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This question has been asked a few times in various forms here, but none of the solutions work for me. I have included a short video showing the issue, where I highlight everything.

https://youtu.be/OP9Q6qG978s

Video broken down:

  • Brand new install of 2.8 (even deleted the data in Appdata/Roaming/Blender Foundation/2.80)
  • Restriction Toggle for the armature is not disabled
  • 'Lock Object Modes' in Pose Mode whether On or Off doesn't fix it
  • Unparenting the mesh from the armature and reparenting doesn't fix it

Something I forgot to say in the video, importing that character mesh into 2.79 works and doesn't have any of these problems (opening a saved 2.79 project in 2.80 does not fix it either). Same with other character meshes I have tested.

I genuinely don't know what to do, and neither do my buddies who work with Blender regularly. I have been trying to fix this for 3 days now, and I am very frustrated as it's preventing me from working with any armatures.

Can't Select Bones in Pose Mode (Blender 2.8)

I can't keep my armature in pose mode when selecting another object

Why can't I select bones in pose mode

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Try to disable "In Front" in Viewport Display in the Armature Tab - that worked for me

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    $\begingroup$ This worked for me also.... as did circle select mentioned in another answer. $\endgroup$
    – PSpeed
    Apr 18, 2020 at 21:16
  • $\begingroup$ This issue seems to occur on a per-file basis. I managed to fix it in a file by playing around with the "Local View" (Num Pad [/]), "X-Ray" (<Alt>[Z]), "In Front", "Display As", and "In Front (Animate property)" (Object Properties) options. I can click to select bones again afterwards, even with "In Front" on, but I had to restart Blender to click the 3D view panel widgets. It didn't work until after I'd enabled and disabled the "Animate" diamond for "In Front" either. $\endgroup$
    – Will Chen
    Apr 25, 2020 at 22:50
  • $\begingroup$ For reference, here is a thread on BlenderArtists with other people's findings: blenderartists.org/t/… Here is a linked bug ticket that is supposed to have been resolved: developer.blender.org/T65221 $\endgroup$
    – Will Chen
    Apr 25, 2020 at 22:53
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I had his same problem. So apparently this bug happens when you start a file with an older version of Blender and then load it into 2.8. What I would do is open a new blank file and just "append" or import it from your older file.

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I had the same issue for a long time. It seems that you can select individual bones using the Select Circle tool instead of the standard Select.

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I'm not sure if it's a bug or if it means that we should use it from now on. But it works.

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I had the same problem just a moment ago. Imported character were working, but their duplicate pose was unselectable. I saved and restarted the software and it is now working. A bad answer but we all forget to do it first.

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I had this issue with a character I'm rigging, only Circle Select and Select All worked.

I found that turning off In Front on my armature fixed the issue.

My armature was still in front of my mesh, turns out I had X-Ray on as well, the combination of that and In Front caused my bones to be unable to be selected with box select mode.

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