diff --git a/apps/red-ui/src/app/modules/file-preview/components/file-workload/file-workload.component.ts b/apps/red-ui/src/app/modules/file-preview/components/file-workload/file-workload.component.ts
index ec3b87e49..eae606c2f 100644
--- a/apps/red-ui/src/app/modules/file-preview/components/file-workload/file-workload.component.ts
+++ b/apps/red-ui/src/app/modules/file-preview/components/file-workload/file-workload.component.ts
@@ -596,7 +596,7 @@ export class FileWorkloadComponent extends AutoUnsubscribe implements OnInit, On
 
     @HostListener('document: click')
     clickOutsideWorkloadView() {
-        if (this.multiSelectService.active()) {
+        if (this.multiSelectService.active() && !this._dialog.openDialogs.length) {
             this.multiSelectService.deactivate();
         }
     }
diff --git a/apps/red-ui/src/app/modules/file-preview/file-preview-screen.component.ts b/apps/red-ui/src/app/modules/file-preview/file-preview-screen.component.ts
index 86c838768..3c1fdfbdc 100644
--- a/apps/red-ui/src/app/modules/file-preview/file-preview-screen.component.ts
+++ b/apps/red-ui/src/app/modules/file-preview/file-preview-screen.component.ts
@@ -282,17 +282,21 @@ export class FilePreviewScreenComponent extends AutoUnsubscribe implements OnIni
     @Bind()
     handleViewerClick(event: MouseEvent) {
         this._ngZone.run(() => {
-            if (this._multiSelectService.active()) {
+            if (event.isTrusted) {
                 const clickedElement = event.target as HTMLElement;
-                if (
-                    clickedElement.querySelector('#selectionrect') ||
-                    clickedElement.id === `pageWidgetContainer${this.pdf.currentPage()}`
-                ) {
-                    if (!this._annotationManager.selected.length) {
+                const editingAnnotation =
+                    (clickedElement as HTMLImageElement).src?.includes('edit.svg') || clickedElement.getAttribute('aria-label') === 'Edit';
+                if (this._multiSelectService.active() && !editingAnnotation) {
+                    if (
+                        clickedElement.querySelector('#selectionrect') ||
+                        clickedElement.id === `pageWidgetContainer${this.pdf.currentPage()}`
+                    ) {
+                        if (!this._annotationManager.selected.length) {
+                            this._multiSelectService.deactivate();
+                        }
+                    } else {
                         this._multiSelectService.deactivate();
                     }
-                } else {
-                    this._multiSelectService.deactivate();
                 }
             }
         });