diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/src/canvas.rs b/crates/ui-egui/src/canvas.rs
index 5669f4b4..a2ce3d0e 100644
--- a/crates/ui-egui/src/canvas.rs
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/src/canvas.rs
@@ -258,16 +258,11 @@ pub fn show(app: &mut SlideApp, ui: &mut Ui) {
         ruler(&painter, avail, slide_rect, scale, &t);
         ruler_markers(app, ui, &painter, avail, xf, &t);
     }
-    // A click the Eyedropper takes is not also a click on a video.
-    let sampling = app.eyedropper.is_some();
     pointer(app, ui, &resp, xf);
     if !app.anim_preview_active() {
         overlays(app, ui, &painter, xf, &t);
         ime_output(app, ui, xf);
         media_bar(app, ui, xf);
-        if !sampling {
-            media_click(app, ui, &resp, xf);
-        }
         gif_buttons(app, ui, xf, &gifs);
         if resp.secondary_clicked()
             && let Some(p) = resp.interact_pointer_pos()
@@ -414,27 +409,6 @@ fn media_bar(app: &mut SlideApp, ui: &mut Ui, xf: Xf) {
     }
 }
 
-/// A click on a video plays or pauses it, as its bar's Play button does. The click selects it as
-/// usual; dragging it moves it without playing, and a modifier key leaves it to the selection.
-fn media_click(app: &mut SlideApp, ui: &Ui, resp: &egui::Response, xf: Xf) {
-    // The second and third clicks of a double or triple click leave the first one's choice.
-    if !resp.clicked() || resp.double_clicked() || resp.triple_clicked() || !ui.input(|i| i.modifiers.is_none()) {
-        return;
-    }
-    let Some(p) = resp.interact_pointer_pos() else { return };
-    let Some(d) = app.session.active() else { return };
-    if d.selection.target != Target::Slides || d.selection.text.is_some() || d.selection.shapes.len() != 1 {
-        return;
-    }
-    let only = d.selection.shapes[0];
-    let hit = crate::media::slide_media(&d.doc, d.selection.slide)
-        .into_iter()
-        .find(|(id, x, clip)| clip.video && *id == only && screen_rect(xf, x).contains(p));
-    let Some((id, _, clip)) = hit else { return };
-    let (uid, doc) = (d.uid, d.doc.clone());
-    app.media.toggle(uid, &doc, id, &clip, crate::media::Owner::Editor);
-}
-
 fn master_tex(
     ctx: &egui::Context,
     doc: &deckcraft_model::Presentation,
diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/src/media_bar_tests.rs b/crates/ui-egui/src/media_bar_tests.rs
index 97e75fde..8f60a03f 100644
--- a/crates/ui-egui/src/media_bar_tests.rs
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/src/media_bar_tests.rs
@@ -2,10 +2,8 @@
 //! mouse: a press on it used to reach the canvas, start a selection marquee there and hide the bar
 //! before the click landed, so Play only worked in the slide show.
 
-use std::sync::Arc;
-
 use deckcraft_engine::Session;
-use deckcraft_model::{Shape, ShapeId, ShapeKind};
+use deckcraft_model::ShapeId;
 use egui::{Modifiers, PointerButton, Pos2, pos2, vec2};
 use egui_kittest::Harness;
 use serde_json::json;
@@ -72,89 +70,3 @@ fn play_on_the_editor_media_bar_plays_the_selected_clip() {
     click(&mut h, bar + vec2(w - 30.0, 13.0));
     assert_eq!(h.state().session.active().unwrap().selection.shapes, vec![id]);
 }
-
-/// A click on a video plays it and the next one pauses it; dragging it only moves it.
-#[test]
-fn a_click_on_a_video_plays_or_pauses_it() {
-    let mut s = Session::with_new();
-    s.execute("slide.new", &json!({"layout": "blank"})).unwrap();
-    let r = s.execute("insert.audio", &json!({"name": "tone.wav", "data": deckcraft_engine::cmd::base64_encode(&wav(10.0))})).unwrap();
-    let id = ShapeId(r["id"].as_u64().unwrap() as u32);
-    // Only videos play on a click; the clip's sound stands in for a film. It is long enough to
-    // still be playing when the last click lands.
-    {
-        let d = s.active_mut().unwrap();
-        let slide = Arc::make_mut(&mut Arc::make_mut(&mut d.doc).slides[d.selection.slide]);
-        if let Some(Shape { kind: ShapeKind::Media(clip), .. }) = deckcraft_model::find_shape_mut(&mut slide.shapes, id) {
-            clip.video = true;
-        }
-    }
-    s.execute("edit.deselect", &json!({})).unwrap();
-    let app = SlideApp::new(s, Services::default());
-    let mut h = Harness::builder().with_size(vec2(1400.0, 900.0)).with_step_dt(1.0 / 60.0).build_ui_state(
-        |ui, app: &mut SlideApp| {
-            app.logic(ui.ctx());
-            app.ui(ui);
-        },
-        app,
-    );
-    h.run_steps(3);
-    let d = h.state().session.active().unwrap();
-    let x = d.doc.slides[d.selection.slide].shape(id).unwrap().xfrm.unwrap();
-    // Where the clip's centre is on screen (a double click opens the Format pane, which moves it).
-    let centre_of = |h: &Harness<'_, SlideApp>| {
-        let (slide, k) = (h.state().slide_rect.unwrap(), h.state().canvas_scale);
-        slide.min + vec2((x.x + x.w / 2.0) as f32 * k, (x.y + x.h / 2.0) as f32 * k)
-    };
-    let mut centre = centre_of(&h);
-
-    click(&mut h, centre);
-    assert_eq!(h.state().session.active().unwrap().selection.shapes, vec![id], "the click selects it");
-    assert!(h.state().media.is_playing(id), "and plays it");
-    // Far enough apart not to make a double click.
-    h.run_steps(40);
-    click(&mut h, centre);
-    assert!(!h.state().media.is_playing(id), "the next click pauses it");
-
-    // A double or triple click plays it once: only the first click counts.
-    for clicks in [2, 3] {
-        h.run_steps(40);
-        assert!(!h.state().media.is_playing(id));
-        for _ in 0..clicks {
-            h.event(egui::Event::PointerButton { pos: centre, button: PointerButton::Primary, pressed: true, modifiers: Modifiers::NONE });
-            h.run_steps(1);
-            h.event(egui::Event::PointerButton { pos: centre, button: PointerButton::Primary, pressed: false, modifiers: Modifiers::NONE });
-            h.run_steps(1);
-        }
-        assert!(h.state().media.is_playing(id), "{clicks} quick clicks leave it playing");
-        h.run_steps(40);
-        centre = centre_of(&h);
-        click(&mut h, centre);
-        assert!(!h.state().media.is_playing(id));
-    }
-
-    // A click the Eyedropper takes does not play the video.
-    h.run_steps(40);
-    crate::eyedropper::note_open_menu(&h.ctx, egui::Id::new("fill-colour"));
-    crate::eyedropper::request(&h.ctx);
-    h.run_steps(2);
-    assert!(h.state().eyedropper.is_some(), "the Eyedropper waits for a click");
-    click(&mut h, centre);
-    assert!(h.state().eyedropper.is_none(), "the Eyedropper took the click");
-    assert!(!h.state().media.is_playing(id), "the video did not start");
-
-    // A drag moves it without playing.
-    h.run_steps(40);
-    h.event(egui::Event::PointerButton { pos: centre, button: PointerButton::Primary, pressed: true, modifiers: Modifiers::NONE });
-    h.run_steps(1);
-    for i in 1..=6 {
-        h.event(egui::Event::PointerMoved(centre + vec2(8.0 * i as f32, 0.0)));
-        h.run_steps(1);
-    }
-    h.event(egui::Event::PointerButton { pos: centre + vec2(48.0, 0.0), button: PointerButton::Primary, pressed: false, modifiers: Modifiers::NONE });
-    h.run_steps(2);
-    assert!(!h.state().media.is_playing(id), "dragging does not play it");
-    let d = h.state().session.active().unwrap();
-    let moved = d.doc.slides[d.selection.slide].shape(id).unwrap().xfrm.unwrap();
-    assert!(moved.x > x.x, "the drag moved it");
-}