diff --git a/packages/twenty-front/src/modules/object-record/record-table/components/RecordTable.tsx b/packages/twenty-front/src/modules/object-record/record-table/components/RecordTable.tsx
index 3efc8739f..485f4b049 100644
--- a/packages/twenty-front/src/modules/object-record/record-table/components/RecordTable.tsx
+++ b/packages/twenty-front/src/modules/object-record/record-table/components/RecordTable.tsx
@@ -3,14 +3,20 @@ import { isNonEmptyString, isNull } from '@sniptt/guards';
 
 import { RecordTableComponentInstance } from '@/object-record/record-table/components/RecordTableComponentInstance';
 import { RecordTableContextProvider } from '@/object-record/record-table/components/RecordTableContextProvider';
+import { RECORD_TABLE_CLICK_OUTSIDE_LISTENER_ID } from '@/object-record/record-table/constants/RecordTableClickOutsideListenerId';
 import { RecordTableEmptyState } from '@/object-record/record-table/empty-state/components/RecordTableEmptyState';
+import { useRecordTable } from '@/object-record/record-table/hooks/useRecordTable';
 import { RecordTableBody } from '@/object-record/record-table/record-table-body/components/RecordTableBody';
 import { RecordTableBodyEffect } from '@/object-record/record-table/record-table-body/components/RecordTableBodyEffect';
+import { RecordTableBodyUnselectEffect } from '@/object-record/record-table/record-table-body/components/RecordTableBodyUnselectEffect';
 import { RecordTableHeader } from '@/object-record/record-table/record-table-header/components/RecordTableHeader';
 import { isRecordTableInitialLoadingComponentState } from '@/object-record/record-table/states/isRecordTableInitialLoadingComponentState';
 import { recordTablePendingRecordIdComponentState } from '@/object-record/record-table/states/recordTablePendingRecordIdComponentState';
 import { tableRowIdsComponentState } from '@/object-record/record-table/states/tableRowIdsComponentState';
+import { DragSelect } from '@/ui/utilities/drag-select/components/DragSelect';
+import { useClickOutsideListener } from '@/ui/utilities/pointer-event/hooks/useClickOutsideListener';
 import { useRecoilComponentValueV2 } from '@/ui/utilities/state/component-state/hooks/useRecoilComponentValueV2';
+import { useRef } from 'react';
 
 const StyledTable = styled.table`
   border-radius: ${({ theme }) => theme.border.radius.sm};
@@ -32,11 +38,17 @@ export const RecordTable = ({
   objectNameSingular,
   onColumnsChange,
 }: RecordTableProps) => {
+  const tableBodyRef = useRef<HTMLTableElement>(null);
+
   const isRecordTableInitialLoading = useRecoilComponentValueV2(
     isRecordTableInitialLoadingComponentState,
     recordTableId,
   );
 
+  const { toggleClickOutsideListener } = useClickOutsideListener(
+    RECORD_TABLE_CLICK_OUTSIDE_LISTENER_ID,
+  );
+
   const tableRowIds = useRecoilComponentValueV2(
     tableRowIdsComponentState,
     recordTableId,
@@ -47,6 +59,10 @@ export const RecordTable = ({
     recordTableId,
   );
 
+  const { resetTableRowSelection, setRowSelected } = useRecordTable({
+    recordTableId,
+  });
+
   const recordTableIsEmpty =
     !isRecordTableInitialLoading &&
     tableRowIds.length === 0 &&
@@ -67,15 +83,32 @@ export const RecordTable = ({
         viewBarId={viewBarId}
       >
         <RecordTableBodyEffect />
+        <RecordTableBodyUnselectEffect
+          tableBodyRef={tableBodyRef}
+          recordTableId={recordTableId}
+        />
         {recordTableIsEmpty ? (
           <RecordTableEmptyState />
         ) : (
-          <StyledTable className="entity-table-cell">
-            <RecordTableHeader
-              objectMetadataNameSingular={objectNameSingular}
+          <>
+            <StyledTable className="entity-table-cell" ref={tableBodyRef}>
+              <RecordTableHeader
+                objectMetadataNameSingular={objectNameSingular}
+              />
+              <RecordTableBody />
+            </StyledTable>
+            <DragSelect
+              dragSelectable={tableBodyRef}
+              onDragSelectionStart={() => {
+                resetTableRowSelection();
+                toggleClickOutsideListener(false);
+              }}
+              onDragSelectionChange={setRowSelected}
+              onDragSelectionEnd={() => {
+                toggleClickOutsideListener(true);
+              }}
             />
-            <RecordTableBody />
-          </StyledTable>
+          </>
         )}
       </RecordTableContextProvider>
     </RecordTableComponentInstance>
diff --git a/packages/twenty-front/src/modules/object-record/record-table/components/RecordTableWithWrappers.tsx b/packages/twenty-front/src/modules/object-record/record-table/components/RecordTableWithWrappers.tsx
index c91df83a3..d2a82737d 100644
--- a/packages/twenty-front/src/modules/object-record/record-table/components/RecordTableWithWrappers.tsx
+++ b/packages/twenty-front/src/modules/object-record/record-table/components/RecordTableWithWrappers.tsx
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 import styled from '@emotion/styled';
-import { useRef } from 'react';
 import { useRecoilCallback } from 'recoil';
 
 import { useDeleteOneRecord } from '@/object-record/hooks/useDeleteOneRecord';
@@ -7,15 +6,11 @@ import { FieldMetadata } from '@/object-record/record-field/types/FieldMetadata'
 import { RecordTable } from '@/object-record/record-table/components/RecordTable';
 import { EntityDeleteContext } from '@/object-record/record-table/contexts/EntityDeleteHookContext';
 import { ColumnDefinition } from '@/object-record/record-table/types/ColumnDefinition';
-import { DragSelect } from '@/ui/utilities/drag-select/components/DragSelect';
 import { ScrollWrapper } from '@/ui/utilities/scroll/components/ScrollWrapper';
 import { useSaveCurrentViewFields } from '@/views/hooks/useSaveCurrentViewFields';
 import { mapColumnDefinitionsToViewFields } from '@/views/utils/mapColumnDefinitionToViewField';
 
 import { RecordUpdateContext } from '../contexts/EntityUpdateMutationHookContext';
-import { useRecordTable } from '../hooks/useRecordTable';
-
-import { RecordTableInternalEffect } from './RecordTableInternalEffect';
 
 const StyledTableWithHeader = styled.div`
   height: 100%;
@@ -45,12 +40,6 @@ export const RecordTableWithWrappers = ({
   recordTableId,
   viewBarId,
 }: RecordTableWithWrappersProps) => {
-  const tableBodyRef = useRef<HTMLDivElement>(null);
-
-  const { resetTableRowSelection, setRowSelected } = useRecordTable({
-    recordTableId,
-  });
-
   const { saveViewFields } = useSaveCurrentViewFields(viewBarId);
 
   const { deleteOneRecord } = useDeleteOneRecord({ objectNameSingular });
@@ -72,25 +61,14 @@ export const RecordTableWithWrappers = ({
         <RecordUpdateContext.Provider value={updateRecordMutation}>
           <StyledTableWithHeader>
             <StyledTableContainer>
-              <StyledTableInternalContainer ref={tableBodyRef}>
+              <StyledTableInternalContainer>
                 <RecordTable
                   viewBarId={viewBarId}
                   recordTableId={recordTableId}
                   objectNameSingular={objectNameSingular}
                   onColumnsChange={handleColumnsChange}
                 />
-                <DragSelect
-                  dragSelectable={tableBodyRef}
-                  onDragSelectionStart={() => {
-                    resetTableRowSelection();
-                  }}
-                  onDragSelectionChange={setRowSelected}
-                />
               </StyledTableInternalContainer>
-              <RecordTableInternalEffect
-                tableBodyRef={tableBodyRef}
-                recordTableId={recordTableId}
-              />
             </StyledTableContainer>
           </StyledTableWithHeader>
         </RecordUpdateContext.Provider>
diff --git a/packages/twenty-front/src/modules/object-record/record-table/components/RecordTableInternalEffect.tsx b/packages/twenty-front/src/modules/object-record/record-table/record-table-body/components/RecordTableBodyUnselectEffect.tsx
similarity index 87%
rename from packages/twenty-front/src/modules/object-record/record-table/components/RecordTableInternalEffect.tsx
rename to packages/twenty-front/src/modules/object-record/record-table/record-table-body/components/RecordTableBodyUnselectEffect.tsx
index ce44b28de..674a37b0f 100644
--- a/packages/twenty-front/src/modules/object-record/record-table/components/RecordTableInternalEffect.tsx
+++ b/packages/twenty-front/src/modules/object-record/record-table/record-table-body/components/RecordTableBodyUnselectEffect.tsx
@@ -7,16 +7,16 @@ import { TableHotkeyScope } from '@/object-record/record-table/types/TableHotkey
 import { useScopedHotkeys } from '@/ui/utilities/hotkey/hooks/useScopedHotkeys';
 import { useListenClickOutsideV2 } from '@/ui/utilities/pointer-event/hooks/useListenClickOutsideV2';
 
-type RecordTableInternalEffectProps = {
-  recordTableId: string;
+type RecordTableBodyUnselectEffectProps = {
   tableBodyRef: React.RefObject<HTMLDivElement>;
+  recordTableId: string;
 };
 
-export const RecordTableInternalEffect = ({
-  recordTableId,
+export const RecordTableBodyUnselectEffect = ({
   tableBodyRef,
-}: RecordTableInternalEffectProps) => {
-  const leaveTableFocus = useLeaveTableFocus(recordTableId);
+  recordTableId,
+}: RecordTableBodyUnselectEffectProps) => {
+  const leaveTableFocus = useLeaveTableFocus();
 
   const { resetTableRowSelection, useMapKeyboardToSoftFocus } = useRecordTable({
     recordTableId,
diff --git a/packages/twenty-front/src/modules/ui/utilities/drag-select/components/DragSelect.tsx b/packages/twenty-front/src/modules/ui/utilities/drag-select/components/DragSelect.tsx
index a9dca6c5e..c298b3e8e 100644
--- a/packages/twenty-front/src/modules/ui/utilities/drag-select/components/DragSelect.tsx
+++ b/packages/twenty-front/src/modules/ui/utilities/drag-select/components/DragSelect.tsx
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
-import { RefObject } from 'react';
 import {
   boxesIntersect,
   useSelectionContainer,
 } from '@air/react-drag-to-select';
 import { useTheme } from '@emotion/react';
+import { RefObject } from 'react';
 import { RGBA } from 'twenty-ui';
 
 import { useDragSelect } from '../hooks/useDragSelect';
@@ -11,13 +11,15 @@ import { useDragSelect } from '../hooks/useDragSelect';
 type DragSelectProps = {
   dragSelectable: RefObject<HTMLElement>;
   onDragSelectionChange: (id: string, selected: boolean) => void;
-  onDragSelectionStart?: () => void;
+  onDragSelectionStart?: (event: MouseEvent) => void;
+  onDragSelectionEnd?: (event: MouseEvent) => void;
 };
 
 export const DragSelect = ({
   dragSelectable,
   onDragSelectionChange,
   onDragSelectionStart,
+  onDragSelectionEnd,
 }: DragSelectProps) => {
   const theme = useTheme();
   const { isDragSelectionStartEnabled } = useDragSelect();
@@ -37,6 +39,7 @@ export const DragSelect = ({
       return true;
     },
     onSelectionStart: onDragSelectionStart,
+    onSelectionEnd: onDragSelectionEnd,
     onSelectionChange: (box) => {
       const scrollAwareBox = {
         ...box,
diff --git a/packages/twenty-front/src/modules/ui/utilities/pointer-event/hooks/useClickOustideListenerStates.ts b/packages/twenty-front/src/modules/ui/utilities/pointer-event/hooks/useClickOustideListenerStates.ts
index dc2675440..26e7ebca3 100644
--- a/packages/twenty-front/src/modules/ui/utilities/pointer-event/hooks/useClickOustideListenerStates.ts
+++ b/packages/twenty-front/src/modules/ui/utilities/pointer-event/hooks/useClickOustideListenerStates.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import { clickOutsideListenerCallbacksComponentState } from '@/ui/utilities/pointer-event/states/clickOutsideListenerCallbacksComponentState';
 import { clickOutsideListenerIsActivatedComponentState } from '@/ui/utilities/pointer-event/states/clickOutsideListenerIsActivatedComponentState';
 import { clickOutsideListenerIsMouseDownInsideComponentState } from '@/ui/utilities/pointer-event/states/clickOutsideListenerIsMouseDownInsideComponentState';
-import { lockedListenerIdState } from '@/ui/utilities/pointer-event/states/lockedListenerIdState';
+import { clickOutsideListenerMouseDownHappenedComponentState } from '@/ui/utilities/pointer-event/states/clickOutsideListenerMouseDownHappenedComponentState';
 import { getScopeIdFromComponentId } from '@/ui/utilities/recoil-scope/utils/getScopeIdFromComponentId';
 import { extractComponentState } from '@/ui/utilities/state/component-state/utils/extractComponentState';
 
@@ -22,6 +22,9 @@ export const useClickOustideListenerStates = (componentId: string) => {
       clickOutsideListenerIsActivatedComponentState,
       scopeId,
     ),
-    lockedListenerIdState,
+    getClickOutsideListenerMouseDownHappenedState: extractComponentState(
+      clickOutsideListenerMouseDownHappenedComponentState,
+      scopeId,
+    ),
   };
 };
diff --git a/packages/twenty-front/src/modules/ui/utilities/pointer-event/hooks/useClickOutsideListener.ts b/packages/twenty-front/src/modules/ui/utilities/pointer-event/hooks/useClickOutsideListener.ts
index b69e06f8b..5a693e1f7 100644
--- a/packages/twenty-front/src/modules/ui/utilities/pointer-event/hooks/useClickOutsideListener.ts
+++ b/packages/twenty-front/src/modules/ui/utilities/pointer-event/hooks/useClickOutsideListener.ts
@@ -7,17 +7,14 @@ import {
   useListenClickOutsideV2,
 } from '@/ui/utilities/pointer-event/hooks/useListenClickOutsideV2';
 import { ClickOutsideListenerCallback } from '@/ui/utilities/pointer-event/types/ClickOutsideListenerCallback';
-import { getScopeIdFromComponentId } from '@/ui/utilities/recoil-scope/utils/getScopeIdFromComponentId';
 import { toSpliced } from '~/utils/array/toSpliced';
 import { isDefined } from '~/utils/isDefined';
 
 export const useClickOutsideListener = (componentId: string) => {
-  // TODO: improve typing
-  const scopeId = getScopeIdFromComponentId(componentId) ?? '';
-
   const {
     getClickOutsideListenerIsActivatedState,
     getClickOutsideListenerCallbacksState,
+    getClickOutsideListenerMouseDownHappenedState,
   } = useClickOustideListenerStates(componentId);
 
   const useListenClickOutside = <T extends Element>({
@@ -53,8 +50,15 @@ export const useClickOutsideListener = (componentId: string) => {
     ({ set }) =>
       (activated: boolean) => {
         set(getClickOutsideListenerIsActivatedState, activated);
+
+        if (!activated) {
+          set(getClickOutsideListenerMouseDownHappenedState, false);
+        }
       },
-    [getClickOutsideListenerIsActivatedState],
+    [
+      getClickOutsideListenerIsActivatedState,
+      getClickOutsideListenerMouseDownHappenedState,
+    ],
   );
 
   const registerOnClickOutsideCallback = useRecoilCallback(
@@ -148,7 +152,6 @@ export const useClickOutsideListener = (componentId: string) => {
   };
 
   return {
-    scopeId,
     useListenClickOutside,
     toggleClickOutsideListener,
     useRegisterClickOutsideListenerCallback,
diff --git a/packages/twenty-front/src/modules/ui/utilities/pointer-event/hooks/useListenClickOutsideV2.ts b/packages/twenty-front/src/modules/ui/utilities/pointer-event/hooks/useListenClickOutsideV2.ts
index 82611db7e..0d2f84c05 100644
--- a/packages/twenty-front/src/modules/ui/utilities/pointer-event/hooks/useListenClickOutsideV2.ts
+++ b/packages/twenty-front/src/modules/ui/utilities/pointer-event/hooks/useListenClickOutsideV2.ts
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ export const useListenClickOutsideV2 = <T extends Element>({
   const {
     getClickOutsideListenerIsMouseDownInsideState,
     getClickOutsideListenerIsActivatedState,
+    getClickOutsideListenerMouseDownHappenedState,
   } = useClickOustideListenerStates(listenerId);
 
   const handleMouseDown = useRecoilCallback(
@@ -37,6 +38,8 @@ export const useListenClickOutsideV2 = <T extends Element>({
           .getLoadable(getClickOutsideListenerIsActivatedState)
           .getValue();
 
+        set(getClickOutsideListenerMouseDownHappenedState, true);
+
         const isListening = clickOutsideListenerIsActivated && enabled;
 
         if (!isListening) {
@@ -92,21 +95,32 @@ export const useListenClickOutsideV2 = <T extends Element>({
         }
       },
     [
+      getClickOutsideListenerIsActivatedState,
+      enabled,
       mode,
       refs,
       getClickOutsideListenerIsMouseDownInsideState,
-      enabled,
-      getClickOutsideListenerIsActivatedState,
+      getClickOutsideListenerMouseDownHappenedState,
     ],
   );
 
   const handleClickOutside = useRecoilCallback(
     ({ snapshot }) =>
       (event: MouseEvent | TouchEvent) => {
+        const clickOutsideListenerIsActivated = snapshot
+          .getLoadable(getClickOutsideListenerIsActivatedState)
+          .getValue();
+
+        const isListening = clickOutsideListenerIsActivated && enabled;
+
         const isMouseDownInside = snapshot
           .getLoadable(getClickOutsideListenerIsMouseDownInsideState)
           .getValue();
 
+        const hasMouseDownHappened = snapshot
+          .getLoadable(getClickOutsideListenerMouseDownHappenedState)
+          .getValue();
+
         if (mode === ClickOutsideMode.compareHTMLRef) {
           const clickedElement = event.target as HTMLElement;
           let isClickedOnExcluded = false;
@@ -132,6 +146,8 @@ export const useListenClickOutsideV2 = <T extends Element>({
             .some((ref) => ref.current?.contains(event.target as Node));
 
           if (
+            isListening &&
+            hasMouseDownHappened &&
             !clickedOnAtLeastOneRef &&
             !isMouseDownInside &&
             !isClickedOnExcluded
@@ -171,13 +187,21 @@ export const useListenClickOutsideV2 = <T extends Element>({
               return true;
             });
 
-          if (!clickedOnAtLeastOneRef && !isMouseDownInside) {
+          if (
+            !clickedOnAtLeastOneRef &&
+            !isMouseDownInside &&
+            isListening &&
+            hasMouseDownHappened
+          ) {
             callback(event);
           }
         }
       },
     [
+      getClickOutsideListenerIsActivatedState,
+      enabled,
       getClickOutsideListenerIsMouseDownInsideState,
+      getClickOutsideListenerMouseDownHappenedState,
       mode,
       refs,
       excludeClassNames,
diff --git a/packages/twenty-front/src/modules/ui/utilities/pointer-event/states/clickOutsideListenerMouseDownHappenedComponentState.ts b/packages/twenty-front/src/modules/ui/utilities/pointer-event/states/clickOutsideListenerMouseDownHappenedComponentState.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c9c9298c9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/twenty-front/src/modules/ui/utilities/pointer-event/states/clickOutsideListenerMouseDownHappenedComponentState.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+import { createComponentState } from '@/ui/utilities/state/component-state/utils/createComponentState';
+
+export const clickOutsideListenerMouseDownHappenedComponentState =
+  createComponentState<boolean>({
+    key: 'clickOutsideListenerMouseDownHappenedComponentState',
+    defaultValue: false,
+  });
diff --git a/packages/twenty-front/src/modules/ui/utilities/pointer-event/states/lockedListenerIdState.ts b/packages/twenty-front/src/modules/ui/utilities/pointer-event/states/lockedListenerIdState.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index c91421dae..000000000
--- a/packages/twenty-front/src/modules/ui/utilities/pointer-event/states/lockedListenerIdState.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-import { createState } from 'twenty-ui';
-
-export const lockedListenerIdState = createState<string | null>({
-  key: 'lockedListenerIdState',
-  defaultValue: null,
-});