diff --git a/interface/src/Application.cpp b/interface/src/Application.cpp
index d0d01f4534..bfda9629a0 100644
--- a/interface/src/Application.cpp
+++ b/interface/src/Application.cpp
@@ -1467,6 +1467,9 @@ void Application::mouseMoveEvent(QMouseEvent* event, unsigned int deviceID) {
 }
 
 void Application::mousePressEvent(QMouseEvent* event, unsigned int deviceID) {
+    // Inhibit the menu if the user is using alt-mouse dragging
+    _altPressed = false;
+
     if (!_aboutToQuit) {
         _entities.mousePressEvent(event, deviceID);
     }
@@ -1541,6 +1544,7 @@ void Application::mouseReleaseEvent(QMouseEvent* event, unsigned int deviceID) {
 }
 
 void Application::touchUpdateEvent(QTouchEvent* event) {
+    _altPressed = false;
     if (event->type() == QEvent::TouchUpdate) {
         TouchEvent thisEvent(*event, _lastTouchEvent);
         _controllerScriptingInterface.emitTouchUpdateEvent(thisEvent); // send events to any registered scripts
@@ -1576,6 +1580,7 @@ void Application::touchUpdateEvent(QTouchEvent* event) {
 }
 
 void Application::touchBeginEvent(QTouchEvent* event) {
+    _altPressed = false;
     TouchEvent thisEvent(*event); // on touch begin, we don't compare to last event
     _controllerScriptingInterface.emitTouchBeginEvent(thisEvent); // send events to any registered scripts
 
@@ -1590,6 +1595,7 @@ void Application::touchBeginEvent(QTouchEvent* event) {
 }
 
 void Application::touchEndEvent(QTouchEvent* event) {
+    _altPressed = false;
     TouchEvent thisEvent(*event, _lastTouchEvent);
     _controllerScriptingInterface.emitTouchEndEvent(thisEvent); // send events to any registered scripts
     _lastTouchEvent = thisEvent;
@@ -1606,7 +1612,7 @@ void Application::touchEndEvent(QTouchEvent* event) {
 }
 
 void Application::wheelEvent(QWheelEvent* event) {
-
+    _altPressed = false;
     _controllerScriptingInterface.emitWheelEvent(event); // send events to any registered scripts
 
     // if one of our scripts have asked to capture this event, then stop processing it