You need to look in your selection preferences.

Click box size and the Select Dead space options could be the problem.
On Mon, 18 Jan 2016 at 19:45, Sebastien Sterling <
[email protected]> wrote:

> No, it's not snapping.
>
> is there some kind of radius sensibility setting ?
>
> also i use a tablet, does maya have some dedicated settings or parameters
> for tablets, that i am not seeing ?
>
> Am really hoping this isn't just the regular workflow. does anyone else
> "HAVE" to use marquee selections with the transformation tools, to prevent
> maya from nudging things out of there initial position or wild falling
> rotations? or to stop it selecting anything remotely close to your intended
> selection ?
>
> It's a nightmare. makes every process longer, and i find myself triple
> checking everything to make sure maya hasn't sneakily popped anything away
> from its initial position.
>
> Living in fear of a program :(
>
> I have no render tree and i must scream !
>
>
>
> On 18 January 2016 at 18:50, Luc-Eric Rousseau <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
>> snapping is on perhaps?
>>
>> On 18 January 2016 at 04:01, Martin Yara <[email protected]> wrote:
>> > I see, I don't know any setting to change this behaviour or solution
>> other
>> > than use drag select instead of click select when you are using move or
>> > rotation tools for selection, or use the selection tool.
>> >
>> > I find this annoying when using tweaking for components, if I lack
>> precision
>> > I end up moving the object. In this case I usually lock translation
>> > attributes but in your case I don't think this would be a good solution.
>> >
>> > Martin
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > On Mon, Jan 18, 2016 at 2:35 PM, Sebastien Sterling
>> > <[email protected]> wrote:
>> >>
>> >> This occurs when using the translate rotation or scale
>> tools/manipulators,
>> >> not the regular selection tool, the one with the cursor symbol is fine.
>> >>
>> >> On 18 January 2016 at 05:17, Sebastien Sterling
>> >> <[email protected]> wrote:
>> >>>
>> >>> No, Pick/Marquee
>> >>>
>> >>> i've tried all of them.
>> >>>
>> >>> On 18 January 2016 at 05:14, Martin <[email protected]> wrote:
>> >>>>
>> >>>> are you using tweak mode ?
>> >>>>
>> >>>> Martin
>> >>>> Sent from my iPhone
>> >>>>
>> >>>> > On 2016/01/18, at 13:29, Sebastien Sterling
>> >>>> > <[email protected]> wrote:
>> >>>> >
>> >>>> > Hey Guys.
>> >>>> >
>> >>>> > Am setting up an mGear biped guide. (mGear is not the problem,
>> cheers
>> >>>> > Miquel it is really cool !)
>> >>>> >
>> >>>> > Every (FUCKING) time i go to select a control/mesh, it snaps to my
>> >>>> > mouse, or activates a manipulator handle, moving the selection a
>> fraction
>> >>>> > away from it's initial position.
>> >>>> >
>> >>>> > Sometimes it will even select something that is in the proximity of
>> >>>> > what i want to select, and snaps it to my cursor.
>> >>>> >
>> >>>> > I have no idea why this is a thing. is it some (demented) selection
>> >>>> > mode for animators to move stuff faster ?
>> >>>> >
>> >>>> > My workaround so far has been to draw selection boxes, when
>> >>>> > endeavoring to select controls.
>> >>>> >
>> >>>> > Is there something that needs to be unticked to banish this Troll
>> like
>> >>>> > functionality.
>> >>>> >
>> >>>> > If there is i have not found it.
>> >>>> >
>> >>>> > Does anyone know what the f... this is and how it can be dealt
>> with.
>> >>>> >
>> >>>> > PS: i hope whoever is responsible for this particular "feature"
>> gets
>> >>>> > Ebola, and not the fun kind...
>> >>>>
>> >>>
>> >>
>> >
>>
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