diff --git a/src/gui/widgets/EffectChooser.cpp b/src/gui/widgets/EffectChooser.cpp
index 5f4de79cd02..326a10f0cba 100644
--- a/src/gui/widgets/EffectChooser.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/widgets/EffectChooser.cpp
@@ -193,6 +193,11 @@ juce::Rectangle<int> EffectChooser::getEffectRectangle(int i)
 
 void EffectChooser::mouseDown(const juce::MouseEvent &event)
 {
+    if (forwardedMainFrameMouseDowns(event))
+    {
+        return;
+    }
+
     hasDragged = false;
     currentClicked = -1;
 
diff --git a/src/gui/widgets/LFOAndStepDisplay.cpp b/src/gui/widgets/LFOAndStepDisplay.cpp
index f69375df134..f2db4a27eec 100644
--- a/src/gui/widgets/LFOAndStepDisplay.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/widgets/LFOAndStepDisplay.cpp
@@ -1223,6 +1223,11 @@ void LFOAndStepDisplay::onSkinChanged()
 
 void LFOAndStepDisplay::mouseDown(const juce::MouseEvent &event)
 {
+    if (forwardedMainFrameMouseDowns(event))
+    {
+        return;
+    }
+
     auto sge = firstListenerOfType<SurgeGUIEditor>();
 
     for (int i = 0; i < n_lfo_types; ++i)
diff --git a/src/gui/widgets/MenuForDiscreteParams.cpp b/src/gui/widgets/MenuForDiscreteParams.cpp
index 052842baaa0..b1b9ea25ea4 100644
--- a/src/gui/widgets/MenuForDiscreteParams.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/widgets/MenuForDiscreteParams.cpp
@@ -144,6 +144,11 @@ void MenuForDiscreteParams::paint(juce::Graphics &g)
 
 void MenuForDiscreteParams::mouseDown(const juce::MouseEvent &event)
 {
+    if (forwardedMainFrameMouseDowns(event))
+    {
+        return;
+    }
+
     if (glyphMode && glyphPosition.contains(event.position))
     {
         mouseDownOrigin = event.position.toInt();
diff --git a/src/gui/widgets/ModulatableSlider.cpp b/src/gui/widgets/ModulatableSlider.cpp
index 56703ed7db3..a432882a541 100644
--- a/src/gui/widgets/ModulatableSlider.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/widgets/ModulatableSlider.cpp
@@ -367,6 +367,11 @@ void ModulatableSlider::mouseDrag(const juce::MouseEvent &event)
 
 void ModulatableSlider::mouseDown(const juce::MouseEvent &event)
 {
+    if (forwardedMainFrameMouseDowns(event))
+    {
+        return;
+    }
+
     if (event.mods.isPopupMenu())
     {
         editTypeWas = NOEDIT;
diff --git a/src/gui/widgets/MultiSwitch.cpp b/src/gui/widgets/MultiSwitch.cpp
index 5e7192230db..72bc933a997 100644
--- a/src/gui/widgets/MultiSwitch.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/widgets/MultiSwitch.cpp
@@ -77,6 +77,11 @@ float MultiSwitch::coordinateToValue(int x, int y)
 
 void MultiSwitch::mouseDown(const juce::MouseEvent &event)
 {
+    if (forwardedMainFrameMouseDowns(event))
+    {
+        return;
+    }
+
     if (event.mods.isPopupMenu())
     {
         notifyControlModifierClicked(event.mods);
diff --git a/src/gui/widgets/NumberField.cpp b/src/gui/widgets/NumberField.cpp
index 7799fb262b6..33fc1c693c0 100644
--- a/src/gui/widgets/NumberField.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/widgets/NumberField.cpp
@@ -110,18 +110,27 @@ void NumberField::setControlMode(Surge::Skin::Parameters::NumberfieldControlMode
 }
 void NumberField::mouseDown(const juce::MouseEvent &event)
 {
+    if (forwardedMainFrameMouseDowns(event))
+    {
+        return;
+    }
+
     mouseMode = NONE;
+
     if (event.mods.isPopupMenu())
     {
         notifyControlModifierClicked(event.mods);
         return;
     }
+
     mouseMode = DRAG;
+
     if (!Surge::GUI::showCursor(storage))
     {
         juce::Desktop::getInstance().getMainMouseSource().enableUnboundedMouseMovement(true);
         mouseDownOrigin = event.position;
     }
+
     lastDistanceChecked = 0;
 }
 
diff --git a/src/gui/widgets/OscillatorWaveformDisplay.cpp b/src/gui/widgets/OscillatorWaveformDisplay.cpp
index f335bd9d5a8..0e8b4e18063 100644
--- a/src/gui/widgets/OscillatorWaveformDisplay.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/widgets/OscillatorWaveformDisplay.cpp
@@ -467,6 +467,16 @@ void OscillatorWaveformDisplay::showWavetableMenu()
         menu.showMenuAsync(juce::PopupMenu::Options());
     }
 }
+
+void OscillatorWaveformDisplay::mouseDown(const juce::MouseEvent &event)
+{
+    if (event.mods.isMiddleButtonDown() && sge)
+    {
+        sge->frame->mouseDown(event);
+        return;
+    }
+}
+
 void OscillatorWaveformDisplay::mouseUp(const juce::MouseEvent &event)
 {
     bool usesWT = uses_wavetabledata(oscdata->type.val.i);
@@ -506,6 +516,7 @@ void OscillatorWaveformDisplay::mouseUp(const juce::MouseEvent &event)
         }
     }
 }
+
 void OscillatorWaveformDisplay::mouseMove(const juce::MouseEvent &event)
 {
     if (supportsCustomEditor())
@@ -891,6 +902,7 @@ void OscillatorWaveformDisplay::drawEditorBox(juce::Graphics &g, const std::stri
     g.setFont(Surge::GUI::getFontManager()->getLatoAtSize(9));
     g.drawText(s, customEditorBox, juce::Justification::centred);
 }
+
 void OscillatorWaveformDisplay::mouseExit(const juce::MouseEvent &event)
 {
     isCustomEditorHovered = false;
diff --git a/src/gui/widgets/OscillatorWaveformDisplay.h b/src/gui/widgets/OscillatorWaveformDisplay.h
index a25de3f3c14..6cf4e566430 100644
--- a/src/gui/widgets/OscillatorWaveformDisplay.h
+++ b/src/gui/widgets/OscillatorWaveformDisplay.h
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 #include "SkinSupport.h"
 #include "Parameter.h"
 #include "SurgeStorage.h"
+#include "WidgetBaseMixin.h"
 
 #include "juce_gui_basics/juce_gui_basics.h"
 #include "Oscillator.h"
@@ -67,6 +68,7 @@ struct OscillatorWaveformDisplay : public juce::Component, public Surge::GUI::Sk
     pdata tp[n_scene_params];
     juce::Rectangle<float> leftJog, rightJog, waveTableName;
 
+    void mouseDown(const juce::MouseEvent &event) override;
     void mouseUp(const juce::MouseEvent &event) override;
     void mouseMove(const juce::MouseEvent &event) override;
     void mouseExit(const juce::MouseEvent &event) override;
diff --git a/src/gui/widgets/Switch.cpp b/src/gui/widgets/Switch.cpp
index f7683c22d5a..42ffacab088 100644
--- a/src/gui/widgets/Switch.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/widgets/Switch.cpp
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 ** open source in September 2018.
 */
 
+#include "SurgeGUIEditor.h"
 #include "Switch.h"
 #include "SurgeImage.h"
 
@@ -53,6 +54,11 @@ void Switch::paint(juce::Graphics &g)
 
 void Switch::mouseDown(const juce::MouseEvent &event)
 {
+    if (forwardedMainFrameMouseDowns(event))
+    {
+        return;
+    }
+
     if (event.mods.isPopupMenu())
     {
         notifyControlModifierClicked(event.mods);
diff --git a/src/gui/widgets/VerticalLabel.cpp b/src/gui/widgets/VerticalLabel.cpp
index 49443ea25d3..ab304eae403 100644
--- a/src/gui/widgets/VerticalLabel.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/widgets/VerticalLabel.cpp
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ VerticalLabel::VerticalLabel()
 #if SURGE_JUCE_ACCESSIBLE
     setAccessible(false); // it's just derocative
 #endif
+    setInterceptsMouseClicks(false, false);
 }
 VerticalLabel::~VerticalLabel() = default;
 
diff --git a/src/gui/widgets/VuMeter.cpp b/src/gui/widgets/VuMeter.cpp
index 68b04788af0..dd789e3278b 100644
--- a/src/gui/widgets/VuMeter.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/widgets/VuMeter.cpp
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ VuMeter::VuMeter()
 #if SURGE_JUCE_ACCESSIBLE
     setAccessible(false);
 #endif
+    setInterceptsMouseClicks(false, false);
 }
 VuMeter::~VuMeter() = default;
 
diff --git a/src/gui/widgets/WaveShaperSelector.cpp b/src/gui/widgets/WaveShaperSelector.cpp
index a8c49a79fcc..705afdeb377 100644
--- a/src/gui/widgets/WaveShaperSelector.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/widgets/WaveShaperSelector.cpp
@@ -425,6 +425,11 @@ void WaveShaperSelector::setValue(float f)
 
 void WaveShaperSelector::mouseDown(const juce::MouseEvent &event)
 {
+    if (forwardedMainFrameMouseDowns(event))
+    {
+        return;
+    }
+
     lastDragDistance = 0;
     everDragged = false;
 
diff --git a/src/gui/widgets/WidgetBaseMixin.h b/src/gui/widgets/WidgetBaseMixin.h
index 923e9153ac1..bfc748e251c 100644
--- a/src/gui/widgets/WidgetBaseMixin.h
+++ b/src/gui/widgets/WidgetBaseMixin.h
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 #include "juce_gui_basics/juce_gui_basics.h"
 
 #include <unordered_set>
+#include "MainFrame.h"
 
 class SurgeGUIEditor;
 
@@ -124,6 +125,18 @@ struct WidgetBaseMixin : public Surge::GUI::SkinConsumingComponent,
         }
         return nullptr;
     }
+
+    bool forwardedMainFrameMouseDowns(const juce::MouseEvent &e)
+    {
+        if (e.mods.isMiddleButtonDown())
+        {
+            auto sge = firstListenerOfType<SurgeGUIEditor>();
+            if (sge && sge->frame)
+                sge->frame->mouseDown(e);
+            return true;
+        }
+        return false;
+    }
 };
 } // namespace Widgets
 } // namespace Surge