diff --git a/src/svgViewer.ide.ts b/src/svgViewer.ide.ts
index 5a1e52f..454d4a3 100644
--- a/src/svgViewer.ide.ts
+++ b/src/svgViewer.ide.ts
@@ -121,6 +121,9 @@ export class SvgViewerWidget extends TWComposerWidget {
                 description:
                     'Pans onto the selected element in the svg. PanAndZoom must be enabled for this to work.',
             },
+            ResetSelection: {
+                description: 'Resets the selection, and leaves no element selected',
+            },
         };
     }
 
diff --git a/src/svgViewer.runtime.ts b/src/svgViewer.runtime.ts
index b4ddd9c..5ce47a9 100644
--- a/src/svgViewer.runtime.ts
+++ b/src/svgViewer.runtime.ts
@@ -3,9 +3,6 @@
 import {
     TWWidgetDefinition,
     property,
-    canBind,
-    TWEvent,
-    event,
     service,
 } from 'typescriptwebpacksupport/widgetRuntimeSupport';
 import {
@@ -69,6 +66,13 @@ export class SvgViewerWidget extends TWRuntimeWidget {
             this.svgRenderer.panOntoElement();
         }
     }
+
+    @service('ResetSelection')
+    ResetSelection(): void {
+        this.svgRenderer.triggerElementSelectionByName([]);
+        this.updateSelection('Data', []);
+    }
+
     renderHtml(): string {
         require('./styles/runtime.css');