Hi there, I’ve recently moved from sketchup 2024 to sketchup 2026 and I’ve encountered a strange bug while modelling where sometimes my grouped object becomes unselectable. I’ve encountered this problems quite a few times, and it usually happens the same way. I’m currently in a group or nested gro…

Share the .skp file so we can see if we get similar results. Are you still using Windows 10 and the Nvidia GTX970 listed in your forum profile? Please complete and update your forum profile.

Dropbox I’ve shared a link to my file above since it’s above sharing limits. I’ve also updated my profile.

[image] HyperFrost: The only way to remove it is to use the command select all, then painstakingly unselect everything else until it is the only object remaining, then press delete to remove it. Can you select it using the Outliner tree?

Indeed it’s a weird thing but I see Dan is replying so I’ll leave it to him. I selected it via Outliner after hiding everything else. Strangely the bounding box is shown a long way from the frame. [Screenshot - 3_15_2026 , 9_01_32 AM] I exploded it via Outliner and remade it as a component givin…

[image] HyperFrost: sketchup pro version: 26.1.189 64 bit I checked the Release Notes for SketchUp 26.1.2 but I did not see any specific fix for a bug like this. You might update anyway to get the benefits of other fixes.

The displaced bounding box probably is the reason for unselectablility. This has happened in recent versions. I thought @colin has logged this bug?

Thank you for your suggestion. I can indeed select the group and delete via outliner (normally I don’t use outliner). I can now fix the problem by selecting the group in outliner, exploding it, and making a new group. For now I think I’ll have to change my workflow to create geometry first then gro…

Yes, good, but the displaced bounding box bug still needs fixing.

There was a bounding box issue fixed in 2026.0, which should be in the version you’re using. I don’t see the issue when I try your model. Although there weren’t more bounding box issues fixed recently, you might as well update to the latest version, it has several useful fixes in it. You can choose…

Sketchup 2026 unselectable group bug

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This seems to be a regression to a bug that was in 2025 web version.

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Sketchup 2026 unselectable group bug

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