Unity won't let me click on items in the scene

Hello. Unity has random, frustrating, fits where it won’t let me click on objects in the scene. This seems to happen without warning, and doesn’t seem related to what I’m doing. Any ideas why? This is really taking away my ability to make my game.

Hi,

I don’t recognize the issue. Is it in Editor mode or in Run mode?
Please be aware that you can have two views of your game: the Scene view and the Simulator View. In the Simulator View you can’t click on an item in Editor mode (it’s just a preview on how the game will probably look like). In Scene view, you can click on items, double click in the Hierarchy on an item to make it visible in the scene view, etc.

Hope it helps,

My game is mostly built, so don’t worry I know about the scene editor. My issue is that sometimes I can still move around but I can’t click on things. It seems random, and stops and starts. For example, today clicking on things works. Yesterday it didn’t. My actual code and addons haven’t changed in that time.

Just another thought, prob. you already know this:
The selection tool decides what happens when you click:

When the Hand symbol is selected, you cant select an object…

That’s true. It’s an easy thing to do, but that’s not what I’m having problems with. This is something I’ve noticed on and off for a couple of years now. It seems to go into this mode where it doesn’t matter what tool I have selected, it just won’t work

And then, like yesterday and today, it’s just suddenly back to normal and I can click on things.