diff --git a/crates/tools/src/direct.rs b/crates/tools/src/direct.rs
index f4b1f4744..5e32e4a19 100644
--- a/crates/tools/src/direct.rs
+++ b/crates/tools/src/direct.rs
@@ -919,9 +919,14 @@ impl DirectSelectionTool {
             return vec![];
         }
         // A double-click edits what is drawn: not a clipping path's outline.
-        if hit_test(cx.doc, p, cx.hit_options()).and_then(|h| cx.doc.node(h.leaf)).is_some_and(|n| matches!(n.kind, NodeKind::Text(_))) {
+        let hit = hit_test(cx.doc, p, cx.hit_options());
+        if hit.as_ref().and_then(|h| cx.doc.node(h.leaf)).is_some_and(|n| matches!(n.kind, NodeKind::Text(_))) {
             return vec![Action::SwitchTool("type".into())];
         }
+        // Outside the isolated art it leaves isolation mode, as with the Selection tool (#4466).
+        if hit.is_none() && cx.isolation.is_some() {
+            return vec![Action::Exec("object.exitIsolation".into(), json!({}))];
+        }
         vec![]
     }
     fn press_anchor(&mut self, cx: &ToolContext, ev: &PointerEvent, p: Point, (id, si, ai, grab): (NodeId, usize, usize, Point)) -> Vec<Action> {
diff --git a/crates/tools/src/direct/tests.rs b/crates/tools/src/direct/tests.rs
index 69672bc41..08e8c669d 100644
--- a/crates/tools/src/direct/tests.rs
+++ b/crates/tools/src/direct/tests.rs
@@ -560,6 +560,23 @@ fn isolation_mode_leaves_art_outside_the_isolated_group() {
     assert!(a.is_empty(), "does not add the group outside isolation ({outer:?}): {a:?}");
 }
 
+/// #4466: in isolation mode a Direct Selection double-click outside the isolated art (on the
+/// object beside it, or on nothing) leaves isolation mode, as the Selection tool's does; on the
+/// isolated art it doesn't.
+#[test]
+fn a_double_click_outside_isolation_leaves_it() {
+    let (d, _, _, inner, _) = nested_group_doc();
+    let p = paint();
+    let none = Selection::default();
+    let isolated = ToolContext { isolation: Some(inner), ..cx(&d, &none, &p) };
+    let double = |x: f64, y: f64| DirectSelectionTool::new(false).pointer(&isolated, &PointerEvent::new(PointerKind::DoubleClick, x, y));
+    let exit = vec![Action::Exec("object.exitIsolation".into(), json!({}))];
+    assert_eq!(double(350.0, 350.0), exit, "on the object beside the isolated group");
+    assert_eq!(double(700.0, 700.0), exit, "on nothing");
+    assert!(double(150.0, 150.0).is_empty(), "on the isolated art");
+    assert!(DirectSelectionTool::new(false).pointer(&cx(&d, &none, &p), &PointerEvent::new(PointerKind::DoubleClick, 700.0, 700.0)).is_empty());
+}
+
 /// #927: a marquee across type selects the type object whole, beside the anchors it holds.
 #[test]
 fn marquee_selects_type_it_touches() {