diff --git a/apps/ai-game-creator-shell/src/view/ui-editor/components/preview/useNodeTransformInteraction.ts b/apps/ai-game-creator-shell/src/view/ui-editor/components/preview/useNodeTransformInteraction.ts
index 6770eb616..86241117b 100644
--- a/apps/ai-game-creator-shell/src/view/ui-editor/components/preview/useNodeTransformInteraction.ts
+++ b/apps/ai-game-creator-shell/src/view/ui-editor/components/preview/useNodeTransformInteraction.ts
@@ -271,6 +271,8 @@ export function useNodeTransformInteraction({
         selectedNodeId && tree ? findNodeById(tree.root, selectedNodeId) : null;
       const dragNode =
         selectedNode && selectedNode.id !== tree?.root.id ? selectedNode : node;
+      if (!isFiniteTransform(dragNode.layout.transform)) return;
+      event.preventDefault();
       activeGestureRef.current = {
         kind: 'drag',
         treeId: activeImageId,
@@ -284,7 +286,7 @@ export function useNodeTransformInteraction({
         hasMoved: false,
         previewNodeIds: previewNodeIds(
           tree,
-          node.id,
+          dragNode.id,
           logicalSize,
           keepChildrenUnchanged,
         ),
diff --git a/apps/ai-game-creator-shell/tests/useNodeTransformInteraction.test.tsx b/apps/ai-game-creator-shell/tests/useNodeTransformInteraction.test.tsx
index fe390833a..a9b48fe39 100644
--- a/apps/ai-game-creator-shell/tests/useNodeTransformInteraction.test.tsx
+++ b/apps/ai-game-creator-shell/tests/useNodeTransformInteraction.test.tsx
@@ -70,12 +70,14 @@ function pointerEvent(
   pointerId: number,
   clientX: number,
   clientY: number,
+  eventTarget: EventTarget = target,
 ) {
   return {
     button: 0,
     clientX,
     clientY,
     currentTarget: target,
+    target: eventTarget,
     pointerId,
     preventDefault: vi.fn(),
     shiftKey: false,
@@ -96,6 +98,7 @@ function renderInteraction({
   tree = pageTree,
   keepChildrenUnchanged = false,
   onPreviewTransform,
+  selectedNodeId = null,
 }: {
   activeImageId?: string | null;
   scale?: number;
@@ -105,6 +108,7 @@ function renderInteraction({
     nodeId: string,
     transform: UiNode['layout']['transform'] | null,
   ) => void;
+  selectedNodeId?: string | null;
 } = {}) {
   const canvasProjection = canvas();
   const viewportRef = { current: { scale } };
@@ -119,6 +123,7 @@ function renderInteraction({
         viewportRef,
         keepChildrenUnchanged,
         onPreviewTransform,
+        selectedNodeId,
       }),
     { initialProps: { imageId: activeImageId, currentTree: tree } },
   );
@@ -126,6 +131,61 @@ function renderInteraction({
 }
 
 describe('useNodeTransformInteraction', () => {
+  it('prevents native text selection when starting a node drag', () => {
+    const { result } = renderInteraction();
+    const target = gestureTarget();
+    const event = pointerEvent(target, 1, 0, 0);
+
+    act(() => {
+      result.current.onNodePointerDown(event, child);
+    });
+
+    expect(event.preventDefault).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+  });
+
+  it('cleans preview transforms for the selected parent when dragging from a child', () => {
+    const nestedChild = transformedNode('child', {
+      anchor_min: [0, 0],
+      anchor_max: [0, 0],
+      offset_min: [10, 10],
+      offset_max: [60, 50],
+    });
+    const parent = transformedNode(
+      'parent',
+      {
+        anchor_min: [0, 0],
+        anchor_max: [0, 0],
+        offset_min: [20, 20],
+        offset_max: [120, 100],
+      },
+      [nestedChild],
+    );
+    const tree: UITree = {
+      src_ui_design: 'page',
+      root: node('root', [parent]),
+    };
+    const onPreviewTransform = vi.fn();
+    const { result } = renderInteraction({
+      tree,
+      keepChildrenUnchanged: true,
+      onPreviewTransform,
+      selectedNodeId: 'parent',
+    });
+    const target = gestureTarget();
+
+    act(() => {
+      result.current.onNodePointerDown(
+        pointerEvent(target, 1, 0, 0),
+        nestedChild,
+      );
+      result.current.onNodePointerMove(pointerEvent(target, 1, 10, 5));
+      result.current.onNodePointerCancel(pointerEvent(target, 1, 10, 5));
+    });
+
+    expect(onPreviewTransform).toHaveBeenCalledWith('parent', null);
+    expect(onPreviewTransform).toHaveBeenCalledWith('child', null);
+  });
+
   it('previews stable child page rectangles when the parent moves', () => {
     const nestedChild = transformedNode('child', {
       anchor_min: [0, 0],