From 649ada2f891eff22264d175a4e89dfcf8166464c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Igor Zinken <730069+igorski@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 16 Feb 2026 21:04:01 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Allow using alt when clone stamp is selected to re-select
 source coordinate

---
 src/services/keyboard-service.ts | 6 ++++--
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/services/keyboard-service.ts b/src/services/keyboard-service.ts
index 6c4985f..816f1b4 100644
--- a/src/services/keyboard-service.ts
+++ b/src/services/keyboard-service.ts
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ let lastKeyCode = -1;
 const DEFAULT_BLOCKED    = [ 8, 32, 37, 38, 39, 40 ];
 const MOVABLE_TOOL_TYPES = [ ToolTypes.DRAG, ToolTypes.SELECTION, ToolTypes.LASSO, ToolTypes.WAND ];
 const BRUSH_TOOL_TYPES   = [ ToolTypes.BRUSH, ToolTypes.ERASER, ToolTypes.CLONE ];
+const LAYER_SELECT_EXCLUDE_TYPES = [ ToolTypes.CLONE, ToolTypes.ZOOM ];
 
 const defaultBlock = ( e: KeyboardEvent ): void => e.preventDefault();
 
@@ -186,9 +187,10 @@ function handleKeyDown( event: KeyboardEvent ): void {
 
         case 18: // Alt
             // alt key sets layer select mode so we can select the active layer on click (by performing transparency checks on the clicked coordinate)
-            // we ignore this when zooming (as alt+clicking then zooms out)
+            // we ignore this when zooming and clone brushing (as alt+clicking then zooms out / selects source coordinate)
             // and when we have a selection tool selected when there is an active selection (so we can subtract newly added selections from existing ones)
-            if ( getters.activeTool !== ToolTypes.ZOOM && ( !getters.activeDocument?.activeSelection?.length || !SELECTION_TOOLS.includes( getters.activeTool ))) {
+            if ( !LAYER_SELECT_EXCLUDE_TYPES.includes( getters.activeTool ) &&
+                ( !getters.activeDocument?.activeSelection?.length || !SELECTION_TOOLS.includes( getters.activeTool ))) {
                 commit( "setLayerSelectMode", true );
             }
             break;