diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 518dcad6f..ec1d49ea0 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@ set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD_REQUIRED ON)
 find_package(QT NAMES Qt6 Qt5 REQUIRED COMPONENTS Widgets)
 find_package(Qt${QT_VERSION_MAJOR} REQUIRED COMPONENTS Widgets)
 
+
+include_directories(source/)
 set(PROJECT_SOURCES
         source/celview.cpp
         source/celview.h
@@ -49,6 +51,8 @@ set(PROJECT_SOURCES
         source/exportdialog.cpp
         source/exportdialog.h
         source/exportdialog.ui
+        source/view.cpp
+        source/view.h
         source/levelcelview.cpp
         source/levelcelview.h
         source/levelcelview.ui
diff --git a/source/celview.cpp b/source/celview.cpp
index 4564469da..ef9d05e89 100644
--- a/source/celview.cpp
+++ b/source/celview.cpp
@@ -22,6 +22,10 @@ CelScene::CelScene(QWidget *v)
 
 void CelScene::mousePressEvent(QGraphicsSceneMouseEvent *event)
 {
+    // return if currently set drag mode is scroll hand drag
+    if (views()[0]->dragMode() == QGraphicsView::ScrollHandDrag)
+        return;
+
     if (event->button() != Qt::LeftButton) {
         return;
     }
diff --git a/source/view.cpp b/source/view.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4c036b03c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/source/view.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+#include "view.h"
+
+View::View(QWidget *parent)
+    : QGraphicsView(parent)
+{
+}
+
+void View::mousePressEvent(QMouseEvent *event)
+{
+    switch (event->button()) {
+    case Qt::LeftButton: {
+        QGraphicsView::mousePressEvent(event);
+        break;
+    }
+    case Qt::MiddleButton: {
+        this->setDragMode(QGraphicsView::ScrollHandDrag);
+
+        // after middle button has been pressed - send the mouse press event to base
+        // class that holds this scene, since it will toggle on dragging on ScrollHandDrag
+        QMouseEvent *pressEvent = new QMouseEvent(QEvent::MouseButtonPress,
+            event->pos(), event->globalPosition(), Qt::MouseButton::LeftButton,
+            Qt::MouseButton::LeftButton, Qt::KeyboardModifier::NoModifier);
+
+        QGraphicsView::mousePressEvent(pressEvent);
+        break;
+    }
+    default: {
+        QGraphicsView::mousePressEvent(event);
+        break;
+    }
+    }
+}
+
+void View::mouseReleaseEvent(QMouseEvent *event)
+{
+    switch (event->button()) {
+    case Qt::LeftButton: {
+        break;
+    }
+    case Qt::MiddleButton: {
+        this->setDragMode(QGraphicsView::NoDrag);
+        break;
+    }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/source/view.h b/source/view.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..62de97ddf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/source/view.h
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+#pragma once
+
+#include <QGraphicsView>
+#include <QMouseEvent>
+#include <QObject>
+
+class View : public QGraphicsView {
+    Q_OBJECT
+
+public:
+    View(QWidget *parent = nullptr);
+
+private slots:
+    void mouseReleaseEvent(QMouseEvent *event);
+    void mousePressEvent(QMouseEvent *event);
+};