diff --git a/cave/com.raytheon.viz.ui/src/com/raytheon/viz/ui/perspectives/AbstractVizPerspectiveManager.java b/cave/com.raytheon.viz.ui/src/com/raytheon/viz/ui/perspectives/AbstractVizPerspectiveManager.java
index 779fd25940..0158db65a1 100644
--- a/cave/com.raytheon.viz.ui/src/com/raytheon/viz/ui/perspectives/AbstractVizPerspectiveManager.java
+++ b/cave/com.raytheon.viz.ui/src/com/raytheon/viz/ui/perspectives/AbstractVizPerspectiveManager.java
@@ -72,6 +72,7 @@ import com.raytheon.viz.ui.tools.ModalToolManager;
  * Date			Ticket#		Engineer	Description
  * ------------	----------	-----------	--------------------------
  * Jul 22, 2008				randerso	Initial creation
+ * Mar 26, 2013	1799      	bsteffen   	Fix pan/zoom when in views.
  * 
  * </pre>
  * 
@@ -141,11 +142,15 @@ public abstract class AbstractVizPerspectiveManager implements
                     && part instanceof IDisplayPaneContainer) {
                 AbstractVizPerspectiveManager mgr = VizPerspectiveListener
                         .getCurrentPerspectiveManager();
-                if (mgr != null) {
-                    for (AbstractModalTool tool : mgr.getToolManager()
-                            .getSelectedModalTools()) {
-                        if (tool.getCurrentEditor() == part) {
-                            tool.deactivate();
+                IWorkbenchPart newPart = part.getSite().getPage()
+                        .getActivePart();
+                if (newPart instanceof IEditorPart) {
+                    if (mgr != null) {
+                        for (AbstractModalTool tool : mgr.getToolManager()
+                                .getSelectedModalTools()) {
+                            if (tool.getCurrentEditor() == part) {
+                                tool.deactivate();
+                            }
                         }
                     }
                 }