diff --git a/doc/classes/EditorSettings.xml b/doc/classes/EditorSettings.xml
index 389d65e05a0..33ec98ca0a5 100644
--- a/doc/classes/EditorSettings.xml
+++ b/doc/classes/EditorSettings.xml
@@ -344,7 +344,7 @@
 		</member>
 		<member name="editors/3d/navigation/emulate_3_button_mouse" type="bool" setter="" getter="">
 			If [code]true[/code], enables 3-button mouse emulation mode. This is useful on laptops when using a trackpad.
-			When 3-button mouse emulation mode is enabled, the pan, zoom and orbit modifiers can always be used in the 3D editor viewport, even when not holding down any mouse button.
+			When 3-button mouse emulation mode is enabled, the pan, zoom and orbit modifiers can be used in the 3D editor viewport when holding [kbd]Alt[/kbd], even when not holding down any mouse button.
 		</member>
 		<member name="editors/3d/navigation/emulate_numpad" type="bool" setter="" getter="">
 			If [code]true[/code], allows using the top row [kbd]0[/kbd]-[kbd]9[/kbd] keys to function as their equivalent numpad keys for 3D editor navigation. This should be enabled on keyboards that have no numeric keypad available.
diff --git a/editor/plugins/node_3d_editor_plugin.cpp b/editor/plugins/node_3d_editor_plugin.cpp
index 55649a31dc8..d8eb2656252 100644
--- a/editor/plugins/node_3d_editor_plugin.cpp
+++ b/editor/plugins/node_3d_editor_plugin.cpp
@@ -2124,9 +2124,16 @@ void Node3DEditorViewport::_sinput(const Ref<InputEvent> &p_event) {
 
 		} else if (EDITOR_GET("editors/3d/navigation/emulate_3_button_mouse")) {
 			// Handle trackpad (no external mouse) use case
-			NavigationMode change_nav_from_shortcut = _get_nav_mode_from_shortcut_check(NAVIGATION_LEFT_MOUSE, shortcut_check_sets, true);
-			if (change_nav_from_shortcut != NAVIGATION_NONE) {
-				nav_mode = change_nav_from_shortcut;
+			// Check if the Alt key is pressed.
+			if (Input::get_singleton()->is_key_pressed(Key::ALT)) {
+				// Emulate the middle mouse button (Mouse3) with Alt for orbiting.
+				NavigationMode change_nav_from_shortcut = _get_nav_mode_from_shortcut_check(NAVIGATION_LEFT_MOUSE, shortcut_check_sets, true);
+				if (change_nav_from_shortcut != NAVIGATION_NONE) {
+					nav_mode = change_nav_from_shortcut;
+				}
+			} else {
+				// Regular behavior when Alt is not pressed, fallback to no navigation (NAVIGATION_NONE).
+				nav_mode = NAVIGATION_NONE;
 			}
 		}