diff --git a/CHANGES.md b/CHANGES.md
index 10fba1305..84b4fd9d6 100644
--- a/CHANGES.md
+++ b/CHANGES.md
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@
 - Fix close colorpicker on Firefox when mouse-up is outside the picker [#2911](https://github.com/penpot/penpot/issues/2911)
 - Fix problems with touch devices and Wacom tablets [#2216](https://github.com/penpot/penpot/issues/2216)
 - Fix problem with board titles misplaced [Taiga #4738](https://tree.taiga.io/project/penpot/issue/4738)
+- Fix problem with alt getting stuck when alt+tab [Taiga #5013](https://tree.taiga.io/project/penpot/issue/5013)
 
 ### :heart: Community contributions by (Thank you!)
 - To @ondrejkonec: for contributing to the code with:
diff --git a/frontend/src/app/main/data/workspace.cljs b/frontend/src/app/main/data/workspace.cljs
index 18b5aa8f4..22de3463b 100644
--- a/frontend/src/app/main/data/workspace.cljs
+++ b/frontend/src/app/main/data/workspace.cljs
@@ -1008,6 +1008,13 @@
 ;; Navigation
 ;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;
 
+(defn workspace-focus-lost
+  []
+  (ptk/reify ::workspace-focus-lost
+    ptk/UpdateEvent
+    (update [_ state]
+      (assoc-in state [:workspace-global :show-distances?] false))))
+
 (defn navigate-to-project
   [project-id]
   (ptk/reify ::navigate-to-project
diff --git a/frontend/src/app/main/ui/workspace.cljs b/frontend/src/app/main/ui/workspace.cljs
index d9be83a3a..751ebdf8c 100644
--- a/frontend/src/app/main/ui/workspace.cljs
+++ b/frontend/src/app/main/ui/workspace.cljs
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 ;; Copyright (c) KALEIDOS INC
 
 (ns app.main.ui.workspace
+  (:import goog.events.EventType)
   (:require
    [app.common.colors :as clr]
    [app.common.data.macros :as dm]
@@ -32,9 +33,11 @@
    [app.main.ui.workspace.textpalette :refer [textpalette]]
    [app.main.ui.workspace.viewport :refer [viewport]]
    [app.util.dom :as dom]
+   [app.util.globals :as globals]
    [app.util.i18n :as i18n :refer [tr]]
    [app.util.object :as obj]
    [debug :refer [debug?]]
+   [goog.events :as events]
    [okulary.core :as l]
    [rumext.v2 :as mf]))
 
@@ -136,7 +139,19 @@
 
         components-v2 (features/use-feature :components-v2)
 
-        background-color (:background-color wglobal)]
+        background-color (:background-color wglobal)
+
+        focus-out
+        (mf/use-callback
+         (fn []
+           (st/emit! (dw/workspace-focus-lost))))]
+
+    (mf/use-effect
+     (mf/deps focus-out)
+     (fn []
+       (let [keys [(events/listen globals/document EventType.FOCUSOUT focus-out)]]
+         #(doseq [key keys]
+            (events/unlistenByKey key)))))
 
     ;; Setting the layout preset by its name
     (mf/with-effect [layout-name]