diff --git a/FlatCAMDraw.py b/FlatCAMDraw.py
index 29eb4781..fbfdc059 100644
--- a/FlatCAMDraw.py
+++ b/FlatCAMDraw.py
@@ -896,7 +896,8 @@ class FlatCAMDraw(QtCore.QObject):
         :param event: Event object dispatched by Matplotlib
         :return: None
         """
-        if self.active_tool is not None:
+        # Selection with left mouse button
+        if self.active_tool is not None and event.button is 1:
             # Dispatch event to active_tool
             msg = self.active_tool.click(self.snap(event.xdata, event.ydata))
             self.app.info(msg)
diff --git a/PlotCanvas.py b/PlotCanvas.py
index 8e4f58d9..0fdef5cb 100644
--- a/PlotCanvas.py
+++ b/PlotCanvas.py
@@ -66,6 +66,8 @@ class PlotCanvas:
         self.background = self.canvas.copy_from_bbox(self.axes.bbox)
 
         # Events
+        self.canvas.mpl_connect('button_press_event', self.on_mouse_press)
+        self.canvas.mpl_connect('button_release_event', self.on_mouse_release)
         self.canvas.mpl_connect('motion_notify_event', self.on_mouse_move)
         #self.canvas.connect('configure-event', self.auto_adjust_axes)
         self.canvas.mpl_connect('resize_event', self.auto_adjust_axes)
@@ -74,10 +76,14 @@ class PlotCanvas:
         self.canvas.mpl_connect('scroll_event', self.on_scroll)
         self.canvas.mpl_connect('key_press_event', self.on_key_down)
         self.canvas.mpl_connect('key_release_event', self.on_key_up)
+        self.canvas.mpl_connect('draw_event', self.on_draw)
 
         self.mouse = [0, 0]
         self.key = None
 
+        self.pan_axes = []
+        self.panning = False
+
     def on_key_down(self, event):
         """
 
@@ -148,7 +154,7 @@ class PlotCanvas:
         self.axes.grid(True)
 
         # Re-draw
-        self.canvas.draw()
+        self.canvas.draw_idle()
 
     def adjust_axes(self, xmin, ymin, xmax, ymax):
         """
@@ -204,9 +210,8 @@ class PlotCanvas:
             ax.set_ylim((ymin, ymax))
             ax.set_position([x_ratio, y_ratio, 1 - 2 * x_ratio, 1 - 2 * y_ratio])
 
-        # Re-draw
+        # Sync re-draw to proper paint on form resize
         self.canvas.draw()
-        self.background = self.canvas.copy_from_bbox(self.axes.bbox)
 
     def auto_adjust_axes(self, *args):
         """
@@ -257,9 +262,8 @@ class PlotCanvas:
             ax.set_xlim((xmin, xmax))
             ax.set_ylim((ymin, ymax))
 
-        # Re-draw
-        self.canvas.draw()
-        self.background = self.canvas.copy_from_bbox(self.axes.bbox)
+        # Async re-draw
+        self.canvas.draw_idle()
 
     def pan(self, x, y):
         xmin, xmax = self.axes.get_xlim()
@@ -273,8 +277,7 @@ class PlotCanvas:
             ax.set_ylim((ymin + y * height, ymax + y * height))
 
         # Re-draw
-        self.canvas.draw()
-        self.background = self.canvas.copy_from_bbox(self.axes.bbox)
+        self.canvas.draw_idle()
 
     def new_axes(self, name):
         """
@@ -326,12 +329,50 @@ class PlotCanvas:
                 self.pan(0, -0.3)
             return
 
+    def on_mouse_press(self, event):
+
+        # Check for middle mouse button press
+        if event.button == 2:
+
+            # Prepare axes for pan (using 'matplotlib' pan function)
+            self.pan_axes = []
+            for a in self.figure.get_axes():
+                if (event.x is not None and event.y is not None and a.in_axes(event) and
+                        a.get_navigate() and a.can_pan()):
+                    a.start_pan(event.x, event.y, 1)
+                    self.pan_axes.append(a)
+
+            # Set pan view flag
+            if len(self.pan_axes) > 0: self.panning = True;
+
+    def on_mouse_release(self, event):
+
+        # Check for middle mouse button release to complete pan procedure
+        if event.button == 2:
+            for a in self.pan_axes:
+                a.end_pan()
+
+            # Clear pan flag
+            self.panning = False
+
     def on_mouse_move(self, event):
         """
-        Mouse movement event hadler. Stores the coordinates.
+        Mouse movement event hadler. Stores the coordinates. Updates view on pan.
 
         :param event: Contains information about the event.
         :return: None
         """
         self.mouse = [event.xdata, event.ydata]
 
+        # Update pan view on mouse move
+        if self.panning is True:
+            for a in self.pan_axes:
+                a.drag_pan(1, event.key, event.x, event.y)
+
+            # Async re-draw (redraws only on thread idle state, uses timer on backend)
+            self.canvas.draw_idle()
+
+    def on_draw(self, renderer):
+
+        # Store background on canvas redraw
+        self.background = self.canvas.copy_from_bbox(self.axes.bbox)