diff --git a/packages/element/src/arrows/focus.ts b/packages/element/src/arrows/focus.ts
index 643ec48ac5..8202777a26 100644
--- a/packages/element/src/arrows/focus.ts
+++ b/packages/element/src/arrows/focus.ts
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ import {
   getBindingGap,
   getGlobalFixedPointForBindableElement,
   isBindingEnabled,
-  maxBindingDistance_simple,
   unbindBindingElement,
   updateBoundPoint,
 } from "../binding";
@@ -239,7 +238,7 @@ export const handleFocusPointDrag = (
     point,
     scene.getNonDeletedElements(),
     elementsMap,
-    maxBindingDistance_simple(appState.zoom),
+    appState.zoom,
   );
 
   // Hovering a bindable element
diff --git a/packages/element/src/binding.ts b/packages/element/src/binding.ts
index bf3044b95d..a1dd1bf8ec 100644
--- a/packages/element/src/binding.ts
+++ b/packages/element/src/binding.ts
@@ -274,7 +274,7 @@ const bindingStrategyForElbowArrowEndpointDragging = (
     globalPoint,
     elements,
     elementsMap,
-    maxBindingDistance_simple(zoom),
+    zoom,
   );
 
   const current = hit
@@ -705,7 +705,7 @@ const getBindingStrategyForDraggingBindingElementEndpoints_simple = (
     globalPoint,
     elements,
     elementsMap,
-    maxBindingDistance_simple(appState.zoom),
+    appState.zoom,
   );
   const pointInElement =
     hit &&
diff --git a/packages/element/src/collision.ts b/packages/element/src/collision.ts
index ebcacf47b5..afa46c986b 100644
--- a/packages/element/src/collision.ts
+++ b/packages/element/src/collision.ts
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ import type {
   Radians,
 } from "@excalidraw/math";
 
-import type { FrameNameBounds } from "@excalidraw/excalidraw/types";
+import type { AppState, FrameNameBounds } from "@excalidraw/excalidraw/types";
 
 import { isPathALoop } from "./utils";
 import {
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ import { LinearElementEditor } from "./linearElementEditor";
 
 import { distanceToElement } from "./distance";
 
-import { getBindingGap } from "./binding";
+import { getBindingGap, maxBindingDistance_simple } from "./binding";
 
 import { hasBackground } from "./comparisons";
 
@@ -253,7 +253,7 @@ export const hitElementBoundText = (
   return isPointInElement(point, boundTextElement, elementsMap);
 };
 
-const borderDistance = (
+const bindableElementBorderDistanceIfClose = (
   element: NonDeleted<ExcalidrawBindableElement>,
   point: GlobalPoint,
   elementsMap: ElementsMap,
@@ -339,12 +339,16 @@ export const getHoveredElementForBinding = (
   point: Readonly<GlobalPoint>,
   elements: readonly Ordered<NonDeletedExcalidrawElement>[],
   elementsMap: NonDeletedSceneElementsMap,
-  tolerance?: number,
+  zoom?: AppState["zoom"],
 ): NonDeleted<ExcalidrawBindableElement> | null => {
-  const candidateElements: {
+  type Candidate = {
     element: NonDeleted<ExcalidrawBindableElement>;
     distance: number;
-  }[] = [];
+    overlapPercent?: number;
+    relativeArea?: number;
+  };
+
+  const candidates: Candidate[] = [];
   for (let index = elements.length - 1; index >= 0; --index) {
     const element = elements[index];
 
@@ -352,38 +356,42 @@ export const getHoveredElementForBinding = (
       continue;
     }
 
-    const distance = borderDistance(
+    const maxDistance = maxBindingDistance_simple(zoom);
+    const distance = bindableElementBorderDistanceIfClose(
       element,
       point,
       elementsMap,
-      tolerance ?? 0,
+      maxDistance,
     );
-    const bindingGap = getBindingGap(element, arrow);
 
-    if (distance > -(tolerance ?? bindingGap)) {
-      candidateElements.push({ element, distance });
+    if (distance > -maxDistance) {
+      candidates.push({ element, distance });
+
+      if (!isTransparent(element.backgroundColor) && distance >= 0) {
+        break;
+      }
     }
   }
 
-  if (candidateElements.length === 0) {
+  if (candidates.length === 0) {
     return null;
   }
 
-  if (candidateElements.length === 1) {
-    return candidateElements[0].element;
+  if (candidates.length === 1) {
+    return candidates[0].element;
   }
 
-  const closestDistance = candidateElements.sort(
+  const closestElements = candidates.sort(
     (a, b) => Math.abs(a.distance) - Math.abs(b.distance),
   );
 
-  const candidate = closestDistance[0];
+  const candidate = closestElements[0];
   const [cx1, cy1, cx2, cy2] = getElementBounds(candidate.element, elementsMap);
   const candidateArea = Math.max(
     0.00001,
     Math.abs(cx2 - cx1) * Math.abs(cy2 - cy1),
   );
-  const overlaps = closestDistance
+  const overlaps = closestElements
     .map((c) => {
       if (c.element === candidate.element) {
         return { ...c, overlapPercent: 0, relativeArea: 1 };
diff --git a/packages/element/src/elbowArrow.ts b/packages/element/src/elbowArrow.ts
index d4034920ac..c0e53ee648 100644
--- a/packages/element/src/elbowArrow.ts
+++ b/packages/element/src/elbowArrow.ts
@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@ import {
   getHeadingForElbowArrowSnap,
   getGlobalFixedPointForBindableElement,
   getBindingGap,
-  maxBindingDistance_simple,
   BASE_BINDING_GAP_ELBOW,
 } from "./binding";
 import { distanceToElement } from "./distance";
@@ -2286,7 +2285,7 @@ const getHoveredElement = (
     origPoint,
     elements,
     elementsMap,
-    maxBindingDistance_simple(zoom),
+    zoom,
   );
 };
 
diff --git a/packages/excalidraw/components/App.tsx b/packages/excalidraw/components/App.tsx
index db7a342d41..e29dca5521 100644
--- a/packages/excalidraw/components/App.tsx
+++ b/packages/excalidraw/components/App.tsx
@@ -250,7 +250,6 @@ import {
   getElementBounds,
   doBoundsIntersect,
   isPointInElement,
-  maxBindingDistance_simple,
   convertToExcalidrawElements,
   type ExcalidrawElementSkeleton,
   getSnapOutlineMidPoint,
@@ -7092,7 +7091,7 @@ class App extends React.Component<AppProps, AppState> {
           pointFrom<GlobalPoint>(scenePointerX, scenePointerY),
           this.scene.getNonDeletedElements(),
           elementsMap,
-          maxBindingDistance_simple(this.state.zoom),
+          this.state.zoom,
         );
         if (hoveredElement) {
           this.setState({
@@ -7132,7 +7131,7 @@ class App extends React.Component<AppProps, AppState> {
             pointFrom<GlobalPoint>(scenePointerX, scenePointerY),
             this.scene.getNonDeletedElements(),
             this.scene.getNonDeletedElementsMap(),
-            maxBindingDistance_simple(this.state.zoom),
+            this.state.zoom,
           );
         if (hoveredElement) {
           this.actionManager.executeAction(actionFinalize, "ui", {
@@ -7284,7 +7283,7 @@ class App extends React.Component<AppProps, AppState> {
         pointFrom<GlobalPoint>(scenePointerX, scenePointerY),
         this.scene.getNonDeletedElements(),
         this.scene.getNonDeletedElementsMap(),
-        maxBindingDistance_simple(this.state.zoom),
+        this.state.zoom,
       );
       const scenePointer = pointFrom<GlobalPoint>(scenePointerX, scenePointerY);
       const elementsMap = this.scene.getNonDeletedElementsMap();
@@ -9893,7 +9892,7 @@ class App extends React.Component<AppProps, AppState> {
               pointFrom<GlobalPoint>(pointerCoords.x, pointerCoords.y),
               this.scene.getNonDeletedElements(),
               elementsMap,
-              maxBindingDistance_simple(this.state.zoom),
+              this.state.zoom,
             );
 
             this.handleDelayedBindModeChange(element, hoveredElement);