diff --git a/TODO.md b/TODO.md
index b6fd95288..5e0ee7805 100644
--- a/TODO.md
+++ b/TODO.md
@@ -140,9 +140,9 @@ A step-by-step checklist for porting MatterControl's design features to a Vue +
 - [x] Hover effect: handles grow subtly and brighten
 
 ### Camera Mode (Alt Modifier)
-- [ ] Left-drag: orbit camera
-- [ ] Right-drag: pan camera
-- [ ] Left-click object: center/zoom camera on object
+- [x] Left-drag: orbit camera
+- [x] Right-drag: pan camera
+- [x] Left-click object: center/zoom camera on object
 
 ### Shift Modifier Behaviors
 - [ ] Click with Shift: add to selection (already in Phase 4)
diff --git a/src/components/Viewport.vue b/src/components/Viewport.vue
index d52ec0c1e..13320ac5a 100644
--- a/src/components/Viewport.vue
+++ b/src/components/Viewport.vue
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <script setup lang="ts">
 import { ref, watch, onMounted, onBeforeUnmount } from 'vue'
 import * as THREE from 'three'
-import { OrbitControls } from 'three/addons/controls/OrbitControls.js'
+import { createCameraControls, type CameraControls } from '../composables/useCameraControls'
 import { EffectComposer } from 'three/addons/postprocessing/EffectComposer.js'
 import { RenderPass } from 'three/addons/postprocessing/RenderPass.js'
 import { OutlinePass } from 'three/addons/postprocessing/OutlinePass.js'
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ let animationFrameId: number
 let resizeObserver: ResizeObserver
 let gridHelper: THREE.GridHelper
 let axisHelper: THREE.AxesHelper
-let controls: OrbitControls
+let controls: CameraControls
 let raycaster: THREE.Raycaster
 const mouse = new THREE.Vector2()
 let composer: EffectComposer
@@ -92,6 +92,63 @@ let hoveredAxis: 'x' | 'y' | 'z' | null = null
 let hoveredScaleHandle: ScaleHandleInfo | null = null
 let isCtrlPressed = false
 let isShiftPressed = false
+let isAltPressed = false
+let isSpacePressed = false
+let isMiddleMouseDown = false
+let cameraClickStartPosition: THREE.Vector2 | null = null
+
+// Fly-to animation state
+let flyToAnimation: {
+  active: boolean
+  startTime: number
+  duration: number
+  startPosition: THREE.Vector3
+  startTarget: THREE.Vector3
+  endPosition: THREE.Vector3
+  endTarget: THREE.Vector3
+} | null = null
+
+// Zoom state for smooth wheel zoom
+let zoomVelocity = 0
+const ZOOM_DAMPING = 0.1
+const ZOOM_SPEED = 0.0002
+
+function isCameraModeActive(): boolean {
+  return isAltPressed || isSpacePressed || isMiddleMouseDown
+}
+
+function flyToObject(object: THREE.Object3D) {
+  // Calculate bounding box and center
+  const box = new THREE.Box3().expandByObject(object)
+  const center = box.getCenter(new THREE.Vector3())
+  const size = box.getSize(new THREE.Vector3())
+  const maxDim = Math.max(size.x, size.y, size.z)
+
+  // Calculate distance for object to fill ~50% of screen
+  const fov = perspectiveCamera.fov * (Math.PI / 180)
+  const screenFillFactor = 0.5 // 50% of screen
+  const distance = maxDim / (2 * Math.tan(fov / 2) * screenFillFactor)
+
+  // Calculate end camera position: maintain current view direction, adjust distance
+  const currentDirection = new THREE.Vector3()
+    .subVectors(activeCamera.position, controls.target)
+    .normalize()
+  const endPosition = new THREE.Vector3().addVectors(
+    center,
+    currentDirection.multiplyScalar(distance)
+  )
+
+  // Start the animation
+  flyToAnimation = {
+    active: true,
+    startTime: performance.now(),
+    duration: 500, // 500ms animation
+    startPosition: activeCamera.position.clone(),
+    startTarget: controls.target.clone(),
+    endPosition: endPosition,
+    endTarget: center,
+  }
+}
 
 function initScene() {
   if (!containerRef.value) return
@@ -132,10 +189,11 @@ function initScene() {
   renderer.domElement.draggable = false
   renderer.domElement.addEventListener('dragstart', (e) => e.preventDefault())
 
-  // Setup orbit controls
-  controls = new OrbitControls(activeCamera, renderer.domElement)
-  controls.enableDamping = true
+  // Setup camera controls (disabled by default, enabled only with camera mode modifiers)
+  // Left-drag = orbit, right/middle-drag = pan
+  controls = createCameraControls(activeCamera, renderer.domElement)
   controls.dampingFactor = 0.05
+  controls.enabled = false
 
   addLighting()
   addGridHelper()
@@ -288,6 +346,22 @@ function onKeyDown(event: KeyboardEvent) {
     isShiftPressed = true
     needsUpdate = true
   }
+  if (event.key === 'Alt' && !isAltPressed) {
+    // Prevent window manager from intercepting Alt for window dragging
+    event.preventDefault()
+    isAltPressed = true
+    needsUpdate = true
+    // Enable camera controls in camera mode
+    controls.enabled = true
+  }
+  if (event.key === ' ' && !isSpacePressed) {
+    // Prevent page scroll on Space
+    event.preventDefault()
+    isSpacePressed = true
+    needsUpdate = true
+    // Enable camera controls in camera mode
+    controls.enabled = true
+  }
   if (needsUpdate) {
     updateGizmoVisibility()
   }
@@ -303,6 +377,22 @@ function onKeyUp(event: KeyboardEvent) {
     isShiftPressed = false
     needsUpdate = true
   }
+  if (event.key === 'Alt' && isAltPressed) {
+    isAltPressed = false
+    needsUpdate = true
+    // Disable camera controls when leaving camera mode (if Space not held)
+    if (!isSpacePressed) {
+      controls.enabled = false
+    }
+  }
+  if (event.key === ' ' && isSpacePressed) {
+    isSpacePressed = false
+    needsUpdate = true
+    // Disable camera controls when leaving camera mode (if Alt not held)
+    if (!isAltPressed) {
+      controls.enabled = false
+    }
+  }
   if (needsUpdate) {
     updateGizmoVisibility()
   }
@@ -311,7 +401,8 @@ function onKeyUp(event: KeyboardEvent) {
 function updateGizmoVisibility() {
   const hasSelection = sceneStore.selectedObjects.length > 0
 
-  if (!hasSelection) {
+  if (!hasSelection || isCameraModeActive()) {
+    // Hide all gizmos when nothing selected or in Camera Mode (Alt or Space held)
     translateGizmo?.hide()
     rotateGizmo?.hide()
     scaleGizmo?.hide()
@@ -371,11 +462,35 @@ function pickObject(event: MouseEvent): SceneObject | null {
 }
 
 function onCanvasClick(event: MouseEvent) {
+  // Camera Mode: if we started a click in camera mode, handle it here
+  // (cameraClickStartPosition is set in onCanvasMouseDown when in camera mode)
+  if (cameraClickStartPosition) {
+    updateMouseCoordinates(event)
+    // Check if it was a click (not a drag) by comparing positions
+    const clickThreshold = 0.01 // Small threshold in NDC space
+    const distance = mouse.distanceTo(cameraClickStartPosition)
+    cameraClickStartPosition = null
+
+    if (distance < clickThreshold) {
+      const pickedObject = pickObject(event)
+      if (pickedObject) {
+        // Fly camera to the clicked object
+        flyToObject(pickedObject.mesh)
+      }
+    }
+    return
+  }
+
   const pickedObject = pickObject(event)
   emit('pick', pickedObject, event)
 }
 
 function onCanvasMouseMove(event: MouseEvent) {
+  // Prevent window manager from grabbing window on Alt+drag
+  if (isCameraModeActive()) {
+    event.preventDefault()
+  }
+
   updateMouseCoordinates(event)
 
   // Handle translate gizmo dragging
@@ -692,6 +807,25 @@ function onCanvasMouseDown(event: MouseEvent) {
   updateMouseCoordinates(event)
   raycaster.setFromCamera(mouse, activeCamera)
 
+  // Middle mouse button activates camera mode
+  if (event.button === 1) {
+    event.preventDefault()
+    isMiddleMouseDown = true
+    controls.enabled = true
+    updateGizmoVisibility()
+    cameraClickStartPosition = mouse.clone()
+    return
+  }
+
+  // Camera Mode (Alt or Space held): track click position for center-on-click
+  if (isCameraModeActive()) {
+    // Prevent browser/window manager from grabbing the window
+    event.preventDefault()
+    cameraClickStartPosition = mouse.clone()
+    // Let OrbitControls handle orbit/pan naturally
+    return
+  }
+
   // Check for scale gizmo first (when Ctrl+Shift is held)
   if (isCtrlPressed && isShiftPressed && scaleGizmo?.group.visible) {
     const handleInfo = scaleGizmo.getHoveredHandle(raycaster)
@@ -815,7 +949,17 @@ function onCanvasMouseDown(event: MouseEvent) {
   }
 }
 
-function onCanvasMouseUp(_event: MouseEvent) {
+function onCanvasMouseUp(event: MouseEvent) {
+  // Middle mouse button release exits camera mode
+  if (event.button === 1 && isMiddleMouseDown) {
+    isMiddleMouseDown = false
+    // Disable camera controls if no other camera mode modifier is held
+    if (!isAltPressed && !isSpacePressed) {
+      controls.enabled = false
+    }
+    updateGizmoVisibility()
+  }
+
   if (dragState.isDragging) {
     // Clear stored original positions
     for (const obj of sceneStore.selectedObjects) {
@@ -824,7 +968,6 @@ function onCanvasMouseUp(_event: MouseEvent) {
 
     dragState.isDragging = false
     dragState.axis = null
-    controls.enabled = true
   }
 
   if (rotateDragState.isDragging) {
@@ -834,7 +977,6 @@ function onCanvasMouseUp(_event: MouseEvent) {
     rotateDragState.isDragging = false
     rotateDragState.axis = null
     rotateDragState.startObjectRotations.clear()
-    controls.enabled = true
   }
 
   if (scaleDragState.isDragging) {
@@ -842,11 +984,18 @@ function onCanvasMouseUp(_event: MouseEvent) {
     scaleDragState.handleInfo = null
     scaleDragState.startMeshScales.clear()
     scaleDragState.startMeshPositions.clear()
-    controls.enabled = true
   }
 }
 
 function onCanvasWheel(event: WheelEvent) {
+  // Camera mode: zoom in/out
+  if (isCameraModeActive()) {
+    event.preventDefault()
+    // Add to zoom velocity (negative deltaY = zoom in)
+    zoomVelocity += event.deltaY * ZOOM_SPEED
+    return
+  }
+
   if (!translateGizmo) return
 
   updateMouseCoordinates(event)
@@ -894,6 +1043,45 @@ function setupResizeObserver() {
 
 function animate() {
   animationFrameId = requestAnimationFrame(animate)
+
+  // Handle fly-to animation
+  if (flyToAnimation?.active) {
+    const elapsed = performance.now() - flyToAnimation.startTime
+    const t = Math.min(elapsed / flyToAnimation.duration, 1)
+
+    // Ease-out cubic for smooth deceleration
+    const eased = 1 - Math.pow(1 - t, 3)
+
+    // Interpolate position and target
+    activeCamera.position.lerpVectors(
+      flyToAnimation.startPosition,
+      flyToAnimation.endPosition,
+      eased
+    )
+    controls.target.lerpVectors(flyToAnimation.startTarget, flyToAnimation.endTarget, eased)
+    activeCamera.lookAt(controls.target)
+
+    if (t >= 1) {
+      flyToAnimation.active = false
+      flyToAnimation = null
+    }
+  }
+
+  // Apply smooth zoom
+  if (Math.abs(zoomVelocity) > 0.0001) {
+    const direction = new THREE.Vector3()
+      .subVectors(activeCamera.position, controls.target)
+      .normalize()
+    const currentDistance = activeCamera.position.distanceTo(controls.target)
+    const zoomAmount = zoomVelocity * currentDistance // Scale by distance for consistent feel
+    const newDistance = Math.max(0.1, currentDistance + zoomAmount) // Prevent going through target
+
+    activeCamera.position.copy(controls.target).addScaledVector(direction, newDistance)
+
+    // Apply damping
+    zoomVelocity *= 1 - ZOOM_DAMPING
+  }
+
   controls.update()
 
   // Keep gizmos at consistent screen size regardless of zoom
diff --git a/src/composables/useCameraControls.ts b/src/composables/useCameraControls.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8fd346834
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/composables/useCameraControls.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,208 @@
+import * as THREE from 'three'
+
+export interface CameraControls {
+  enabled: boolean
+  target: THREE.Vector3
+  dampingFactor: number
+  object: THREE.Camera
+
+  update(): void
+  dispose(): void
+}
+
+export function createCameraControls(
+  camera: THREE.Camera,
+  domElement: HTMLElement
+): CameraControls {
+  // State
+  let enabled = false
+  const target = new THREE.Vector3()
+  let dampingFactor = 0.05
+
+  // Internal state
+  let isDragging = false
+  let dragButton = -1
+  const pointerStart = new THREE.Vector2()
+  const pointerCurrent = new THREE.Vector2()
+
+  // Spherical coordinates for orbit
+  const spherical = new THREE.Spherical()
+  const sphericalDelta = new THREE.Spherical()
+
+  // Pan offset
+  const panOffset = new THREE.Vector3()
+
+  // Damping velocities
+  const orbitVelocity = new THREE.Spherical()
+  const panVelocity = new THREE.Vector3()
+
+  // Temp vectors
+  const tempVec = new THREE.Vector3()
+
+  // Sensitivity
+  const rotateSpeed = 0.005
+  const panSpeed = 0.002
+
+  function getSphericalFromCamera() {
+    tempVec.copy(camera.position).sub(target)
+    spherical.setFromVector3(tempVec)
+  }
+
+  function applySpericalToCamera() {
+    tempVec.setFromSpherical(spherical)
+    camera.position.copy(target).add(tempVec)
+    camera.lookAt(target)
+  }
+
+  function onPointerDown(event: PointerEvent) {
+    if (!enabled) return
+
+    isDragging = true
+    dragButton = event.button
+    pointerStart.set(event.clientX, event.clientY)
+    pointerCurrent.copy(pointerStart)
+
+    // Capture pointer for tracking outside element
+    domElement.setPointerCapture(event.pointerId)
+  }
+
+  function onPointerMove(event: PointerEvent) {
+    if (!enabled || !isDragging) return
+
+    pointerCurrent.set(event.clientX, event.clientY)
+    const deltaX = pointerCurrent.x - pointerStart.x
+    const deltaY = pointerCurrent.y - pointerStart.y
+
+    if (dragButton === 0) {
+      // Left button: orbit
+      sphericalDelta.theta = -deltaX * rotateSpeed
+      sphericalDelta.phi = -deltaY * rotateSpeed
+
+      // Store velocity for damping
+      orbitVelocity.theta = sphericalDelta.theta
+      orbitVelocity.phi = sphericalDelta.phi
+    } else {
+      // Right/middle button: pan
+      panInScreenSpace(deltaX, deltaY)
+    }
+
+    pointerStart.copy(pointerCurrent)
+  }
+
+  function onPointerUp(event: PointerEvent) {
+    if (!enabled) return
+
+    isDragging = false
+    dragButton = -1
+
+    // Release pointer capture
+    domElement.releasePointerCapture(event.pointerId)
+  }
+
+  function panInScreenSpace(deltaX: number, deltaY: number) {
+    // Get camera's local axes
+    const right = new THREE.Vector3()
+    const up = new THREE.Vector3()
+
+    // Extract right and up vectors from camera's world matrix
+    camera.matrixWorld.extractBasis(right, up, tempVec)
+
+    // Calculate distance to target for consistent pan speed
+    const distance = camera.position.distanceTo(target)
+    const panFactor = distance * panSpeed
+
+    // Pan in screen space
+    panOffset.set(0, 0, 0)
+    panOffset.addScaledVector(right, -deltaX * panFactor)
+    panOffset.addScaledVector(up, deltaY * panFactor)
+
+    // Store velocity for damping
+    panVelocity.copy(panOffset)
+  }
+
+  function update() {
+    // Get current spherical from camera position
+    getSphericalFromCamera()
+
+    if (isDragging) {
+      // Apply orbit delta
+      spherical.theta += sphericalDelta.theta
+      spherical.phi += sphericalDelta.phi
+
+      // Clamp phi to avoid flipping
+      spherical.phi = Math.max(0.01, Math.min(Math.PI - 0.01, spherical.phi))
+
+      // Apply pan
+      target.add(panOffset)
+      camera.position.add(panOffset)
+
+      // Reset deltas
+      sphericalDelta.set(0, 0, 0)
+      panOffset.set(0, 0, 0)
+    } else {
+      // Apply damping when not dragging
+      if (Math.abs(orbitVelocity.theta) > 0.0001 || Math.abs(orbitVelocity.phi) > 0.0001) {
+        spherical.theta += orbitVelocity.theta
+        spherical.phi += orbitVelocity.phi
+        spherical.phi = Math.max(0.01, Math.min(Math.PI - 0.01, spherical.phi))
+
+        orbitVelocity.theta *= 1 - dampingFactor
+        orbitVelocity.phi *= 1 - dampingFactor
+      }
+
+      if (panVelocity.lengthSq() > 0.0000001) {
+        target.add(panVelocity)
+        camera.position.add(panVelocity)
+
+        panVelocity.multiplyScalar(1 - dampingFactor)
+      }
+    }
+
+    // Apply spherical to camera
+    applySpericalToCamera()
+  }
+
+  function dispose() {
+    domElement.removeEventListener('pointerdown', onPointerDown)
+    domElement.removeEventListener('pointermove', onPointerMove)
+    domElement.removeEventListener('pointerup', onPointerUp)
+    domElement.removeEventListener('pointercancel', onPointerUp)
+  }
+
+  // Setup event listeners
+  domElement.addEventListener('pointerdown', onPointerDown)
+  domElement.addEventListener('pointermove', onPointerMove)
+  domElement.addEventListener('pointerup', onPointerUp)
+  domElement.addEventListener('pointercancel', onPointerUp)
+
+  // Return controls object with getters/setters
+  return {
+    get enabled() {
+      return enabled
+    },
+    set enabled(value: boolean) {
+      enabled = value
+      if (!value) {
+        // Stop any ongoing drag
+        isDragging = false
+        dragButton = -1
+      }
+    },
+    target,
+    get dampingFactor() {
+      return dampingFactor
+    },
+    set dampingFactor(value: number) {
+      dampingFactor = value
+    },
+    get object() {
+      return camera
+    },
+    set object(value: THREE.Camera) {
+      // Update camera reference (for ortho/perspective switching)
+      ;(camera as THREE.Camera) = value
+    },
+    update,
+    dispose,
+  }
+}