diff --git a/cvat-canvas/src/typescript/canvasView.ts b/cvat-canvas/src/typescript/canvasView.ts
index 0074f281..3290a382 100644
--- a/cvat-canvas/src/typescript/canvasView.ts
+++ b/cvat-canvas/src/typescript/canvasView.ts
@@ -1208,11 +1208,7 @@ export class CanvasViewImpl implements CanvasView, Listener {
 
         let shapeSizeElement: ShapeSizeElement | null = null;
         let resized = false;
-        (shape as any).resize().on('resizestart', (e: any): void => {
-            if (e.detail.event.detail.event.button === 2) {
-                e.preventDefault();
-                return;
-            }
+        (shape as any).resize().on('resizestart', (): void => {
             this.mode = Mode.RESIZE;
             if (state.shapeType === 'rectangle') {
                 shapeSizeElement = displayShapeSize(this.adoptedContent, this.adoptedText);
diff --git a/cvat-canvas/src/typescript/svg.patch.ts b/cvat-canvas/src/typescript/svg.patch.ts
index 5d6c6aae..1c532105 100644
--- a/cvat-canvas/src/typescript/svg.patch.ts
+++ b/cvat-canvas/src/typescript/svg.patch.ts
@@ -161,6 +161,11 @@ SVG.Element.prototype.resize = function constructor(...args: any): any {
     if (!handler) {
         originalResize.call(this, ...args);
         handler = this.remember('_resizeHandler');
+        handler.resize = function(e: any) {
+            if (e.detail.event.button === 0) {
+                return handler.constructor.prototype.resize.call(this, e);
+            }
+        }
         handler.update = function(e: any) {
             this.m = this.el.node.getScreenCTM().inverse();
             return handler.constructor.prototype.update.call(this, e);