Can't make Jool a target

[Kulebron]

Need help with the orbital map UI: I can't get a context menu for Jool. All other planets and Jool satellites can be targets, but not Jool itself. I tried clicking from all directions and observing all possible objects, but no success. Any suggestions? It worked before some point, then just disappeared. Restarting KSP does not help.

Edited September 29, 2014 by Kulebron

[metaphor]

Try clicking on Jool's orbit instead of Jool itself. That usually works.

[Kulebron]

Will try, thanks!

[Taki117]

Also note that if you are inside Jool's SoI you cannot select it as a target (This goes for being in orbit around one of it's moons as well)

[Kulebron]

Clicking on orbit did work!

[Oafman]

This seems to happen a lot with Jool. I've had it a few times.

In particular, it seems to happen when you've made your burn to Jool, and are looking to set up a mid-transfer correction. In that instance, I've found that even clicking on Jool's orbit doesn't work. But, as soon as you have left Kerbin's SoI, it immediately becomes possible to set Jool as a target.