Posted by Lambertus on
URL: https://forum.librecad.org/Can-no-longer-select-most-objects-with-mouse-pointer-tp5717668.html


How do I regain the mouse pointer select if it gets lost?

After inserting some text into a LibreCAD 2.1.2 drawing using Ubuntu 18.04, most objects could no longer be selected with the mouse pointer. They could be selected with a window. A few objects could still be selected with the pointer (a few hatch patterns, and two of a myriad of lines).

BACKGROUND
Issue started yesterday after working several hours with a drawing that is part of a garage and workshop architectural design. The set of drawings have been worked on for several years without this problem and through various versions of LibreCAD and Ubuntu.
The problem is with only one of the drawings.

It makes no difference where I pick on or near the object or text. It cannot be selected, except with a window.
Exceptions are for one line out of hundreds, where I could pick the line using a certain part of the line and not any other part of the line.

No matter where I pick with the cursor in the drawing, a single angle measure in a triangle gets selected (roof slope angle).
That angle measure will get selected even if I use a window to select a different object far away.

The drawing could be recreated without the selection glitch by importing it as a block into a new drawing and exploding it.
It would be good to know how to fix the issue without using the block insert method, because importing a block and exploding it changes the order of hatches.