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Won't Fix

Votes

2

Found in

2020.2.0a14

2021.1

2021.2

Issue ID

1305536

Regression

Yes

Cannot select UI GameObjects in the Scene view when gizmos are disabled

uGUI

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Cannot select UI GameObjects in the Scene view when gizmos are disabled

How to reproduce:
1. Download and open the submitted project "UIGameObjectsBug.zip"
2. Disable Gizmos on the top-right of the Scene view
3. Press on the button in the Scene view

Expected result: Button GameObject is selected
Actual result: Button GameObject is not selected

Reproducible with: 2020.2.0a14, 2020.2.2f1, 2021.1.0b2, 2021.2.0a1
Not reproducible with: 2018.4.30f1, 2019.4.18f1, 2020.2.0a13

Notes:
Enabling gizmos prevents the issue.
The issue is reproducible with any UI GameObject.
The issue does not affect other GameObjects.

  1. Resolution Note (2020.2.X):

    UGUI elements are not normal renderers. You must have gizmos enabled to be interact with UGUI elements.

Comments (16)

  1. Soren_cadpeople

    Feb 09, 2024 09:00

    Stil not working in 2021.3.32f :-(
    Please fix

  2. Ed-209

    Jan 31, 2024 06:17

    What a shameful and disgusting way to reply to your customers.

    Not even an explanation of why. Like we are human filth and not even worth your time.

    Absolutely disgusting...

  3. arkano22

    Oct 06, 2022 12:20

    This is absurd. Been banging my head against the wall for days, just to discover that it's intended behavior. Why on earth should we enable gizmos to be able to pick UI in the scene view? Makes no sense whatsoever.

  4. Thomas-Mountainborn

    Jun 03, 2022 05:03

    This is honestly shameful. There is no reason for this regression to be introduced, and then purposefully kept. UI in Unity are objects in the scene, so you should damn well be able to click on them to select them, just as it has always been. You haven't done anything to the UI since Unity 5 - the only thing you've changed since then it this regression. Re-open this issue, and fix it.

  5. rscTrifork

    Apr 20, 2022 09:31

    WTH, won't fix introducing what is clearly a bug?
    "Hi, we made your user experience worse with this new bugfix, you're welcome!"
    "But we don't like the fix"
    "But it's a new feature! So we won't fix"
    Starting to get sick of Unity...

  6. JackStriker

    Nov 24, 2021 09:06

    This annoying bug is still not fix in 2021.2.2f1.

  7. nomadic

    Nov 04, 2021 17:15

    "UGUI elements are not normal renderers." Who cares? Whether you've been using Unity for ten years or just starting this is really poor UX.

  8. skizbot99

    Sep 13, 2021 17:43

    To Unity team: please re-open this bug or open a feature request to make UGUI elements selectable without Gizmos being turned on.

    This is how it has worked in previous Unity versions and is a much better user experience, especially for artists and designers working in Unity (who need to be able to see "clean/unobscured" versions of the scene without Gizmo overlays).

    Otherwise this is a huge step backwards in usability.

  9. april_4_short

    Jul 19, 2021 12:31

    Absurd choice. Please reconsider. And fix.

  10. Rib

    Jun 24, 2021 00:46

    Here's another recent thread that seems to show that there's confusion around this now: https://forum.unity.com/threads/cant-see-anchors-on-ui.435197/

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