A different object gets selected when I select another one

Summary:

It selects the left side object (the text block) when I try to select the letter "O". The boundaries of the text block on left side is far away from the mouse pointer. Still selects it. Why?

I even asked this in the inkscape forum couple of months back, it's not even solved in latest version of inkscape, is that something the developers can't fix/ not worth spending time for?

Just curious as it's bit annoying as I always have to lock the objects or hide them before selecting nearby objects.

Why can't the selection detect if it's on the actual object boundaries? is it a coding limitation?

Steps to reproduce:

  • open Inkscape
  • open SVG dunk selecion
  • try to click on O

What happened?

Different object gets selected when clicking.

What should have happened?

It should have selected the object we're clicking on.

Sample attachments:

Obser cursor changes when there is icon change it detects selection in empty space ![inkscape_Bt2r2aNoz8] (/uploads/7655b68a2a919f06112d099e256a99d1/inkscape_Bt2r2aNoz8.mp4)

You can check the following project svg file the issue in action.

drunkSelection.svg

Version info

Version 1.4 
(However, I've been noticing this from version 1.2.2 and still not fixed)


BTW, I use macMini, ARM, macOS sequoia 15.3.2
Edited by Adam Belis