diff --git a/app/src/main/java/de/jeanlucmakiola/calendula/ui/common/CalendarChrome.kt b/app/src/main/java/de/jeanlucmakiola/calendula/ui/common/CalendarChrome.kt
index d252ad27..56a3a1ab 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/de/jeanlucmakiola/calendula/ui/common/CalendarChrome.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/de/jeanlucmakiola/calendula/ui/common/CalendarChrome.kt
@@ -77,6 +77,8 @@ class EventSelection(
     val event: EventInstance,
     val dismiss: () -> Unit,
     val create: (() -> Unit)? = null,
+    /** The event at the times an ongoing move or resize would give it, else null. */
+    val preview: () -> EventInstance? = { null },
 )
 
 /** The screen on show's [ScreenChrome] and [ScreenActions], for the host to draw. */
@@ -126,10 +128,12 @@ fun PublishSelection(
     compact: Boolean,
     onDismiss: () -> Unit,
     onCreate: (() -> Unit)? = null,
+    preview: () -> EventInstance? = { null },
 ) {
     val slot = LocalChromeSlot.current ?: return
     val currentDismiss by rememberUpdatedState(onDismiss)
     val currentCreate by rememberUpdatedState(onCreate)
+    val currentPreview by rememberUpdatedState(preview)
     val drafted = onCreate != null
     val selection = remember(event, drafted) {
         event?.let {
@@ -137,6 +141,7 @@ fun PublishSelection(
                 event = it,
                 dismiss = { currentDismiss() },
                 create = if (drafted) ({ currentCreate?.invoke() }) else null,
+                preview = { currentPreview() },
             )
         }
     }
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/de/jeanlucmakiola/calendula/ui/common/SelectionTopBar.kt b/app/src/main/java/de/jeanlucmakiola/calendula/ui/common/SelectionTopBar.kt
index 37ef7592..d9d69b71 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/de/jeanlucmakiola/calendula/ui/common/SelectionTopBar.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/de/jeanlucmakiola/calendula/ui/common/SelectionTopBar.kt
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@ import androidx.compose.material3.Text
 import androidx.compose.material3.TopAppBar
 import androidx.compose.material3.TopAppBarDefaults
 import androidx.compose.runtime.Composable
+import androidx.compose.runtime.derivedStateOf
+import androidx.compose.runtime.getValue
 import androidx.compose.runtime.remember
 import androidx.compose.ui.res.stringResource
 import androidx.compose.ui.text.style.TextOverflow
@@ -30,10 +32,13 @@ import kotlin.time.toJavaInstant
 @Composable
 fun SelectionTopBar(selection: EventSelection) {
     val event = selection.event
+    // Follows a move or resize, so the times stay readable under the finger.
+    val preview by remember(selection) { derivedStateOf { selection.preview() } }
+    val shown = preview ?: event
     val use24Hour = LocalUse24HourFormat.current
     val locale = currentLocale()
-    val whenText = remember(event.start, event.end, use24Hour, locale) {
-        formatSelectionWhen(event, use24Hour, locale)
+    val whenText = remember(shown.start, shown.end, use24Hour, locale) {
+        formatSelectionWhen(shown, use24Hour, locale)
     }
     TopAppBar(
         navigationIcon = {
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/de/jeanlucmakiola/calendula/ui/common/TimelineDrag.kt b/app/src/main/java/de/jeanlucmakiola/calendula/ui/common/TimelineDrag.kt
index 045d14fa..45bb3b4e 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/de/jeanlucmakiola/calendula/ui/common/TimelineDrag.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/de/jeanlucmakiola/calendula/ui/common/TimelineDrag.kt
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ import androidx.compose.material3.Text
 import androidx.compose.runtime.Composable
 import androidx.compose.runtime.LaunchedEffect
 import androidx.compose.runtime.Stable
+import androidx.compose.runtime.derivedStateOf
 import androidx.compose.runtime.getValue
 import androidx.compose.runtime.mutableStateListOf
 import androidx.compose.runtime.mutableIntStateOf
@@ -815,6 +816,25 @@ class TimelineDragController {
         originSlot = drag?.slot
     }
 
+    /** The slot the gesture would land on, changing once per snap rather than per frame. */
+    private val landingSlot by derivedStateOf { drag?.slot }
+
+    /**
+     * The dragged event at the times letting go now would give it, worked out as
+     * [finish] and [finishResize] do. Null while it is still on its own slot (#141).
+     */
+    fun preview(zone: TimeZone): EventInstance? {
+        val (date, startMin, spanMin) = landingSlot?.takeIf { it != originSlot } ?: return null
+        val event = source?.event ?: return null
+        val edge = resizeEdge
+        if (edge != null) {
+            val drop = resizedDrop(event, edge, date, startMin, spanMin, zone)
+            return event.copy(start = drop.start, end = drop.end)
+        }
+        val start = TimelineDrop(event, date, startMin, clipOffsetMin).startInstant(zone)
+        return event.copy(start = start, end = start + dragDuration)
+    }
+
     /**
      * End a resize, handing back the event's new span — null when it never
      * resolved or came back to the length it started at. Settles as [finish] does.
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/de/jeanlucmakiola/calendula/ui/week/WeekScreen.kt b/app/src/main/java/de/jeanlucmakiola/calendula/ui/week/WeekScreen.kt
index 03873c14..66fe65d5 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/de/jeanlucmakiola/calendula/ui/week/WeekScreen.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/de/jeanlucmakiola/calendula/ui/week/WeekScreen.kt
@@ -614,6 +614,7 @@ private fun WeekContent(
         compact = dragController.selectionCovered,
         onDismiss = dragController::deselect,
         onCreate = selection?.event?.takeIf { it.isDraft }?.let { draft -> { createDraft(draft) } },
+        preview = { dragController.preview(zone) },
     )
     BackHandler(enabled = selection != null) { dragController.deselect() }
     LaunchedEffect(pagerState, dragController) {