diff --git a/source/blender/editors/include/ED_view3d.h b/source/blender/editors/include/ED_view3d.h
index 67ace0a7a89..52aa5f56fee 100644
--- a/source/blender/editors/include/ED_view3d.h
+++ b/source/blender/editors/include/ED_view3d.h
@@ -459,7 +459,7 @@ void ED_view3d_project_float_v3_m4(const struct ARegion *region,
 
 eV3DProjStatus ED_view3d_project_base(const struct ARegion *region,
                                       struct Base *base,
-                                      short r_co[2]);
+                                      float r_co[2]);
 
 /* *** short *** */
 eV3DProjStatus ED_view3d_project_short_ex(const struct ARegion *region,
diff --git a/source/blender/editors/space_view3d/view3d_project.c b/source/blender/editors/space_view3d/view3d_project.c
index 498f86e36fd..c5f951bd64c 100644
--- a/source/blender/editors/space_view3d/view3d_project.c
+++ b/source/blender/editors/space_view3d/view3d_project.c
@@ -77,14 +77,16 @@ void ED_view3d_project_float_v3_m4(const ARegion *region,
 
 eV3DProjStatus ED_view3d_project_base(const struct ARegion *region,
                                       struct Base *base,
-                                      short r_co[2])
+                                      float r_co[2])
 {
-  eV3DProjStatus ret = ED_view3d_project_short_global(
+  eV3DProjStatus ret = ED_view3d_project_float_global(
       region, base->object->obmat[3], r_co, V3D_PROJ_TEST_CLIP_DEFAULT);
 
+  /* Prevent uninitialized values when projection fails,
+   * although the callers should check the return value. */
   if (ret != V3D_PROJ_RET_OK) {
-    r_co[0] = IS_CLIPPED;
-    r_co[1] = 0;
+    r_co[0] = -1.0;
+    r_co[1] = -1.0;
   }
 
   return ret;
diff --git a/source/blender/editors/space_view3d/view3d_select.cc b/source/blender/editors/space_view3d/view3d_select.cc
index 5e9720d119e..b14536213b7 100644
--- a/source/blender/editors/space_view3d/view3d_select.cc
+++ b/source/blender/editors/space_view3d/view3d_select.cc
@@ -574,11 +574,16 @@ static bool do_lasso_select_objects(ViewContext *vc,
   BKE_view_layer_synced_ensure(vc->scene, vc->view_layer);
   LISTBASE_FOREACH (Base *, base, BKE_view_layer_object_bases_get(vc->view_layer)) {
     if (BASE_SELECTABLE(v3d, base)) { /* Use this to avoid unnecessary lasso look-ups. */
-      short region_co[2];
+      float region_co[2];
       const bool is_select = base->flag & BASE_SELECTED;
-      const bool is_inside =
-          (ED_view3d_project_base(vc->region, base, region_co) == V3D_PROJ_RET_OK) &&
-          BLI_lasso_is_point_inside(mcoords, mcoords_len, region_co[0], region_co[1], IS_CLIPPED);
+      const bool is_inside = (ED_view3d_project_base(vc->region, base, region_co) ==
+                              V3D_PROJ_RET_OK) &&
+                             BLI_lasso_is_point_inside(mcoords,
+                                                       mcoords_len,
+                                                       int(region_co[0]),
+                                                       int(region_co[1]),
+                                                       /* Dummy value. */
+                                                       INT_MAX);
       const int sel_op_result = ED_select_op_action_deselected(sel_op, is_select, is_inside);
       if (sel_op_result != -1) {
         ED_object_base_select(base, sel_op_result ? BA_SELECT : BA_DESELECT);
@@ -1589,6 +1594,10 @@ static bool object_mouse_select_menu(bContext *C,
                                      const SelectPick_Params *params,
                                      Base **r_basact)
 {
+
+  const float mval_fl[2] = {float(mval[0]), float(mval[1])};
+  /* Distance from object center to use for selection. */
+  const float dist_threshold = 15 * U.pixelsize;
   int base_count = 0;
   bool ok;
   LinkNodePair linklist = {nullptr, nullptr};
@@ -1608,11 +1617,9 @@ static bool object_mouse_select_menu(bContext *C,
       }
     }
     else {
-      const int dist = 15 * U.pixelsize;
-      short region_co[2];
+      float region_co[2];
       if (ED_view3d_project_base(vc->region, base, region_co) == V3D_PROJ_RET_OK) {
-        const int delta_px[2] = {region_co[0] - mval[0], region_co[1] - mval[1]};
-        if (len_manhattan_v2_int(delta_px) < dist) {
+        if (len_manhattan_v2v2(mval_fl, region_co) < dist_threshold) {
           ok = true;
         }
       }