diff --git a/examples/api/lib/widgets/interactive_viewer/interactive_viewer.constrained.0.dart b/examples/api/lib/widgets/interactive_viewer/interactive_viewer.constrained.0.dart
index c576f4523ef..68c5c9c7692 100644
--- a/examples/api/lib/widgets/interactive_viewer/interactive_viewer.constrained.0.dart
+++ b/examples/api/lib/widgets/interactive_viewer/interactive_viewer.constrained.0.dart
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ class MyStatelessWidget extends StatelessWidget {
     const int columnCount = 6;
 
     return InteractiveViewer(
-      alignPanAxis: true,
+      panAxis: PanAxis.aligned,
       constrained: false,
       scaleEnabled: false,
       child: Table(
diff --git a/packages/flutter/lib/src/widgets/interactive_viewer.dart b/packages/flutter/lib/src/widgets/interactive_viewer.dart
index 86d825aa6e1..5319fa8382e 100644
--- a/packages/flutter/lib/src/widgets/interactive_viewer.dart
+++ b/packages/flutter/lib/src/widgets/interactive_viewer.dart
@@ -67,7 +67,12 @@ class InteractiveViewer extends StatefulWidget {
   InteractiveViewer({
     super.key,
     this.clipBehavior = Clip.hardEdge,
+    @Deprecated(
+      'Use panAxis instead. '
+      'This feature was deprecated after v3.3.0-0.5.pre.',
+    )
     this.alignPanAxis = false,
+    this.panAxis = PanAxis.free,
     this.boundaryMargin = EdgeInsets.zero,
     this.constrained = true,
     // These default scale values were eyeballed as reasonable limits for common
@@ -83,6 +88,7 @@ class InteractiveViewer extends StatefulWidget {
     this.transformationController,
     required Widget this.child,
   }) : assert(alignPanAxis != null),
+       assert(panAxis != null),
        assert(child != null),
        assert(constrained != null),
        assert(minScale != null),
@@ -114,7 +120,12 @@ class InteractiveViewer extends StatefulWidget {
   InteractiveViewer.builder({
     super.key,
     this.clipBehavior = Clip.hardEdge,
+    @Deprecated(
+      'Use panAxis instead. '
+      'This feature was deprecated after v3.3.0-0.5.pre.',
+    )
     this.alignPanAxis = false,
+    this.panAxis = PanAxis.free,
     this.boundaryMargin = EdgeInsets.zero,
     // These default scale values were eyeballed as reasonable limits for common
     // use cases.
@@ -128,7 +139,7 @@ class InteractiveViewer extends StatefulWidget {
     this.scaleFactor = 200.0,
     this.transformationController,
     required InteractiveViewerWidgetBuilder this.builder,
-  }) : assert(alignPanAxis != null),
+  }) : assert(panAxis != null),
        assert(builder != null),
        assert(minScale != null),
        assert(minScale > 0),
@@ -158,6 +169,8 @@ class InteractiveViewer extends StatefulWidget {
   /// Defaults to [Clip.hardEdge].
   final Clip clipBehavior;
 
+  /// This property is deprecated, please use [panAxis] instead.
+  ///
   /// If true, panning is only allowed in the direction of the horizontal axis
   /// or the vertical axis.
   ///
@@ -169,8 +182,25 @@ class InteractiveViewer extends StatefulWidget {
   /// See also:
   ///  * [constrained], which has an example of creating a table that uses
   ///    alignPanAxis.
+  @Deprecated(
+    'Use panAxis instead. '
+    'This feature was deprecated after v3.3.0-0.5.pre.',
+  )
   final bool alignPanAxis;
 
+  /// When set to [PanAxis.aligned], panning is only allowed in the horizontal
+  /// axis or the vertical axis, diagonal panning is not allowed.
+  ///
+  /// When set to [PanAxis.vertical] or [PanAxis.horizontal] panning is only
+  /// allowed in the specified axis. For example, if set to [PanAxis.vertical],
+  /// panning will only be allowed in the vertical axis. And if set to [PanAxis.horizontal],
+  /// panning will only be allowed in the horizontal axis.
+  ///
+  /// When set to [PanAxis.free] panning is allowed in all directions.
+  ///
+  /// Defaults to [PanAxis.free].
+  final PanAxis panAxis;
+
   /// A margin for the visible boundaries of the child.
   ///
   /// Any transformation that results in the viewport being able to view outside
@@ -507,7 +537,7 @@ class _InteractiveViewerState extends State<InteractiveViewer> with TickerProvid
   final GlobalKey _parentKey = GlobalKey();
   Animation<Offset>? _animation;
   late AnimationController _controller;
-  Axis? _panAxis; // Used with alignPanAxis.
+  Axis? _currentAxis; // Used with panAxis.
   Offset? _referenceFocalPoint; // Point where the current gesture began.
   double? _scaleStart; // Scale value at start of scaling gesture.
   double? _rotationStart = 0.0; // Rotation at start of rotation gesture.
@@ -566,9 +596,26 @@ class _InteractiveViewerState extends State<InteractiveViewer> with TickerProvid
       return matrix.clone();
     }
 
-    final Offset alignedTranslation = widget.alignPanAxis && _panAxis != null
-      ? _alignAxis(translation, _panAxis!)
-      : translation;
+    late final Offset alignedTranslation;
+
+    if (_currentAxis != null) {
+      switch(widget.panAxis){
+        case PanAxis.horizontal:
+          alignedTranslation = _alignAxis(translation, Axis.horizontal);
+          break;
+        case PanAxis.vertical:
+          alignedTranslation = _alignAxis(translation, Axis.vertical);
+          break;
+        case PanAxis.aligned:
+          alignedTranslation = _alignAxis(translation, _currentAxis!);
+          break;
+        case PanAxis.free:
+          alignedTranslation = translation;
+          break;
+      }
+    } else {
+      alignedTranslation = translation;
+    }
 
     final Matrix4 nextMatrix = matrix.clone()..translate(
       alignedTranslation.dx,
@@ -734,7 +781,7 @@ class _InteractiveViewerState extends State<InteractiveViewer> with TickerProvid
     }
 
     _gestureType = null;
-    _panAxis = null;
+    _currentAxis = null;
     _scaleStart = _transformationController!.value.getMaxScaleOnAxis();
     _referenceFocalPoint = _transformationController!.toScene(
       details.localFocalPoint,
@@ -825,7 +872,7 @@ class _InteractiveViewerState extends State<InteractiveViewer> with TickerProvid
           widget.onInteractionUpdate?.call(details);
           return;
         }
-        _panAxis ??= _getPanAxis(_referenceFocalPoint!, focalPointScene);
+        _currentAxis ??= _getPanAxis(_referenceFocalPoint!, focalPointScene);
         // Translate so that the same point in the scene is underneath the
         // focal point before and after the movement.
         final Offset translationChange = focalPointScene - _referenceFocalPoint!;
@@ -853,13 +900,13 @@ class _InteractiveViewerState extends State<InteractiveViewer> with TickerProvid
     _controller.reset();
 
     if (!_gestureIsSupported(_gestureType)) {
-      _panAxis = null;
+      _currentAxis = null;
       return;
     }
 
     // If the scale ended with enough velocity, animate inertial movement.
     if (_gestureType != _GestureType.pan || details.velocity.pixelsPerSecond.distance < kMinFlingVelocity) {
-      _panAxis = null;
+      _currentAxis = null;
       return;
     }
 
@@ -947,7 +994,7 @@ class _InteractiveViewerState extends State<InteractiveViewer> with TickerProvid
   // Handle inertia drag animation.
   void _onAnimate() {
     if (!_controller.isAnimating) {
-      _panAxis = null;
+      _currentAxis = null;
       _animation?.removeListener(_onAnimate);
       _animation = null;
       _controller.reset();
@@ -1296,3 +1343,20 @@ Axis? _getPanAxis(Offset point1, Offset point2) {
   final double y = point2.dy - point1.dy;
   return x.abs() > y.abs() ? Axis.horizontal : Axis.vertical;
 }
+
+/// This enum is used to specify the behavior of the [InteractiveViewer] when
+/// the user drags the viewport.
+enum PanAxis{
+  /// The user can only pan the viewport along the horizontal axis.
+  horizontal,
+
+  /// The user can only pan the viewport along the vertical axis.
+  vertical,
+
+  /// The user can pan the viewport along the horizontal and vertical axes
+  /// but not diagonally.
+  aligned,
+
+  /// The user can pan the viewport freely in any direction.
+  free,
+}
diff --git a/packages/flutter/test/widgets/interactive_viewer_test.dart b/packages/flutter/test/widgets/interactive_viewer_test.dart
index a1081504752..2f776671f74 100644
--- a/packages/flutter/test/widgets/interactive_viewer_test.dart
+++ b/packages/flutter/test/widgets/interactive_viewer_test.dart
@@ -288,14 +288,52 @@ void main() {
       expect(transformationController.value.getMaxScaleOnAxis(), minScale);
     });
 
-    testWidgets('alignPanAxis allows panning in one direction only for diagonal gesture', (WidgetTester tester) async {
+    testWidgets('PanAxis.free allows panning in all directions for diagonal gesture', (WidgetTester tester) async {
       final TransformationController transformationController = TransformationController();
       await tester.pumpWidget(
         MaterialApp(
           home: Scaffold(
             body: Center(
               child: InteractiveViewer(
-                alignPanAxis: true,
+                boundaryMargin: const EdgeInsets.all(double.infinity),
+                transformationController: transformationController,
+                child: const SizedBox(width: 200.0, height: 200.0),
+              ),
+            ),
+          ),
+        ),
+      );
+
+      expect(transformationController.value, equals(Matrix4.identity()));
+
+      // Perform a diagonal drag gesture.
+      final Offset childOffset = tester.getTopLeft(find.byType(SizedBox));
+      final Offset childInterior = Offset(
+        childOffset.dx + 20.0,
+        childOffset.dy + 20.0,
+      );
+      final TestGesture gesture = await tester.startGesture(childInterior);
+      await tester.pump();
+      await gesture.moveTo(childOffset);
+      await tester.pump();
+      await gesture.up();
+      await tester.pumpAndSettle();
+
+      // Translation has only happened along the y axis (the default axis when
+      // a gesture is perfectly at 45 degrees to the axes).
+      final Vector3 translation = transformationController.value.getTranslation();
+      expect(translation.x, childOffset.dx - childInterior.dx);
+      expect(translation.y, childOffset.dy - childInterior.dy);
+    });
+
+    testWidgets('PanAxis.aligned allows panning in one direction only for diagonal gesture', (WidgetTester tester) async {
+      final TransformationController transformationController = TransformationController();
+      await tester.pumpWidget(
+        MaterialApp(
+          home: Scaffold(
+            body: Center(
+              child: InteractiveViewer(
+                panAxis: PanAxis.aligned,
                 boundaryMargin: const EdgeInsets.all(double.infinity),
                 transformationController: transformationController,
                 child: const SizedBox(width: 200.0, height: 200.0),
@@ -327,14 +365,14 @@ void main() {
       expect(translation.y, childOffset.dy - childInterior.dy);
     });
 
-    testWidgets('alignPanAxis allows panning in one direction only for horizontal leaning gesture', (WidgetTester tester) async {
+    testWidgets('PanAxis.aligned allows panning in one direction only for horizontal leaning gesture', (WidgetTester tester) async {
       final TransformationController transformationController = TransformationController();
       await tester.pumpWidget(
         MaterialApp(
           home: Scaffold(
             body: Center(
               child: InteractiveViewer(
-                alignPanAxis: true,
+                panAxis: PanAxis.aligned,
                 boundaryMargin: const EdgeInsets.all(double.infinity),
                 transformationController: transformationController,
                 child: const SizedBox(width: 200.0, height: 200.0),
@@ -366,6 +404,240 @@ void main() {
       expect(translation.y, 0.0);
     });
 
+    testWidgets('PanAxis.horizontal allows panning in the horizontal direction only for diagonal gesture', (WidgetTester tester) async {
+      final TransformationController transformationController = TransformationController();
+      await tester.pumpWidget(
+        MaterialApp(
+          home: Scaffold(
+            body: Center(
+              child: InteractiveViewer(
+                panAxis: PanAxis.horizontal,
+                boundaryMargin: const EdgeInsets.all(double.infinity),
+                transformationController: transformationController,
+                child: const SizedBox(width: 200.0, height: 200.0),
+              ),
+            ),
+          ),
+        ),
+      );
+
+      expect(transformationController.value, equals(Matrix4.identity()));
+
+      // Perform a diagonal drag gesture.
+      final Offset childOffset = tester.getTopLeft(find.byType(SizedBox));
+      final Offset childInterior = Offset(
+        childOffset.dx + 20.0,
+        childOffset.dy + 20.0,
+      );
+      final TestGesture gesture = await tester.startGesture(childInterior);
+      await tester.pump();
+      await gesture.moveTo(childOffset);
+      await tester.pump();
+      await gesture.up();
+      await tester.pumpAndSettle();
+
+      // Translation has only happened along the x axis (the default axis when
+      // a gesture is perfectly at 45 degrees to the axes).
+      final Vector3 translation = transformationController.value.getTranslation();
+      expect(translation.x, childOffset.dx - childInterior.dx);
+      expect(translation.y, 0.0);
+    });
+
+    testWidgets('PanAxis.horizontal allows panning in the horizontal direction only for horizontal leaning gesture', (WidgetTester tester) async {
+      final TransformationController transformationController = TransformationController();
+      await tester.pumpWidget(
+        MaterialApp(
+          home: Scaffold(
+            body: Center(
+              child: InteractiveViewer(
+                panAxis: PanAxis.horizontal,
+                boundaryMargin: const EdgeInsets.all(double.infinity),
+                transformationController: transformationController,
+                child: const SizedBox(width: 200.0, height: 200.0),
+              ),
+            ),
+          ),
+        ),
+      );
+
+      expect(transformationController.value, equals(Matrix4.identity()));
+
+      // Perform a horizontally leaning diagonal drag gesture.
+      final Offset childOffset = tester.getTopLeft(find.byType(SizedBox));
+      final Offset childInterior = Offset(
+        childOffset.dx + 20.0,
+        childOffset.dy + 10.0,
+      );
+      final TestGesture gesture = await tester.startGesture(childInterior);
+      await tester.pump();
+      await gesture.moveTo(childOffset);
+      await tester.pump();
+      await gesture.up();
+      await tester.pumpAndSettle();
+
+      // Translation happened only along the x axis because that's the axis that
+      // had been set to the panningDirection parameter.
+      final Vector3 translation = transformationController.value.getTranslation();
+      expect(translation.x, childOffset.dx - childInterior.dx);
+      expect(translation.y, 0.0);
+    });
+
+     testWidgets('PanAxis.horizontal does not allow panning in vertical direction on vertical gesture', (WidgetTester tester) async {
+      final TransformationController transformationController = TransformationController();
+      await tester.pumpWidget(
+        MaterialApp(
+          home: Scaffold(
+            body: Center(
+              child: InteractiveViewer(
+                panAxis: PanAxis.horizontal,
+                boundaryMargin: const EdgeInsets.all(double.infinity),
+                transformationController: transformationController,
+                child: const SizedBox(width: 200.0, height: 200.0),
+              ),
+            ),
+          ),
+        ),
+      );
+
+      expect(transformationController.value, equals(Matrix4.identity()));
+
+      // Perform a horizontally leaning diagonal drag gesture.
+      final Offset childOffset = tester.getTopLeft(find.byType(SizedBox));
+      final Offset childInterior = Offset(
+        childOffset.dx + 0.0,
+        childOffset.dy + 10.0,
+      );
+      final TestGesture gesture = await tester.startGesture(childInterior);
+      await tester.pump();
+      await gesture.moveTo(childOffset);
+      await tester.pump();
+      await gesture.up();
+      await tester.pumpAndSettle();
+
+      // Translation didn't happen because the only axis allowed to do panning
+      // is the horizontal.
+      final Vector3 translation = transformationController.value.getTranslation();
+      expect(translation.x, 0.0);
+      expect(translation.y, 0.0);
+    });
+
+    testWidgets('PanAxis.vertical allows panning in the vertical direction only for diagonal gesture', (WidgetTester tester) async {
+      final TransformationController transformationController = TransformationController();
+      await tester.pumpWidget(
+        MaterialApp(
+          home: Scaffold(
+            body: Center(
+              child: InteractiveViewer(
+                panAxis: PanAxis.vertical,
+                boundaryMargin: const EdgeInsets.all(double.infinity),
+                transformationController: transformationController,
+                child: const SizedBox(width: 200.0, height: 200.0),
+              ),
+            ),
+          ),
+        ),
+      );
+
+      expect(transformationController.value, equals(Matrix4.identity()));
+
+      // Perform a diagonal drag gesture.
+      final Offset childOffset = tester.getTopLeft(find.byType(SizedBox));
+      final Offset childInterior = Offset(
+        childOffset.dx + 20.0,
+        childOffset.dy + 20.0,
+      );
+      final TestGesture gesture = await tester.startGesture(childInterior);
+      await tester.pump();
+      await gesture.moveTo(childOffset);
+      await tester.pump();
+      await gesture.up();
+      await tester.pumpAndSettle();
+
+      // Translation has only happened along the x axis (the default axis when
+      // a gesture is perfectly at 45 degrees to the axes).
+      final Vector3 translation = transformationController.value.getTranslation();
+      expect(translation.y, childOffset.dy - childInterior.dy);
+      expect(translation.x, 0.0);
+    });
+
+    testWidgets('PanAxis.vertical allows panning in the vertical direction only for vertical leaning gesture', (WidgetTester tester) async {
+      final TransformationController transformationController = TransformationController();
+      await tester.pumpWidget(
+        MaterialApp(
+          home: Scaffold(
+            body: Center(
+              child: InteractiveViewer(
+                panAxis: PanAxis.vertical,
+                boundaryMargin: const EdgeInsets.all(double.infinity),
+                transformationController: transformationController,
+                child: const SizedBox(width: 200.0, height: 200.0),
+              ),
+            ),
+          ),
+        ),
+      );
+
+      expect(transformationController.value, equals(Matrix4.identity()));
+
+      // Perform a horizontally leaning diagonal drag gesture.
+      final Offset childOffset = tester.getTopLeft(find.byType(SizedBox));
+      final Offset childInterior = Offset(
+        childOffset.dx + 20.0,
+        childOffset.dy + 10.0,
+      );
+      final TestGesture gesture = await tester.startGesture(childInterior);
+      await tester.pump();
+      await gesture.moveTo(childOffset);
+      await tester.pump();
+      await gesture.up();
+      await tester.pumpAndSettle();
+
+      // Translation happened only along the x axis because that's the axis that
+      // had been set to the panningDirection parameter.
+      final Vector3 translation = transformationController.value.getTranslation();
+      expect(translation.y, childOffset.dy - childInterior.dy);
+      expect(translation.x, 0.0);
+    });
+
+     testWidgets('PanAxis.vertical does not allow panning in horizontal direction on vertical gesture', (WidgetTester tester) async {
+      final TransformationController transformationController = TransformationController();
+      await tester.pumpWidget(
+        MaterialApp(
+          home: Scaffold(
+            body: Center(
+              child: InteractiveViewer(
+                panAxis: PanAxis.vertical,
+                boundaryMargin: const EdgeInsets.all(double.infinity),
+                transformationController: transformationController,
+                child: const SizedBox(width: 200.0, height: 200.0),
+              ),
+            ),
+          ),
+        ),
+      );
+
+      expect(transformationController.value, equals(Matrix4.identity()));
+
+      // Perform a horizontally leaning diagonal drag gesture.
+      final Offset childOffset = tester.getTopLeft(find.byType(SizedBox));
+      final Offset childInterior = Offset(
+        childOffset.dx + 10.0,
+        childOffset.dy + 0.0,
+      );
+      final TestGesture gesture = await tester.startGesture(childInterior);
+      await tester.pump();
+      await gesture.moveTo(childOffset);
+      await tester.pump();
+      await gesture.up();
+      await tester.pumpAndSettle();
+
+      // Translation didn't happen because the only axis allowed to do panning
+      // is the horizontal.
+      final Vector3 translation = transformationController.value.getTranslation();
+      expect(translation.x, 0.0);
+      expect(translation.y, 0.0);
+    });
+
     testWidgets('inertia fling and boundary sliding', (WidgetTester tester) async {
       final TransformationController transformationController = TransformationController();
       const double boundaryMargin = 50.0;
@@ -519,7 +791,7 @@ void main() {
           home: Scaffold(
             body: Center(
               child: InteractiveViewer(
-                alignPanAxis: true,
+                panAxis: PanAxis.aligned,
                 boundaryMargin: const EdgeInsets.all(boundaryMargin),
                 minScale: minScale,
                 transformationController: transformationController,