diff --git a/frontend/src/ui/components/CanvasAgentTimeline/index.css b/frontend/src/ui/components/CanvasAgentTimeline/index.css
index b8fbfb9..e97b73a 100644
--- a/frontend/src/ui/components/CanvasAgentTimeline/index.css
+++ b/frontend/src/ui/components/CanvasAgentTimeline/index.css
@@ -307,17 +307,21 @@
   border-radius: 10px;
   background: #f5f5f3;
   box-shadow: none;
+  user-select: none;
+  -webkit-user-select: none;
 }
 
 .moteva-generated-grid.multi .moteva-generated-image {
   width: 100%;
 }
 
-.moteva-generated-image img {
+.moteva-generated-image-preview {
   width: 100%;
   aspect-ratio: 1;
   display: block;
-  object-fit: contain;
+  background-repeat: no-repeat;
+  background-position: center;
+  background-size: contain;
 }
 
 .moteva-response-card .markdown-content {
@@ -450,16 +454,22 @@
   border-radius: 999px;
   color: #2f343b;
   background: #fff;
+  font: inherit;
   text-decoration: none;
+  cursor: pointer;
+  user-select: none;
+  -webkit-user-select: none;
 }
 
-.message-reference-tag > img {
+.message-reference-thumb {
   width: 22px;
   height: 22px;
   flex: 0 0 auto;
   border-radius: 5px;
-  object-fit: cover;
   background: #eef0f3;
+  background-repeat: no-repeat;
+  background-position: center;
+  background-size: cover;
 }
 
 .message-reference-tag span {
@@ -496,7 +506,7 @@
   object-fit: contain;
 }
 
-.message-reference-tag:hover i {
+.message-reference-tag.preview-open i {
   opacity: 1;
   transform: translateY(0) scale(1);
 }
diff --git a/frontend/src/ui/components/CanvasAgentTimeline/index.tsx b/frontend/src/ui/components/CanvasAgentTimeline/index.tsx
index ca1a74c..e258800 100644
--- a/frontend/src/ui/components/CanvasAgentTimeline/index.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/ui/components/CanvasAgentTimeline/index.tsx
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 "use client";
 
-import { Fragment, useEffect, useRef, useState } from "react";
+import { Fragment, useEffect, useRef, useState, type MouseEvent as ReactMouseEvent } from "react";
 import { Check, Copy, Eye, Globe2, Heart, Loader2 } from "lucide-react";
 import type { AgentMessage, CanvasNode } from "@/domain/design";
 import { useI18n } from "@/i18n/i18n";
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ type AgentImageArtifact = {
 };
 
 const copyButtonHideDelayMs = 3000;
+const imagePreviewDelayMs = 180;
 
 export function CanvasAgentTimeline({ messages, nodes, active }: { messages: AgentMessage[]; nodes: CanvasNode[]; active: boolean }) {
   const turns = groupCanvasAgentTurns(messages);
@@ -164,8 +165,8 @@ function MotevaGeneratedResponse({ message, nodes = [], artifacts = [] }: { mess
       {items.length > 0 && (
         <div className={`moteva-generated-grid ${items.length > 1 ? "multi" : ""}`}>
           {items.map((item) => (
-            <button className="moteva-generated-image" type="button" key={item.id || item.url} title={item.title}>
-              <img src={canvasImageUrl(item.url)} alt={item.title || title} />
+            <button className="moteva-generated-image" type="button" key={item.id || item.url} title={item.title || title}>
+              <span className="moteva-generated-image-preview" style={{ backgroundImage: `url("${cssUrl(canvasImageUrl(item.url))}")` }} aria-hidden="true" />
             </button>
           ))}
         </div>
@@ -436,11 +437,35 @@ function renderUserMessageContent(content: string) {
 }
 
 function MessageReferenceTag({ reference }: { reference: PromptImageReference }) {
-  const tagRef = useRef<HTMLAnchorElement | null>(null);
-  const [previewLoaded, setPreviewLoaded] = useState(false);
+  const tagRef = useRef<HTMLButtonElement | null>(null);
+  const previewTimerRef = useRef<number | null>(null);
+  const [previewVisible, setPreviewVisible] = useState(false);
   const [previewPosition, setPreviewPosition] = useState<{ left: number; top: number } | null>(null);
-  const loadPreview = () => {
-    setPreviewLoaded(true);
+  const thumbnailUrl = referenceThumbnailUrl(reference.url);
+  const previewUrl = referencePreviewUrl(reference.url);
+
+  useEffect(() => {
+    return () => {
+      if (previewTimerRef.current) window.clearTimeout(previewTimerRef.current);
+    };
+  }, []);
+
+  useEffect(() => {
+    if (!previewVisible) return;
+    const closeOnSelection = () => {
+      if (hasActiveDocumentTextSelection()) setPreviewVisible(false);
+    };
+    document.addEventListener("selectionchange", closeOnSelection);
+    return () => document.removeEventListener("selectionchange", closeOnSelection);
+  }, [previewVisible]);
+
+  const cancelPreviewTimer = () => {
+    if (!previewTimerRef.current) return;
+    window.clearTimeout(previewTimerRef.current);
+    previewTimerRef.current = null;
+  };
+
+  const openPreview = () => {
     const rect = tagRef.current?.getBoundingClientRect();
     if (!rect) return;
     const size = Math.min(236, Math.max(168, window.innerWidth - 24));
@@ -449,14 +474,42 @@ function MessageReferenceTag({ reference }: { reference: PromptImageReference })
     const belowTop = rect.bottom + 12;
     const top = aboveTop >= 12 ? aboveTop : clampNumber(belowTop, 12, window.innerHeight - size - 12);
     setPreviewPosition({ left, top });
+    setPreviewVisible(true);
+  };
+
+  const schedulePreviewFromPointer = (event: ReactMouseEvent<HTMLButtonElement>) => {
+    if (event.buttons !== 0) return;
+    cancelPreviewTimer();
+    previewTimerRef.current = window.setTimeout(() => {
+      previewTimerRef.current = null;
+      openPreview();
+    }, imagePreviewDelayMs);
+  };
+
+  const hidePreview = () => {
+    cancelPreviewTimer();
+    setPreviewVisible(false);
   };
 
   return (
-    <a ref={tagRef} className="message-reference-tag" href={reference.url} target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" onMouseEnter={loadPreview} onFocus={loadPreview}>
-      <img src={referenceThumbnailUrl(reference.url)} alt="" />
+    <button
+      ref={tagRef}
+      type="button"
+      className={`message-reference-tag ${previewVisible ? "preview-open" : ""}`}
+      draggable={false}
+      onMouseEnter={schedulePreviewFromPointer}
+      onMouseLeave={hidePreview}
+      onMouseDown={hidePreview}
+      onBlur={hidePreview}
+      onDragStart={(event) => event.preventDefault()}
+      onClick={() => openReferenceImage(reference.url)}
+    >
+      <span className="message-reference-thumb" style={{ backgroundImage: `url("${cssUrl(thumbnailUrl)}")` }} aria-hidden="true" />
       <span>{reference.name}</span>
-      <i style={previewPosition ? { left: previewPosition.left, top: previewPosition.top } : undefined}>{previewLoaded && <img src={referencePreviewUrl(reference.url)} alt={reference.name} />}</i>
-    </a>
+      <i style={previewPosition ? { left: previewPosition.left, top: previewPosition.top } : undefined}>
+        {previewVisible && <img src={previewUrl} alt={reference.name} draggable={false} />}
+      </i>
+    </button>
   );
 }
 
@@ -464,6 +517,19 @@ function clampNumber(value: number, min: number, max: number) {
   return Math.max(min, Math.min(max, value));
 }
 
+function cssUrl(value: string) {
+  return value.replace(/["\\\n\r]/g, "\\$&");
+}
+
+function openReferenceImage(url: string) {
+  window.open(url, "_blank", "noopener,noreferrer");
+}
+
+function hasActiveDocumentTextSelection() {
+  const selection = window.getSelection();
+  return Boolean(selection && selection.rangeCount > 0 && !selection.isCollapsed && selection.toString().trim());
+}
+
 function cleanVisibleUserText(content: string) {
   return content
     .replace(/^模型选择[:：].*$/gm, "")
diff --git a/frontend/src/ui/components/PromptComposer/index.css b/frontend/src/ui/components/PromptComposer/index.css
index 1b61164..932ca9b 100644
--- a/frontend/src/ui/components/PromptComposer/index.css
+++ b/frontend/src/ui/components/PromptComposer/index.css
@@ -137,8 +137,10 @@
   flex: 0 0 auto;
   overflow: hidden;
   border-radius: 5px;
-  object-fit: cover;
   background: #f0f2f5;
+  background-repeat: no-repeat;
+  background-position: center;
+  background-size: cover;
 }
 
 .reference-hover-preview {
@@ -164,8 +166,7 @@
   transition: opacity 0.16s ease, transform 0.16s ease;
 }
 
-.reference-chip:hover .reference-hover-preview,
-.reference-chip:focus-within .reference-hover-preview {
+.reference-chip.preview-open .reference-hover-preview {
   opacity: 1;
   transform: translateY(0);
 }
diff --git a/frontend/src/ui/components/PromptComposer/index.tsx b/frontend/src/ui/components/PromptComposer/index.tsx
index 32bb5aa..c684b90 100644
--- a/frontend/src/ui/components/PromptComposer/index.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/ui/components/PromptComposer/index.tsx
@@ -107,6 +107,7 @@ function clampNumber(value: number, min: number, max: number) {
 
 const caretAnchor = "\u200B";
 const caretAnchorPattern = /\u200B/g;
+const imagePreviewDelayMs = 180;
 
 function stripCaretAnchors(value: string) {
   return value.replace(caretAnchorPattern, "");
@@ -123,10 +124,10 @@ function createReferenceChip(reference: UploadedReferenceImage, removeLabel: str
   chip.setAttribute("aria-label", reference.name);
   chip.setAttribute("aria-description", removeLabel);
 
-  const thumb = document.createElement("img");
+  const thumb = document.createElement("span");
   thumb.className = "reference-chip-thumb";
-  thumb.src = reference.external ? reference.previewUrl : thumbnailImageUrl(reference.previewUrl);
-  thumb.alt = "";
+  thumb.style.backgroundImage = `url("${cssUrl(reference.external ? reference.previewUrl : thumbnailImageUrl(reference.previewUrl))}")`;
+  thumb.setAttribute("aria-hidden", "true");
 
   const name = document.createElement("span");
   name.textContent = reference.name;
@@ -136,7 +137,15 @@ function createReferenceChip(reference: UploadedReferenceImage, removeLabel: str
   const previewImage = document.createElement("img");
   previewImage.dataset.src = reference.external ? reference.previewUrl : canvasImageUrl(reference.previewUrl);
   previewImage.alt = reference.name;
+  previewImage.draggable = false;
   preview.append(previewImage);
+  let previewTimer: number | null = null;
+
+  const cancelPreviewTimer = () => {
+    if (!previewTimer) return;
+    window.clearTimeout(previewTimer);
+    previewTimer = null;
+  };
 
   const loadPreview = () => {
     if (!previewImage.src && previewImage.dataset.src) previewImage.src = previewImage.dataset.src;
@@ -162,28 +171,61 @@ function createReferenceChip(reference: UploadedReferenceImage, removeLabel: str
     preview.style.width = `${width}px`;
   };
 
-  const showPreview = () => {
+  const openPreview = () => {
     loadPreview();
     positionPreview();
+    chip.classList.add("preview-open");
     window.addEventListener("scroll", positionPreview, true);
     window.addEventListener("resize", positionPreview);
+    document.addEventListener("selectionchange", closePreviewOnTextSelection);
+  };
+
+  const showPreview = () => {
+    cancelPreviewTimer();
+    previewTimer = window.setTimeout(() => {
+      previewTimer = null;
+      openPreview();
+    }, imagePreviewDelayMs);
   };
 
   const hidePreview = () => {
+    cancelPreviewTimer();
+    chip.classList.remove("preview-open");
+    previewImage.removeAttribute("src");
     window.removeEventListener("scroll", positionPreview, true);
     window.removeEventListener("resize", positionPreview);
+    document.removeEventListener("selectionchange", closePreviewOnTextSelection);
   };
 
-  chip.addEventListener("mouseenter", showPreview);
+  function closePreviewOnTextSelection() {
+    if (hasActiveDocumentTextSelection()) hidePreview();
+  }
+
+  chip.addEventListener("mouseenter", (event) => {
+    if (event.buttons !== 0) return;
+    showPreview();
+  });
   chip.addEventListener("mouseleave", hidePreview);
-  chip.addEventListener("focusin", showPreview);
+  chip.addEventListener("mousedown", hidePreview);
   chip.addEventListener("focusout", hidePreview);
+  chip.addEventListener("dragstart", () => {
+    hidePreview();
+  });
   previewImage.addEventListener("load", positionPreview);
 
   chip.append(thumb, name, preview);
   return chip;
 }
 
+function cssUrl(value: string) {
+  return value.replace(/["\\\n\r]/g, "\\$&");
+}
+
+function hasActiveDocumentTextSelection() {
+  const selection = window.getSelection();
+  return Boolean(selection && selection.rangeCount > 0 && !selection.isCollapsed && selection.toString().trim());
+}
+
 function findReferenceChip(root: HTMLElement, id: string) {
   return Array.from(root.querySelectorAll<HTMLElement>("[data-reference-id]")).find((chip) => chip.dataset.referenceId === id) ?? null;
 }