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 86241117b..6460ba0bf 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
@@ -264,14 +264,14 @@ export function useNodeTransformInteraction({
       ) {
         return;
       }
-      event.stopPropagation();
-      event.currentTarget.setPointerCapture(event.pointerId);
-      suppressNextNodeClickRef.current = false;
       const selectedNode =
         selectedNodeId && tree ? findNodeById(tree.root, selectedNodeId) : null;
       const dragNode =
         selectedNode && selectedNode.id !== tree?.root.id ? selectedNode : node;
       if (!isFiniteTransform(dragNode.layout.transform)) return;
+      event.stopPropagation();
+      event.currentTarget.setPointerCapture(event.pointerId);
+      suppressNextNodeClickRef.current = false;
       event.preventDefault();
       activeGestureRef.current = {
         kind: 'drag',
diff --git a/apps/ai-game-creator-shell/tests/useNodeTransformInteraction.test.tsx b/apps/ai-game-creator-shell/tests/useNodeTransformInteraction.test.tsx
index a9b48fe39..7434c355e 100644
--- a/apps/ai-game-creator-shell/tests/useNodeTransformInteraction.test.tsx
+++ b/apps/ai-game-creator-shell/tests/useNodeTransformInteraction.test.tsx
@@ -131,6 +131,40 @@ function renderInteraction({
 }
 
 describe('useNodeTransformInteraction', () => {
+  it('moves the current selection when dragging another node without selecting the hit node', () => {
+    const selected = transformedNode('selected', {
+      anchor_min: [0, 0],
+      anchor_max: [0, 0],
+      offset_min: [20, 20],
+      offset_max: [80, 70],
+    });
+    const tree: UITree = {
+      src_ui_design: 'page',
+      root: node('root', [selected, child]),
+    };
+    const { result, canvasProjection } = renderInteraction({
+      tree,
+      selectedNodeId: 'selected',
+    });
+    const target = gestureTarget();
+
+    act(() => {
+      result.current.onNodePointerDown(pointerEvent(target, 1, 0, 0), child);
+      result.current.onNodePointerMove(pointerEvent(target, 1, 4, 0));
+      result.current.onNodePointerUp(pointerEvent(target, 1, 4, 0));
+    });
+
+    expect(canvasProjection.selectNode).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+    expect(canvasProjection.updateNodeTransform).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+      'page',
+      'selected',
+      expect.objectContaining({
+        offset_min: [24, 20],
+        offset_max: [84, 70],
+      }),
+    );
+  });
+
   it('prevents native text selection when starting a node drag', () => {
     const { result } = renderInteraction();
     const target = gestureTarget();