Adding nodes problem

Kosmic

So i stumbled upon a problem where when i try to add a node (i.e. pressing CTRL + A or doing a right mouse click and through the pop up menu clicking on the "Add Child Node") first of all, the menu where you can select the node you want to add doesn't pop up, second of all, the Godot executable just freezes and does not respond to anything (i can't even close the executable the usual way, i have to go to the task manager to close it from there) . Just before that happened to me first i was importing a .fbx model, then Godot just froze there and i couldn't do anything. The AI model i use advised me to delete the import folder in .godot folder in the folder of my project, so i did just that and it helped, but now i can't add nodes. Btw this is not a problem that occurs only in one project, this is a problem that happends in every single one i have, and as i said this happened after another godot freeze when i tried to import .fbx model. I tried rebooting my pc and installing another Godot executable from their official website, doesn't help. Any ideas on how you can fix this?

Update: just found out that any secondary window that should pop up on certain actions in godot, does not open for me, it's not just adding node issue

DaveTheCoder

What's your operating system and what's the full Godot version?

You could try removing Godot completely from your system before re-installing it. But back up everything first.
Godot creates files outside of the project folder, and something might be corrupted there:
https://docs.godotengine.org/en/4.6/tutorials/io/data_paths.html#editor-data-paths

I prefer to use Self-contained mode, to prevent different installed versions of Godot from interfering with each other:
https://docs.godotengine.org/en/4.6/tutorials/io/data_paths.html#self-contained-mode

Kosmic

DaveTheCoder I use Godot 4.6.1 on Windows 11. I tried deleting the editor data folder and the Godot executable itself completely, still have the same issue. I will try using another version, hope this will help somehow.
Update: tried every major release down to Godot 4.0 ( i.e. 4.5, 4.4 ... 4.0 ), still encounter the same problem.

Kosmic

DaveTheCoder Another update: looks like it's not just node problem. Any "secondary" window that should pop up on certain actions ( for example going into settings ) does not open for me, instead the same problem occurs: godot just freezes

DaveTheCoder

This is a weird problem that I haven't seen before.

I suggest posting this as an issue on the tracker:
https://github.com/godotengine/godot/issues

You could try searching the issues first, in case someone has already posted a similar problem.

Kosmic

DaveTheCoder Don't know why, but it solved the issue after i deleted the editors data folder another time. Thanks!