Right-click select broken in 3D view - Mac OS / 2.79 #52412

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Fred Sprinkle · 2017-08-16T01:19:40+02:00

Fred Sprinkle commented

2017-08-16 01:19:40 +02:00

System Information

Mac OS Sierra 10.12.5
3.5 GHz 6-Core Intel Xeon E5
AMD FirePro D700 6144 MB

Blender Version
2.79 8/1/2017

Short description of error

Normal right-click to select objects does not work in 3D view.

It does work for nodes and the scene browser.

**System Information** Mac OS Sierra 10.12.5 3.5 GHz 6-Core Intel Xeon E5 AMD FirePro [D700](https://archive.blender.org/developer/D700) 6144 MB **Blender Version** 2.79 8/1/2017 **Short description of error** Normal right-click to select objects does not work in 3D view. It does work for nodes and the scene browser.

Fred Sprinkle commented

2017-08-16 01:19:40 +02:00

Changed status to: 'Open'

Fred Sprinkle commented

2017-08-16 01:19:40 +02:00

Added subscriber: @FredSprinkle

Fred Sprinkle changed title from ~~Right-click select broken in 3D view~~ to Right-click select broken in 3D view - Mac OS / 2.79

2017-08-16 01:22:47 +02:00

Ray molenkamp commented

2017-08-16 01:51:09 +02:00

Added subscriber: @LazyDodo

Ray molenkamp commented

2017-08-16 01:51:09 +02:00

in the preferences menu go to system and try a different selection method see if that improves things.

Fred Sprinkle commented

2017-08-16 17:58:11 +02:00

Will do, just FYI it worked fine until I got a computer upgrade, I think I used to have and older version of OSX.

Fred Sprinkle commented

2017-08-16 18:02:27 +02:00

Ok, kind of figured it out. I had to change the OSX settings to have a "secondary click" (right click option)

However, I'm quite confident, I did not have to do this on my old version of OSX.

Perhaps Apple changed something with the latest update, or I'm a doofus, but I'm pretty sure something changed.

Secondary click is ctrl+click by default on Mac, and this doesn't work in Blender either.

Ok, kind of figured it out. I had to change the OSX settings to have a "secondary click" (right click option) However, I'm quite confident, I did not have to do this on my old version of OSX. Perhaps Apple changed something with the latest update, or I'm a doofus, but I'm pretty sure something changed. Secondary click is ctrl+click by default on Mac, and this doesn't work in Blender either.

Brecht Van Lommel commented

2017-08-17 00:24:11 +02:00

Added subscriber: @brecht

Brecht Van Lommel commented

2017-08-17 00:24:11 +02:00

Changed status from 'Open' to: 'Archived'

Brecht Van Lommel closed this issue

2017-08-17 00:24:11 +02:00

Brecht Van Lommel self-assigned this 2017-08-17 00:24:11 +02:00

Brecht Van Lommel commented

2017-08-17 00:24:11 +02:00

I wouldn't surprise me if the macOS setting got lost in a system update, that kind of thing has happened to me before.

Ctrl+click is used for various other purposes in Blender, so indeed does not work as right click. It might be good to support the default macOS configuration better at some point, and maybe we'll switch to left click select in Blender 2.8 avoiding the issue. For now would not consider there to be a bug in Blender here.

I wouldn't surprise me if the macOS setting got lost in a system update, that kind of thing has happened to me before. Ctrl+click is used for various other purposes in Blender, so indeed does not work as right click. It might be good to support the default macOS configuration better at some point, and maybe we'll switch to left click select in Blender 2.8 avoiding the issue. For now would not consider there to be a bug in Blender here.

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Right-click select broken in 3D view - Mac OS / 2.79 #52412