/ui-egui/src/i18n/zh-hans.tsv
index a3b7ee35f..ed0f434aa 100644
--- a/crates/ui-egui/src/i18n/zh-hans.tsv
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/src/i18n/zh-hans.tsv
@@ -2956,6 +2956,7 @@ font-script	Japanese	汉字
 	Snap to Grid	对齐网格
 	Snap to Pixel	对齐像素
 	Precise Cursors	精确光标
+	Image Trace Preview	图像描摹预览
 	Snap to Point	对齐点
 	Snap to Unit	对齐单位
 	Snapping Tolerance	吸附容差
diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/src/i18n/zh-hant.tsv b/crates/ui-egui/src/i18n/zh-hant.tsv
index 78d01aa71..d64dc9029 100644
--- a/crates/ui-egui/src/i18n/zh-hant.tsv
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/src/i18n/zh-hant.tsv
@@ -3892,6 +3892,7 @@ font-script	Japanese	漢字
 	Snap to Grid	靠齊格點
 	Snap to Pixel	靠齊像素
 	Precise Cursors	精確游標
+	Image Trace Preview	影像描圖預覽
 	Snap to Point	靠齊控制點
 	Snap to Unit	靠齊單位
 	Snapping Tolerance	靠齊容許度
diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/src/menus.rs b/crates/ui-egui/src/menus.rs
index cf8bb4ac9..aa2269e00 100644
--- a/crates/ui-egui/src/menus.rs
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/src/menus.rs
@@ -205,6 +205,12 @@ pub const UI_COMMANDS: &[(&str, &str, &str, &str)] = &[
         "",
         "{} toggle General › Use Precise Cursors: the drawing tools' pointers become a crosshair → true when on",
     ),
+    (
+        "imageTrace.preview",
+        "Image Trace Preview",
+        "",
+        "{on?: bool} turn the Image Trace panel's Preview on (true), off (false) or toggle it (omitted), as its checkbox does: on, setting changes trace the selected Image Trace object at once; off, they wait for Trace; returns the new state",
+    ),
     ("view.textThreads", "Hide Text Threads", "Cmd+Shift+Y", "{} toggle the thread lines between threaded text frames"),
     ("view.gradientAnnotator", "Hide Gradient Annotator", "Cmd+Alt+G", "{} toggle the Gradient tool's annotator"),
     (
@@ -1576,6 +1582,11 @@ pub fn run_ui_command(app: &mut VectorcraftApp, id: &str, p: &Value) -> Option<R
             json!(on)
         }),
         "window.toolbarAdvanced" => flag(&mut app.ui.toolbar_advanced),
+        "imageTrace.preview" => opt_bool(p, "on").map(|on| {
+            let on = on.unwrap_or(!app.ui.image_trace_preview);
+            app.ui.image_trace_preview = on;
+            json!(on)
+        }),
         "window.floatTools" => {
             let floating = match opt_bool(p, "floating") {
                 Ok(on) => on,
diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/src/panels/image_trace.rs b/crates/ui-egui/src/panels/image_trace.rs
index c477a877b..83ca93893 100644
--- a/crates/ui-egui/src/panels/image_trace.rs
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/src/panels/image_trace.rs
@@ -3,8 +3,9 @@
 //! Strokes with the widest line stroked. With an Image Trace object selected and Preview on (the
 //! default, kept with the UI preferences), changing a setting re-traces it (one undo step per
 //! change; sliders apply when released); with Preview off, the changes wait in the panel until
-//! Trace applies them, or until Preview is turned on again. Changing the view redraws the object
-//! without tracing again. With an image selected, Trace makes a new Image Trace object.
+//! Trace applies them, or until Preview is turned on again; they stay with their object while
+//! another one is selected. `imageTrace.preview` turns Preview on or off. Changing the view redraws
+//! the object without tracing again. With an image selected, Trace makes a new Image Trace object.
 //! The public documentation of the panel describes Preview as showing the result of the current
 //! settings (<https://web.archive.org/web/20250831090623/https://helpx.adobe.com/illustrator/using/image-trace.html>).
 
@@ -74,6 +75,9 @@ struct TraceUi {
     object: Option<(u64, NodeId)>,
     /// Preview was off at the panel's last frame.
     preview_off: bool,
+    /// The settings that wait for objects no longer selected, by document and object: the preset,
+    /// the parameters, and the object's stored settings they were changed from.
+    drafts: std::collections::HashMap<(u64, NodeId), (String, Value, Value)>,
 }
 
 /// Each preset: its name, its parameters, and those of its enhanced version (null if it has none).
@@ -296,13 +300,39 @@ pub fn show(app: &mut VectorcraftApp, ui: &mut Ui) {
     let (is_trace, is_image, stored) = target(app);
     let any_trace = any_trace(app);
     let object = target_key(app);
+    let same = |a: &Value, b: &Value| a["preset"] == b["preset"] && a["params"] == b["params"];
+    let mut restored = false;
+    // Another object: the settings that wait for the one left are kept until it is selected again,
+    // also when a plain image or nothing is selected next.
+    if object != st.object
+        && let Some(left) = st.object
+        && !st.synced.is_null()
+        && st.params != st.synced["params"]
+    {
+        st.drafts.insert(left, (st.preset.clone(), st.params.clone(), st.synced.clone()));
+    }
+    // A plain image (or nothing) keeps the panel's settings, which no longer wait for the object left.
+    if stored.is_none() && object != st.object {
+        st.synced = Value::Null;
+        st.object = object;
+    }
     if let Some(t) = stored.filter(|t| *t != st.synced || object != st.object) {
         // A change of the object's view alone (here or in the Control bar) keeps the settings that
         // wait in the panel with Preview off.
-        if object != st.object || t["preset"] != st.synced["preset"] || t["params"] != st.synced["params"] {
+        if object != st.object || !same(&t, &st.synced) {
             st.preset = t["preset"].as_str().unwrap_or("Custom").to_string();
             st.params = t["params"].clone();
         }
+        // The object selected again shows the settings that wait for it, unless its own settings
+        // changed since (Undo, or a trace from elsewhere).
+        if object != st.object
+            && let Some((preset, params, from)) = object.and_then(|k| st.drafts.remove(&k))
+            && same(&from, &t)
+        {
+            st.preset = preset;
+            st.params = params;
+            restored = true;
+        }
         st.view = TraceView::of(&t);
         st.synced = t;
         st.object = object;
@@ -508,8 +538,10 @@ pub fn show(app: &mut VectorcraftApp, ui: &mut Ui) {
     }
     ui.horizontal(|ui| {
         let preview = app.ui.image_trace_preview;
-        if widgets::check(ui, tl!("Preview"), preview, true) {
-            app.ui.image_trace_preview = !preview;
+        if widgets::check(ui, tl!("Preview"), preview, true)
+            && let Err(e) = app.run("imageTrace.preview", json!({}))
+        {
+            app.ui.status = e;
         }
         let r = ui.add_enabled_ui(is_trace || is_image, |ui| widgets::flat_button(ui, tl!("Trace"), 80.0)).inner;
         if r.on_disabled_hover_text(tl!("Select an image to trace")).clicked() {
@@ -519,10 +551,12 @@ pub fn show(app: &mut VectorcraftApp, ui: &mut Ui) {
             app.run("imageTrace.expand", json!({})).ok();
         }
     });
-    // Preview turned on (the checkbox, or `ui.set`): the selected object shows the settings that
-    // waited in the panel. With no Image Trace object selected, they wait until it is selected again.
+    // Preview turned on (the checkbox, `imageTrace.preview` or `ui.set`): the selected object is
+    // traced with the settings that waited in the panel. With no Image Trace object selected, it is
+    // traced when it is selected again. An object whose settings waited while another object was
+    // selected is traced when it is selected again with Preview on.
     let preview = app.ui.image_trace_preview;
-    retrace |= preview && st.preview_off && is_trace && st.params != st.synced["params"];
+    retrace |= preview && (st.preview_off || restored) && is_trace && st.params != st.synced["params"];
     if is_trace || !preview {
         st.preview_off = !preview;
     }
@@ -825,6 +859,95 @@ mod tests {
         assert_eq!(target(&app).2.unwrap()["params"]["strokes"], json!(false), "B is traced with its own settings");
     }
 
+    #[test]
+    fn settings_that_wait_come_back_when_their_object_is_selected_again() {
+        let mut app = traced_app();
+        let ctx = egui::Context::default();
+        crate::theme::install_fonts(&ctx);
+        let a = first_selected(&app).unwrap().id;
+        app.run("edit.duplicate", json!({})).unwrap();
+        let b = first_selected(&app).unwrap().id;
+        let shown = |ctx: &egui::Context| pstate::<TraceUi>(ctx, "image-trace").params["strokes"].clone();
+        let undo = |app: &VectorcraftApp| app.session.active().unwrap().history.undo.len();
+        app.run("select.set", json!({"ids": [a.0]})).unwrap();
+        click(&mut app, &ctx, "Preview");
+        click(&mut app, &ctx, "Strokes");
+        app.run("select.set", json!({"ids": [b.0]})).unwrap();
+        frame(&mut app, &ctx, vec![]);
+        assert_eq!(shown(&ctx), json!(false), "B's own settings");
+        app.run("select.set", json!({"ids": [a.0]})).unwrap();
+        frame(&mut app, &ctx, vec![]);
+        assert_eq!(shown(&ctx), json!(true), "A's change still waits");
+        let steps = undo(&app);
+        click(&mut app, &ctx, "Trace");
+        assert_eq!(target(&app).2.unwrap()["params"]["strokes"], json!(true), "A is traced with its change");
+        assert_eq!(undo(&app), steps + 1);
+        // Preview turned on while B is selected: A is traced with its change when it is selected again.
+        let a = first_selected(&app).unwrap().id;
+        click(&mut app, &ctx, "Strokes");
+        app.run("select.set", json!({"ids": [b.0]})).unwrap();
+        frame(&mut app, &ctx, vec![]);
+        click(&mut app, &ctx, "Preview");
+        assert!(app.ui.image_trace_preview);
+        let steps = undo(&app);
+        app.run("select.set", json!({"ids": [a.0]})).unwrap();
+        frame(&mut app, &ctx, vec![]);
+        assert_eq!(target(&app).2.unwrap()["params"]["strokes"], json!(false), "traced with the change that waited");
+        assert_eq!(undo(&app), steps + 1);
+        frame(&mut app, &ctx, vec![]);
+        assert_eq!(undo(&app), steps + 1, "traced once");
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn settings_that_wait_are_kept_when_a_plain_image_is_traced_in_between() {
+        let mut app = traced_app();
+        let ctx = egui::Context::default();
+        crate::theme::install_fonts(&ctx);
+        let a = first_selected(&app).unwrap().id;
+        click(&mut app, &ctx, "Preview");
+        click(&mut app, &ctx, "Strokes");
+        let img = image::RgbaImage::from_fn(20, 20, |_, y| image::Rgba(if y < 10 { [0, 0, 0, 255] } else { [255, 255, 255, 255] }));
+        let mut png = vec![];
+        img.write_to(&mut std::io::Cursor::new(&mut png), image::ImageFormat::Png).unwrap();
+        let data = vectorcraft_format::base64_encode(&png);
+        app.run("file.place", json!({"name": "plain.png", "dataBase64": data, "link": false})).unwrap();
+        assert!(target(&app).1, "a plain image is selected");
+        frame(&mut app, &ctx, vec![]);
+        click(&mut app, &ctx, "Strokes");
+        click(&mut app, &ctx, "Trace");
+        assert_eq!(target(&app).2.unwrap()["params"]["strokes"], json!(false), "the image is traced with the panel's settings");
+        app.run("select.set", json!({"ids": [a.0]})).unwrap();
+        frame(&mut app, &ctx, vec![]);
+        assert_eq!(pstate::<TraceUi>(&ctx, "image-trace").params["strokes"], json!(true), "A's change still waits");
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn settings_that_wait_are_dropped_when_their_object_changed_since() {
+        let mut app = traced_app();
+        let ctx = egui::Context::default();
+        crate::theme::install_fonts(&ctx);
+        let a = first_selected(&app).unwrap().id;
+        app.run("edit.duplicate", json!({})).unwrap();
+        let b = first_selected(&app).unwrap().id;
+        app.run("select.set", json!({"ids": [a.0]})).unwrap();
+        click(&mut app, &ctx, "Preview");
+        click(&mut app, &ctx, "Strokes");
+        app.run("select.set", json!({"ids": [b.0]})).unwrap();
+        frame(&mut app, &ctx, vec![]);
+        // A's settings as they were when the change was made, other than its settings now.
+        let mut st: TraceUi = pstate(&ctx, "image-trace");
+        let key = (app.session.active().unwrap().uid, a);
+        let draft = st.drafts.get_mut(&key).expect("the change waits for A");
+        assert_eq!(draft.1["strokes"], json!(true));
+        draft.2["params"]["threshold"] = json!(1);
+        set_pstate(&ctx, "image-trace", st);
+        app.run("select.set", json!({"ids": [a.0]})).unwrap();
+        frame(&mut app, &ctx, vec![]);
+        let shown = pstate::<TraceUi>(&ctx, "image-trace");
+        assert_eq!(shown.params, target(&app).2.unwrap()["params"], "the panel shows A's settings as they are now");
+        assert!(shown.drafts.is_empty(), "the change is dropped");
+    }
+
     #[test]
     fn preview_is_kept_with_the_preferences_and_reset_to_default_leaves_it() {
         let mut app = traced_app();
diff --git a/docs/target-app-parity.md b/docs/target-app-parity.md
index 83a049191..b4ae5561e 100644
--- a/docs/target-app-parity.md
+++ b/docs/target-app-parity.md
@@ -793,7 +793,7 @@ Moved from the ROADMAP's "Shipped so far" on 2026-10-10. Update it when a featur
 - **Image Trace, large images:** images over 1500 px on a side trace with a warning in the result and the status bar; the anchor limit is 8,000,000 (2,000,000 on the web), measured at about 90 bytes an anchor (see [quality notes](image-trace-quality.md#large-images)).
 - **Image Trace, Flat Logo working size:** Flat Logo traces at most 1024 px on a side; a larger decoded raster (the 64-megapixel copy for a bigger image) is averaged down in whole-number blocks first, and the trace's `warnings` name the size it was traced at and the image's own size, in place of the slower-trace and 64-megapixel notes; code-drawn 1024 and 1025 px tests in `crates/trace` and `crates/engine`.
 - **Image Trace, Flat Logo working size:** Flat Logo traces at most 1024 px on a side; a larger image is averaged down by a whole factor first, and the trace's `warnings` name the size it was traced at and the image's own size, in place of the slower-trace and 64-megapixel notes; code-drawn 1024 and 1025 px tests in `crates/trace` and `crates/engine`.
-- **Image Trace, Preview:** the Image Trace panel's Preview checkbox, before Trace, is on by default, and a setting change traces the selected Image Trace object again at once. Off, changes wait in the panel until Trace applies them as one undo step, or until Preview is turned on again. Preview is kept with the UI preferences, and Reset to Default leaves it.
+- **Image Trace, Preview:** the Image Trace panel's Preview checkbox, before Trace, is on by default, and a setting change traces the selected Image Trace object again at once. Off, changes wait in the panel until Trace applies them as one undo step, or until Preview is turned on again. Changes stay with the object they were made for while another object is selected. When Preview is turned on with that object not selected, the object is traced with its changes when it is selected again. Preview is kept with the UI preferences, and Reset to Default leaves it. The `imageTrace.preview` command turns it on or off.
 - **Image Trace small contours:** closed fits too small to form an editable subpath retain their positioned outline, including holes. Source-generated island, hole/winding and stepped-region regressions cover Corners and Noise; defaults, parity scores and estimates are unchanged.
 - **Create Strokes baseline (2026-10-17, measured):** the ignored centre-lines class covers 23 exact code-drawn scenes in aa and hard variants, including junctions, crossings, fills meeting strokes and varying widths. [Baseline and metric definitions](image-trace-quality.md#centre-lines). Topology is recovered from emitted geometry; width-profile metrics remain unavailable. No behaviour change or score increase.
 - **Image Trace, collapsed loops keep few segments:** a loop whose fit collapses to one cubic keeps the fewest segments that hold its area and course, so a higher Paths gives no fewer segments; a code-drawn Paths sweep in `crates/trace` (see [quality notes](image-trace-quality.md#collapsed-loops-keep-few-segments)).
diff --git a/docs/ui-parity.md b/docs/ui-parity.md
index af3ec3574..dfdb19811 100644
--- a/docs/ui-parity.md
+++ b/docs/ui-parity.md
@@ -273,7 +273,7 @@ empty), without opening the dialog.
 | Quick Image Trace presets trace at once and leave the panel as it was; the Image Trace button (Control bar, Properties) opens the editable controls | done | Per the public documentation, choosing a preset traces the image with it straight away, and the panel is opened with the Image Trace button in the Control panel or in Properties' Image Trace section (<https://helpx.adobe.com/illustrator/using/image-trace-results-optimization.html>). The controls show Threshold, Paths, Corners and Noise with Advanced open; `panels/image_trace.rs` headless tests (`a_quick_trace_leaves_the_panel_as_it_was`, `sketch_quick_trace_reveals_all_adjustments_and_keeps_the_source` for the button's route). No algorithm parity claim. |
 | Image Trace panel: holding the eye button next to View down shows the selected Image Trace objects' source image on the canvas | done | Per the public documentation, the control next to View is pressed and held to compare the trace result with the source image (<https://web.archive.org/web/20250831090623/https://helpx.adobe.com/illustrator/using/image-trace.html>). On release the objects show their View again; the document, its View and the undo history are unchanged. `RenderOptions::trace_source`; `panels/image_trace.rs` headless test `holding_the_eye_button_shows_the_source_image_until_released`, render test `trace_source_draws_the_source_image_of_the_listed_objects`. The Control bar and Properties have no such button |
 | Live trace result bounds and selection highlights exclude the retained bitmap; source-image views retain it | done | All TraceView modes and rotated result bounds regression-covered; ordinary hidden group behavior retained |
-| Image Trace panel: the Preview checkbox before Trace chooses whether a setting change traces the selected Image Trace object again at once | done | Per the public documentation, Preview shows the result of the current settings and Trace traces with them (<https://web.archive.org/web/20250831090623/https://helpx.adobe.com/illustrator/using/image-trace.html>). Preview is on by default and kept with the UI preferences; Reset to Default leaves it. Off, changes wait in the panel until Trace applies them as one undo step, or until Preview is turned on again. `ui.set {imageTracePreview}`; `panels/image_trace.rs` headless tests (`with_preview_off_a_slider_change_waits_for_trace`, `turning_preview_on_traces_the_changes_that_waited`, `preview_turned_on_with_nothing_selected_traces_when_the_object_is_selected_again`, `settings_that_wait_stay_with_their_object`, `preview_is_kept_with_the_preferences_and_reset_to_default_leaves_it`) |
+| Image Trace panel: the Preview checkbox before Trace chooses whether a setting change traces the selected Image Trace object again at once | done | Per the public documentation, Preview shows the result of the current settings and Trace traces with them (<https://web.archive.org/web/20250831090623/https://helpx.adobe.com/illustrator/using/image-trace.html>). Preview is on by default and kept with the UI preferences; Reset to Default leaves it. Off, changes wait in the panel until Trace applies them as one undo step, or until Preview is turned on again. Changes stay with the object they were made for while another object is selected, and come back when it is selected again. `imageTrace.preview {on?}`, `ui.set {imageTracePreview}`; `panels/image_trace.rs` headless tests (`with_preview_off_a_slider_change_waits_for_trace`, `turning_preview_on_traces_the_changes_that_waited`, `preview_turned_on_with_nothing_selected_traces_when_the_object_is_selected_again`, `settings_that_wait_stay_with_their_object`, `settings_that_wait_come_back_when_their_object_is_selected_again`, `settings_that_wait_are_dropped_when_their_object_changed_since`, `preview_is_kept_with_the_preferences_and_reset_to_default_leaves_it`) |
 | Toolbar without group labels by default, one or two columns; All Tools drawer by flyout group with shortcuts, its menu (Reset, Basic, Advanced) and Show section | done | #1751; a preference brings the labels back; `toolbar.show` sets the Fill/Stroke, Coloring, Draw Mode and Screen Mode controls |
 | Actions panel: a clicked action stays selected for Play Current Selection and Delete Selection | partial | #1853 (part of #1629); editing actions and action shortcuts remain |
 | Actions panel: Create New Set (bottom bar, ≡ › New Set…) names a new set and Set Options… renames the current one; a click on a set's name makes it current and a recording goes into the current set ([helpx: Automation with actions](https://helpx.adobe.com/illustrator/using/automation-actions.html)) | partial | #3712; the New Action dialog (name, set menu, shortcut, colour), dragging actions between sets and deleting a set remain |