# Perspective Pipes - Cant select items after editing pipes

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/perspective-pipes-cant-select-items-after-editing-pipes/109806>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Tags:** perspective, ignition81\
**Created:** [August 15, 2025, 7:33am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/perspective-pipes-cant-select-items-after-editing-pipes/109806 "2025-08-15T07:33:30Z")\
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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:** [August 15, 2025, 7:33am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/perspective-pipes-cant-select-items-after-editing-pipes/109806/1 "2025-08-15T07:33:31Z")

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Hi forum!

Has anyone had an issue (/ is it a known issue) that after editing pipes in coordinate containers, clicking anywhere on the container causes perspective to go to the next item up in the tree rather than down?  
So for example, in the below structure I am working in the coord-continer. I select the ‘edit pipes’ tool, do some pipes editing, and then exit by clicking the mouse icon on the top bar (I have also tried selecting a different item in the tree).  
If I now click on an item in the view (such as Gas1\_Name), perspective moves the selected item up to ‘Content’. Double click to go back down, same thing, jumps up to ‘root’.

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/3X/b/6/b688926bbfdd9ffb688a9ba7b6c9155012590a61.png)

You have to close and re-open the page to fix it which is very frustrating! ☹

I’ve tried all sorts, and both me / my colleage have the same issue on separate views. Anyone else seen this and can put me out of my misery?

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**Author:** ![andrew.budaiev](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/andrew.budaiev/32/72921_2.png) [@andrew.budaiev](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/andrew.budaiev)\
**Post date:** [August 15, 2025, 8:06am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/perspective-pipes-cant-select-items-after-editing-pipes/109806/2 "2025-08-15T08:06:16Z")

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Not being able to select and move elements is an issue, and it sounds similar to what you described.

[Pipe Draw Tool not allowing me to move other components - Ignition - Inductive Automation Forum](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/pipe-draw-tool-not-allowing-me-to-move-other-components/108086)