diff --git a/lua/noice/config/init.lua b/lua/noice/config/init.lua
index 1c242b8..b025177 100644
--- a/lua/noice/config/init.lua
+++ b/lua/noice/config/init.lua
@@ -78,11 +78,14 @@ M.defaults = {
     hover = {
       enabled = false,
       view = "notify",
+      ---@type NoiceViewOptions
       opts = {
         lang = "markdown",
         replace = true,
         render = "plain",
+        format = { "{message}" },
         buf_options = { iskeyword = '!-~,^*,^|,^",192-255', keywordprg = ":help" },
+        win_options = { concealcursor = "n", conceallevel = 3 },
       },
     },
     hl_patterns = {
diff --git a/lua/noice/config/views.lua b/lua/noice/config/views.lua
index eedeb78..7865ec2 100644
--- a/lua/noice/config/views.lua
+++ b/lua/noice/config/views.lua
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ M.defaults = {
     backend = "popup",
     close = {
       events = { "BufLeave" },
-      keys = { "q", "<esc>" },
+      keys = { "q" },
     },
     enter = true,
     border = {
@@ -102,6 +102,17 @@ M.defaults = {
       winhighlight = { Normal = "NoicePopup", FloatBorder = "NoicePopupBorder" },
     },
   },
+  hover = {
+    view = "popup",
+    relative = "cursor",
+    enter = false,
+    size = "auto",
+    border = {
+      style = "none",
+      padding = { 0, 2 },
+    },
+    position = { row = 1, col = 0 },
+  },
   cmdline = {
     backend = "popup",
     relative = "editor",
diff --git a/lua/noice/source/lsp/format.lua b/lua/noice/source/lsp/format.lua
index 78ba793..4c9fe9c 100644
--- a/lua/noice/source/lsp/format.lua
+++ b/lua/noice/source/lsp/format.lua
@@ -6,6 +6,17 @@ local Config = require("noice.config")
 
 local M = {}
 
+---@type NoiceMessage[]
+M._messages = {}
+
+function M.get(kind)
+  if not M._messages[kind] then
+    M._messages[kind] = Message("lsp", kind)
+  end
+  M._messages[kind]:clear()
+  return M._messages[kind]
+end
+
 ---@alias MarkedString string | { language: string; value: string }
 ---@alias MarkupContent { kind: ('plaintext' | 'markdown'), value: string}
 ---@alias MarkupContents MarkedString | MarkedString[] | MarkupContent
@@ -43,8 +54,8 @@ function M.format(contents, kind)
     width = math.max(width, vim.api.nvim_strwidth(line))
   end
 
-  local message = Message(M.event, kind)
-  message.once = true
+  local message = M.get(kind)
+  -- message.once = true
   message.opts.title = kind
 
   for _, line in ipairs(lines) do
diff --git a/lua/noice/source/lsp/init.lua b/lua/noice/source/lsp/init.lua
index 9342261..995d767 100644
--- a/lua/noice/source/lsp/init.lua
+++ b/lua/noice/source/lsp/init.lua
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ local require = require("noice.util.lazy")
 local Manager = require("noice.message.manager")
 local Config = require("noice.config")
 local Format = require("noice.source.lsp.format")
+local Util = require("noice.util")
 
 local M = {}
 
@@ -17,7 +18,7 @@ M.kinds = {
 
 function M.setup()
   if Config.options.lsp.hover.enabled then
-    vim.lsp.handlers["textDocument/hover"] = M.hover
+    vim.lsp.handlers["textDocument/hover"] = Util.protect(M.hover)
   end
   if Config.options.lsp.progress.enabled then
     require("noice.source.lsp.progress").setup()
@@ -25,20 +26,42 @@ function M.setup()
 end
 
 ---@param message NoiceMessage
-function M.close_on_move(message)
+function M.auto_close(message)
   local open = true
   message.opts.timeout = 100
   message.opts.keep = function()
     return open
   end
-  vim.api.nvim_create_autocmd("CursorMoved", {
+
+  local group = vim.api.nvim_create_augroup("noice_lsp_" .. message.id, {
+    clear = true,
+  })
+
+  vim.api.nvim_create_autocmd({ "CursorMoved", "CursorMovedI", "InsertCharPre" }, {
+    group = group,
     callback = function()
-      open = false
+      if not Util.buf_has_message(vim.api.nvim_get_current_buf(), message) then
+        pcall(vim.api.nvim_del_augroup_by_id, group)
+        Manager.remove(message)
+        open = false
+      end
     end,
-    once = true,
   })
 end
 
+---@param message NoiceMessage
+function M.try_enter(message)
+  for _, buf in ipairs(vim.api.nvim_list_bufs()) do
+    if Util.buf_has_message(buf, message) then
+      local win = vim.fn.bufwinid(buf)
+      if win ~= -1 then
+        vim.api.nvim_set_current_win(win)
+        return true
+      end
+    end
+  end
+end
+
 function M.hover(_, result)
   if not (result and result.contents) then
     vim.notify("No information available")
@@ -46,8 +69,10 @@ function M.hover(_, result)
   end
 
   local message = Format.format(result.contents, "hover")
-  M.close_on_move(message)
-  Manager.add(message)
+  if not M.try_enter(message) then
+    M.auto_close(message)
+    Manager.add(message)
+  end
 end
 
 return M
diff --git a/lua/noice/types/nui.lua b/lua/noice/types/nui.lua
index 9b19869..fa59c4d 100644
--- a/lua/noice/types/nui.lua
+++ b/lua/noice/types/nui.lua
@@ -21,8 +21,8 @@
 ---@field timeout? number
 ---@field min_size? number
 ---@field max_size? number
----@field buf_options? table<string, any>
----@field win_options? table<string, any>
+---@field buf_options? vim.bo
+---@field win_options? vim.wo
 ---@field close? {events?:string[], keys?:string[]}
 
 ---@class NuiBaseOptions: _.NuiBaseOptions
diff --git a/lua/noice/util/init.lua b/lua/noice/util/init.lua
index 20f22ed..fd59bff 100644
--- a/lua/noice/util/init.lua
+++ b/lua/noice/util/init.lua
@@ -21,6 +21,11 @@ function M.once(fn)
   end
 end
 
+---@param message NoiceMessage
+function M.buf_has_message(buf, message)
+  return vim.b[buf].messages and vim.tbl_contains(vim.b[buf].messages, message.id)
+end
+
 function M.tag(buf, tag)
   local ft = vim.api.nvim_buf_get_option(buf, "filetype")
 
diff --git a/lua/noice/view/backend/notify.lua b/lua/noice/view/backend/notify.lua
index aa75c12..cdaf56e 100644
--- a/lua/noice/view/backend/notify.lua
+++ b/lua/noice/view/backend/notify.lua
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ function NotifyView:_notify(msg)
       return Util.is_blocking()
     end,
     on_open = function(win)
-      vim.api.nvim_win_set_option(win, "foldenable", false)
+      self:set_win_options(win)
       if self._opts.merge then
         self.win = win
       end
diff --git a/lua/noice/view/init.lua b/lua/noice/view/init.lua
index 5e60213..1e748b3 100644
--- a/lua/noice/view/init.lua
+++ b/lua/noice/view/init.lua
@@ -190,17 +190,20 @@ function View:content()
   )
 end
 
+function View:set_win_options(win)
+  vim.api.nvim_win_set_option(win, "winbar", "")
+  vim.api.nvim_win_set_option(win, "foldenable", false)
+  if self._opts.win_options then
+    require("nui.utils")._.set_win_options(win, self._opts.win_options)
+  end
+end
+
 ---@param buf number buffer number
 ---@param opts? {offset: number, highlight: boolean, messages?: NoiceMessage[]} line number (1-indexed), if `highlight`, then only highlight
 function View:render(buf, opts)
   opts = opts or {}
   local linenr = opts.offset or 1
 
-  local win = vim.fn.bufwinid(buf)
-  if win ~= -1 then
-    vim.api.nvim_win_set_option(win, "winbar", "")
-  end
-
   if self._opts.buf_options then
     require("nui.utils")._.set_buf_options(buf, self._opts.buf_options)
   end
@@ -217,7 +220,12 @@ function View:render(buf, opts)
     vim.api.nvim_buf_set_lines(buf, linenr - 1, -1, false, {})
   end
 
+  local buf_messages = vim.b[buf].messages or {}
+
   for _, m in ipairs(opts.messages or self._messages) do
+    if not vim.tbl_contains(buf_messages, m.id) then
+      table.insert(buf_messages, m.id)
+    end
     if opts.highlight then
       m:highlight(buf, Config.ns, linenr)
     else
@@ -225,6 +233,7 @@ function View:render(buf, opts)
     end
     linenr = linenr + m:height()
   end
+  vim.b[buf].messages = buf_messages
 end
 
 return View
diff --git a/lua/noice/view/nui.lua b/lua/noice/view/nui.lua
index e762823..19b11fd 100644
--- a/lua/noice/view/nui.lua
+++ b/lua/noice/view/nui.lua
@@ -184,6 +184,7 @@ function NuiView:show()
   end
 
   self._nui:show()
+  self:set_win_options(self._nui.winid)
   if not self._visible then
     self._nui:update_layout(self:get_layout())
     self:smart_move()