diff --git a/app/javascript/flavours/glitch/components/status.js b/app/javascript/flavours/glitch/components/status.js
index 169cd3963a..da1f74e6dd 100644
--- a/app/javascript/flavours/glitch/components/status.js
+++ b/app/javascript/flavours/glitch/components/status.js
@@ -241,7 +241,7 @@ export default class Status extends ImmutablePureComponent {
         status.getIn(['reblog', 'id'], status.get('id'))
       }`;
     }
-    if (e.button === 0) {
+    if (e.button === 0 && !(e.ctrlKey || e.altKey || e.metaKey)) {
       if (isCollapsed) this.setCollapsed(false);
       else if (e.shiftKey) {
         this.setCollapsed(true);