diff --git a/draftlogs/6262_fix.md b/draftlogs/6262_fix.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..082e522ecf1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/draftlogs/6262_fix.md
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+ - Emit selection event in shape drawing `dragmode`s when an existing selection modified [[#6262](https://github.com/plotly/plotly.js/pull/6262)]
diff --git a/src/components/selections/select.js b/src/components/selections/select.js
index 1ec463183b4..e6d2e140deb 100644
--- a/src/components/selections/select.js
+++ b/src/components/selections/select.js
@@ -451,7 +451,9 @@ function prepSelect(evt, startX, startY, dragOptions, mode) {
                 dragOptions.doneFnCompleted(selection);
             }
 
-            emitSelected(gd, eventData);
+            if(isSelectMode) {
+                emitSelected(gd, eventData);
+            }
         }).catch(Lib.error);
     };
 }
@@ -673,15 +675,23 @@ function coerceSelectionsCache(evt, gd, dragOptions) {
     }
 }
 
+function hasActiveShape(gd) {
+    return gd._fullLayout._activeShapeIndex >= 0;
+}
+
+function hasActiveSelection(gd) {
+    return gd._fullLayout._activeSelectionIndex >= 0;
+}
+
 function clearSelectionsCache(dragOptions, immediateSelect) {
     var dragmode = dragOptions.dragmode;
     var plotinfo = dragOptions.plotinfo;
 
     var gd = dragOptions.gd;
-    if(gd._fullLayout._activeShapeIndex >= 0) {
+    if(hasActiveShape(gd)) {
         gd._fullLayout._deactivateShape(gd);
     }
-    if(gd._fullLayout._activeSelectionIndex >= 0) {
+    if(hasActiveSelection(gd)) {
         gd._fullLayout._deactivateSelection(gd);
     }
 
@@ -1503,13 +1513,10 @@ function getFillRangeItems(dragOptions) {
 }
 
 function emitSelecting(gd, eventData) {
-    if(drawMode(gd._fullLayout.dragmode)) return;
     gd.emit('plotly_selecting', eventData);
 }
 
 function emitSelected(gd, eventData) {
-    if(drawMode(gd._fullLayout.dragmode)) return;
-
     if(eventData) {
         eventData.selections = (gd.layout || {}).selections || [];
     }
@@ -1518,7 +1525,6 @@ function emitSelected(gd, eventData) {
 }
 
 function emitDeselect(gd) {
-    if(drawMode(gd._fullLayout.dragmode)) return;
     gd.emit('plotly_deselect', null);
 }
 
diff --git a/test/jasmine/tests/draw_newselection_test.js b/test/jasmine/tests/draw_newselection_test.js
index c1af5200788..1ab1625cfbe 100644
--- a/test/jasmine/tests/draw_newselection_test.js
+++ b/test/jasmine/tests/draw_newselection_test.js
@@ -651,3 +651,80 @@ describe('Activate and edit selections', function() {
         .then(done, done.fail);
     });
 });
+
+
+describe('emit plotly_selected event on editing selections in various dragmodes', function() {
+    var gd;
+
+    beforeEach(function() {
+        gd = createGraphDiv();
+    });
+
+    afterEach(destroyGraphDiv);
+
+    ['zoom', 'pan', 'drawrect', 'drawclosedpath', 'drawcircle'].forEach(function(dragmode) {
+        it('get eventData for editing selections using ' + dragmode + ' dragmode', function(done) {
+            var fig = {
+                data: [
+                    {
+                        x: [0, 1, 2],
+                        y: [1, 2, 3]
+                    }
+                ],
+                layout: {
+                    width: 800,
+                    height: 600,
+                    margin: {
+                        t: 100,
+                        b: 50,
+                        l: 100,
+                        r: 50
+                    },
+                    selections: [{ x0: 0.5, x1: 1.5, y0: 1.5, y1: 2.5}],
+                    dragmode: dragmode
+                }
+            };
+
+            var range;
+            var points;
+            var lassoPoints;
+            var selections;
+
+            Plotly.newPlot(gd, fig)
+
+            .then(function() {
+                gd.on('plotly_selected', function(d) {
+                    lassoPoints = d.lassoPoints;
+                    range = d.range;
+                    points = d.points;
+                    selections = d.selections;
+                });
+            })
+
+            .then(function() { click(400, 300); }) // activate selection
+            .then(function() { drag([[400, 300], [600, 100]]); }) // move selection
+            .then(function() {
+                expect(range).not.toBeUndefined();
+                expect(range.x).toBeCloseToArray([1.1926580086580088, 2.1926580086580088], 3);
+                expect(range.y).toBeCloseToArray([2.5062641509433967, 3.5062641509433967], 3);
+
+                expect(lassoPoints).toBeUndefined();
+
+                expect(points).not.toBeUndefined();
+                expect(points.length).toEqual(1);
+                expect(points[0].fullData).not.toBeUndefined();
+                expect(points[0].data).not.toBeUndefined();
+                expect(points[0].data.selectedpoints).toEqual([2]);
+
+                expect(selections).not.toBeUndefined();
+                expect(selections.length).toEqual(1);
+                expect(selections[0]).not.toBeUndefined();
+                expect(selections[0].x0).toBeCloseTo(1.1926580086580088, 3);
+                expect(selections[0].x1).toBeCloseTo(2.1926580086580088, 3);
+                expect(selections[0].y0).toBeCloseTo(2.5062641509433967, 3);
+                expect(selections[0].y1).toBeCloseTo(3.5062641509433967, 3);
+            })
+            .then(done, done.fail);
+        });
+    });
+});