Comment 2 for bug 196453

I can confirm this bug on Inkscape 0.46 built Apr 1, 2008 on Windows XP SP2.

It doesn't matter if it's consistent, this bug wasn't present in 0.45 and it is bad UI design. When I set an object to 0% opacity it's because I want it to be fully transparent, I don't want it to be unclickable and unselectable, and just disappear.
Now I have to remember this bug every time I use Inkscape and make sure that things I want FULLY transparent are instead set to 1% opacity.

I cannot imagine why anyone would want a feature that can make an object invisible and unselectable in the first place. Wouldn't you just delete it instead?