diff --git a/src/Mod/TechDraw/App/DrawViewClip.h b/src/Mod/TechDraw/App/DrawViewClip.h
index 9a8362832f..c9bfbbec06 100644
--- a/src/Mod/TechDraw/App/DrawViewClip.h
+++ b/src/Mod/TechDraw/App/DrawViewClip.h
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@
 
 #include "DrawView.h"
 
+// ?? this (and DrawViewCollection) could use App::GroupExtension instead??
 
 namespace TechDraw
 {
diff --git a/src/Mod/TechDraw/Gui/QGIView.cpp b/src/Mod/TechDraw/Gui/QGIView.cpp
index 6952d47879..d00853a3ec 100644
--- a/src/Mod/TechDraw/Gui/QGIView.cpp
+++ b/src/Mod/TechDraw/Gui/QGIView.cpp
@@ -830,7 +830,7 @@ QRectF QGIView::boundingRect() const
     return totalRect;
 }
 
-QGIView* QGIView::getQGIVByName(std::string name)
+QGIView* QGIView::getQGIVByName(std::string name) const
 {
     QList<QGraphicsItem*> qgItems = scene()->items();
     QList<QGraphicsItem*>::iterator it = qgItems.begin();
diff --git a/src/Mod/TechDraw/Gui/QGIView.h b/src/Mod/TechDraw/Gui/QGIView.h
index 6fb1ce3a41..a63c3e034e 100644
--- a/src/Mod/TechDraw/Gui/QGIView.h
+++ b/src/Mod/TechDraw/Gui/QGIView.h
@@ -172,8 +172,10 @@ public:
     template <typename T>
     std::vector<T> getObjects(std::vector<int> indexes);
 
+    bool pseudoEventFilter(QGraphicsItem *watched, QEvent *event) { return sceneEventFilter(watched, event); }
+
 protected:
-    QGIView* getQGIVByName(std::string name);
+    QGIView* getQGIVByName(std::string name) const;
 
     QVariant itemChange(GraphicsItemChange change, const QVariant &value) override;
     void dragFinished();
diff --git a/src/Mod/TechDraw/Gui/QGIViewClip.cpp b/src/Mod/TechDraw/Gui/QGIViewClip.cpp
index a92b68003d..c22c9a60b1 100644
--- a/src/Mod/TechDraw/Gui/QGIViewClip.cpp
+++ b/src/Mod/TechDraw/Gui/QGIViewClip.cpp
@@ -25,10 +25,14 @@
 #ifndef _PreComp_
 # include <algorithm>    // std::find
 # include <QGraphicsScene>
+# include <QKeyEvent>
 #endif
+#include <Gui/Selection/Selection.h>
+#include <Gui/Selection/SelectionObject.h>
 
 #include <Base/Console.h>
 #include <Mod/TechDraw/App/DrawViewClip.h>
+#include <Mod/TechDraw/App/DrawViewPart.h>
 
 #include "QGIViewClip.h"
 #include "QGCustomClip.h"
@@ -37,31 +41,36 @@
 
 
 using namespace TechDrawGui;
+using namespace TechDraw;
 
-QGIViewClip::QGIViewClip()
+QGIViewClip::QGIViewClip() :
+    m_frame(new QGCustomRect()),
+    m_cliparea(new QGCustomClip())
 {
     setHandlesChildEvents(false);
+    // setHandlesChildEvents(true);
     setCacheMode(QGraphicsItem::NoCache);
     setAcceptHoverEvents(true);
     setFlag(QGraphicsItem::ItemIsSelectable, true);
     setFlag(QGraphicsItem::ItemIsMovable, true);
 
-    m_cliparea = new QGCustomClip();
     addToGroup(m_cliparea);
-    m_cliparea->setPos(0., 0.);
-    m_cliparea->setRect(0., 0., Rez::guiX(5.), Rez::guiX(5.));
 
-    m_frame = new QGCustomRect();
+    constexpr double DefaultSize{5};
+    m_cliparea->setPos(0., 0.);
+    m_cliparea->setRect(0., 0., Rez::guiX(DefaultSize), Rez::guiX(DefaultSize));
+
     addToGroup(m_frame);
     m_frame->setPos(0., 0.);
-    m_frame->setRect(0., 0., Rez::guiX(5.), Rez::guiX(5.));
+    m_frame->setRect(0., 0., Rez::guiX(DefaultSize), Rez::guiX(DefaultSize));
 }
 
 void QGIViewClip::updateView(bool update)
 {
     auto viewClip( dynamic_cast<TechDraw::DrawViewClip *>(getViewObject()) );
-    if (!viewClip)
+    if (!viewClip) {
         return;
+    }
 
     if (update ||
         viewClip->isTouched() ||
@@ -69,7 +78,6 @@ void QGIViewClip::updateView(bool update)
         viewClip->Width.isTouched() ||
         viewClip->ShowFrame.isTouched() ||
         viewClip->Views.isTouched() ) {
-
         draw();
     }
 
@@ -90,13 +98,14 @@ void QGIViewClip::drawClip()
 {
     auto viewClip( dynamic_cast<TechDraw::DrawViewClip *>(getViewObject()) );
 
-    if (!viewClip)
+    if (!viewClip) {
         return;
+    }
 
     prepareGeometryChange();
     double h = viewClip->Height.getValue();
     double w = viewClip->Width.getValue();
-    QRectF r = QRectF(-Rez::guiX(w)/2.0, -Rez::guiX(h)/2.0, Rez::guiX(w), Rez::guiX(h));
+    QRectF r = QRectF(-Rez::guiX(w)/2, -Rez::guiX(h)/2, Rez::guiX(w), Rez::guiX(h));
     m_frame->setRect(r);                    // (-50, -50) -> (50, 50)
     m_frame->setPos(0., 0.);
     if (viewClip->ShowFrame.getValue()) {
@@ -114,8 +123,8 @@ void QGIViewClip::drawClip()
 
     std::vector<std::string> childNames = viewClip->getChildViewNames();
     //for all child Views in Clip, add the graphics representation of the View to the Clip group
-    for(std::vector<std::string>::iterator it = childNames.begin(); it != childNames.end(); it++) {
-        QGIView* qgiv = getQGIVByName((*it));
+    for (auto& name : childNames) {
+        QGIView* qgiv = getQGIVByName((name));
         if (qgiv) {
             //TODO: why is qgiv never already in a group?
             if (qgiv->group() != m_cliparea) {
@@ -126,31 +135,80 @@ void QGIViewClip::drawClip()
                 double x = Rez::guiX(qgiv->getViewObject()->X.getValue());
                 double y = Rez::guiX(qgiv->getViewObject()->Y.getValue());
                 qgiv->setPosition(clipOrigin.x() + x, clipOrigin.y() + y);
-//                if (viewClip->ShowLabels.getValue()) {
-//                    qgiv->toggleBorder(true);
-//                } else {
-//                    qgiv->toggleBorder(false);
-//                }
                 qgiv->show();
             }
         } else {
-            Base::Console().warning("Logic error? - drawClip() - qgiv for %s not found\n", (*it).c_str());   //gview for feature !exist
+            Base::Console().warning("Logic error? - drawClip() - qgiv for %s not found\n", name.c_str());   //gview for feature !exist
         }
     }
 
     //for all graphic views in qgigroup, remove from qgigroup the ones that aren't in ViewClip
     QList<QGraphicsItem*> qgItems = m_cliparea->childItems();
-    QList<QGraphicsItem*>::iterator it = qgItems.begin();
-    for (; it != qgItems.end(); it++) {
-        QGIView* qv = dynamic_cast<QGIView*>((*it));
+    for (auto& item :  qgItems) {
+        auto* qv = dynamic_cast<QGIView*>(item);
         if (qv) {
             if (auto qvName = std::string(qv->getViewName());
                 std::ranges::find(childNames, qvName) == childNames.end()) {
                 m_cliparea->removeFromGroup(qv);
                 removeFromGroup(qv);
                 qv->isInnerView(false);
-//                qv->toggleBorder(true);
             }
         }
     }
 }
+
+
+bool QGIViewClip::sceneEventFilter(QGraphicsItem *watched, QEvent *event)
+{
+    if (event->type() == QEvent::ShortcutOverride) {
+        // if we accept this event, we should get a regular keystroke event next
+        // which will be processed by QGVPage/QGVNavStyle keypress logic, but not forwarded to
+        // Std_Delete
+        auto* keyEvent = static_cast<QKeyEvent*>(event);
+        if (keyEvent->matches(QKeySequence::Delete))  {
+            DrawView* selectedView = selectionIsInGroup();
+            if (selectedView) {
+                return forwardEventToSelection(getQGIVByName(selectedView->getNameInDocument()),
+                                               event);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    return QGraphicsItem::sceneEventFilter(watched, event);
+}
+
+
+//! returns first view in the selection that is a member of this clip group with subelements selected.
+DrawView* QGIViewClip::selectionIsInGroup() const
+{
+    bool single = false;
+    std::vector<Gui::SelectionObject> selection = Gui::Selection().getSelectionEx(nullptr, DrawView::getClassTypeId(),
+                                           Gui::ResolveMode::OldStyleElement, single);
+    if (selection.empty()) {
+        return {};
+    }
+
+    auto* clipGroup = freecad_cast<DrawViewClip*>(getViewObject());
+    for (auto& selItem : selection) {
+        auto view = freecad_cast<DrawView*>(selItem.getObject());
+        if (view &&
+            clipGroup->isViewInClip(view) &&
+            selItem.hasSubNames()) {
+            return view;
+        }
+    }
+
+    return {};
+}
+
+
+bool QGIViewClip::forwardEventToSelection(QGIView* qview, QEvent* event) const
+{
+    if (!qview) {
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    return qview->pseudoEventFilter(qview, event);
+}
+
+
diff --git a/src/Mod/TechDraw/Gui/QGIViewClip.h b/src/Mod/TechDraw/Gui/QGIViewClip.h
index 35a4be645d..cbb67bb83d 100644
--- a/src/Mod/TechDraw/Gui/QGIViewClip.h
+++ b/src/Mod/TechDraw/Gui/QGIViewClip.h
@@ -28,6 +28,11 @@
 #include "QGIView.h"
 #include "QGIUserTypes.h"
 
+namespace TechDraw
+{
+class DrawView;
+}
+
 namespace TechDrawGui
 {
 class QGCustomRect;
@@ -42,6 +47,9 @@ public:
 
     enum {Type = UserType::QGIViewClip};
     int type() const override { return Type;}
+    bool sceneEventFilter(QGraphicsItem *watched, QEvent *event) override;
+    TechDraw::DrawView* selectionIsInGroup() const;
+    bool forwardEventToSelection(QGIView* qview, QEvent *event) const;
 
     void updateView(bool update = false) override;
 
diff --git a/src/Mod/TechDraw/Gui/QGIViewPart.cpp b/src/Mod/TechDraw/Gui/QGIViewPart.cpp
index 286f73a28f..d23e746b89 100644
--- a/src/Mod/TechDraw/Gui/QGIViewPart.cpp
+++ b/src/Mod/TechDraw/Gui/QGIViewPart.cpp
@@ -130,13 +130,11 @@ QVariant QGIViewPart::itemChange(GraphicsItemChange change, const QVariant& valu
 
 bool QGIViewPart::sceneEventFilter(QGraphicsItem *watched, QEvent *event)
 {
-    // Base::Console().message("QGIVP::sceneEventFilter - event: %d watchedtype: %d\n",
-    //                         event->type(), watched->type() - QGraphicsItem::UserType);
     if (event->type() == QEvent::ShortcutOverride) {
         // if we accept this event, we should get a regular keystroke event next
         // which will be processed by QGVPage/QGVNavStyle keypress logic, but not forwarded to
         // Std_Delete
-        QKeyEvent *keyEvent = static_cast<QKeyEvent*>(event);
+        auto *keyEvent = static_cast<QKeyEvent*>(event);
         if (keyEvent->matches(QKeySequence::Delete))  {
             bool success = removeSelectedCosmetic();
             if (success) {
diff --git a/src/Mod/TechDraw/Gui/QGIViewPart.h b/src/Mod/TechDraw/Gui/QGIViewPart.h
index bb00959875..28e94e588a 100644
--- a/src/Mod/TechDraw/Gui/QGIViewPart.h
+++ b/src/Mod/TechDraw/Gui/QGIViewPart.h
@@ -69,7 +69,6 @@ public:
     void paint( QPainter * painter,
                         const QStyleOptionGraphicsItem * option,
                         QWidget * widget = nullptr ) override;
-    bool sceneEventFilter(QGraphicsItem *watched, QEvent *event) override;
 
     void toggleCache(bool state) override;
     void toggleCosmeticLines(bool state);
@@ -128,6 +127,7 @@ public:
     virtual double getVertexSize();
 
 protected:
+    bool sceneEventFilter(QGraphicsItem *watched, QEvent *event) override;
     QPainterPath drawPainterPath(TechDraw::BaseGeomPtr baseGeom) const;
     void drawViewPart();
     QGIFace* drawFace(TechDraw::FacePtr f, int idx);
diff --git a/src/Mod/TechDraw/Gui/QGSPage.cpp b/src/Mod/TechDraw/Gui/QGSPage.cpp
index 95c5999aa0..b441801722 100644
--- a/src/Mod/TechDraw/Gui/QGSPage.cpp
+++ b/src/Mod/TechDraw/Gui/QGSPage.cpp
@@ -560,7 +560,7 @@ QGIView* QGSPage::addDrawViewClip(TechDraw::DrawViewClip* view)
     qview->setViewFeature(view);
     addItemToScene(qview);
     qview->setPosition(Rez::guiX(view->X.getValue()), Rez::guiX(view->Y.getValue()));
-
+    qview->installSceneEventFilter(qview);
     return qview;
 }