diff --git a/src/components/tools/SelectTool.vue b/src/components/tools/SelectTool.vue
index 8f9ebd4ef..af6ad6c6f 100644
--- a/src/components/tools/SelectTool.vue
+++ b/src/components/tools/SelectTool.vue
@@ -40,10 +40,13 @@ onVTKEvent(
     }
 
     const withModifiers = !!(event.shiftKey || event.controlKey);
+    const { x, y } = event.position;
+    // Picking clears the widget manager's standing selections, which the
+    // widgets read while handling this same press, so let them run first.
+    await Promise.resolve();
     // Pick where the button went down. The widget manager's standing pick is
     // whatever its last tracked mouse move resolved, which can be a different
     // position or, mid capture, nothing at all.
-    const { x, y } = event.position;
     const selectedData = await view.widgetManager.getSelectedDataForXY(x, y);
     if ('widget' in selectedData) {
       const widget =
@@ -71,7 +74,7 @@ onVTKEvent(
     }
   },
   {
-    // capture all events by calling handler before widgets
+    // Registered ahead of the widgets so one consuming the press cannot skip it
     priority: WIDGET_PRIORITY + 1,
   }
 );
diff --git a/tests/specs/select-tool-annotation-press.e2e.ts b/tests/specs/select-tool-annotation-press.e2e.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..feb926b9e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/specs/select-tool-annotation-press.e2e.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,210 @@
+import { type ChainablePromiseElement } from 'webdriverio';
+import AppPage from '../pageobjects/volview.page';
+import { clickAt, setupTest, waitForCircleCount } from './annotationTestUtils';
+
+// One input source held across action chains, so the press lands exactly where
+// the hover left the pointer. Releasing actions would reset it to the origin.
+const HOVERING_MOUSE = 'hovering-mouse';
+const hoveringMouse = () => browser.action('pointer', { id: HOVERING_MOUSE });
+
+const INSTANT = 0;
+const NUDGE_PX = 2;
+const DRAG_MS = 200;
+const DRAG_DY = 40;
+const TOLERANCE_PX = 3;
+
+// vtk.js reports the first move after an idle period as StartMouseMove, which
+// the widget manager does not pick on, so land on (x, y) with a second move.
+const nudgeTo = (x: number, y: number) =>
+  hoveringMouse()
+    .move({ duration: INSTANT, x: x + NUDGE_PX, y: y + NUDGE_PX })
+    .move({ duration: INSTANT, x, y })
+    .perform(true);
+
+const pressAtPointer = () => hoveringMouse().down().up().perform(true);
+
+const dragFromPointer = (x: number, y: number) =>
+  hoveringMouse().down().move({ duration: DRAG_MS, x, y }).up().perform(true);
+
+// The widget manager sets the hover cursor once its pick lands on an annotation
+// and restores the default one once it lands on nothing.
+const waitForViewCursor = (
+  axialView: ChainablePromiseElement,
+  cursor: string,
+  timeoutMsg: string
+) =>
+  browser.waitUntil(
+    async () => {
+      const current = await axialView.$('div.view').getCSSProperty('cursor');
+      return current.value === cursor;
+    },
+    { timeout: 5000, timeoutMsg }
+  );
+
+const getHandleCenters = async (axialView: ChainablePromiseElement) => {
+  const centers: Array<{ x: number; y: number }> = [];
+  for (const circle of await axialView.$$('svg circle')) {
+    centers.push({
+      x: Number(await circle.getAttribute('cx')),
+      y: Number(await circle.getAttribute('cy')),
+    });
+  }
+  return centers;
+};
+
+// BoundingRectangle.vue draws this around the selected annotation
+const waitForSelection = (
+  axialView: ChainablePromiseElement,
+  timeoutMsg: string
+) =>
+  browser.waitUntil(
+    async () => {
+      const rects = await axialView.$$('svg rect[stroke="lightgray"]');
+      return (await rects.length) === 1;
+    },
+    { timeout: 5000, timeoutMsg }
+  );
+
+const placeAnnotation = async (
+  icon: string,
+  points: Array<[number, number]>
+) => {
+  await AppPage.selectTool(icon);
+  for (const [x, y] of points) {
+    await clickAt(x, y);
+  }
+};
+
+// Confirms the press landed on the annotation, then hovers empty space so the
+// DOM reflects everything the press did before the handles are compared.
+const settleAfterPress = async (
+  axialView: ChainablePromiseElement,
+  awayX: number,
+  awayY: number
+) => {
+  await waitForSelection(axialView, 'Pressing the annotation should select it');
+  await nudgeTo(awayX, awayY);
+  await waitForViewCursor(
+    axialView,
+    'default',
+    'Leaving the annotation should restore the default cursor'
+  );
+};
+
+const expectHandlesUnmoved = (
+  before: Array<{ x: number; y: number }>,
+  after: Array<{ x: number; y: number }>
+) => {
+  expect(after.length).toBe(before.length);
+  before.forEach((handle, index) => {
+    expect(Math.abs(after[index].x - handle.x)).toBeLessThanOrEqual(
+      TOLERANCE_PX
+    );
+    expect(Math.abs(after[index].y - handle.y)).toBeLessThanOrEqual(
+      TOLERANCE_PX
+    );
+  });
+};
+
+const TOOL_CASES = [
+  { tool: 'ruler', icon: 'mdi-ruler' },
+  { tool: 'rectangle', icon: 'mdi-vector-square' },
+];
+
+// The select tool resolves its own pick on press. The annotation widgets read
+// the widget manager's standing pick while handling that same press.
+describe('Pressing an annotation with the select tool', () => {
+  TOOL_CASES.forEach(({ tool, icon }) => {
+    it(`drags the ${tool} handle without an application error`, async () => {
+      const { axialView, centerX, centerY } = await setupTest();
+      const handleX = Math.round(centerX - 60);
+      const handleY = Math.round(centerY - 60);
+
+      await placeAnnotation(icon, [
+        [handleX, handleY],
+        [centerX + 60, centerY + 60],
+      ]);
+      await waitForCircleCount(axialView, 2, `${tool} should have two handles`);
+      const [before] = await getHandleCenters(axialView);
+
+      await AppPage.selectTool('mdi-cursor-default');
+      await nudgeTo(handleX, handleY);
+      await waitForViewCursor(
+        axialView,
+        'pointer',
+        'Hovering the handle should pick it'
+      );
+      await dragFromPointer(handleX, handleY + DRAG_DY);
+
+      await browser.waitUntil(
+        async () => {
+          const [after] = await getHandleCenters(axialView);
+          return Math.abs(after.y - before.y - DRAG_DY) <= TOLERANCE_PX;
+        },
+        {
+          timeout: 5000,
+          timeoutMsg: `The ${tool} handle should follow the drag`,
+        }
+      );
+      const [after] = await getHandleCenters(axialView);
+      expect(Math.abs(after.x - before.x)).toBeLessThanOrEqual(TOLERANCE_PX);
+      expect(await AppPage.getNotificationsCount()).toBe(0);
+    });
+  });
+
+  it('keeps the ruler handles in place when its line is clicked', async () => {
+    const { axialView, centerX, centerY } = await setupTest();
+    const midX = Math.round(centerX);
+    const midY = Math.round(centerY);
+
+    await placeAnnotation('mdi-ruler', [
+      [midX - 60, midY - 60],
+      [midX + 60, midY + 60],
+    ]);
+    await waitForCircleCount(axialView, 2, 'Ruler should have two handles');
+    const before = await getHandleCenters(axialView);
+
+    await AppPage.selectTool('mdi-cursor-default');
+    await nudgeTo(midX, midY);
+    await waitForViewCursor(
+      axialView,
+      'pointer',
+      'Hovering the line should pick the ruler'
+    );
+    await pressAtPointer();
+    await settleAfterPress(axialView, midX + 140, midY - 140);
+
+    expectHandlesUnmoved(before, await getHandleCenters(axialView));
+    expect(await AppPage.getNotificationsCount()).toBe(0);
+  });
+
+  // The polygon moves its active handle on mouse move, so a drag is what
+  // would expose an unintended grab of the edge.
+  it('keeps the polygon handles in place when its edge is dragged', async () => {
+    const { axialView, centerX, centerY } = await setupTest();
+    const midX = Math.round(centerX);
+    const topY = Math.round(centerY - 80);
+
+    await placeAnnotation('mdi-pentagon-outline', [
+      [midX - 80, topY],
+      [midX + 80, topY],
+      [midX, centerY + 80],
+      [midX - 80, topY], // close
+    ]);
+    await waitForCircleCount(axialView, 3, 'Polygon should have three handles');
+    const before = await getHandleCenters(axialView);
+
+    await AppPage.selectTool('mdi-cursor-default');
+    await nudgeTo(midX, topY);
+    await waitForViewCursor(
+      axialView,
+      'pointer',
+      'Hovering the edge should pick the polygon'
+    );
+    await dragFromPointer(midX, topY + DRAG_DY);
+    await settleAfterPress(axialView, midX + 140, topY - 60);
+
+    expectHandlesUnmoved(before, await getHandleCenters(axialView));
+    expect(await AppPage.getNotificationsCount()).toBe(0);
+  });
+});