diff --git a/src/display/update.js b/src/display/update.js
index 50d6f332..72b3cbd6 100644
--- a/src/display/update.js
+++ b/src/display/update.js
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import { validate } from '../utils/validator';
 
 const updateSchema = z.object({
   path: z.nullable(z.string()).default(null),
+  elements: z.unknown().optional(),
   changes: z.record(z.unknown()).nullable().default(null),
   history: z.union([z.boolean(), z.string()]).default(false),
   relativeTransform: z.boolean().default(false),
diff --git a/src/utils/event/canvas.js b/src/utils/event/canvas.js
index 9e516a45..5904d2e8 100644
--- a/src/utils/event/canvas.js
+++ b/src/utils/event/canvas.js
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import { z } from 'zod';
 import { isValidationError } from 'zod-validation-error';
+import { convertArray } from '../convert';
 import { selector } from '../selector/selector';
 import { uid } from '../uuid';
 import { validate } from '../validator';
@@ -7,6 +8,7 @@ import { validate } from '../validator';
 const addEventSchema = z.object({
   id: z.string().default(''),
   path: z.string().default('$'),
+  elements: z.unknown().optional(),
   action: z.string(),
   fn: z.function(),
   options: z.unknown(),
@@ -16,11 +18,24 @@ export const addEvent = (viewport, opts) => {
   const config = validate(opts, addEventSchema);
   if (isValidationError(config)) throw config;
 
-  const { path, action, fn, options } = config;
+  const { action, fn, options } = config;
   const id = config.id || uid();
+  const hasElements = opts && Object.hasOwn(opts, 'elements');
+  const hasPath = opts && Object.hasOwn(opts, 'path');
+  const elements = hasElements
+    ? convertArray(config.elements).filter(Boolean)
+    : null;
+  const path = hasPath || !hasElements ? config.path : null;
 
   if (!(id in viewport.events)) {
-    viewport.events[id] = { path, action, fn, options, active: false };
+    viewport.events[id] = {
+      path,
+      elements,
+      action,
+      fn,
+      options,
+      active: false,
+    };
   } else {
     logEventExists(id);
   }
@@ -55,7 +70,7 @@ export const onEvent = (viewport, id) => {
       if (event.active) continue;
 
       const actions = splitByWhitespace(event.action);
-      const objects = selector(viewport, event.path);
+      const objects = getEventObjects(viewport, event);
       for (const object of objects) {
         addAction(object, actions, event);
       }
@@ -82,7 +97,7 @@ export const offEvent = (viewport, id) => {
       if (!event.active) continue;
 
       const actions = splitByWhitespace(event.action);
-      const objects = selector(viewport, event.path);
+      const objects = getEventObjects(viewport, event);
       for (const object of objects) {
         removeAction(object, actions, event);
       }
@@ -120,4 +135,9 @@ const logNoEventExists = (eventId) => {
   console.warn(`No event exists for the eventId: ${eventId}.`);
 };
 
+const getEventObjects = (viewport, event) => [
+  ...(event.elements ?? []),
+  ...(event.path ? selector(viewport, event.path) : []),
+];
+
 const splitByWhitespace = (str) => str.split(/\s+/).filter(Boolean);
diff --git a/src/utils/event/canvas.test.js b/src/utils/event/canvas.test.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..c36c8b85
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/utils/event/canvas.test.js
@@ -0,0 +1,190 @@
+import { afterEach, beforeEach, describe, expect, it, vi } from 'vitest';
+
+vi.mock('../selector/selector', () => {
+  return { selector: vi.fn() };
+});
+
+import { selector } from '../selector/selector';
+import {
+  addEvent,
+  offEvent,
+  onEvent,
+  removeAllEvent,
+  removeEvent,
+} from './canvas';
+
+const createViewport = () => ({ events: {} });
+
+const createListenerObject = () => ({
+  addEventListener: vi.fn(),
+  removeEventListener: vi.fn(),
+});
+
+beforeEach(() => {
+  selector.mockReset();
+});
+
+afterEach(() => {
+  vi.restoreAllMocks();
+});
+
+describe('canvas event utilities', () => {
+  it('stores events with default path and inactive state', () => {
+    const viewport = createViewport();
+    const handler = vi.fn();
+
+    const id = addEvent(viewport, {
+      id: 'evt',
+      action: 'click',
+      fn: handler,
+      options: { passive: true },
+    });
+
+    expect(id).toBe('evt');
+    expect(viewport.events.evt).toMatchObject({
+      path: '$',
+      elements: null,
+      action: 'click',
+      fn: expect.any(Function),
+      options: { passive: true },
+      active: false,
+    });
+
+    viewport.events.evt.fn();
+    expect(handler).toHaveBeenCalled();
+  });
+
+  it('stores elements without path when only elements are provided', () => {
+    const viewport = createViewport();
+    const object = createListenerObject();
+
+    addEvent(viewport, {
+      id: 'evt',
+      elements: object,
+      action: 'click',
+      fn: vi.fn(),
+      options: null,
+    });
+
+    expect(viewport.events.evt.path).toBeNull();
+    expect(viewport.events.evt.elements).toEqual([object]);
+  });
+
+  it('attaches listeners to elements and selector results', () => {
+    const viewport = createViewport();
+    const elementObject = createListenerObject();
+    const selectorObject = createListenerObject();
+
+    selector.mockReturnValue([selectorObject]);
+
+    addEvent(viewport, {
+      id: 'evt',
+      path: '$.children[*]',
+      elements: [elementObject],
+      action: 'click hover',
+      fn: vi.fn(),
+      options: { passive: true },
+    });
+
+    onEvent(viewport, 'evt');
+
+    expect(selector).toHaveBeenCalledWith(viewport, '$.children[*]');
+    expect(elementObject.addEventListener).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(2);
+    expect(selectorObject.addEventListener).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(2);
+    expect(viewport.events.evt.active).toBe(true);
+  });
+
+  it('skips selector when only elements are provided', () => {
+    const viewport = createViewport();
+    const elementObject = createListenerObject();
+
+    addEvent(viewport, {
+      id: 'evt',
+      elements: [elementObject],
+      action: 'click',
+      fn: vi.fn(),
+      options: null,
+    });
+
+    onEvent(viewport, 'evt');
+
+    expect(selector).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+    expect(elementObject.addEventListener).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+  });
+
+  it('removes listeners when deactivating events', () => {
+    const viewport = createViewport();
+    const elementObject = createListenerObject();
+
+    addEvent(viewport, {
+      id: 'evt',
+      elements: [elementObject],
+      action: 'click hover',
+      fn: vi.fn(),
+      options: null,
+    });
+
+    onEvent(viewport, 'evt');
+    offEvent(viewport, 'evt');
+    offEvent(viewport, 'evt');
+
+    expect(elementObject.removeEventListener).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(2);
+    expect(viewport.events.evt.active).toBe(false);
+  });
+
+  it('removes events and detaches listeners', () => {
+    const viewport = createViewport();
+    const elementObject = createListenerObject();
+
+    addEvent(viewport, {
+      id: 'evt',
+      elements: [elementObject],
+      action: 'click',
+      fn: vi.fn(),
+      options: null,
+    });
+
+    onEvent(viewport, 'evt');
+    removeEvent(viewport, 'evt');
+
+    expect(viewport.events.evt).toBeUndefined();
+    expect(elementObject.removeEventListener).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+  });
+
+  it('removes all events', () => {
+    const viewport = createViewport();
+    const objectA = createListenerObject();
+    const objectB = createListenerObject();
+
+    addEvent(viewport, {
+      id: 'evt-a',
+      elements: [objectA],
+      action: 'click',
+      fn: vi.fn(),
+      options: null,
+    });
+    addEvent(viewport, {
+      id: 'evt-b',
+      elements: [objectB],
+      action: 'hover',
+      fn: vi.fn(),
+      options: null,
+    });
+
+    onEvent(viewport, 'evt-a evt-b');
+    removeAllEvent(viewport);
+
+    expect(Object.keys(viewport.events)).toHaveLength(0);
+    expect(objectA.removeEventListener).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+    expect(objectB.removeEventListener).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+  });
+
+  it('warns when activating a missing event', () => {
+    const viewport = createViewport();
+    const warnSpy = vi.spyOn(console, 'warn').mockImplementation(() => {});
+
+    onEvent(viewport, 'missing');
+
+    expect(warnSpy).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+  });
+});