diff --git a/apps/examples/src/examples/selection-ui/README.md b/apps/examples/src/examples/selection-ui/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e3718ced8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/examples/src/examples/selection-ui/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+---
+title: Selection UI
+component: ./SelectionUiExample.tsx
+category: shapes/tools
+---
+
+---
+
+You can use the `InFrontOfTheCanvas` component to show extra user interface elements around the user's selection.
diff --git a/apps/examples/src/examples/selection-ui/SelectionUiExample.tsx b/apps/examples/src/examples/selection-ui/SelectionUiExample.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..905a7873f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/examples/src/examples/selection-ui/SelectionUiExample.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,135 @@
+import {
+	TLComponents,
+	Tldraw,
+	Vec,
+	intersectLineSegmentPolygon,
+	stopEventPropagation,
+	useEditor,
+	useValue,
+} from 'tldraw'
+import 'tldraw/tldraw.css'
+
+const components: TLComponents = {
+	InFrontOfTheCanvas: () => {
+		const editor = useEditor()
+
+		const info = useValue(
+			'selection bounds',
+			() => {
+				const screenBounds = editor.getViewportScreenBounds()
+				const rotation = editor.getSelectionRotation()
+				const rotatedScreenBounds = editor.getSelectionRotatedScreenBounds()
+				if (!rotatedScreenBounds) return
+				return {
+					// we really want the position within the
+					// tldraw component's bounds, not the screen itself
+					x: rotatedScreenBounds.x - screenBounds.x,
+					y: rotatedScreenBounds.y - screenBounds.y,
+					width: rotatedScreenBounds.width,
+					height: rotatedScreenBounds.height,
+					rotation: rotation,
+				}
+			},
+			[editor]
+		)
+
+		if (!info) return
+
+		return (
+			<div
+				style={{
+					position: 'absolute',
+					top: 0,
+					left: 0,
+					transformOrigin: 'top left',
+					transform: `translate(${info.x}px, ${info.y}px) rotate(${info.rotation}rad)`,
+					pointerEvents: 'all',
+				}}
+				onPointerDown={stopEventPropagation}
+			>
+				<DuplicateInDirectionButton y={-40} x={info.width / 2 - 16} rotation={-(Math.PI / 2)} />
+				<DuplicateInDirectionButton y={info.height / 2 - 16} x={info.width + 8} rotation={0} />
+				<DuplicateInDirectionButton
+					y={info.height + 8}
+					x={info.width / 2 - 16}
+					rotation={Math.PI / 3}
+				/>
+				<DuplicateInDirectionButton y={info.height / 2 - 16} x={-40} rotation={Math.PI} />
+			</div>
+		)
+	},
+}
+
+export default function BasicExample() {
+	return (
+		<div className="tldraw__editor">
+			<Tldraw persistenceKey="example" components={components} />
+		</div>
+	)
+}
+
+/**
+ * This button will duplicate the editor's current selected shapes in
+ * a certain direction. Its rotation determines the appearance of the
+ * button (its actual css rotation) as well as the direction in which
+ * the duplicated shapes are offset from the original shapes. It's
+ * zeroed to the right.
+ */
+function DuplicateInDirectionButton({
+	x,
+	y,
+	rotation,
+}: {
+	x: number
+	y: number
+	rotation: number
+}) {
+	const editor = useEditor()
+
+	return (
+		<button
+			style={{
+				position: 'absolute',
+				width: 32,
+				height: 32,
+				pointerEvents: 'all',
+				transform: `translate(${x}px, ${y}px) rotate(${rotation}rad)`,
+			}}
+			onPointerDown={stopEventPropagation}
+			onClick={() => {
+				const selectionRotation = editor.getSelectionRotation() ?? 0
+				const rotatedPageBounds = editor.getSelectionRotatedPageBounds()!
+				const selectionPageBounds = editor.getSelectionPageBounds()!
+				if (!(rotatedPageBounds && selectionPageBounds)) return
+
+				editor.mark('duplicating in direction')
+
+				const PADDING = 32
+
+				// Find an intersection with the page bounds
+				const center = Vec.Rot(rotatedPageBounds.center, selectionRotation)
+				const int = intersectLineSegmentPolygon(
+					center,
+					Vec.Add(center, new Vec(100000, 0).rot(selectionRotation + rotation)),
+					rotatedPageBounds
+						.clone()
+						.expandBy(PADDING)
+						.corners.map((c) => c.rot(selectionRotation))
+				)
+				if (!int?.[0]) return
+
+				// Get the direction and distance to the intersection
+				const delta = Vec.Sub(int[0], center)
+				const dist = delta.len()
+				const dir = delta.norm()
+
+				// Get the offset for the duplicated shapes
+				const offset = dir.mul(dist * 2)
+
+				editor.duplicateShapes(editor.getSelectedShapes(), offset)
+			}}
+		>
+			→
+		</button>
+	)
+}
diff --git a/packages/editor/api-report.md b/packages/editor/api-report.md
index ae3f7136b..e52e7db5a 100644
--- a/packages/editor/api-report.md
+++ b/packages/editor/api-report.md
@@ -726,6 +726,7 @@ export class Editor extends EventEmitter<TLEventMap> {
     getSelectedShapes(): TLShape[];
     getSelectionPageBounds(): Box | null;
     getSelectionRotatedPageBounds(): Box | undefined;
+    getSelectionRotatedScreenBounds(): Box | undefined;
     getSelectionRotation(): number;
     getShape<T extends TLShape = TLShape>(shape: TLParentId | TLShape): T | undefined;
     getShapeAncestors(shape: TLShape | TLShapeId, acc?: TLShape[]): TLShape[];
diff --git a/packages/editor/api/api.json b/packages/editor/api/api.json
index 063898148..2d4099197 100644
--- a/packages/editor/api/api.json
+++ b/packages/editor/api/api.json
@@ -12182,6 +12182,42 @@
               "isAbstract": false,
               "name": "getSelectionRotatedPageBounds"
             },
+            {
+              "kind": "Method",
+              "canonicalReference": "@tldraw/editor!Editor#getSelectionRotatedScreenBounds:member(1)",
+              "docComment": "/**\n * The bounds of the selection bounding box in the current page space.\n *\n * @readonly @public\n */\n",
+              "excerptTokens": [
+                {
+                  "kind": "Content",
+                  "text": "getSelectionRotatedScreenBounds(): "
+                },
+                {
+                  "kind": "Reference",
+                  "text": "Box",
+                  "canonicalReference": "@tldraw/editor!Box:class"
+                },
+                {
+                  "kind": "Content",
+                  "text": " | undefined"
+                },
+                {
+                  "kind": "Content",
+                  "text": ";"
+                }
+              ],
+              "isStatic": false,
+              "returnTypeTokenRange": {
+                "startIndex": 1,
+                "endIndex": 3
+              },
+              "releaseTag": "Public",
+              "isProtected": false,
+              "overloadIndex": 1,
+              "parameters": [],
+              "isOptional": false,
+              "isAbstract": false,
+              "name": "getSelectionRotatedScreenBounds"
+            },
             {
               "kind": "Method",
               "canonicalReference": "@tldraw/editor!Editor#getSelectionRotation:member(1)",
diff --git a/packages/editor/src/lib/editor/Editor.ts b/packages/editor/src/lib/editor/Editor.ts
index cd30560cf..6bebbc141 100644
--- a/packages/editor/src/lib/editor/Editor.ts
+++ b/packages/editor/src/lib/editor/Editor.ts
@@ -1661,6 +1661,7 @@ export class Editor extends EventEmitter<TLEventMap> {
 		}
 		return 0
 	}
+
 	/**
 	 * The bounds of the selection bounding box in the current page space.
 	 *
@@ -1701,6 +1702,20 @@ export class Editor extends EventEmitter<TLEventMap> {
 		return boxFromRotatedVertices
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * The bounds of the selection bounding box in the current page space.
+	 *
+	 * @readonly
+	 * @public
+	 */
+	@computed getSelectionRotatedScreenBounds(): Box | undefined {
+		const bounds = this.getSelectionRotatedPageBounds()
+		if (!bounds) return undefined
+		const { x, y } = this.pageToScreen(bounds.point)
+		const zoom = this.getZoomLevel()
+		return new Box(x, y, bounds.width * zoom, bounds.height * zoom)
+	}
+
 	// Focus Group
 
 	/**
@@ -2848,7 +2863,7 @@ export class Editor extends EventEmitter<TLEventMap> {
 	 * @public
 	 */
 	pageToScreen(point: VecLike) {
-		const { screenBounds } = this.store.unsafeGetWithoutCapture(TLINSTANCE_ID)!
+		const screenBounds = this.getViewportScreenBounds()
 		const { x: cx, y: cy, z: cz = 1 } = this.getCamera()
 
 		return {