From 1e61f1c66a97ae1ca76c919c6b29d78bab1df076 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: dwelle <5153846+dwelle@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 27 Mar 2026 13:43:34 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] fix(editor): ctrl+alt with lasso over selected elements
 should keep lassoing

---
 packages/excalidraw/components/App.tsx | 27 ++++++++++++++++----------
 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)

diff --git a/packages/excalidraw/components/App.tsx b/packages/excalidraw/components/App.tsx
index 93578091b9..7382e9d503 100644
--- a/packages/excalidraw/components/App.tsx
+++ b/packages/excalidraw/components/App.tsx
@@ -7739,17 +7739,24 @@ class App extends React.Component<AppProps, AppState> {
       const hitSelectedElement =
         pointerDownState.hit.element &&
         this.isASelectedElement(pointerDownState.hit.element);
+      const shouldForceLassoReselect =
+        event.altKey &&
+        event[KEYS.CTRL_OR_CMD] &&
+        !pointerDownState.resize.handleType;
+      const shouldStartLassoSelection =
+        shouldForceLassoReselect ||
+        (!pointerDownState.hit.hasHitCommonBoundingBoxOfSelectedElements &&
+          !pointerDownState.resize.handleType &&
+          !hitSelectedElement);
 
-      if (
-        !pointerDownState.hit.hasHitCommonBoundingBoxOfSelectedElements &&
-        !pointerDownState.resize.handleType &&
-        !hitSelectedElement
-      ) {
-        this.lassoTrail.startPath(
-          pointerDownState.origin.x,
-          pointerDownState.origin.y,
-          event.shiftKey,
-        );
+      if (shouldStartLassoSelection) {
+        if (!this.lassoTrail.hasCurrentTrail) {
+          this.lassoTrail.startPath(
+            pointerDownState.origin.x,
+            pointerDownState.origin.y,
+            event.shiftKey,
+          );
+        }
 
         // block dragging after lasso selection on PCs until the next pointer down
         // (on mobile or tablet, we want to allow user to drag immediately)