Gizmos no longer displaying in Scene view

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My camera, directional light, and all other gizmos have stopped displaying in Scene view. Also, when grabbing the handle of a GameObject, the handle turns yellow and stays that way. Is this an issues with my GPU, unity, or just my inexperience?

I've made sure gizmos are enabled for the elements I mention above.

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Answer by DAEvo · Jan 09, 2012 at 11:14 PM

OK, I solved it myself. In the Layers drop-down somehow "Default" was unchecked. Checking it brought my Gizmos, view angles, and cam preview back.

I still don't know why my handles are turning yellow when I adjust the position of a GameObject, but I am counting this as a win and a problem based on user-error.

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GVGiu · Mar 18, 2014 at 03:14 PM 1

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just had the same problem, too bad it took me some time to get a search that found this page, reinstalled unity at least a couple of times before figuring this one out

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Answer by domiii · Jun 25, 2015 at 06:29 PM

I had this quite a few times in Unity 5 now, and it never made any sense. Sometimes it was because I removed a whole bunch of stuff and gizmos just disappeared. The only fix is to restart, and it's all good again.

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Mango-Man · Dec 23, 2015 at 06:41 AM 0

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+1, I have the same problem with Unity 5.3 and restarting seems to help.

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Answer by Anni2D · Nov 20, 2015 at 08:23 AM

I had similar case. My gizmo was lost. It was because I accidentally switched to 2D mode from 3D. Switching back to 3D brought gizmo back.

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Answer by Linkbeck · Dec 31, 2020 at 08:11 PM

Just had the same problem, Turns out I just had to click ont the gizmo button on the scene view, kinda counter intuitive since there is no check or uncheck. just literally click on the Gizmo button ( not on the drop down arrow next to it)

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rg1693 · Apr 25, 2021 at 05:36 PM 0

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Damn, that was it. WTF it is not obvious at all that the button is checkable, when you have all those checkboxes in the dropdown. thanks

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Answer by ByteSheep · Jan 09, 2012 at 06:38 PM

This may not be the problem but try going to the Gizmo menu on the bar of the scene view. The scene view has a "gizmo menu" where you can set scaling etc for all your gizmos in the scene.

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DAEvo · Jan 09, 2012 at 06:54 PM 0

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Yes, in the Scene/Gizmos dropdown I have all gizmos checked/enabled and the icon scaling slider full on to the right.

Gizmos no longer displaying in Scene view

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