Can't select object in scene view

Question

I can’t select objects by clicking on them in the scene view. I can still select them via hierarchy, but when selected they appear wireframed by a solid white line, and so are all other gizmos, like spot light cones, etc. Even the grid is turned to a solid white line. If I quit and re-open Unity, I can select objects but they are sill covered with the weird white wireframe. Anybody experienced this, or even figured a way out?

Ashleeashleigh

this is obviously an old post. But I've hit a similar problem. I have a scene where I can't select anything in the view but hierarchy works. I've opened other projects and I can select stuff. I created new scenes where I can't. I've restarted unity and the machine... it still won't let me select.

– Tapeworm

I'm having this problem again as well. I had it before when I broke some connection between objects. Now my coworker has done it again. I knew to undo my own work last time, but now I'm not sure where to look.

– Daunt

This "rare" bug must not have been fixed for Unity 5 because I have the same exact problem. Dunno what caused it, either

– Seeder

Re-docking the scene view solved the issue for me.

– Beaudry

Answer 1

Never had this problem, but try to reinstall Unity.

Ashleeashleigh

Answer 2

There are 4 buttons on the top of Unity: [hand,arrows,circle-arrows,ray-arrows]

Select the arrows

Fasces

Thank you for that, it had been so long since this happened that I completely forgot about that.

– Cholecalciferol

Thank you soooooo much, going crazy about that........

– Ethelstan

Thank you! This helps me a lot.

– Intercommunicate

Answer 3

This guy got it: [2D] Unable to move objects in Scene View - Unity Answers

Daunt

I still have the problem. :(

– Agna

Answer 4

I’ve seen this problem before, where the scene has components in it with [ExecuteInEditMode] active, and which are throwing exceptions.
If you have anything in the scene which is executing in editor mode, try disabling it and see if you still have the same problem.

Lands

Answer 5

just expand the sprite renderer option in the inspector panel. it is a bug. if the sprite renderer option is collapsed then you can’t move that object by selecting it and dragging in the scene view.

Smithereens

Answer 6

I found some trick , simply close tab of scene view by right click and add it again…

Ferocious

You're a genius! Thanks!!

– Southward

Really the best answer!! Thanks

– Newbill

Answer 7

Seen this bug in Unity 5.1.3. Had to close the Scene view and then go to Window > Scene and open a new one.

Roberto

Answer 8

Here’s my five cents.

I had the exact issue in Unity 5.2.2f1 / Windows 7 and ONLY when running unity in OpenGL mode (-force-opengl command line switch). I managed to pinpoint the problem to project quality settings (Edit-Project Settings-Quality). Turns out using too high Anti Aliasing setting somehow rendered all scene objects unselectable. I had the Fantastic quality (Anti Aliasing: 4x Multi Sampling) selected. Lowering AA to 2x Multi Sampling fixed the thing and I can select stuff in the scene view again. I was the only one in the dev team suffering from the problem. Go figure…

Dissipated

Answer 9

I realized that I had a canvas object that was pretty much blocking me from selecting anything “behind” it. If I toggled it off I could select objects in the scene view just fine. I’m sure there is a configuration or convention to avoid this, but for now I’m either going to just move my canvas, or toggle it off. Hope this helps other novice game devs.

Dionedionis

Answer 10

For me, I had to create a new layer and put all the items I wanted on that layer. To do this click on your objects and select the layer in the top right and click “add layer…”. Then after creating a new layer select it for that object (s). Now they will be clickable.

Thielen

Answer 11

6 years late and Brad-Newman’s solution close scene tab and reopen works - unity 2020.2.3.f1

Ariannaarianne

Answer 12

I’ve got 3 suggestions:

1. Close the scene tab with your right mouse button and reopen it again by going to the Windows → General → Scene tabs on the top part of Unity.
2. http://answers.unity.com/answers/557590/view.html
3. See the image of the hands and a line across the hand. Try to unclick that and then you can touch that object again.
   
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Savick

Answer 13

I detect additional (Unity-2020-3-LTS.34) If you set in Scene “2D” in not select in you not set Gizmos Active.

Subdued

Answer 14

[2D] Unable to move objects in Scene View Questions & Answers

[Screenshot 2023-12-23 at 2.56.55 PM] try to toggle the gizmos visibility

try this also

Testament

Answer 15

This might be a little late to the show, but reset your layout. That worked for me. I tried to redock the scene view itself and it didn’t work, the move tool was already active so it wasn’t that, and none of the items had the ‘no select’ toggle on in the hierarchy.

Greene