diff --git a/crates/picker/src/picker.rs b/crates/picker/src/picker.rs
index 1e529cd53f2d2527af8525886d11dbcddbf33a34..eba5b3096194fe8a3379efeb9b230a6004cd2e36 100644
--- a/crates/picker/src/picker.rs
+++ b/crates/picker/src/picker.rs
@@ -121,6 +121,9 @@ pub trait PickerDelegate: Sized + 'static {
     ) -> bool {
         true
     }
+    fn select_on_hover(&self) -> bool {
+        true
+    }
 
     // Allows binding some optional effect to when the selection changes.
     fn selected_index_changed(
@@ -788,12 +791,14 @@ impl<D: PickerDelegate> Picker<D> {
                     this.handle_click(ix, event.modifiers.platform, window, cx)
                 }),
             )
-            .on_hover(cx.listener(move |this, hovered: &bool, window, cx| {
-                if *hovered {
-                    this.set_selected_index(ix, None, false, window, cx);
-                    cx.notify();
-                }
-            }))
+            .when(self.delegate.select_on_hover(), |this| {
+                this.on_hover(cx.listener(move |this, hovered: &bool, window, cx| {
+                    if *hovered {
+                        this.set_selected_index(ix, None, false, window, cx);
+                        cx.notify();
+                    }
+                }))
+            })
             .children(self.delegate.render_match(
                 ix,
                 ix == self.delegate.selected_index(),
diff --git a/crates/rules_library/src/rules_library.rs b/crates/rules_library/src/rules_library.rs
index 7e5a56f22d48c4d51f60d7d200dc8384582beb23..425f7d2aa3d9e9259fe005a0e15dee10e4e4baf1 100644
--- a/crates/rules_library/src/rules_library.rs
+++ b/crates/rules_library/src/rules_library.rs
@@ -225,6 +225,10 @@ impl PickerDelegate for RulePickerDelegate {
         }
     }
 
+    fn select_on_hover(&self) -> bool {
+        false
+    }
+
     fn placeholder_text(&self, _window: &mut Window, _cx: &mut App) -> Arc<str> {
         "Search…".into()
     }