Intellij IDEA 2016.2 not responding to mouse clicks on OSX - macos

I cannot work any more with Intellij Idea, under OSX. After performing an IDE upgrade, the IDE main window (and any dialogs) has stopped responding to mouse clicks. The menu still works.
I have tried setting the log level to trace, with no success in getting any information of a possible exception when reacting to a mouse click.
The system is generating some thread dumps (a lot more under 2016.2, I have now downgraded to 2016.1.4). Is there a way to get more information to diagnose this issue?

I had a similar issue. It turned out it was my mouse (Microsoft Sculpt wireless) that was causing the issue. After plugging it out and using the touchpad, it suddenly started working. The issue is not 100% reproducible, though. It sometimes works fine, sometimes doesn't
Upgrading OS X helped once, but then the problem came back. Updating IntelliJ and even reinstalling it with removing all data never helped.
#edit: I borrowed an identical Microsoft Sculpt Desktop set from my friend - it worked fine. I bought another one for myself, and so far it works (it's been 3 months now). Weird indeed.

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