#### Summary: <!-- Summarize the issue/suggestion concisely: --> 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: <!-- Describe what you did (step-by-step) so we can 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.  #### Version info <!-- Open 'Help > About' and click on the little bug icon in the bottom right corner that copies the debug information to your clipboard. For command line users, run 'inkscape --debug-info'. For Inkscape 1.0.2 and older, please manually add the Inkscape Version and Operating System Version. The Inkscape version is listed in the About dialog. For command line users, run 'inkscape -V' Paste the information in the empty space between the apostrophes below: --> ``` 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 ``` <!-- ❤️ Thank you for filling in a new bug report, we appreciate the help! ❤️ Please be patient while we try to find the time to look into your issue. Remember that Inkscape is developed by volunteers in their spare time, we'll try our best to respond to all reports. --> <!-- Please be careful when/after writing # for example in logs, code, or versions of linux - use inline code span - single backticks (`) before and after it, like this - `#1618` - use multi-line code block - triple backticks (```) to fence/enclose console logs - attach long logs as a text file. -->