diff --git a/app/lib/handlers/area.dart b/app/lib/handlers/area.dart
index 9fb1da510162..176c9bc24421 100644
--- a/app/lib/handlers/area.dart
+++ b/app/lib/handlers/area.dart
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ class AreaHandler extends Handler<AreaTool> {
         context.getCameraTransform().localToGlobal(details.localFocalPoint);
 
     start = globalPosition;
-    return false;
+    return true;
   }
 
   @override
diff --git a/app/lib/handlers/hand.dart b/app/lib/handlers/hand.dart
index 94ec446f8446..32448652692e 100644
--- a/app/lib/handlers/hand.dart
+++ b/app/lib/handlers/hand.dart
@@ -5,25 +5,16 @@ class GeneralHandHandler<T> extends Handler<T> {
 
   GeneralHandHandler(super.data);
 
-  @override
-  void onScaleUpdate(ScaleUpdateDetails details, EventContext context) {
-    context
-        .getCurrentIndexCubit()
-        .move(details.focalPointDelta / context.getCameraTransform().size);
-    _moved = true;
-  }
-
   @override
   void onScaleEnd(ScaleEndDetails details, EventContext context) {
-    if (_moved) {
-      context.bake();
-    }
     _moved = false;
+    context.refresh();
   }
 
   @override
   bool onScaleStart(ScaleStartDetails details, EventContext context) {
-    _moved = false;
+    _moved = true;
+    context.refresh();
     return false;
   }
 
diff --git a/app/lib/handlers/handler.dart b/app/lib/handlers/handler.dart
index 570f3c820c82..0ffdb6458c9e 100644
--- a/app/lib/handlers/handler.dart
+++ b/app/lib/handlers/handler.dart
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ abstract class Handler<T> {
 
   void onLongPressEnd(LongPressEndDetails details, EventContext context) {}
 
-  bool onScaleStart(ScaleStartDetails details, EventContext context) => false;
+  bool onScaleStart(ScaleStartDetails details, EventContext context) => true;
 
   void onScaleStartAbort(ScaleStartDetails details, EventContext context) {}
 
@@ -477,6 +477,7 @@ abstract class PastingHandler<T> extends Handler<T> {
       [bool first = false]) {
     final transform = context.getCameraTransform();
     if (first) _firstPos = transform.localToGlobal(event.localPosition);
+    if (!first && _firstPos == null) return;
     _secondPos = transform.localToGlobal(event.localPosition);
     _aspectRatio = context.isCtrlPressed;
     _center = context.isShiftPressed;
@@ -507,6 +508,13 @@ abstract class PastingHandler<T> extends Handler<T> {
     context.refresh();
   }
 
+  @override
+  void onScaleStartAbort(ScaleStartDetails details, EventContext context) {
+    _firstPos = null;
+    _secondPos = null;
+    context.refresh();
+  }
+
   double get constraintedAspectRatio => 0;
   double get constraintedWidth => 0;
   double get constraintedHeight => 0;
diff --git a/app/lib/handlers/select.dart b/app/lib/handlers/select.dart
index 078551074372..95a61d399364 100644
--- a/app/lib/handlers/select.dart
+++ b/app/lib/handlers/select.dart
@@ -528,7 +528,7 @@ class SelectHandler extends Handler<SelectTool> {
       return true;
     }
     context.refresh();
-    return false;
+    return true;
   }
 
   @override
diff --git a/app/lib/handlers/spacer.dart b/app/lib/handlers/spacer.dart
index d6dcbae088e1..269fdaff728f 100644
--- a/app/lib/handlers/spacer.dart
+++ b/app/lib/handlers/spacer.dart
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ class SpacerHandler extends Handler<SpacerTool> {
     final transform = context.getCameraTransform();
     _startPosition = transform.localToGlobal(details.localFocalPoint);
     _refreshRenderers(_startPosition!, context).whenComplete(context.refresh);
-    return false;
+    return true;
   }
 
   @override
diff --git a/app/lib/views/view.dart b/app/lib/views/view.dart
index b92fd69fb72f..8f6c37b42fa0 100644
--- a/app/lib/views/view.dart
+++ b/app/lib/views/view.dart
@@ -239,11 +239,11 @@ class _MainViewViewportState extends State<MainViewViewport>
                           _isScalingDisabled = null;
                         },
                         onScaleStart: (details) {
+                          _isScalingDisabled ??= !cubit.state.moveEnabled;
                           if (_isScalingDisabled != false) {
-                            _isScalingDisabled = !cubit.state.moveEnabled ||
-                                cubit
-                                    .getHandler()
-                                    .onScaleStart(details, getEventContext());
+                            _isScalingDisabled = cubit
+                                .getHandler()
+                                .onScaleStart(details, getEventContext());
                           } else {
                             cubit
                                 .getHandler()