# Interactive select points in 2D
**URL:** https://discourse.paraview.org/t/interactive-select-points-in-2d/1904
**Category:** ParaView Support
**Created:** [May 22, 2019, 2:14pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/interactive-select-points-in-2d/1904 "2019-05-22T14:14:22Z")
**Posts on this page:** 7
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### Author:  [@mzenker](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/mzenker)
#### Post date: [May 22, 2019, 2:14pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/interactive-select-points-in-2d/1904/1 "2019-05-22T14:14:22Z")
Hi,
I have a (hopefully) simple question: I visualize a 2D vtu data set (result of a simulation with Elmer) and want to select one or several points. My 2D geometry is in the xy plane, and I view it with the “-z” view. When I activate “Interactive Select Points On”, I would expect to be able to point and click to select points. However, the points which get actually get highlighted and selected are (apparently?) at completely different locations, in a seemingly arbitrary manner. Why is this, and what is the right way to select points interactively in 2D?
I am on ParaView 5.5.2 64-bit, Windows 7.
Thank you for a helpful hint.
Matthias
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### Author:  [@mzenker](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/mzenker)
#### Post date: [May 22, 2019, 2:20pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/interactive-select-points-in-2d/1904/2 "2019-05-22T14:20:04Z")
The same happens when I use “Select Points On (d)”. Only “Select Points Through (g)” seems to do what I would expect, i.e. select the points inside the rectangle I draw with the mouse. But as the mesh is very fine at the location of interest, this needs a lot of zooming to select a single point that way…
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### Author:  [@wascott](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/wascott)
#### Post date: [May 22, 2019, 5:11pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/interactive-select-points-in-2d/1904/3 "2019-05-22T17:11:04Z")
Matthias - thanks for reporting! Mind posting a dataset that shows this bad behavior? Thanks!
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### Author:  [@mzenker](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/mzenker)
#### Post date: [May 23, 2019, 3:51pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/interactive-select-points-in-2d/1904/4 "2019-05-23T15:51:41Z")
Sure! [case0001.vtu](https://discourse.paraview.org/uploads/default/original/2X/7/78913595ac0602b6edc703440b1c1ca978d45f26.vtu) (383.6 KB)
Thanks for having a look,
Matthias
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### Author:  [@mzenker](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/mzenker)
#### Post date: [May 27, 2019, 2:08pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/interactive-select-points-in-2d/1904/5 "2019-05-27T14:08:12Z")
Any news?
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### Author:  [@mwestphal](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/mwestphal)
#### Post date: [May 28, 2019, 7:43am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/interactive-select-points-in-2d/1904/6 "2019-05-28T07:43:17Z")
This is a bug and it has been corrected in newer version.
Please use the last released version of ParaView, 5.6.0.
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### Author:  [@mzenker](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/mzenker)
#### Post date: [May 28, 2019, 8:25am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/interactive-select-points-in-2d/1904/7 "2019-05-28T08:25:43Z")
Indeed. 🙂
Thank you!
Matthias