Bug? We need a more reliable pick select visible

far too often do i get prompted with the selection menu when the objects are clearly behind. can we have a fix for this or why is that happening?

selecting near objects in shaded mode seams standard in Rhino 8.

I don’t know what you are seeing?

yes correct, and i also had the feeling that worked better before (v5 for mac) but in most files i work it does not work reliably. i ever so often encounter the exact opposite.

in on some cases it depends on the angle to trigger it like for instance 45° in the first example
but then i get prompted with all the crap which is in closer proximity behind

in this case below the angle does not matter at all, it always prompts me to select. though the lower block is clearly behind.

here the file.

forum.3dm (6.5 MB)

i updated the title and the text to reflect that better.