# Orange Selection outline not showing in perspective viewport! **URL:** \ **Category:** Platform & Builds\ **Tags:** outline, unreal-engine, editor, selection, UE4, question\ **Created:** [April 4, 2017, 3:17pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/orange-selection-outline-not-showing-in-perspective-viewport/389957 "2017-04-04T15:17:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![anonymous\_user\_ecdff6d5](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/2/8/5/28502927f1d97ba1051b3b47ccfe17233bf41ef0.png) [@anonymous\_user\_ecdff6d5](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/anonymous_user_ecdff6d5)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2017, 3:17pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/orange-selection-outline-not-showing-in-perspective-viewport/389957/1 "2017-04-04T15:17:08Z")
Okay, I downloaded UE4 and everything was working, then one day I clicked something(have no idea what) accidentally. I didn’t notice right away but the selection outline was not showing in the perspective viewport. So I searched for help, found some helpful ones and altough they worked for others, I did the exact same steps as they did and still no solution. So far I’ve seen 1 person commenting about the solution not working, but no one came up with a solution to his and my problem ever since. I have just reinstalled UE4 and The Epic Games Launcher and has still not worked with an old project neither with a newly made one. The ‘solution’ to other people was to go into Edit\>\>Editor Preferences\>\>Viewports\>\>Look and Feel\>\> and tick the Üse Selection Otline’ and also change the Intensity to something above 0. Any type of feedback is welcome! ---
**Author:** ![dbrizov](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/2/8/5/28502927f1d97ba1051b3b47ccfe17233bf41ef0.png) [@dbrizov](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/dbrizov)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2017, 6:37am UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/orange-selection-outline-not-showing-in-perspective-viewport/389957/2 "2017-04-20T06:37:48Z")
I am having the same issue. Are you with an AMD video card? I am with AMD and I read somewhere that this issue came with the new drivers. Currently the version of my driver is 17.4.2. Right now there is a workaround. At the bottom of the **Edit\>\>Editor Preferences\>\>Viewports\>\>Look and Feel** section there is and arrow (Show Advanced). There you will find a checkbox **Highlight Selected Object With Brackets**. This will replace the outline with brackets. ---
**Author:** ![anonymous\_user\_ecdff6d5](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/2/8/5/28502927f1d97ba1051b3b47ccfe17233bf41ef0.png) [@anonymous\_user\_ecdff6d5](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/anonymous_user_ecdff6d5)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2017, 6:46am UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/orange-selection-outline-not-showing-in-perspective-viewport/389957/3 "2017-04-20T06:46:33Z")
Hey man, you are the best! Going to try your potential solution tomorrow and get back to you, still thank you for answering so clearly! ---
**Author:** ![dbrizov](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/2/8/5/28502927f1d97ba1051b3b47ccfe17233bf41ef0.png) [@dbrizov](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/dbrizov)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2017, 6:50am UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/orange-selection-outline-not-showing-in-perspective-viewport/389957/4 "2017-04-20T06:50:55Z")
No problem 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![anonymous\_user\_ecdff6d5](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/2/8/5/28502927f1d97ba1051b3b47ccfe17233bf41ef0.png) [@anonymous\_user\_ecdff6d5](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/anonymous_user_ecdff6d5)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2017, 4:46pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/orange-selection-outline-not-showing-in-perspective-viewport/389957/5 "2017-04-23T16:46:19Z")
Hey! Finally got time to try it. It works as promised, thanks! ---
**Author:** ![dbrizov](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/2/8/5/28502927f1d97ba1051b3b47ccfe17233bf41ef0.png) [@dbrizov](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/dbrizov)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2017, 6:02pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/orange-selection-outline-not-showing-in-perspective-viewport/389957/6 "2017-04-23T18:02:15Z")
It doesn’t look fancy like the outline, but will do the job before AMD fixes the drivers 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![anonymous\_user\_7b20a638](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/2/8/5/28502927f1d97ba1051b3b47ccfe17233bf41ef0.png) [@anonymous\_user\_7b20a638](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/anonymous_user_7b20a638)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2017, 6:45pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/orange-selection-outline-not-showing-in-perspective-viewport/389957/7 "2017-04-23T18:45:26Z")
[Why is my material sideways after importing from blender? - Rendering - Epic Developer Community Forums](https://answers.unrealengine.com/questions/592001/why-is-my-material-sideways-after-importing-from-b.html) pleasse help ---
**Author:** ![anonymous\_user\_ecdff6d5](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/2/8/5/28502927f1d97ba1051b3b47ccfe17233bf41ef0.png) [@anonymous\_user\_ecdff6d5](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/anonymous_user_ecdff6d5)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2017, 2:46pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/orange-selection-outline-not-showing-in-perspective-viewport/389957/8 "2017-05-06T14:46:25Z")
Hello again! I got around to reinstalling/reseting my PC. So I installed everething back as it was and it works now! First my view of the level wa squite glitchy, but I only had to turn the ‘’‘brackets’ thing off. Hope this helps you too 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![finwefeanor](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/2/8/5/28502927f1d97ba1051b3b47ccfe17233bf41ef0.png) [@finwefeanor](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/finwefeanor)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2017, 12:54pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/orange-selection-outline-not-showing-in-perspective-viewport/389957/9 "2017-07-20T12:54:57Z")
hey man so selection is working now for you ? ---
**Author:** ![dbrizov](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/2/8/5/28502927f1d97ba1051b3b47ccfe17233bf41ef0.png) [@dbrizov](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/dbrizov)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2017, 1:31pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/orange-selection-outline-not-showing-in-perspective-viewport/389957/10 "2017-07-20T13:31:35Z")
I updated to 4.16 and it’s working for me now ---
**Author:** ![RodrySoza](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/2/8/5/28502927f1d97ba1051b3b47ccfe17233bf41ef0.png) [@RodrySoza](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/RodrySoza)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2025, 9:07pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/orange-selection-outline-not-showing-in-perspective-viewport/389957/11 "2025-08-08T21:07:17Z")
It says solved, but it looks like it was a workaround. Try this as well: 1. Open “Editor Preferences” 2. Scroll to “Level Editor” - \> “ViewPorts” → “Look and Feel” 3. Two options (Halfway down the menu section): a) Make sure “Use Selection Outline” is checked b) Right below it is “Selection Highlight Intensity”; 0.1 will give you a good outline, but you can adjust to your preference.