diff --git a/src/components/three/ModelViewer.tsx b/src/components/three/ModelViewer.tsx
index 1262bf2..178f115 100644
--- a/src/components/three/ModelViewer.tsx
+++ b/src/components/three/ModelViewer.tsx
@@ -753,11 +753,30 @@ function SelectionHandler() {
       useModelStore.getState().toggleElementSelection(key);
     };
 
+    const onR3FMiss = (event: Event) => {
+      const detail = (event as CustomEvent<PointerEvent>).detail;
+      if (!detail || detail.button !== 0) return;
+      const rect = canvas.getBoundingClientRect();
+      mouse.x = ((detail.clientX - rect.left) / rect.width) * 2 - 1;
+      mouse.y = -((detail.clientY - rect.top) / rect.height) * 2 + 1;
+      raycaster.setFromCamera(mouse, camera);
+      const intersects = raycaster.intersectObjects(scene.children, true);
+      const hit = intersects.find((i) => isPickableModelMesh(i.object));
+      if (!hit) return;
+
+      const element = findElementRoot(hit.object);
+      const modelId = useModelStore.getState().activeModelId;
+      if (!modelId || !element) return;
+      useModelStore.getState().toggleElementSelection(elementKey(modelId, element));
+    };
+
     canvas.addEventListener('pointerdown', onDown);
     canvas.addEventListener('pointerup', onUp);
+    canvas.addEventListener('tsxr-selection-miss', onR3FMiss);
     return () => {
       canvas.removeEventListener('pointerdown', onDown);
       canvas.removeEventListener('pointerup', onUp);
+      canvas.removeEventListener('tsxr-selection-miss', onR3FMiss);
       gl.domElement.style.cursor = prevCursor;
     };
   }, [selectionMode, camera, scene, gl, raycaster, mouse]);