# Coordinate Containter Item Selection

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/coordinate-containter-item-selection/78854>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Tags:** ignition81, perspective\
**Created:** [September 7, 2023, 11:33am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/coordinate-containter-item-selection/78854 "2023-09-07T11:33:45Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Alex\_Leech](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/alex_leech/32/39391_2.png) [@Alex\_Leech](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Alex_Leech)\
**Post date:** [September 7, 2023, 11:33am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/coordinate-containter-item-selection/78854/1 "2023-09-07T11:33:45Z")

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Hi All!

Has anyone experienced this issue with selecting things in a coordinate container (All objects are offset) when its not the primary component? Any suggestions to solve? It makes placing things quite difficult!

![Untitled](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/3X/5/1/517eb576eeabe3212171e6bc4709ef96b47d310f.gif)

Ignition version: 8.1.26  
Module: Perspective

Thanks!  
Alex

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**Author:** ![victordcq](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/f6c823/32.png) [@victordcq](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/victordcq)\
**Post date:** [September 7, 2023, 12:14pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/coordinate-containter-item-selection/78854/2 "2023-09-07T12:14:54Z")

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why does your designer start i negatives?  
are you using any zoom or negative values?

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/3X/a/6/a637760750ac1b8acf06543390e27733244785d9.jpeg)

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**Author:** ![Alex\_Leech](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/alex_leech/32/39391_2.png) [@Alex\_Leech](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Alex_Leech)\
**Post date:** [September 7, 2023, 12:18pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/coordinate-containter-item-selection/78854/3 "2023-09-07T12:18:18Z")

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Thats where I've deep selected the coordinate container - It seems to shift the location of XY0 to the containers zero location, but then doesn't shift the actual 'Highlights' (Not sure what they are called)

Not deep selected:

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/3X/d/6/d6a8754833c38a4e123392e22628da3d483d3c46.png)

Deep selected:

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/3X/2/c/2c4eae116317a714bc0c226a708a11b566210a12.png)

Edit: (I hadn't noticed it did that till this problem cropped up!)

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**Author:** ![victordcq](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/f6c823/32.png) [@victordcq](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/victordcq)\
**Post date:** [September 7, 2023, 12:20pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/coordinate-containter-item-selection/78854/4 "2023-09-07T12:20:22Z")

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oh didnt know, never noticed before either xD