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I have noticed that dialog boxes which open up for File Open or File Save As functionality in various applications do not respond to mouse clicks. I can close the dialog box by pressing on the "escape" key and can run default (highlighted) action by pressing the "enter" key. However, mouse clicks do not work. Has anyone faced this issue and is there a solution? I am using 2018 MacBook Pro 13 inch with Retina display.
This issue can be resolved by killing the Dock. Open Terminal, run "killall Dock", and you'll be able to interact with dialog buttons again. I suspect many of the other solutions here work because of a restart.
The the issue still exists on 12.5, let's see if 12.6 fixes it...
@pcmarcin Your issue is identical to mine. Some software debuggers should be informed about that. How can we proceed?
I can tell only for myself. I did not use any "cleaning", "optimizing", "speed-up" or anti-virus apps on my Mac.
That's good!
So what we should do now?
Same issue here! When the file dialog opens (any app) I am not able to select anything.
Selecting files can be archived by using the arrow keys or tab key on the keyboard.
My guess: an accessibility feature altered by some program causes this. Either way, rebooting worked (for now).
This worked for me - minimise, restore and click away. Not every time but enough to occasionally work.
Thanks for your solution of resizing -this works for me but of course, very annoying we have to do this!
Has anyone found a fix or way to fix this issue
Resize dialog box if you can but doesn't work with preferences. I did a reboot yesterday and seems to have been ok for a while.
I have this problem as well and would really appreciate it if Apple would find a solution. At the moment it's just yet another reason to never permit anyone in my institute to buy a MacBook again.
Resizing the dialogue works for me too. BUT... some sub-dialogues can't be resized so you can only hit ESC to get out.
I have not done anything differently or updated but it seems to work now.
So far, only thing that works for me is to log out and re login on my Mac. This is very annoying. Apple should be able to fix this. C’mon Apple!
This issue seems to have been resolved for me after the latest MacOS update (version 11.2.3).
Mac OS Big Sur - Dialog box not responding to mouse clicks
