If you are in a wide field view, you can right-click on an object and
quickly get its data. If you are in a narrow view, you frequently
cannot do this because Guide selects every star but the object itself
(eg an NGC or M object). Using the 'next' facility is OK but even
so.... in a zoomed in mode, you could die of old age waiting to reach
the required object.

Any chance of a simple fix for this problem?

Lawrence