diff --git a/editor/src/messages/tool/common_functionality/transformation_cage.rs b/editor/src/messages/tool/common_functionality/transformation_cage.rs
index 45a120a930..f2e20bb0bc 100644
--- a/editor/src/messages/tool/common_functionality/transformation_cage.rs
+++ b/editor/src/messages/tool/common_functionality/transformation_cage.rs
@@ -310,8 +310,8 @@ pub fn axis_align_drag(axis_align: bool, position: DVec2, start: DVec2) -> DVec2
 }
 
 /// Snaps a dragging event from the artboard or select tool
-pub fn snap_drag(start: DVec2, current: DVec2, axis_align: bool, snap_data: SnapData, snap_manager: &mut SnapManager, candidates: &[SnapCandidatePoint]) -> DVec2 {
-	let mouse_position = axis_align_drag(axis_align, snap_data.input.mouse.position, start);
+pub fn snap_drag(start: DVec2, current: DVec2, snap_to_axis: bool, aligned_to_axis: bool, snap_data: SnapData, snap_manager: &mut SnapManager, candidates: &[SnapCandidatePoint]) -> DVec2 {
+	let mouse_position = axis_align_drag(snap_to_axis, snap_data.input.mouse.position, start);
 	let document = snap_data.document;
 	let total_mouse_delta_document = document.metadata().document_to_viewport.inverse().transform_vector2(mouse_position - start);
 	let mouse_delta_document = document.metadata().document_to_viewport.inverse().transform_vector2(mouse_position - current);
@@ -331,7 +331,7 @@ pub fn snap_drag(start: DVec2, current: DVec2, axis_align: bool, snap_data: Snap
 		let mut point = point.clone();
 		point.document_point += total_mouse_delta_document;
 
-		let snapped = if axis_align {
+		let snapped = if aligned_to_axis {
 			let constraint = SnapConstraint::Line {
 				origin: point.document_point,
 				direction: total_mouse_delta_document.try_normalize().unwrap_or(DVec2::X),
diff --git a/editor/src/messages/tool/tool_messages/artboard_tool.rs b/editor/src/messages/tool/tool_messages/artboard_tool.rs
index 943a58570f..d55aead3fb 100644
--- a/editor/src/messages/tool/tool_messages/artboard_tool.rs
+++ b/editor/src/messages/tool/tool_messages/artboard_tool.rs
@@ -292,7 +292,7 @@ impl Fsm for ArtboardToolFsmState {
 					let snap_data = SnapData::ignore(document, input, &ignore);
 					let document_to_viewport = document.metadata().document_to_viewport;
 					let [start, current] = [tool_data.drag_start, tool_data.drag_current].map(|point| document_to_viewport.transform_point2(point));
-					let mouse_delta = snap_drag(start, current, axis_align, snap_data, &mut tool_data.snap_manager, &tool_data.snap_candidates);
+					let mouse_delta = snap_drag(start, current, axis_align, axis_align, snap_data, &mut tool_data.snap_manager, &tool_data.snap_candidates);
 
 					let size = bounds.bounds[1] - bounds.bounds[0];
 					let position = bounds.bounds[0] + bounds.transform.inverse().transform_vector2(mouse_delta);
diff --git a/editor/src/messages/tool/tool_messages/select_tool.rs b/editor/src/messages/tool/tool_messages/select_tool.rs
index 56a7155851..865effbcf9 100644
--- a/editor/src/messages/tool/tool_messages/select_tool.rs
+++ b/editor/src/messages/tool/tool_messages/select_tool.rs
@@ -309,6 +309,7 @@ struct SelectToolData {
 	cursor: MouseCursorIcon,
 	pivot: Pivot,
 	compass_rose: CompassRose,
+	line_center: DVec2,
 	skew_edge: EdgeBool,
 	nested_selection_behavior: NestedSelectionBehavior,
 	selected_layers_count: usize,
@@ -615,6 +616,9 @@ impl Fsm for SelectToolFsmState {
 				// Update compass rose
 				tool_data.compass_rose.refresh_position(document);
 				let compass_center = tool_data.compass_rose.compass_rose_position();
+				if !matches!(self, Self::Dragging { .. }) {
+					tool_data.line_center = compass_center;
+				}
 				overlay_context.compass_rose(compass_center, angle, show_compass_with_ring);
 
 				let axis_state = if let SelectToolFsmState::Dragging { axis, .. } = self {
@@ -646,7 +650,8 @@ impl Fsm for SelectToolFsmState {
 								let color_string = &graphene_std::Color::from_rgb_str(color.strip_prefix('#').unwrap()).unwrap().with_alpha(0.25).rgba_hex();
 								&format!("#{}", color_string)
 							};
-							overlay_context.line(compass_center - direction * viewport_diagonal, compass_center + direction * viewport_diagonal, Some(color));
+							let line_center = tool_data.line_center;
+							overlay_context.line(line_center - direction * viewport_diagonal, line_center + direction * viewport_diagonal, Some(color));
 						}
 					}
 				}
@@ -974,12 +979,22 @@ impl Fsm for SelectToolFsmState {
 
 				let snap_data = SnapData::ignore(document, input, ignore);
 				let (start, current) = (tool_data.drag_start, tool_data.drag_current);
-				let mouse_delta = snap_drag(start, current, tool_data.axis_align, snap_data, &mut tool_data.snap_manager, &tool_data.snap_candidates);
 				let e0 = tool_data
 					.bounding_box_manager
 					.as_ref()
 					.map(|bounding_box_manager| bounding_box_manager.transform * Quad::from_box(bounding_box_manager.bounds))
 					.map_or(DVec2::X, |quad| (quad.top_left() - quad.top_right()).normalize_or(DVec2::X));
+
+				let aligned_to_axis = tool_data.axis_align || matches!(axis, Axis::X | Axis::Y);
+				let mouse_delta = snap_drag(
+					start,
+					current,
+					tool_data.axis_align,
+					aligned_to_axis,
+					snap_data,
+					&mut tool_data.snap_manager,
+					&tool_data.snap_candidates,
+				);
 				let mouse_delta = match axis {
 					Axis::X => mouse_delta.project_onto(e0),
 					Axis::Y => mouse_delta.project_onto(e0.perp()),