diff --git a/src/js/utils/dom.js b/src/js/utils/dom.js
index 0505850064..a2d4a9961c 100644
--- a/src/js/utils/dom.js
+++ b/src/js/utils/dom.js
@@ -775,18 +775,15 @@ export function isSingleLeftClick(event) {
     return true;
   }
 
-  // `mouseup` event on a single left click has
-  // `button` and `buttons` equal to 0
-  if (event.type === 'mouseup' && event.button === 0 &&
+  // `button` and `buttons` are both 0 on `mouseup` (release) and on
+  // `mousedown` when a Mac trackpad tap-to-click fires {button:0, buttons:0}.
+  // The only event type where {0,0} should be rejected is `mousemove`,
+  // because it signals that the button was released during a drag.
+  if (event.type !== 'mousemove' && event.button === 0 &&
       event.buttons === 0) {
     return true;
   }
 
-  // MacOS Sonoma trackpad when "tap to click enabled"
-  if (event.type === 'mousedown' && event.button === 0 && event.buttons === 0) {
-    return true;
-  }
-
   if (event.button !== 0 || event.buttons !== 1) {
     // This is the reason we have those if else block above
     // if any special case we can catch and let it slide