Selecting light object in Lighting Search window doesn’t highlight it in the Hierarchy window

Unity: Lighting

As Designed

6.6.X

6.5.X

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Steps to reproduce:
1. Create new Unity project
2. Open Lighting Search window (Window > Rendering > Lighting Search)
3. In Lighting Search window select “Directional Light” object
4. Observe the Hierarchy window

Actual results: Selecting light object in Lighting Search doesn’t highlight it in the Hierarchy window with yellow highlight
Expected results: Selecting light object in Lighting Search highlights it in the Hierarchy window with yellow highlight

Reproducible with versions: 6000.5.0b5, 6000.6.0a3
Can’t test with versions: 6000.0.72f1, 6000.3.13f1, 6000.4.2f1 (Lighting search window is not available)

Tested on (OS): Ubuntu 24.04, macOS Silicon Tahoe 26.4.1

Notes:

Selecting light object in Search window highlights it in the Hierarchy window

Selecting light object in Lighting Search window doesn’t highlight it in the Hierarchy window

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Selecting light object in Lighting Search window doesn’t highlight it in the Hierarchy window

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