Can't select any objects

[battou00 0]

Well.. switching cura to the macbook pro screen from the 2nd screen did the trick for me..

[codenixAU 0]

Just encountered this issue after upgrading to Cura 4.13.1 on MacOS Big Sur. Model selection works fine on main Mac (Retina) screen, but cannot select models with the mouse on secondary screen.

Additionally on second screen the zoom and rotation controls seem centred off screen, so when you zoom in and out the model and build plate wander off screen. On the primary monitor they behave as expected.

 

I'm thankful to those who posted their observations in this thread - saved me from making unnecessary config / install changes. Cheers.

[ahoeben 1,948]

@codenixAU it could help to uncheck the option to "Restore window position on start" in the Cura preferences.

[nspirov 2]

On 1/30/2022 at 11:59 AM, ahoeben said:

@codenixAU it could help to uncheck the option to "Restore window position on start" in the Cura preferences.

Thank you so much @codenixAU and @ahoeben!

 

I have to rewrite my post, because it is not this option that helps, it is the resizing of the window. Even a 1-pixel resizing of the Cura window brings things back to normal. The option does help in a way, because not remembering the window position makes you resize it every time 🙂 

Obviously this problem can have several different causes. `In my case - Catalina, Cura 4.13.1 - when opening Cura on the second screen (non-Retina resolution) it could not select objects, and also zoom and rotate behave strangely (with a huge offset in 3D space).

After moving the window to the main screen (Retina), it resumes its normal behavior.

However, you can make it work on the secondary screen as well, you just need to resize the window even one pixel and immediately everything goes back to normal again - selecting, zooming, rotating.
 

I hope this helps.

Edited February 10, 2022 by nspirov

[bkoehn 0]

On 7/8/2021 at 6:01 AM, mwenghi said:

As a @jasons mentioned, the problem is in bad registered mouse pointer. In my case, this is caused by multiple monitors attached to the my macbook (or by reattaching monitors?). Application must be opened on "right" display (don't known on what depends it), then it should work properly.

Thanks you!!!!! This totally solved my problem.  I'm surprised this application seems so well written in most aspect ... then this.  

 

It's like they hired one Microsoft developer and told them to track the mouse pointer inside the app. 😉

Edited February 23, 2022 by bkoehn

[dolphinbuddy 0]

Just wanted to let you all know that the privacy settings fix is still necessary at the end of 2023. I found this thread at the top of my search and I'm so grateful. It's so not obvious to do that, but it makes sense because I ran into the problem when I added files by drag and drop for the first time. smh