diff --git a/Modules/QtWidgets/src/QmitkRenderWindow.cpp b/Modules/QtWidgets/src/QmitkRenderWindow.cpp
index 669bf58cbe..f6d6d2e65b 100644
--- a/Modules/QtWidgets/src/QmitkRenderWindow.cpp
+++ b/Modules/QtWidgets/src/QmitkRenderWindow.cpp
@@ -1,518 +1,529 @@
 /*============================================================================
 
 The Medical Imaging Interaction Toolkit (MITK)
 
 Copyright (c) German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ)
 All rights reserved.
 
 Use of this source code is governed by a 3-clause BSD license that can be
 found in the LICENSE file.
 
 ============================================================================*/
 
 #include "QmitkRenderWindow.h"
 
 #include "mitkInteractionKeyEvent.h"
 #include "mitkInternalEvent.h"
 #include "mitkMouseDoubleClickEvent.h"
 #include "mitkMouseMoveEvent.h"
 #include "mitkMousePressEvent.h"
 #include "mitkMouseReleaseEvent.h"
 #include "mitkMouseWheelEvent.h"
 #include <mitkStatusBar.h>
 
 #include <QCursor>
 #include <QDragEnterEvent>
 #include <QDropEvent>
 #include <QKeyEvent>
 #include <QMouseEvent>
 #include <QResizeEvent>
 #include <QSurfaceFormat>
 #include <QTimer>
 #include <QWheelEvent>
 #include <QWindow>
 
 #include <QmitkMimeTypes.h>
 #include <QmitkRenderWindowMenu.h>
 #include <QmitkStyleManager.h>
 
 QmitkRenderWindow::QmitkRenderWindow(QWidget *parent, const QString &name, mitk::VtkPropRenderer *)
   : QVTKOpenGLNativeWidget(parent)
   , m_ResendQtEvents(true)
   , m_MenuWidget(nullptr)
   , m_MenuWidgetActivated(false)
   , m_LayoutIndex(QmitkRenderWindowMenu::LayoutIndex::Axial)
   , m_GeometryViolationWarningOverlay(nullptr)
 {
   m_InternalRenderWindow = vtkSmartPointer<vtkGenericOpenGLRenderWindow>::New();
   m_InternalRenderWindow->SetMultiSamples(0);
   m_InternalRenderWindow->SetAlphaBitPlanes(0);
 
   setRenderWindow(m_InternalRenderWindow);
 
   Initialize(name.toStdString().c_str());
 
   setFocusPolicy(Qt::StrongFocus);
   setMouseTracking(true);
   QSizePolicy sizePolicy(QSizePolicy::Expanding, QSizePolicy::Expanding);
   setSizePolicy(sizePolicy);
 
   // setup overlay widget to show a warning message with a button
   m_GeometryViolationWarningOverlay = new QmitkButtonOverlayWidget(this);
   m_GeometryViolationWarningOverlay->setVisible(false);
   m_GeometryViolationWarningOverlay->SetOverlayText(
     QStringLiteral("<font color=\"red\"><p style=\"text-align:center\">Interaction is not possible because the "
                    "render window geometry<br>does not match the interaction reference geometry.</p></center></font>"));
   m_GeometryViolationWarningOverlay->SetButtonText("Reset geometry");
   m_GeometryViolationWarningOverlay->SetButtonIcon(QmitkStyleManager::ThemeIcon(QLatin1String(":/Qmitk/reset.svg")));
 
   connect(m_GeometryViolationWarningOverlay, &QmitkButtonOverlayWidget::Clicked,
           this, &QmitkRenderWindow::ResetGeometry);
 }
 
 QmitkRenderWindow::~QmitkRenderWindow()
 {
   Destroy(); // Destroy mitkRenderWindowBase
 }
 
 void QmitkRenderWindow::SetResendQtEvents(bool resend)
 {
   m_ResendQtEvents = resend;
 }
 
 void QmitkRenderWindow::SetLayoutIndex(QmitkRenderWindowMenu::LayoutIndex layoutIndex)
 {
   m_LayoutIndex = layoutIndex;
   if (nullptr != m_MenuWidget)
   {
     m_MenuWidget->SetLayoutIndex(layoutIndex);
   }
 }
 
 QmitkRenderWindowMenu::LayoutIndex QmitkRenderWindow::GetLayoutIndex()
 {
   if (nullptr != m_MenuWidget)
   {
     return m_MenuWidget->GetLayoutIndex();
   }
   else
   {
     return QmitkRenderWindowMenu::LayoutIndex::Axial;
   }
 }
 
 void QmitkRenderWindow::UpdateLayoutDesignList(QmitkRenderWindowMenu::LayoutDesign layoutDesign)
 {
   if (nullptr != m_MenuWidget)
   {
     m_MenuWidget->UpdateLayoutDesignList(layoutDesign);
   }
 }
 
 void QmitkRenderWindow::UpdateCrosshairVisibility(bool visible)
 {
   m_MenuWidget->UpdateCrosshairVisibility(visible);
 }
 
 void QmitkRenderWindow::UpdateCrosshairRotationMode(int mode)
 {
   m_MenuWidget->UpdateCrosshairRotationMode(mode);
 }
 
 void QmitkRenderWindow::ActivateMenuWidget(bool state)
 {
   if (nullptr == m_MenuWidget)
   {
     m_MenuWidget = new QmitkRenderWindowMenu(this, {}, m_Renderer);
     m_MenuWidget->SetLayoutIndex(m_LayoutIndex);
   }
 
   if (m_MenuWidgetActivated == state)
   {
     // no new state; nothing to do
     return;
   }
 
   m_MenuWidgetActivated = state;
 
   if (m_MenuWidgetActivated)
   {
     connect(m_MenuWidget, &QmitkRenderWindowMenu::LayoutDesignChanged, this, &QmitkRenderWindow::LayoutDesignChanged);
     connect(m_MenuWidget, &QmitkRenderWindowMenu::ResetView, this, &QmitkRenderWindow::ResetView);
     connect(m_MenuWidget, &QmitkRenderWindowMenu::CrosshairVisibilityChanged, this, &QmitkRenderWindow::CrosshairVisibilityChanged);
     connect(m_MenuWidget, &QmitkRenderWindowMenu::CrosshairRotationModeChanged, this, &QmitkRenderWindow::CrosshairRotationModeChanged);
   }
   else
   {
     disconnect(m_MenuWidget, &QmitkRenderWindowMenu::LayoutDesignChanged, this, &QmitkRenderWindow::LayoutDesignChanged);
     disconnect(m_MenuWidget, &QmitkRenderWindowMenu::ResetView, this, &QmitkRenderWindow::ResetView);
     disconnect(m_MenuWidget, &QmitkRenderWindowMenu::CrosshairVisibilityChanged, this, &QmitkRenderWindow::CrosshairVisibilityChanged);
     disconnect(m_MenuWidget, &QmitkRenderWindowMenu::CrosshairRotationModeChanged, this, &QmitkRenderWindow::CrosshairRotationModeChanged);
 
     m_MenuWidget->hide();
   }
 }
 
 void QmitkRenderWindow::ShowOverlayMessage(bool show)
 {
   m_GeometryViolationWarningOverlay->setVisible(show);
 }
 
 void QmitkRenderWindow::moveEvent(QMoveEvent *event)
 {
   QVTKOpenGLNativeWidget::moveEvent(event);
 
   // after a move the overlays need to be positioned
   emit moved();
 }
 
 void QmitkRenderWindow::showEvent(QShowEvent *event)
 {
   QVTKOpenGLNativeWidget::showEvent(event);
 
   // this singleshot is necessary to have the overlays positioned correctly after initial show
   // simple call of moved() is no use here!!
   QTimer::singleShot(0, this, SIGNAL(moved()));
 }
 
 bool QmitkRenderWindow::event(QEvent* e)
 {
   mitk::InteractionEvent::Pointer mitkEvent = nullptr;
   mitk::Point2D mousePosition;
   bool updateStatusBar = false;
   switch (e->type())
   {
+    case QEvent::TouchBegin:
+      // Starting with Qt 6, using the touchpad on a MacBook for example results in mouse move events with the
+      // left mouse button pressed. Hence, hovering over the 3-d render window will already result in rotating the
+      // scene. In theory, this can be prevented by either disabling the WA_AcceptTouchEvents attribute for this widget
+      // or by globally disabling the AA_SynthesizeMouseForUnhandledTouchEvents attribute for the whole application.
+      // Yet, here we are as a last resort, acknowleding touch events just to reject them.
+      return false;
+
+    case QEvent::TouchCancel:
+      return true;
+
     case QEvent::MouseMove:
     {
       auto me = static_cast<QMouseEvent *>(e);
       mousePosition = this->GetMousePosition(me);
       mitkEvent = mitk::MouseMoveEvent::New(m_Renderer, mousePosition, GetButtonState(me), GetModifiers(me));
       updateStatusBar = true;
       break;
     }
     case QEvent::MouseButtonPress:
     {
       auto me = static_cast<QMouseEvent *>(e);
       mitkEvent = mitk::MousePressEvent::New( m_Renderer, GetMousePosition(me), GetButtonState(me), GetModifiers(me), GetEventButton(me));
       break;
     }
     case QEvent::MouseButtonRelease:
     {
       auto me = static_cast<QMouseEvent *>(e);
       mitkEvent = mitk::MouseReleaseEvent::New( m_Renderer, GetMousePosition(me), GetButtonState(me), GetModifiers(me), GetEventButton(me));
       break;
     }
     case QEvent::MouseButtonDblClick:
     {
       auto me = static_cast<QMouseEvent *>(e);
       mitkEvent = mitk::MouseDoubleClickEvent::New( m_Renderer, GetMousePosition(me), GetButtonState(me), GetModifiers(me), GetEventButton(me));
       break;
     }
     case QEvent::Wheel:
     {
       auto we = static_cast<QWheelEvent *>(e);
       mousePosition = this->GetMousePosition(we);
       mitkEvent = mitk::MouseWheelEvent::New(m_Renderer, mousePosition, GetButtonState(we), GetModifiers(we), GetDelta(we));
       updateStatusBar = true;
       break;
     }
     case QEvent::KeyPress:
     {
       auto ke = static_cast<QKeyEvent*>(e);
       mitkEvent = mitk::InteractionKeyEvent::New(m_Renderer, GetKeyLetter(ke), GetModifiers(ke));
       break;
     }
     case QEvent::Resize:
     {
       if (nullptr != m_MenuWidget)
         m_MenuWidget->MoveWidgetToCorrectPos();
     }
     default:
     {
       break;
     }
   }
 
   if (mitkEvent != nullptr)
   {
     if (this->HandleEvent(mitkEvent.GetPointer())) {
       return m_ResendQtEvents ? false : true;
     }
   }
 
   if (updateStatusBar)
   {
     this->UpdateStatusBar(mousePosition);
   }
 
   return QVTKOpenGLNativeWidget::event(e);
 }
 
 void QmitkRenderWindow::enterEvent(QEnterEvent *e)
 {
   auto* baseRenderer = mitk::BaseRenderer::GetInstance(this->GetVtkRenderWindow());
   this->ShowOverlayMessage(!baseRenderer->GetReferenceGeometryAligned());
 
   if (nullptr != m_MenuWidget)
     m_MenuWidget->ShowMenu();
 
   QVTKOpenGLNativeWidget::enterEvent(e);
 }
 
 void QmitkRenderWindow::leaveEvent(QEvent *e)
 {
   auto statusBar = mitk::StatusBar::GetInstance();
   statusBar->DisplayGreyValueText("");
   this->ShowOverlayMessage(false);
 
   if (nullptr != m_MenuWidget)
     m_MenuWidget->HideMenu();
 
   QVTKOpenGLNativeWidget::leaveEvent(e);
 }
 
 void QmitkRenderWindow::resizeGL(int w, int h)
 {
   QVTKOpenGLNativeWidget::resizeGL(w, h);
   mitk::RenderingManager::GetInstance()->ForceImmediateUpdate(renderWindow());
 }
 
 void QmitkRenderWindow::dragEnterEvent(QDragEnterEvent *event)
 {
   if (event->mimeData()->hasFormat("application/x-mitk-datanodes"))
   {
     event->accept();
   }
 }
 
 void QmitkRenderWindow::dropEvent(QDropEvent *event)
 {
   QList<mitk::DataNode *> dataNodeList = QmitkMimeTypes::ToDataNodePtrList(event->mimeData());
   if (!dataNodeList.empty())
   {
     std::vector dataNodes(dataNodeList.begin(), dataNodeList.end());
     emit NodesDropped(this, dataNodes);
   }
 }
 
 void QmitkRenderWindow::DeferredHideMenu()
 {
   MITK_DEBUG << "QmitkRenderWindow::DeferredHideMenu";
 
   if (nullptr != m_MenuWidget)
   {
     m_MenuWidget->HideMenu();
   }
 }
 
 mitk::Point2D QmitkRenderWindow::GetMousePosition(QMouseEvent *me) const
 {
   mitk::Point2D point;
   const auto scale = this->devicePixelRatioF();
   const auto position = me->position();
   point[0] = position.x()*scale;
   // We need to convert the y component, as the display and vtk have other definitions for the y direction
   point[1] = m_Renderer->GetSizeY() - position.y()*scale;
   return point;
 }
 
 mitk::Point2D QmitkRenderWindow::GetMousePosition(QWheelEvent *we) const
 {
   mitk::Point2D point;
   const auto scale = this->devicePixelRatioF();
   const auto position = we->position();
   point[0] = position.x()*scale;
   // We need to convert the y component, as the display and vtk have other definitions for the y direction
   point[1] = m_Renderer->GetSizeY() - position.y()*scale;
   return point;
 }
 
 mitk::InteractionEvent::MouseButtons QmitkRenderWindow::GetEventButton(QMouseEvent *me) const
 {
   mitk::InteractionEvent::MouseButtons eventButton;
   switch (me->button())
   {
   case Qt::LeftButton:
     eventButton = mitk::InteractionEvent::LeftMouseButton;
     break;
   case Qt::RightButton:
     eventButton = mitk::InteractionEvent::RightMouseButton;
     break;
   case Qt::MiddleButton:
     eventButton = mitk::InteractionEvent::MiddleMouseButton;
     break;
   default:
     eventButton = mitk::InteractionEvent::NoButton;
     break;
   }
   return eventButton;
 }
 
 mitk::InteractionEvent::MouseButtons QmitkRenderWindow::GetButtonState(QMouseEvent *me) const
 {
   mitk::InteractionEvent::MouseButtons buttonState = mitk::InteractionEvent::NoButton;
 
   if (me->buttons() & Qt::LeftButton)
   {
     buttonState = buttonState | mitk::InteractionEvent::LeftMouseButton;
   }
   if (me->buttons() & Qt::RightButton)
   {
     buttonState = buttonState | mitk::InteractionEvent::RightMouseButton;
   }
   if (me->buttons() & Qt::MiddleButton)
   {
     buttonState = buttonState | mitk::InteractionEvent::MiddleMouseButton;
   }
   return buttonState;
 }
 
 mitk::InteractionEvent::ModifierKeys QmitkRenderWindow::GetModifiers(QInputEvent *me) const
 {
   mitk::InteractionEvent::ModifierKeys modifiers = mitk::InteractionEvent::NoKey;
 
   if (me->modifiers() & Qt::ALT)
   {
     modifiers = modifiers | mitk::InteractionEvent::AltKey;
   }
   if (me->modifiers() & Qt::CTRL)
   {
     modifiers = modifiers | mitk::InteractionEvent::ControlKey;
   }
   if (me->modifiers() & Qt::SHIFT)
   {
     modifiers = modifiers | mitk::InteractionEvent::ShiftKey;
   }
   return modifiers;
 }
 
 mitk::InteractionEvent::MouseButtons QmitkRenderWindow::GetButtonState(QWheelEvent *we) const
 {
   mitk::InteractionEvent::MouseButtons buttonState = mitk::InteractionEvent::NoButton;
 
   if (we->buttons() & Qt::LeftButton)
   {
     buttonState = buttonState | mitk::InteractionEvent::LeftMouseButton;
   }
   if (we->buttons() & Qt::RightButton)
   {
     buttonState = buttonState | mitk::InteractionEvent::RightMouseButton;
   }
   if (we->buttons() & Qt::MiddleButton)
   {
     buttonState = buttonState | mitk::InteractionEvent::MiddleMouseButton;
   }
   return buttonState;
 }
 
 std::string QmitkRenderWindow::GetKeyLetter(QKeyEvent *ke) const
 {
   // Converting Qt Key Event to string element.
   std::string key = "";
   int tkey = ke->key();
   if (tkey < 128)
   { // standard ascii letter
     key = (char)toupper(tkey);
   }
   else
   { // special keys
     switch (tkey)
     {
     case Qt::Key_Return:
       key = mitk::InteractionEvent::KeyReturn;
       break;
     case Qt::Key_Enter:
       key = mitk::InteractionEvent::KeyEnter;
       break;
     case Qt::Key_Escape:
       key = mitk::InteractionEvent::KeyEsc;
       break;
     case Qt::Key_Delete:
       key = mitk::InteractionEvent::KeyDelete;
       break;
     case Qt::Key_Up:
       key = mitk::InteractionEvent::KeyArrowUp;
       break;
     case Qt::Key_Down:
       key = mitk::InteractionEvent::KeyArrowDown;
       break;
     case Qt::Key_Left:
       key = mitk::InteractionEvent::KeyArrowLeft;
       break;
     case Qt::Key_Right:
       key = mitk::InteractionEvent::KeyArrowRight;
       break;
 
     case Qt::Key_F1:
       key = mitk::InteractionEvent::KeyF1;
       break;
     case Qt::Key_F2:
       key = mitk::InteractionEvent::KeyF2;
       break;
     case Qt::Key_F3:
       key = mitk::InteractionEvent::KeyF3;
       break;
     case Qt::Key_F4:
       key = mitk::InteractionEvent::KeyF4;
       break;
     case Qt::Key_F5:
       key = mitk::InteractionEvent::KeyF5;
       break;
     case Qt::Key_F6:
       key = mitk::InteractionEvent::KeyF6;
       break;
     case Qt::Key_F7:
       key = mitk::InteractionEvent::KeyF7;
       break;
     case Qt::Key_F8:
       key = mitk::InteractionEvent::KeyF8;
       break;
     case Qt::Key_F9:
       key = mitk::InteractionEvent::KeyF9;
       break;
     case Qt::Key_F10:
       key = mitk::InteractionEvent::KeyF10;
       break;
     case Qt::Key_F11:
       key = mitk::InteractionEvent::KeyF11;
       break;
     case Qt::Key_F12:
       key = mitk::InteractionEvent::KeyF12;
       break;
 
     case Qt::Key_End:
       key = mitk::InteractionEvent::KeyEnd;
       break;
     case Qt::Key_Home:
       key = mitk::InteractionEvent::KeyPos1;
       break;
     case Qt::Key_Insert:
       key = mitk::InteractionEvent::KeyInsert;
       break;
     case Qt::Key_PageDown:
       key = mitk::InteractionEvent::KeyPageDown;
       break;
     case Qt::Key_PageUp:
       key = mitk::InteractionEvent::KeyPageUp;
       break;
     case Qt::Key_Space:
       key = mitk::InteractionEvent::KeySpace;
       break;
     }
   }
   return key;
 }
 
 int QmitkRenderWindow::GetDelta(QWheelEvent *we) const
 {
   return we->angleDelta().y();
 }
 
 void QmitkRenderWindow::UpdateStatusBar(mitk::Point2D pointerPositionOnScreen)
 {
   mitk::Point3D worldPosition;
   m_Renderer->ForceImmediateUpdate();
   m_Renderer->DisplayToWorld(pointerPositionOnScreen, worldPosition);
   auto statusBar = mitk::StatusBar::GetInstance();
   statusBar->DisplayRendererInfo(worldPosition, m_Renderer->GetTime());
 }