diff --git a/examples/circlegraph/src/standalone.ts b/examples/circlegraph/src/standalone.ts
index bdbb55e3..970dee0a 100644
--- a/examples/circlegraph/src/standalone.ts
+++ b/examples/circlegraph/src/standalone.ts
@@ -77,11 +77,15 @@ export default async function runCircleGraph() {
         graph.children.push(...newElements);
     }
 
+    let viewport = initialViewport;
+    window.addEventListener('resize', async () => {
+        viewport = await modelSource.getViewport();
+    });
+
     // Run
     modelSource.setModel(graph);
 
     async function createNode(point?: Point) {
-        const viewport = await modelSource.getViewport();
         const newElements = addNode(getVisibleBounds(viewport));
         if (point) {
             const adjust = (offset: number) => {
@@ -103,7 +107,6 @@ export default async function runCircleGraph() {
     });
 
     document.getElementById('scrambleAll')!.addEventListener('click', async () => {
-        const viewport = await modelSource.getViewport();
         const bounds = getVisibleBounds(viewport);
         const nodeMoves: ElementMove[] = [];
         graph.children.forEach(shape => {
@@ -117,13 +120,12 @@ export default async function runCircleGraph() {
                 });
             }
         });
-        dispatcher.dispatch(MoveAction.create(nodeMoves, { animate: true }));
+        dispatcher.dispatch(MoveAction.create(nodeMoves, { animate: true, stoppable: true }));
         focusGraph();
     });
 
     document.getElementById('scrambleSelection')!.addEventListener('click', async () => {
         const selection = await modelSource.getSelection();
-        const viewport = await modelSource.getViewport();
         const bounds = getVisibleBounds(viewport);
         const nodeMoves: ElementMove[] = [];
         selection.forEach(shape => {
@@ -137,7 +139,7 @@ export default async function runCircleGraph() {
                 });
             }
         });
-        dispatcher.dispatch(MoveAction.create(nodeMoves, { animate: true }));
+        dispatcher.dispatch(MoveAction.create(nodeMoves, { animate: true, stoppable: true }));
         focusGraph();
     });
 
diff --git a/packages/sprotty-protocol/src/actions.ts b/packages/sprotty-protocol/src/actions.ts
index 910abb20..6a3a509e 100644
--- a/packages/sprotty-protocol/src/actions.ts
+++ b/packages/sprotty-protocol/src/actions.ts
@@ -676,16 +676,18 @@ export interface MoveAction extends Action {
     moves: ElementMove[]
     animate: boolean
     finished: boolean
+    stoppable: boolean
 }
 export namespace MoveAction {
     export const KIND = 'move';
 
-    export function create(moves: ElementMove[], options: { animate?: boolean, finished?: boolean } = {}): MoveAction {
+    export function create(moves: ElementMove[], options: { animate?: boolean, finished?: boolean, stoppable?: boolean } = {}): MoveAction {
         return {
             kind: KIND,
             moves,
             animate: options.animate ?? true,
-            finished: options.finished ?? false
+            finished: options.finished ?? false,
+            stoppable: options.stoppable ?? false
         };
     }
 }
diff --git a/packages/sprotty/src/base/animations/animation.ts b/packages/sprotty/src/base/animations/animation.ts
index 941e3cc4..663777d5 100644
--- a/packages/sprotty/src/base/animations/animation.ts
+++ b/packages/sprotty/src/base/animations/animation.ts
@@ -27,7 +27,11 @@ export abstract class Animation {
     constructor(protected context: CommandExecutionContext, protected ease: (x: number) => number = easeInOut) {
     }
 
+    protected stopped = false;
+
     start(): Promise<SModelRootImpl> {
+        // in case start() is called multiple times, we need to reset the stopped flag
+        this.stopped = false;
         return new Promise<SModelRootImpl>(
             (resolve: (model: SModelRootImpl) => void, reject: (model: SModelRootImpl) => void) => {
                 let start: number | undefined = undefined;
@@ -47,6 +51,9 @@ export abstract class Animation {
                     if (t === 1) {
                         this.context.logger.log(this, (frames * 1000 / this.context.duration) + ' fps');
                         resolve(current);
+                    } else if (this.stopped) {
+                        this.context.logger.log(this, 'Animation stopped at ' + (t * 100) + '%');
+                        resolve(current);
                     } else {
                         this.context.syncer.onNextFrame(lambda);
                     }
@@ -60,6 +67,14 @@ export abstract class Animation {
             });
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Stop the animation at the current state.
+     * The promise returned by start() will be resolved with the current state after the next tweening step.
+     */
+    stop(): void {
+        this.stopped = true;
+    }
+
     /**
      * This method called by the animation at each rendering pass until
      * the duration is reached. Implement it to interpolate the state.
diff --git a/packages/sprotty/src/base/commands/command-stack.ts b/packages/sprotty/src/base/commands/command-stack.ts
index 4ada1ce3..129d9beb 100644
--- a/packages/sprotty/src/base/commands/command-stack.ts
+++ b/packages/sprotty/src/base/commands/command-stack.ts
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ import { IViewer, IViewerProvider } from "../views/viewer";
 import { CommandStackOptions } from './command-stack-options';
 import {
     HiddenCommand, ICommand, CommandExecutionContext, CommandReturn, SystemCommand,
-    MergeableCommand, PopupCommand, ResetCommand, CommandResult
+    MergeableCommand, PopupCommand, ResetCommand, CommandResult, isStoppableCommand, IStoppableCommand
 } from './command';
 
 /**
@@ -118,6 +118,11 @@ export class CommandStack implements ICommandStack {
     protected undoStack: ICommand[] = [];
     protected redoStack: ICommand[] = [];
 
+    /**
+     * Map which holds the last stoppable command for certain action kinds.
+     */
+    protected stoppableCommands: Map<string, IStoppableCommand> = new Map();
+
     /**
      * System commands should be transparent to the user in undo/redo
      * operations. When a system command is executed when the redo
@@ -210,6 +215,16 @@ export class CommandStack implements ICommandStack {
     protected handleCommand(command: ICommand,
                             operation: (context: CommandExecutionContext) => CommandReturn,
                             beforeResolve: (command: ICommand, context: CommandExecutionContext) => void) {
+        // If the command implements the IStoppableCommand interface, we first need to stop the execution of the
+        // previous command with the same action kind and then store the new command as the last stoppable command.
+        if (isStoppableCommand(command)) {
+            const stoppableCommand = this.stoppableCommands.get((command as any).action.kind);
+            if (stoppableCommand) {
+                stoppableCommand.stopExecution();
+            }
+            this.stoppableCommands.set((command as any).action.kind, command);
+        }
+
         this.currentPromise = this.currentPromise.then(state =>
             new Promise<CommandStackState>(resolve => {
                 let target: 'main' | 'hidden' | 'popup';
diff --git a/packages/sprotty/src/base/commands/command.ts b/packages/sprotty/src/base/commands/command.ts
index fb47452f..176d8a22 100644
--- a/packages/sprotty/src/base/commands/command.ts
+++ b/packages/sprotty/src/base/commands/command.ts
@@ -52,6 +52,17 @@ export interface ICommand {
     redo(context: CommandExecutionContext): CommandReturn
 }
 
+/**
+ * A stoppable commands execution (e.g. one that starts an animation) can be interrupted.
+ */
+export interface IStoppableCommand extends ICommand {
+    stopExecution(): void
+}
+
+export function isStoppableCommand(command: any): command is IStoppableCommand {
+    return command && 'stopExecution' in command && typeof command.stopExecution === 'function';
+}
+
 /**
  * Commands return the changed model or a Promise for it. Promises
  * serve animating commands to render some intermediate states before
diff --git a/packages/sprotty/src/features/move/move.ts b/packages/sprotty/src/features/move/move.ts
index d579ab83..9dbe2e35 100644
--- a/packages/sprotty/src/features/move/move.ts
+++ b/packages/sprotty/src/features/move/move.ts
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ import { Locateable } from 'sprotty-protocol/lib/model';
 import { Bounds, Point } from 'sprotty-protocol/lib/utils/geometry';
 import { Action, DeleteElementAction, ReconnectAction, SelectAction, SelectAllAction, MoveAction } from 'sprotty-protocol/lib/actions';
 import { Animation, CompoundAnimation } from '../../base/animations/animation';
-import { CommandExecutionContext, ICommand, MergeableCommand, CommandReturn } from '../../base/commands/command';
+import { CommandExecutionContext, ICommand, MergeableCommand, CommandReturn, IStoppableCommand } from '../../base/commands/command';
 import { SChildElementImpl, SModelElementImpl, SModelRootImpl } from '../../base/model/smodel';
 import { findParentByFeature, translatePoint } from '../../base/model/smodel-utils';
 import { TYPES } from '../../base/types';
@@ -61,18 +61,27 @@ export interface ResolvedHandleMove {
 }
 
 @injectable()
-export class MoveCommand extends MergeableCommand {
+export class MoveCommand extends MergeableCommand implements IStoppableCommand {
     static readonly KIND = MoveAction.KIND;
 
     @inject(EdgeRouterRegistry) @optional() edgeRouterRegistry?: EdgeRouterRegistry;
 
     protected resolvedMoves: Map<string, ResolvedElementMove> = new Map;
     protected edgeMementi: EdgeMemento[] = [];
+    protected animation: Animation | undefined;
 
     constructor(@inject(TYPES.Action) protected readonly action: MoveAction) {
         super();
     }
 
+    // stop the execution of the CompoundAnimation started below
+    stopExecution(): void {
+        if (this.animation) {
+            this.animation.stop();
+            this.animation = undefined;
+        }
+    }
+
     execute(context: CommandExecutionContext): CommandReturn {
         const index = context.root.index;
         const edge2handleMoves = new Map<SRoutableElementImpl, ResolvedHandleMove[]>();
@@ -114,10 +123,10 @@ export class MoveCommand extends MergeableCommand {
         this.doMove(edge2handleMoves, attachedEdgeShifts);
         if (this.action.animate) {
             this.undoMove();
-            return new CompoundAnimation(context.root, context, [
+            return (this.animation = new CompoundAnimation(context.root, context, [
                 new MoveAnimation(context.root, this.resolvedMoves, context, false),
                 new MorphEdgesAnimation(context.root, this.edgeMementi, context, false)
-            ]).start();
+            ])).start();
         }
         return context.root;
     }