diff --git a/cypress/support/commands.js b/cypress/support/commands.js
index a3926be6..3522b806 100644
--- a/cypress/support/commands.js
+++ b/cypress/support/commands.js
@@ -26,9 +26,13 @@
 
 Cypress.Commands.add('drag', (selector, { x, y }) => {
   return cy
-    .get(selector)
-    .trigger('mousedown', { which: 1 })
-    .trigger('mousemove', { clientX: x, clientY: y })
-    .wait(50)
-    .trigger('mouseup', { force: true });
+    .window()
+    .then((window) =>
+      cy
+        .get(selector)
+        .trigger('mousedown', { which: 1, view: window })
+        .trigger('mousemove', { clientX: x, clientY: y, force: true })
+        .wait(50)
+        .trigger('mouseup', { view: window, force: tru })
+    );
 });
diff --git a/src/components/Nodes/useMemoizedMouseHandler.ts b/src/components/Nodes/useMemoizedMouseHandler.ts
index 36334695..7d3067f3 100644
--- a/src/components/Nodes/useMemoizedMouseHandler.ts
+++ b/src/components/Nodes/useMemoizedMouseHandler.ts
@@ -5,18 +5,17 @@ import { ReactFlowState, Node } from '../../types';
 
 function useMemoizedMouseHandler(
   id: string,
-  dragging: boolean,
   getState: GetState<ReactFlowState>,
   handler?: (event: MouseEvent, node: Node) => void
 ) {
   const memoizedHandler = useCallback(
     (event: MouseEvent) => {
-      if (typeof handler !== 'undefined' && !dragging) {
+      if (typeof handler !== 'undefined') {
         const node = getState().nodeInternals.get(id)!;
         handler(event, { ...node });
       }
     },
-    [handler, dragging, id]
+    [handler, id]
   );
 
   return memoizedHandler;
diff --git a/src/components/Nodes/wrapNode.tsx b/src/components/Nodes/wrapNode.tsx
index c4ca752e..0c113b55 100644
--- a/src/components/Nodes/wrapNode.tsx
+++ b/src/components/Nodes/wrapNode.tsx
@@ -1,4 +1,14 @@
-import React, { useEffect, useRef, memo, ComponentType, CSSProperties, useMemo, MouseEvent, useCallback } from 'react';
+import React, {
+  useEffect,
+  useRef,
+  memo,
+  ComponentType,
+  CSSProperties,
+  useMemo,
+  MouseEvent,
+  useCallback,
+  useState,
+} from 'react';
 import cc from 'classcat';
 import shallow from 'zustand/shallow';
 
@@ -41,7 +51,6 @@ export default (NodeComponent: ComponentType<NodeProps>) => {
     sourcePosition,
     targetPosition,
     hidden,
-    dragging,
     resizeObserver,
     dragHandle,
     zIndex,
@@ -49,6 +58,8 @@ export default (NodeComponent: ComponentType<NodeProps>) => {
     noPanClassName,
     noDragClassName,
   }: WrapNodeProps) => {
+    const draggingRef = useRef<boolean>(false);
+    const [dragging, setDragging] = useState<boolean>(false);
     const store = useStoreApi();
     const { addSelectedNodes, unselectNodesAndEdges, updateNodePosition, updateNodeDimensions } = useStore(
       selector,
@@ -69,11 +80,11 @@ export default (NodeComponent: ComponentType<NodeProps>) => {
       [zIndex, xPos, yPos, hasPointerEvents, style]
     );
 
-    const onMouseEnterHandler = useMemoizedMouseHandler(id, dragging, store.getState, onMouseEnter);
-    const onMouseMoveHandler = useMemoizedMouseHandler(id, dragging, store.getState, onMouseMove);
-    const onMouseLeaveHandler = useMemoizedMouseHandler(id, dragging, store.getState, onMouseLeave);
-    const onContextMenuHandler = useMemoizedMouseHandler(id, false, store.getState, onContextMenu);
-    const onNodeDoubleClickHandler = useMemoizedMouseHandler(id, false, store.getState, onNodeDoubleClick);
+    const onMouseEnterHandler = useMemoizedMouseHandler(id, store.getState, onMouseEnter);
+    const onMouseMoveHandler = useMemoizedMouseHandler(id, store.getState, onMouseMove);
+    const onMouseLeaveHandler = useMemoizedMouseHandler(id, store.getState, onMouseLeave);
+    const onContextMenuHandler = useMemoizedMouseHandler(id, store.getState, onContextMenu);
+    const onNodeDoubleClickHandler = useMemoizedMouseHandler(id, store.getState, onNodeDoubleClick);
 
     const onSelectNodeHandler = useCallback(
       (event: MouseEvent) => {
@@ -123,13 +134,14 @@ export default (NodeComponent: ComponentType<NodeProps>) => {
 
     const onDrag = useCallback(
       (event: UseDragEvent, dragPos: UseDragData) => {
-        updateNodePosition({ id, dragging: true, diff: { x: dragPos.dx, y: dragPos.dy } });
+        updateNodePosition({ id, diff: { x: dragPos.dx, y: dragPos.dy } });
+        setDragging(true);
+        draggingRef.current = true;
 
         if (onNodeDrag) {
           const node = store.getState().nodeInternals.get(id)!;
           onNodeDrag(event.sourceEvent as MouseEvent, {
             ...node,
-            dragging: true,
             position: {
               x: node.position.x + dragPos.dx,
               y: node.position.y + dragPos.dy,
@@ -146,15 +158,13 @@ export default (NodeComponent: ComponentType<NodeProps>) => {
 
     const onDragStop = useCallback(
       (event: UseDragEvent) => {
-        // onDragStop also gets called when user just clicks on a node.
-        // Because of that we set dragging to true inside the onDrag handler and handle the click here
         let node;
 
         if (onClick || onNodeDragStop) {
           node = store.getState().nodeInternals.get(id)!;
         }
 
-        if (!dragging) {
+        if (!draggingRef.current) {
           if (isSelectable && !selectNodesOnDrag && !selected) {
             addSelectedNodes([id]);
           }
@@ -165,17 +175,14 @@ export default (NodeComponent: ComponentType<NodeProps>) => {
 
           return;
         }
-
-        updateNodePosition({
-          id,
-          dragging: false,
-        });
+        draggingRef.current = false;
+        setDragging(false);
 
         if (onNodeDragStop && node) {
-          onNodeDragStop(event.sourceEvent as MouseEvent, { ...node, dragging: false });
+          onNodeDragStop(event.sourceEvent as MouseEvent, { ...node });
         }
       },
-      [id, isSelectable, selectNodesOnDrag, onClick, onNodeDragStop, dragging, selected]
+      [id, onNodeDragStop, onClick]
     );
 
     useEffect(() => {
diff --git a/src/components/NodesSelection/index.tsx b/src/components/NodesSelection/index.tsx
index 84a22823..cdf3ded0 100644
--- a/src/components/NodesSelection/index.tsx
+++ b/src/components/NodesSelection/index.tsx
@@ -72,7 +72,6 @@ function NodesSelection({
           x: data.dx,
           y: data.dy,
         },
-        dragging: true,
       });
 
       onSelectionDrag?.(event.sourceEvent, selectedNodes);
@@ -82,10 +81,6 @@ function NodesSelection({
 
   const onStop = useCallback(
     (event: UseDragEvent) => {
-      updateNodePosition({
-        dragging: false,
-      });
-
       onSelectionDragStop?.(event.sourceEvent, selectedNodes);
     },
     [selectedNodes, onSelectionDragStop]
diff --git a/src/container/NodeRenderer/index.tsx b/src/container/NodeRenderer/index.tsx
index 4a043061..3a8dc95d 100644
--- a/src/container/NodeRenderer/index.tsx
+++ b/src/container/NodeRenderer/index.tsx
@@ -93,7 +93,6 @@ const NodeRenderer = (props: NodeRendererProps) => {
             hidden={node.hidden}
             xPos={node.positionAbsolute?.x ?? 0}
             yPos={node.positionAbsolute?.y ?? 0}
-            dragging={!!node.dragging}
             selectNodesOnDrag={props.selectNodesOnDrag}
             onClick={props.onNodeClick}
             onMouseEnter={props.onNodeMouseEnter}
diff --git a/src/hooks/useDrag.ts b/src/hooks/useDrag.ts
index c697ff98..f4aacfbf 100644
--- a/src/hooks/useDrag.ts
+++ b/src/hooks/useDrag.ts
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ type UseDragParams = {
   nodeRef: RefObject<Element>;
   disabled?: boolean;
   noDragClassName?: string;
-  // @TODO: implement handleSelector functionality
   handleSelector?: string;
   nodeId?: string;
 };
@@ -42,7 +41,27 @@ function getParentNodePosition(nodeInternals: NodeInternals, nodeId?: string): X
   };
 }
 
-function useDrag({ onStart, onDrag, onStop, nodeRef, disabled = false, noDragClassName, nodeId }: UseDragParams) {
+function selectorExistsTargetToNode(target: Element, selector: string, nodeRef: RefObject<Element>): boolean {
+  let current = target;
+  do {
+    if (current?.matches(selector)) return true;
+    if (current === nodeRef.current) return false;
+    current = current.parentElement as Element;
+  } while (current);
+
+  return false;
+}
+
+function useDrag({
+  onStart,
+  onDrag,
+  onStop,
+  nodeRef,
+  disabled = false,
+  noDragClassName,
+  handleSelector,
+  nodeId,
+}: UseDragParams) {
   const store = useStoreApi();
   const startPos = useRef<XYPosition>({ x: 0, y: 0 });
   const lastPos = useRef<{ x: number | null; y: number | null }>({ x: null, y: null });
@@ -93,8 +112,15 @@ function useDrag({ onStart, onDrag, onStop, nodeRef, disabled = false, noDragCla
               });
             }
           })
-          .on('end', onStop)
-          .filter((event: any) => !event.ctrlKey && !event.button && !event.target.className.includes(noDragClassName));
+          .on('end', (event) => {
+            onStop(event);
+          })
+          .filter((event: any) => {
+            const filter = !event.ctrlKey && !event.button && !event.target.className.includes(noDragClassName);
+            return handleSelector
+              ? selectorExistsTargetToNode(event.target, handleSelector, nodeRef) && filter
+              : filter;
+          });
 
         selection.call(dragHandler);
 
@@ -103,7 +129,7 @@ function useDrag({ onStart, onDrag, onStop, nodeRef, disabled = false, noDragCla
         };
       }
     }
-  }, [disabled, noDragClassName, nodeId]);
+  }, [onStart, onDrag, onStop, nodeRef, disabled, noDragClassName, handleSelector, nodeId]);
 
   return null;
 }
diff --git a/src/store/index.ts b/src/store/index.ts
index a1855a3d..d1c1e9c7 100644
--- a/src/store/index.ts
+++ b/src/store/index.ts
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ const createStore = () =>
         onNodesChange?.(changes);
       }
     },
-    updateNodePosition: ({ id, diff, dragging }: NodeDiffUpdate) => {
+    updateNodePosition: ({ id, diff }: NodeDiffUpdate) => {
       const { onNodesChange, nodeExtent, nodeInternals, hasDefaultNodes, snapGrid, snapToGrid } = get();
 
       if (hasDefaultNodes || onNodesChange) {
@@ -105,14 +105,10 @@ const createStore = () =>
         nodeInternals.forEach((node) => {
           if (node.selected) {
             if (!node.parentNode || !isParentSelected(node, nodeInternals)) {
-              changes.push(
-                createPositionChange({ node, diff, dragging, nodeExtent, nodeInternals, snapToGrid, snapGrid })
-              );
+              changes.push(createPositionChange({ node, diff, nodeExtent, nodeInternals, snapToGrid, snapGrid }));
             }
           } else if (node.id === id) {
-            changes.push(
-              createPositionChange({ node, diff, dragging, nodeExtent, nodeInternals, snapToGrid, snapGrid })
-            );
+            changes.push(createPositionChange({ node, diff, nodeExtent, nodeInternals, snapToGrid, snapGrid }));
           }
         });
 
diff --git a/src/store/utils.ts b/src/store/utils.ts
index e40366d9..a5104c6c 100644
--- a/src/store/utils.ts
+++ b/src/store/utils.ts
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ export function createNodeInternals(nodes: Node[], nodeInternals: NodeInternals)
   const parentNodes: ParentNodes = {};
 
   nodes.forEach((node) => {
-    const z = isNumeric(node.zIndex) ? node.zIndex : node.dragging || node.selected ? 1000 : 0;
+    const z = isNumeric(node.zIndex) ? node.zIndex : node.selected ? 1000 : 0;
     const currInternals = nodeInternals.get(node.id);
 
     const internals: Node = {
@@ -115,7 +115,6 @@ type CreatePostionChangeParams = {
   nodeExtent: CoordinateExtent;
   nodeInternals: NodeInternals;
   diff?: XYPosition;
-  dragging?: boolean;
   snapToGrid?: boolean;
   snapGrid?: SnapGrid;
 };
@@ -123,7 +122,6 @@ type CreatePostionChangeParams = {
 export function createPositionChange({
   node,
   diff,
-  dragging,
   nodeExtent,
   nodeInternals,
   snapToGrid,
@@ -132,7 +130,6 @@ export function createPositionChange({
   const change: NodePositionChange = {
     id: node.id,
     type: 'position',
-    dragging: !!dragging,
   };
 
   if (diff) {
diff --git a/src/types/changes.ts b/src/types/changes.ts
index d896d03e..f833fbf0 100644
--- a/src/types/changes.ts
+++ b/src/types/changes.ts
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ export type NodePositionChange = {
   id: string;
   type: 'position';
   position?: XYPosition;
-  dragging?: boolean;
 };
 
 export type NodeSelectionChange = {
diff --git a/src/types/nodes.ts b/src/types/nodes.ts
index d8592cc4..4f0262b7 100644
--- a/src/types/nodes.ts
+++ b/src/types/nodes.ts
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@ export interface Node<T = any> {
   sourcePosition?: Position;
   hidden?: boolean;
   selected?: boolean;
-  dragging?: boolean;
   draggable?: boolean;
   selectable?: boolean;
   connectable?: boolean;
@@ -79,7 +78,6 @@ export interface WrapNodeProps<T = any> {
   sourcePosition: Position;
   targetPosition: Position;
   hidden?: boolean;
-  dragging: boolean;
   resizeObserver: ResizeObserver | null;
   dragHandle?: string;
   zIndex: number;
@@ -96,7 +94,6 @@ export type NodeHandleBounds = {
 export type NodeDiffUpdate = {
   id?: string;
   diff?: XYPosition;
-  dragging?: boolean;
 };
 
 export type NodeDimensionUpdate = {
diff --git a/src/utils/changes.ts b/src/utils/changes.ts
index e5278a6f..9279a3f0 100644
--- a/src/utils/changes.ts
+++ b/src/utils/changes.ts
@@ -69,10 +69,6 @@ function applyChanges(changes: any[], elements: any[]): any[] {
             updateItem.position = currentChange.position;
           }
 
-          if (typeof currentChange.dragging !== 'undefined') {
-            updateItem.dragging = currentChange.dragging;
-          }
-
           if (updateItem.expandParent) {
             handleParentExpand(res, updateItem);
           }
diff --git a/src/utils/graph.ts b/src/utils/graph.ts
index 222a1e59..37765a01 100644
--- a/src/utils/graph.ts
+++ b/src/utils/graph.ts
@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@ export const getNodesInside = (
   const visibleNodes: Node[] = [];
 
   nodeInternals.forEach((node) => {
-    const { positionAbsolute, width, height, dragging, selectable = true } = node;
+    const { positionAbsolute, width, height, selectable = true } = node;
 
     if (excludeNonSelectableNodes && !selectable) {
       return false;
@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@ export const getNodesInside = (
     const yOverlap = Math.max(0, Math.min(rBox.y2, nBox.y2) - Math.max(rBox.y, nBox.y));
     const overlappingArea = Math.ceil(xOverlap * yOverlap);
     const notInitialized =
-      typeof width === 'undefined' || typeof height === 'undefined' || width === null || height === null || dragging;
+      typeof width === 'undefined' || typeof height === 'undefined' || width === null || height === null;
 
     const partiallyVisible = partially && overlappingArea > 0;
     const area = (width || 0) * (height || 0);