diff --git a/hover_letters.py b/hover_letters.py
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+"""https://github.com/Textualize/textual/discussions/4089"""
+
+from random import choice
+from string import ascii_uppercase
+
+from textual.app import App, ComposeResult
+from textual.widgets import Static
+
+class HoverLettersApp(App[None]):
+
+    CSS = """
+    Static {
+        link-style: none;
+        link-color-hover: white;
+        link-background-hover: red;
+    }
+    """
+
+    def compose(self) -> ComposeResult:
+        text = ""
+        for _ in range(5000):
+            letter = choice(ascii_uppercase)
+            text += f"[@click=does_nothing('{letter}')]{letter}[/]"
+        yield Static(text)
+
+    def action_does_nothing(self) -> None:
+        pass
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    HoverLettersApp().run()
+
+### hover_letters.py ends here