An invisible frame in the default UI is breaking click

Since 8.1, I have noticed that my right and left click stop working after a few arena matches. Specifically, I can’t click a rectangular area of my screen, typically below my character. The clicks just don’t register whatsoever as long as my mouse is over this area, which makes it impossible to use my camera when my mouse is hovering over this specific part of the UI.

I think I’ve figured out why: After I get loot, the window that pops up to show me my loot gets permanently stuck — although it goes invisible. This makes it impossible to click in this area until I reload my UI.

I used /fstack to figure this out. It shows that an invisible green frame, tied to “GroupLootContainer,” is permanently there, even after I can no longer see the actual loot window. I would link a screenshot to this, but I apparently am not allowed to.

My husband does not have this problem. When he gets loot, this frame seems to fade out after it no longer shows his loot. It only seems to be affecting my game, as well as a few other people I know who have had this problem since 8.1.

This happens after I clear my Cache, WTF, and Interface folders, and without any addons whatsoever. A full reinstall did not fix it. The only way to fix it is to reload my UI, but it will inevitably happen again once I get loot.

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Can confirm this is a problem. My husband has it all the time, and it happens to some other people I know too. I have no idea why it doesn’t happen to me, even when I’m using addons.

Same thing here, but it’s more in the middle for my screen. Very frustrating when trying to target/drag.

Man, THAT’S what that is. I thought it was Dominos being lousy. Glad I never made a fuss of it over there, as it’s not their fault.

I did find a fix for it and that’s using the /reload command. However the invisible frame does reappear so I’ve made it a practice to /reload every arena game.

Still annoying though, as I shouldn’t have to do that.

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Gonna necropost this. I can never find a solution that is permanent and have been dealing with this for months. I’m this close to going back to default UI, but I REALLY Don’t want to do that. Has anyone found a particular addon causing this issue? Which addon was it? Because I may be using the same one.