diff --git a/samples/BlazorServer/Pages/Index.razor b/samples/BlazorServer/Pages/Index.razor
index 69477b4..c7ca0ce 100644
--- a/samples/BlazorServer/Pages/Index.razor
+++ b/samples/BlazorServer/Pages/Index.razor
@@ -3,23 +3,30 @@
 @inject NavigationManager NavigationManager
 
 <h1>Blazored Toasts</h1>
-
-<button class="btn btn-info" @onclick="@(() => toastService.ShowInfo("I'm an INFO message"))">Info Toast</button>
-<button class="btn btn-success" @onclick="@(() => toastService.ShowSuccess("I'm a SUCCESS message with a custom heading"))">Success Toast</button>
-<button class="btn btn-warning" @onclick="@(() => toastService.ShowWarning("I'm a WARNING message"))">Warning Toast</button>
-<button class="btn btn-danger" @onclick="@(() => toastService.ShowError("I'm an ERROR message"))">Error Toast</button>
-<button class="btn btn-info" @onclick="@OnShowHtml">Info Toast with HTML</button>
-<button class="btn btn-info" @onclick="@(() => toastService.ShowInfo("Click to refresh the page", options => options.OnClick = () => NavigationManager.NavigateTo("/", true)))">
-    Info Toast with custom action on click
-</button>
+<div>
+    <button class="btn btn-info" @onclick="@(() => toastService.ShowInfo("I'm an INFO message"))">Info Toast</button>
+    <button class="btn btn-success" @onclick="@(() => toastService.ShowSuccess("I'm a SUCCESS message with a custom heading"))">Success Toast</button>
+    <button class="btn btn-warning" @onclick="@(() => toastService.ShowWarning("I'm a WARNING message"))">Warning Toast</button>
+    <button class="btn btn-danger" @onclick="@(() => toastService.ShowError("I'm an ERROR message"))">Error Toast</button>
+    <button class="btn btn-info" @onclick="@OnShowHtml">Info Toast with HTML</button>
+    <button class="btn btn-info" @onclick="@(() => toastService.ShowInfo("Click to refresh the page", options => options.OnClick = () => NavigationManager.NavigateTo("/", true)))">
+        Info Toast with custom action on click
+    </button>
+</div>
+<div class="mt-2">
+    <button class="btn btn-info" @onclick="@(() => toastService.ShowInfo("When you hover me i will stop timeout progress and will continue after you move out", settings => {settings.Timeout = 15; settings.PauseProgressOnHover = true; }))">Paused progress on hover</button>
+    <button class="btn btn-success" @onclick="@(() => toastService.ShowSuccess("When you hover me i will stop timeout progress and will close after 1 sec", settings => {settings.Timeout = 15; settings.PauseProgressOnHover = true; settings.ExtendedTimeout = 1;}))">Paused progress on hover with extended timeout</button>
+</div>
 <hr />
 
+
 <h1>Blazored Toasts - Custom Component</h1>
 
 <button class="btn btn-primary" @onclick="@(() => toastService.ShowToast<MyToastComponent>(settings => { settings.Timeout = 5; settings.ShowProgressBar = false; }))">Custom Toast</button>
 <button class="btn btn-secondary" @onclick="@(() => toastService.ShowToast<MyToastComponent>(_toastParameters, settings => { settings.Timeout = 5; settings.ShowProgressBar = false; }))">Custom Toast with parameters</button>
 <hr />
 
+
 <h1>Blazored Toasts - Remove Toasts</h1>
 
 <button class="btn btn-primary" @onclick="ClearAll">Clear All Toasts</button>
diff --git a/samples/BlazorWebAssembly/Pages/Index.razor b/samples/BlazorWebAssembly/Pages/Index.razor
index cff4d2b..9c9588a 100644
--- a/samples/BlazorWebAssembly/Pages/Index.razor
+++ b/samples/BlazorWebAssembly/Pages/Index.razor
@@ -6,15 +6,21 @@
 <PageTitle>Blazored Toast Samples</PageTitle>
 
 <h1>Blazored Toasts</h1>
-
-<button class="btn btn-info" id="InfoButton" @onclick="@(() => ToastService.ShowInfo("I'm an INFO message", settings => settings.IconType = IconType.None))">Info Toast</button>
-<button class="btn btn-success" id="SuccessButton" @onclick="@(() => ToastService.ShowSuccess("I'm a SUCCESS message with a lot of text to see what a toast looks like when it's really big."))">Success Toast</button>
-<button class="btn btn-warning" @onclick="@(() => ToastService.ShowWarning("I'm a WARNING message"))">Warning Toast</button>
-<button class="btn btn-danger" @onclick="@(() => ToastService.ShowError("I'm an ERROR message"))">Error Toast</button>
-<button class="btn btn-info" @onclick="@OnShowHtml">Info Toast with HTML</button>
-<button class="btn btn-info" @onclick="@(() => ToastService.ShowInfo("Click to refresh the page",  settings => settings.OnClick = () => NavigationManager.NavigateTo("/", true)))">
-    Info Toast with custom action on click
-</button>
+<div>
+    <button class="btn btn-info" id="InfoButton" @onclick="@(() => ToastService.ShowInfo("I'm an INFO message", settings => settings.IconType = IconType.None))">Info Toast</button>
+    <button class="btn btn-success" id="SuccessButton" @onclick="@(() => ToastService.ShowSuccess("I'm a SUCCESS message with a lot of text to see what a toast looks like when it's really big."))">Success Toast</button>
+    <button class="btn btn-warning" @onclick="@(() => ToastService.ShowWarning("I'm a WARNING message"))">Warning Toast</button>
+    <button class="btn btn-danger" @onclick="@(() => ToastService.ShowError("I'm an ERROR message"))">Error Toast</button>
+    <button class="btn btn-info" @onclick="@OnShowHtml">Info Toast with HTML</button>
+    <button class="btn btn-info" @onclick="@(() => ToastService.ShowInfo("Click to refresh the page",  settings => settings.OnClick = () => NavigationManager.NavigateTo("/", true)))">
+        Info Toast with custom action on click
+    </button>
+</div>
+<div class="mt-2">
+    <button class="btn btn-info" @onclick="@(() => ToastService.ShowInfo("When you hover me i will stop timeout progress and will continue after you move mouse out", settings => {settings.PauseProgressOnHover = true;}))">Paused progress on hover</button>
+    <button class="btn btn-success" @onclick="@(() => ToastService.ShowSuccess("When you hover me i will stop timeout progress and will close after 1 sec", settings => {settings.PauseProgressOnHover = true; settings.ExtendedTimeout = 1;}))">Paused progress on hover with extended timeout</button>
+
+</div>
 <hr />
 
 <h1>Blazored Toasts - Custom Component</h1>
diff --git a/src/Blazored.Toast/BlazoredToast.razor b/src/Blazored.Toast/BlazoredToast.razor
index 3977242..e9b6673 100644
--- a/src/Blazored.Toast/BlazoredToast.razor
+++ b/src/Blazored.Toast/BlazoredToast.razor
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
 @if (ChildContent is not null)
 {
-    <div class="blazored-toast blazored-toast-component @Settings.AdditionalClasses">
+    <div class="blazored-toast blazored-toast-component @Settings.AdditionalClasses" @onmouseover="MouseOver" @onmouseout="MouseOut">
         <CascadingValue Value="this" IsFixed="true">
             @ChildContent
         </CascadingValue>
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 }
 else
 {
-    <div class="blazored-toast @Settings.AdditionalClasses" @onclick="ToastClick">
+    <div class="blazored-toast @Settings.AdditionalClasses" @onclick="ToastClick" @onmouseover="MouseOver" @onmouseout="MouseOut">
 
         @if (ShowIconDiv())
         {
diff --git a/src/Blazored.Toast/BlazoredToast.razor.cs b/src/Blazored.Toast/BlazoredToast.razor.cs
index 430be98..72016e6 100644
--- a/src/Blazored.Toast/BlazoredToast.razor.cs
+++ b/src/Blazored.Toast/BlazoredToast.razor.cs
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 using Blazored.Toast.Configuration;
 using Blazored.Toast.Services;
 using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Components;
+using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Components.Web;
+using System.Diagnostics;
 
 namespace Blazored.Toast;
 
@@ -23,13 +25,13 @@ protected override async Task OnInitializedAsync()
     {
         if (Settings.ShowProgressBar)
         {
-            _countdownTimer = new CountdownTimer(Settings.Timeout)
+            _countdownTimer = new CountdownTimer(Settings.Timeout, Settings.ExtendedTimeout)
                 .OnTick(CalculateProgressAsync)
                 .OnElapsed(Close);
         }
         else
         {
-            _countdownTimer = new CountdownTimer(Settings.Timeout)
+            _countdownTimer = new CountdownTimer(Settings.Timeout, Settings.ExtendedTimeout)
                 .OnElapsed(Close);
         }
 
@@ -42,6 +44,25 @@ protected override async Task OnInitializedAsync()
     public void Close()
         => ToastsContainer.RemoveToast(ToastId);
 
+    private void MouseOver(MouseEventArgs e)
+    {
+        if (Settings.PauseProgressOnHover)
+        {
+            Settings.ShowProgressBar= false;
+            _countdownTimer?.Pause();
+        }
+    }
+
+    private void MouseOut()
+    {        
+        if (Settings.PauseProgressOnHover )
+        {
+            Settings.ShowProgressBar = true;
+            _countdownTimer?.UnPause();
+        }
+    }
+
+
     private async Task CalculateProgressAsync(int percentComplete)
     {
         _progress = 100 - percentComplete;
diff --git a/src/Blazored.Toast/BlazoredToast.razor.css b/src/Blazored.Toast/BlazoredToast.razor.css
index fb16846..701fd95 100644
--- a/src/Blazored.Toast/BlazoredToast.razor.css
+++ b/src/Blazored.Toast/BlazoredToast.razor.css
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@
     height: 6px;
     border-bottom-left-radius: .375rem;
     background-image: linear-gradient(rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1) 0 0);
-    transition: all .5s linear;
+    transition: all .1s linear;
 }
 
 .blazored-toast-action {
diff --git a/src/Blazored.Toast/BlazoredToasts.razor.cs b/src/Blazored.Toast/BlazoredToasts.razor.cs
index f9d025e..742e3dd 100644
--- a/src/Blazored.Toast/BlazoredToasts.razor.cs
+++ b/src/Blazored.Toast/BlazoredToasts.razor.cs
@@ -81,6 +81,9 @@ private ToastSettings BuildToastSettings(ToastLevel level, RenderFragment messag
                 ShowCloseButton,
                 toastInstanceSettings.OnClick,
                 Timeout),
+                toastInstanceSettings.Timeout == 0 ? Timeout : toastInstanceSettings.Timeout,
+                toastInstanceSettings.PauseProgressOnHover,
+                toastInstanceSettings.ExtendedTimeout),
             ToastLevel.Info => new ToastSettings(
                 "blazored-toast-info", 
                 toastInstanceSettings.IconType ?? IconType, 
@@ -88,6 +91,9 @@ private ToastSettings BuildToastSettings(ToastLevel level, RenderFragment messag
                 ShowProgressBar,
                 ShowCloseButton,
                 toastInstanceSettings.OnClick,
+                toastInstanceSettings.Timeout == 0 ? Timeout : toastInstanceSettings.Timeout,
+                toastInstanceSettings.PauseProgressOnHover,
+                toastInstanceSettings.ExtendedTimeout),
                 Timeout),
             ToastLevel.Success => new ToastSettings(
                 "blazored-toast-success", 
@@ -96,6 +102,9 @@ private ToastSettings BuildToastSettings(ToastLevel level, RenderFragment messag
                 ShowProgressBar,
                 ShowCloseButton,
                 toastInstanceSettings.OnClick,
+                toastInstanceSettings.Timeout == 0 ? Timeout : toastInstanceSettings.Timeout,
+                toastInstanceSettings.PauseProgressOnHover, 
+                toastInstanceSettings.ExtendedTimeout),
                 Timeout),
             ToastLevel.Warning => new ToastSettings(
                 "blazored-toast-warning", 
@@ -104,6 +113,9 @@ private ToastSettings BuildToastSettings(ToastLevel level, RenderFragment messag
                 ShowProgressBar,
                 ShowCloseButton,
                 toastInstanceSettings.OnClick,
+                toastInstanceSettings.Timeout == 0 ? Timeout : toastInstanceSettings.Timeout,
+                toastInstanceSettings.PauseProgressOnHover, 
+                toastInstanceSettings.ExtendedTimeout),
                 Timeout),
             _ => throw new InvalidOperationException()
         };
diff --git a/src/Blazored.Toast/Configuration/ToastSettings.cs b/src/Blazored.Toast/Configuration/ToastSettings.cs
index 23de351..e20f9df 100644
--- a/src/Blazored.Toast/Configuration/ToastSettings.cs
+++ b/src/Blazored.Toast/Configuration/ToastSettings.cs
@@ -5,14 +5,46 @@ namespace Blazored.Toast.Configuration;
 
 public class ToastSettings
 {
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Add additional classes that will be applied to toast component
+    /// </summary>
     public string AdditionalClasses { get; set; }
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Icon name, currently supporeted names for FontAwesome icons, Material icons
+    /// </summary>
     public string? Icon { get; set; }
+    /// <summary>
+    /// 
+    /// </summary>
     public IconType? IconType { get; set; }
+    /// <summary>
+    /// When enabled progress will be shown until toaster is closed based on  <see cref="Timeout"/> value
+    /// </summary>    
     public bool ShowProgressBar { get; set; }
+    /// <summary>
+    /// When enabled and mouse is over the toast, timeout period will be paused.
+    /// Use this with <see cref="ExtendedTimeout"/>
+    /// </summary>
+    public bool PauseProgressOnHover { get; set; }
+    /// <summary>
+    /// 
+    /// </summary>
     public bool ShowCloseButton { get; set; }
+    /// <summary>
+    /// 
+    /// </summary>
     public Action? OnClick { get; set; }
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Timeout in seconds for toaster to close
+    /// </summary>
     public int Timeout { get; set; }
-    
+    /// <summary>    
+    /// When <see cref="PauseProgressOnHover"/> is enabled, set ExtentedTimeout in seconds
+    /// to close toast after mouse loose focus.
+    /// Default value is 0, meaning no extended timeout
+    /// </summary>
+    public int ExtendedTimeout { get; set; }
+
     public ToastSettings(
         string additionalClasses,
         IconType? iconType,
@@ -20,7 +52,9 @@ public ToastSettings(
         bool showProgressBar,
         bool showCloseButton,
         Action? onClick,
-        int timeout)
+        int timeout,
+        bool pauseProgressOnHover, 
+        int extendedTimeout)
     {
         AdditionalClasses = additionalClasses;
         IconType = iconType;
@@ -29,13 +63,16 @@ public ToastSettings(
         ShowCloseButton = showCloseButton;
         OnClick = onClick;
         Timeout = timeout;
+        PauseProgressOnHover = pauseProgressOnHover;
+        ExtendedTimeout = extendedTimeout;
 
         if (onClick is not null)
         {
             AdditionalClasses += " blazored-toast-action";
         }
+        ExtendedTimeout = extendedTimeout;
     }
-    
+
 #pragma warning disable CS8618
     internal ToastSettings() { }
 #pragma warning restore CS8618
diff --git a/src/Blazored.Toast/CountdownTimer.cs b/src/Blazored.Toast/CountdownTimer.cs
index 81ec3e3..5b6f948 100644
--- a/src/Blazored.Toast/CountdownTimer.cs
+++ b/src/Blazored.Toast/CountdownTimer.cs
@@ -1,57 +1,72 @@
-namespace Blazored.Toast;
+using System.Threading;
 
+namespace Blazored.Toast;
 internal class CountdownTimer : IDisposable
 {
-    private readonly PeriodicTimer _timer;
+    private PeriodicTimer _timer;
     private readonly int _ticksToTimeout;
     private readonly CancellationToken _cancellationToken;
+    private readonly int _extendedTimeout;
     private int _percentComplete;
-
+    private bool _isPaused;
     private Func<int, Task>? _tickDelegate;
     private Action? _elapsedDelegate;
-
-    internal CountdownTimer(int timeout, CancellationToken cancellationToken = default)
+    internal CountdownTimer(int timeout, int extendedTimeout = 0, CancellationToken cancellationToken = default)
     {
         _ticksToTimeout = 100;
         _timer = new PeriodicTimer(TimeSpan.FromMilliseconds(timeout * 10));
         _cancellationToken = cancellationToken;
+        _extendedTimeout = extendedTimeout;
     }
-
     internal CountdownTimer OnTick(Func<int, Task> updateProgressDelegate)
     {
         _tickDelegate = updateProgressDelegate;
         return this;
     }
-
     internal CountdownTimer OnElapsed(Action elapsedDelegate)
     {
         _elapsedDelegate = elapsedDelegate;
         return this;
     }
-
     internal async Task StartAsync()
     {
         _percentComplete = 0;
         await DoWorkAsync();
     }
-
+    internal void Pause()
+    {
+        _isPaused = true;
+    }
+    internal async Task UnPause()
+    {
+        _isPaused = false;
+        if (_extendedTimeout > 0)
+        {
+            _timer?.Dispose();
+            _timer = new PeriodicTimer(TimeSpan.FromMilliseconds(_extendedTimeout * 10));
+            await StartAsync();
+        }
+    }
     private async Task DoWorkAsync()
     {
         while (await _timer.WaitForNextTickAsync(_cancellationToken) && !_cancellationToken.IsCancellationRequested)
         {
-            _percentComplete++;
+
+            if (!_isPaused)
+            {
+                _percentComplete++;
+            }
             if (_tickDelegate != null)
             {
                 await _tickDelegate(_percentComplete);
             }
             //await _tickDelegate?.Invoke(_percentComplete)!;
-            
+
             if (_percentComplete == _ticksToTimeout)
             {
                 _elapsedDelegate?.Invoke();
             }
         }
     }
-
     public void Dispose() => _timer.Dispose();
 }