Table can't be selected anymore

[Ahura Mazda]

Hi, I'm working with the latest Affinity Publisher version (1.10.4.1198) on a Win10 machine without any special software running. I have created a document that contains several tables. Without further notice or changes I am now unable to select one of the tables with either mouse or even CTRL+A. Everything else can be selected without any hassle. When I save the document "as" and restart Publisher I can select it for a fraction of a second, but then the frame disappears and the selection is gone.

It looks very random and I can't reproduce the error. Do I really need to recreate the whole table (which would be an avoidable lot of work)? What if this happens again? Any way to fix this?

[walt.farrell]

Can you select it in the Layers panel?

[sfriedberg]

@Ahura Mazda, Walt's question is key.  I frequently find that I can only enter a table for editing cell contents by selecting the table in the Layers panel.  None of the lefthand toolbar tools will work, for reasons I do not understand, except of course when they mysteriously start working again.  Once I select the table in the Layer panel, then the table and text tools behave as expected.  So we need to know if you are experiencing this problem, or a different problem.

[Ahura Mazda]

On 11/24/2021 at 1:41 PM, walt.farrell said:

Can you select it in the Layers panel?

Yes, thank you, I could. There was a small lock displayed next to the table. I have no idea how it got there, but it disappeared when I clicked on it. Now the table is editable again.