diff -r 030f2e4c0664 -r b7725d8f094d client/js/renderer/noderepr.js
--- a/client/js/renderer/noderepr.js	Fri Sep 18 15:58:21 2015 +0200
+++ b/client/js/renderer/noderepr.js	Fri Sep 18 15:59:44 2015 +0200
@@ -364,6 +364,7 @@
             _editor.draw();
         },
         select: function() {
+            clearTimeout(this.hide_timeout);
             this.selected = true;
             this.circle.strokeWidth = this._getSelectedStrokeWidth();
             if (this.renderer.isEditable() && !this.hidden) {
@@ -419,11 +420,17 @@
                     this.hide();
                 }
                 else {
-                    this.hideNeighbors();
+                    this.hideNeighbors(true);
                 }
                 this._super("unselect");
             }
         },
+        hide_delay: function(){
+            var _this = this;
+            this.hide_timeout = setTimeout(function(){
+                _this.hide();
+            }, 1000);
+        },
         hide: function(){
             var _this = this;
             this.ghost = false;
@@ -450,7 +457,7 @@
                         }
                     }
             );
-            this.hideNeighbors();
+            this.hideNeighbors(false);
         },
         show: function(ghost){
             var _this = this;
@@ -482,7 +489,7 @@
                     }
             );
         },
-        hideNeighbors: function(){
+        hideNeighbors: function(delay){
             var _this = this;
             _.each(
                     this.project.get("edges").filter(
@@ -493,7 +500,7 @@
                     function(edge, index, list) {
                         var repr = _this.renderer.getRepresentationByModel(edge.get("to"));
                         if (repr && repr.ghost) {
-                            repr.hide();
+                            if (delay){ repr.hide_delay(); } else {repr.hide(); }
                         }
                     }
             );