diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/src/keys.rs b/crates/ui-egui/src/keys.rs
index 431391b86..71542f8ab 100644
--- a/crates/ui-egui/src/keys.rs
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/src/keys.rs
@@ -465,7 +465,7 @@ pub fn canvas_events(app: &mut WordApp, ctx: &egui::Context) {
                     }
                     continue;
                 }
-                if leave_full_screen(app, key, modifiers, true) {
+                if leave_full_screen(app, ctx, key, modifiers, true) {
                     continue;
                 }
                 app.canvas.swallow_text = dispatch(app, key, modifiers) && modifiers.alt;
@@ -479,12 +479,17 @@ pub fn canvas_events(app: &mut WordApp, ctx: &egui::Context) {
 /// took it: a pen, a text box, a header, a dialog, a menu or a popup, a drag on the page, and in
 /// the document (`canvas`) a selection, which Escape collapses first (`select.collapse`), as in a
 /// normal window.
-fn leave_full_screen(app: &mut WordApp, key: Key, m: Modifiers, canvas: bool) -> bool {
+fn leave_full_screen(app: &mut WordApp, ctx: &egui::Context, key: Key, m: Modifiers, canvas: bool) -> bool {
     let screen = crate::chrome::Screen::of(&app.session.view).exit_command();
     let Some(id) = screen.or(app.session.view.full_screen.then_some("view.fullScreen")) else { return false };
     if key != Key::Escape || !m.is_none() || !app.escape_free {
         return false;
     }
+    // Escape with a button held (dragging a task pane's title bar, say) cancels the drag only.
+    // egui has already dropped the drag itself, so the held button is what is left of it.
+    if ctx.input(|i| i.pointer.any_down()) {
+        return false;
+    }
     let c = &app.canvas;
     if c.obj_drag.is_some() || c.table_resize.is_some() || c.table_drag.is_some() || c.link_from.is_some() {
         return false;
@@ -720,7 +725,7 @@ pub fn global_shortcuts(app: &mut WordApp, ctx: &egui::Context) {
     let events = ctx.input(|i| i.events.clone());
     for e in events {
         if let egui::Event::Key { key, pressed: true, modifiers, .. } = e {
-            if leave_full_screen(app, key, modifiers, false) {
+            if leave_full_screen(app, ctx, key, modifiers, false) {
                 continue;
             }
             if is_global_shortcut(key, modifiers) {
diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/src/panes.rs b/crates/ui-egui/src/panes.rs
index 12120265b..5274f083d 100644
--- a/crates/ui-egui/src/panes.rs
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/src/panes.rs
@@ -1305,6 +1305,34 @@ mod tests {
         assert_eq!(h.state().dialog.as_ref().map(|d| d.name()), Some("wordCount"));
     }
 
+    /// Escape during a pane's title-bar drag cancels the drag and leaves full screen on.
+    #[test]
+    #[cfg(not(target_arch = "wasm32"))]
+    fn escape_during_a_pane_drag_keeps_full_screen() {
+        use egui_kittest::kittest::Queryable;
+
+        let mut app = crate::WordApp::new(wordcraft_engine::Session::new(wordcraft_doc::Document::from_text("")), crate::Services::default());
+        app.run("view.navigationPane", serde_json::json!({"value": true})).unwrap();
+        app.run("view.fullScreen", serde_json::json!({"value": true})).unwrap();
+        let mut h = pane_harness(app);
+        let title = h.get_by_label_contains("Move Pane: ").rect().center();
+        let button =
+            |pos, pressed| egui::Event::PointerButton { pos, button: egui::PointerButton::Primary, pressed, modifiers: egui::Modifiers::NONE };
+        h.input_mut().events.extend([egui::Event::PointerMoved(title), button(title, true)]);
+        h.run_steps(2);
+        let away = title + egui::vec2(300.0, 200.0);
+        h.input_mut().events.push(egui::Event::PointerMoved(away));
+        h.run_steps(2);
+        assert!(h.ctx.dragged_id().is_some(), "the title bar is dragged");
+        press(&mut h, egui::Key::Escape, egui::Modifiers::NONE);
+        assert!(h.state().session.view.full_screen);
+        h.input_mut().events.push(button(away, false));
+        h.run_steps(2);
+        assert!(h.state().session.view.full_screen);
+        let docked = craft_ui::panes::Place::Docked(craft_ui::panes::Edge::Start);
+        assert_eq!(super::pane_state(h.state(), Pane::Navigation).place, docked, "the drag was cancelled");
+    }
+
     /// An F6 the user bound runs its command; plain F6 still moves to the panes when only
     /// Shift+F6 is bound.
     #[test]