# Cannot select any object

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/cannot-select-any-object/103657>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Tags:** perspective\
**Created:** [March 13, 2025, 6:57pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/cannot-select-any-object/103657 "2025-03-13T18:57:58Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![Ehsan\_Ghaheri](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9adbd/32.png) [@Ehsan\_Ghaheri](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Ehsan_Ghaheri)\
**Post date:** [March 13, 2025, 6:57pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/cannot-select-any-object/103657/1 "2025-03-13T18:57:58Z")

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Hi,

I don`t know what happened after editing some pipes, but when I select the toggle icon to select the other object, I cannot click on any other object, and even if I change the "Deep Select" when I click again on any object, then the deep select jumps to Root, so the only way to select an object is to find it in Container tree and I have to close and open the designer to bring it back to normal.  
Has anyone had the same experience?  
Thanks.

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**Author:** ![lrose](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/lrose/32/62724_2.png) [@lrose](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/lrose)\
**Post date:** [March 13, 2025, 8:04pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/cannot-select-any-object/103657/2 "2025-03-13T20:04:16Z")

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Sounds like a bug. I would contact IA support and report it as such.

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**Author:** ![ian2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/dec6dc/32.png) [@ian2](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/ian2)\
**Post date:** [May 6, 2025, 4:42pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/cannot-select-any-object/103657/3 "2025-05-06T16:42:37Z")

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I have the same exact issue. The only solution I have found is to restart Ignition designer.  
\*edit Talked to support and they are aware of the bug, current workaround is to delete the pipe section that caused the issue or to restart the designer.

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**Author:** ![Ehsan\_Ghaheri](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9adbd/32.png) [@Ehsan\_Ghaheri](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Ehsan_Ghaheri)\
**Post date:** [May 6, 2025, 4:55pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/cannot-select-any-object/103657/4 "2025-05-06T16:55:38Z")

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I raised the issue with IA, and they are working to resolve it.

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**Author:** ![TonyD\_MM2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dec6dc/32.png) [@TonyD\_MM2](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/TonyD_MM2)\
**Post date:** [July 17, 2025, 6:58pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/cannot-select-any-object/103657/5 "2025-07-17T18:58:30Z")

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Same issue here, our IT guy talked some gobbly gook about a modal menu is still opened or its a Java issue. He was able to open the delete svg object dialog box, then cancel and it seemed to fix the issue, but I can't duplicate his fix when it happened again 2 hrs later.

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**Author:** ![TonyD\_MM2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dec6dc/32.png) [@TonyD\_MM2](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/TonyD_MM2)\
**Post date:** [July 17, 2025, 7:07pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/cannot-select-any-object/103657/6 "2025-07-17T19:07:12Z")

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Update, here's the temp fix so you don't have to restart designer:

1. Hold left mouse button, drag rectangle across object to select it
2. right click object, select delete
3. press no

This seem to work the first time, but 5 minutes later it did.