Changes to weight painting in 2.81 Any insights on changes to weight painting in 2.81?
I had just gotten 2.8 figured out - how to set it up so that I could pose a bone in pose mode, then click on the mesh to go to weight paint mode, and select a bone in weight paint mode as I adjust weights. Although the overall interface is MUCH better, it was easier to adjust a bone in weight paint mode in 2.79.

And it's changed again in 2.81. So that I have to put the armature in object mode before selecting the mesh, which sure slows the process down. Is there another setting involved?
It sounds like you might have had an issue with migrating a file from 2.80 to 2.81, but hopefully this helps someone else doing weight painting in 2.81.

In 2.81 with left click select, you should be able to select bones in Weight Paint mode with Ctrl-Left Mouse. You shouldn't need to switch to Pose mode to pose any bones.



For completeness, my full set of steps is:


Select the rig
Shift-select the mesh
Switch to Weight Paint mode
Use left click to paint + Ctrl-left click to select bones