diff --git a/frontend/src/app/main/ui/workspace/viewport.cljs b/frontend/src/app/main/ui/workspace/viewport.cljs
index 32c214814..a9aeca2be 100644
--- a/frontend/src/app/main/ui/workspace/viewport.cljs
+++ b/frontend/src/app/main/ui/workspace/viewport.cljs
@@ -435,11 +435,12 @@
         (mf/use-callback
          (fn [event]
            (let [target  (dom/get-target event)
-                 closest (.closest target ".public-DraftStyleDefault-block")]
-             (when-not closest
-               ;; Capture mouse pointer to detect the movements even if cursor
-               ;; leaves the viewport or the browser itself
-               ;; https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Element/setPointerCapture
+                 closest (.closest target "foreignObject")]
+             ;; Capture mouse pointer to detect the movements even if cursor
+             ;; leaves the viewport or the browser itself
+             ;; https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Element/setPointerCapture
+             (if closest
+               (.setPointerCapture closest (.-pointerId event))
                (.setPointerCapture target (.-pointerId event))))))
 
         on-pointer-up