diff --git a/core/src/processing/awt/PSurfaceAWT.java b/core/src/processing/awt/PSurfaceAWT.java
index 4cf50e87f..71a59e87f 100644
--- a/core/src/processing/awt/PSurfaceAWT.java
+++ b/core/src/processing/awt/PSurfaceAWT.java
@@ -1316,16 +1316,6 @@ public class PSurfaceAWT extends PSurfaceNone {
       peButton = PConstants.RIGHT;
     }
 
-    // If running on Mac OS, allow ctrl-click as right mouse. Prior to 0215,
-    // this used isPopupTrigger() on the native event, but that doesn't work
-    // for mouseClicked and mouseReleased (or others).
-    if (PApplet.platform == PConstants.MACOSX) {
-      //if (nativeEvent.isPopupTrigger()) {
-      if ((modifiers & InputEvent.CTRL_MASK) != 0) {
-        peButton = PConstants.RIGHT;
-      }
-    }
-
     sketch.postEvent(new MouseEvent(nativeEvent, nativeEvent.getWhen(),
                                     peAction, peModifiers,
                                     nativeEvent.getX() / windowScaleFactor,
diff --git a/core/src/processing/core/PApplet.java b/core/src/processing/core/PApplet.java
index 457b50ea4..85f0fb81a 100644
--- a/core/src/processing/core/PApplet.java
+++ b/core/src/processing/core/PApplet.java
@@ -561,6 +561,14 @@ public class PApplet implements PConstants {
    */
   public boolean mousePressed;
 
+  // MACOSX: CTRL + Left Mouse is converted to Right Mouse. This boolean keeps
+  // track of whether the conversion happened on PRESS, because we should report
+  // the same button during DRAG and on RELEASE, even though CTRL might have
+  // been released already. Otherwise the events are inconsistent, e.g.
+  // Left Pressed - Left Drag - CTRL Pressed - Right Drag - Right Released.
+  // See: https://github.com/processing/processing/issues/5672
+  private boolean macosxLeftButtonWithCtrlPressed;
+
 
   /** @deprecated Use a mouse event handler that passes an event instead. */
   @Deprecated
@@ -2650,8 +2658,27 @@ public class PApplet implements PConstants {
       mouseY = event.getY();
     }
 
+    int button = event.getButton();
+
+    // If running on Mac OS, allow ctrl-click as right mouse.
+    if (PApplet.platform == PConstants.MACOSX && event.getButton() == PConstants.LEFT) {
+      if (action == MouseEvent.PRESS && event.isControlDown()) {
+        macosxLeftButtonWithCtrlPressed = true;
+      }
+      if (macosxLeftButtonWithCtrlPressed) {
+        button = PConstants.RIGHT;
+        event = new MouseEvent(event.getNative(), event.getMillis(),
+                               event.getAction(), event.getModifiers(),
+                               event.getX(), event.getY(),
+                               button, event.getCount());
+      }
+      if (button == MouseEvent.RELEASE) {
+        macosxLeftButtonWithCtrlPressed = false;
+      }
+    }
+
     // Get the (already processed) button code
-    mouseButton = event.getButton();
+    mouseButton = button;
 
     /*
     // Compatibility for older code (these have AWT object params, not P5)
diff --git a/core/src/processing/javafx/PSurfaceFX.java b/core/src/processing/javafx/PSurfaceFX.java
index e9f8243d7..4061f36fc 100644
--- a/core/src/processing/javafx/PSurfaceFX.java
+++ b/core/src/processing/javafx/PSurfaceFX.java
@@ -860,14 +860,6 @@ public class PSurfaceFX implements PSurface {
         break;
     }
 
-    // If running on Mac OS, allow ctrl-click as right mouse.
-    // Verified to be necessary with Java 8u45.
-    if (PApplet.platform == PConstants.MACOSX &&
-        fxEvent.isControlDown() &&
-        button == PConstants.LEFT) {
-      button = PConstants.RIGHT;
-    }
-
     //long when = nativeEvent.getWhen();  // from AWT
     long when = System.currentTimeMillis();
     int x = (int) fxEvent.getX();  // getSceneX()?
diff --git a/core/src/processing/opengl/PSurfaceJOGL.java b/core/src/processing/opengl/PSurfaceJOGL.java
index 17d2d916e..a9de3f0b8 100644
--- a/core/src/processing/opengl/PSurfaceJOGL.java
+++ b/core/src/processing/opengl/PSurfaceJOGL.java
@@ -1033,13 +1033,6 @@ public class PSurfaceJOGL implements PSurface {
         break;
     }
 
-    if (PApplet.platform == PConstants.MACOSX) {
-      //if (nativeEvent.isPopupTrigger()) {
-      if ((modifiers & InputEvent.CTRL_MASK) != 0) {
-        peButton = PConstants.RIGHT;
-      }
-    }
-
     int peCount = 0;
     if (peAction == MouseEvent.WHEEL) {
       // Invert wheel rotation count so it matches JAVA2D's