diff --git a/src/fontra/views/editor/panel-transformation.js b/src/fontra/views/editor/panel-transformation.js
index e108e7386..ad592c65e 100644
--- a/src/fontra/views/editor/panel-transformation.js
+++ b/src/fontra/views/editor/panel-transformation.js
@@ -570,6 +570,10 @@ export default class TransformationPanel extends Panel {
   }
 
   async doPathOperations(pathOperationFunc, key) {
+    if (!this.sceneController.sceneSettings.selectedGlyph?.isEditing) {
+      return;
+    }
+
     const positionedGlyph =
       this.sceneController.sceneModel.getSelectedPositionedGlyph();