diff --git a/share/qtcreator/qmldesigner/connectionseditor/ConnectionsListView.qml b/share/qtcreator/qmldesigner/connectionseditor/ConnectionsListView.qml
index a8159056fc0..a9075c59b1b 100644
--- a/share/qtcreator/qmldesigner/connectionseditor/ConnectionsListView.qml
+++ b/share/qtcreator/qmldesigner/connectionseditor/ConnectionsListView.qml
@@ -104,9 +104,11 @@ ListView {
 
         property alias delegateMouseArea: mouseArea
 
+        property bool hovered: mouseArea.containsMouse || toolTipArea.containsMouse
+
         width: ListView.view.width
         height: root.style.squareControlSize.height
-        color: mouseArea.containsMouse ?
+        color: itemDelegate.hovered ?
                    itemDelegate.ListView.isCurrentItem ? root.style.interactionHover
                                                        : root.style.background.hover
                                        : "transparent"
@@ -170,10 +172,12 @@ ListView {
                 height: root.style.squareControlSize.height
 
                 color: toolTipArea.containsMouse ?
-                           itemDelegate.ListView.isCurrentItem ? root.style.interactionHover
-                                                               : root.style.background.hover
+                           itemDelegate.ListView.isCurrentItem ? root.style.interactionGlobalHover
+                                                               : root.style.background.globalHover
                                                : "transparent"
 
+                visible: itemDelegate.hovered || itemDelegate.ListView.isCurrentItem
+
                 Text {
                     anchors.fill: parent
 
diff --git a/share/qtcreator/qmldesigner/propertyEditorQmlSources/imports/StudioTheme/ControlStyle.qml b/share/qtcreator/qmldesigner/propertyEditorQmlSources/imports/StudioTheme/ControlStyle.qml
index 460ff6db3f3..60ca3148fc5 100644
--- a/share/qtcreator/qmldesigner/propertyEditorQmlSources/imports/StudioTheme/ControlStyle.qml
+++ b/share/qtcreator/qmldesigner/propertyEditorQmlSources/imports/StudioTheme/ControlStyle.qml
@@ -76,6 +76,7 @@ QtObject {
     // Special colors
     property color interaction: Values.themeInteraction
     property color interactionHover: Values.themeInteractionHover
+    property color interactionGlobalHover: "#ffB0E1FC"
     // TODO needs to removed in the future
     property color thumbnailLabelBackground: Values.themeThumbnailLabelBackground