In Linear pattern the reference direction selection is not working, when selecting either a line or a face, it just doesn't work:

In pad the direction selection won't allow lines to be selected:

OS: Windows 10 Version 2009
Word size of FreeCAD: 64-bit
Version: 2023.131.26244 +5365 (Git)
Build type: Release
Branch: LinkDaily
Hash: 73c4ca2
Python version: 3.10.8
Qt version: 5.15.4
Coin version: 4.0.1
OCC version: 7.6.3
Locale: Finnish/Finland (fi_FI)