I cant select bones directly in weight paint mode in Blender 2.8

Gabriel_Solon · October 27, 2018, 7:21pm

In blender 2.79, i just had to put the armature in pose mode, tab out, the go in weight paint mode on the mesh to be able to select the bones and its respective weights on the mesh. As far as i could see, you cant select bones on the armature from weight paint mode on the mesh… is there a new workflow?
i could not find anything on this issue, so i am assuming im missing something quite basic.
Thanks in advance

osiriswrecks · October 28, 2018, 9:31am

I had the same issuev earlier this week…hold down the Ctrl button and select. Took me a while to figure that one out.

Gabriel_Solon · October 28, 2018, 4:56pm

but are you using 2.8? i am aware of this, but it still doesnt work

CYNIC78 · October 28, 2018, 5:08pm

2.79 here, selecting bones in weight paint mode is working well. No idea what’s wrong in your blender. Try to download fresh blender and try it, it should work.

Gabriel_Solon · October 28, 2018, 5:11pm

i think i didnt comunicate well, my 2.79 works normaly, but i want to use 2.8, and its apparently not possible to do this.

CYNIC78 · October 28, 2018, 5:22pm

Ah then ok, i just misunerstood you. Hope they will fix it in 2.8. Maybe you should report this issue.

Gabriel_Solon · October 28, 2018, 5:26pm

i thought that this being such a basic thing, it would be either already reported or that i would not know of some specific workframe.
i will be reporting this now

osiriswrecks · October 28, 2018, 5:40pm

Yep it works in my 2.8 build. Maybe something broke between builds? Have you tried downloading the latest one from the website?

Gabriel_Solon · October 28, 2018, 5:43pm

i will do that now and report

osiriswrecks · October 28, 2018, 6:00pm

Ok great. I’m traveling but when I get a chance I’ll double check it on my end too.

Breniak · November 17, 2018, 5:38pm

Hi, you have to go to Edit -> “uncheck” Lock Object Mode -> profit!

Gabriel_Solon · November 17, 2018, 6:27pm

Thanks! that was it

rccDave · June 1, 2019, 11:11pm

In 2.80.74, In Weight Paint Mode, while hovering over desired bone, Shift + RMB does it.

I did not find (yet) the “uncheck Lock Object Mode” mentioned earlier.

ethan.trim · January 30, 2020, 1:48am

I was having trouble with this but finally realized I needed to:

Select mesh
Go to Modifiers (Wrench Icon)
Add an “Armature” modifier
In the new armature modifiers tab under “Object:” select Armature.
Happy Rigging

Hopefully this helps those as noob as I.

Just_ED · April 1, 2020, 1:38am

guys. please check my video. I have solved this ploblem all going back to normal as weight paint mode should work
Blender 2.8 _ Cant select bone in weight paint mode FIXED!!!