diff --git a/frontend/src/app/canvas/CanvasPage.tsx b/frontend/src/app/canvas/CanvasPage.tsx
index 7af504a..b180b18 100644
--- a/frontend/src/app/canvas/CanvasPage.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/app/canvas/CanvasPage.tsx
@@ -188,6 +188,8 @@ export function CanvasPage({ projectId }: CanvasPageProps) {
   const flowActionsRef = useRef<{ pasteAtViewportCenter: () => void; fitView: () => void } | null>(null)
   const [contextTarget, setContextTarget] = React.useState<null | { type: 'canvas'; clientX: number; clientY: number }>(null)
   const [lastCreatedNodeId, setLastCreatedNodeId] = React.useState<string | null>(null)
+  const [isPanning, setIsPanning] = React.useState(false)
+  const [isSelecting, setIsSelecting] = React.useState(false)
   const [ariaAnnouncement, setAriaAnnouncement] = React.useState<string | null>(null)
   const nodesRef = useRef(nodes)
   nodesRef.current = nodes
@@ -286,6 +288,11 @@ export function CanvasPage({ projectId }: CanvasPageProps) {
 
   const onInit = useCallback((instance: unknown) => setRfInstance(instance), [])
 
+  const onMoveStart = useCallback(() => setIsPanning(true), [])
+  const onMoveEnd = useCallback(() => setIsPanning(false), [])
+  const onSelectionDragStart = useCallback(() => setIsSelecting(true), [])
+  const onSelectionDragStop = useCallback(() => setIsSelecting(false), [])
+
   const onNodeDragStart = useCallback(() => saveForDragEnd(), [saveForDragEnd])
   const onNodeDragStop = useCallback(() => commitDragEnd(), [commitDragEnd])
 
@@ -612,6 +619,7 @@ export function CanvasPage({ projectId }: CanvasPageProps) {
                     <FlowFitViewOnLoad />
                     <FlowKeyboardShortcuts />
                     <ReactFlow
+                      className={isPanning ? 'react-flow--panning' : isSelecting ? 'react-flow--selecting' : undefined}
                       nodes={nodes.map((n) => ({
                         ...n,
                         className: [n.className, 'nowheel'].filter(Boolean).join(' '),
@@ -624,6 +632,10 @@ export function CanvasPage({ projectId }: CanvasPageProps) {
                       onConnectEnd={onConnectEnd}
                       onNodeDragStart={onNodeDragStart}
                       onNodeDragStop={onNodeDragStop}
+                      onMoveStart={onMoveStart}
+                      onMoveEnd={onMoveEnd}
+                      onSelectionDragStart={onSelectionDragStart}
+                      onSelectionDragStop={onSelectionDragStop}
                       isValidConnection={isValidConnection}
                       nodeTypes={nodeTypes}
                       edgeTypes={edgeTypes}
@@ -639,6 +651,11 @@ export function CanvasPage({ projectId }: CanvasPageProps) {
                       nodesDraggable
                       nodesConnectable
                       elementsSelectable
+                      panOnScroll
+                      zoomOnScroll
+                      zoomActivationKeyCode="Meta"
+                      panOnDrag={[1]}
+                      selectionOnDrag
                     >
                       {/* BackgroundVariant from @xyflow/system expects enum; 'dots' is valid at runtime */}
                       <Background variant={'dots' as React.ComponentProps<typeof Background>['variant']} gap={20} />
diff --git a/frontend/src/app/canvas/ContextualZoomNode.tsx b/frontend/src/app/canvas/ContextualZoomNode.tsx
index b276fa1..0b9a6f8 100644
--- a/frontend/src/app/canvas/ContextualZoomNode.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/app/canvas/ContextualZoomNode.tsx
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ import { cn } from '@/lib/utils'
 const MIN_ZOOM = 0.1
 const MAX_ZOOM = 2
 /** When zoom <= this value, show compact icon view (bottom ~30% of zoom range). */
-export const CONTEXTUAL_ZOOM_THRESHOLD = MIN_ZOOM + 0.3 * (MAX_ZOOM - MIN_ZOOM)
+export const CONTEXTUAL_ZOOM_THRESHOLD = MIN_ZOOM + 0.1 * (MAX_ZOOM - MIN_ZOOM)
 
 /** Handle id per type for compact view (input, output). */
 const COMPACT_HANDLES: Record<string, { input?: string; output?: string }> = {
diff --git a/frontend/src/styles.css b/frontend/src/styles.css
index 3efd409..5dc2a2a 100644
--- a/frontend/src/styles.css
+++ b/frontend/src/styles.css
@@ -20,6 +20,17 @@ body {
     min-height: 0;
 }
 
+/* Canvas pane cursors: crosshair for selection box, grab/grabbing for middle-click pan */
+.react-flow__pane {
+    cursor: crosshair;
+}
+.react-flow.react-flow--panning .react-flow__pane {
+    cursor: grabbing;
+}
+.react-flow.react-flow--selecting .react-flow__pane {
+    cursor: crosshair;
+}
+
 /* Node specific overrides */
 .react-flow__node {
     display: block;