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BittyEnd
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July 20, 2009
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Selection Tool Won't Resize

  • July 20, 2009
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Illustrator was working fine for me all last week and I've never had a problem using the selection tool to grab and resize my objects but for some reason today my selection tool will only SELECT objects, not resize them.  Upon approaching the corner of an object, the black arrow remains but a small white square appears at the bottom right instead of the entire cursor turning into resizing/rotating arrows.  I tried restarting my computer to no avail.  It happens on objects I create as well as objects that I place in.  Any thoughts...?  Thank you!

    Correct answer Jacob Bugge

    Bitty,

    View>Show Bounding Box (Ctrl/Cmd+Shift+B).

    20 replies

    Cris108
    Cris108
    Known Participant
    August 7, 2023

    Turning on Bounding Box doesn't help. MacOS Ventura 13.4.1 (c), iMac. Illustrator 27.7.0

    I get "This operation cannot be completed becauses of an unknown error (NOKY) when I try to shift > drag a corner of the boounding box. Also happens when I use the "Scale" option in the Tools palette.

    Jacob Bugge
    Community Expert
    Jacob BuggeCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    August 8, 2023

    marshall,

     

    Yours look more like a corruption issue.

     

    Is it happening with only one object/path, or only with artwork within one document, or with any artwork in any document?

    Cris108
    Cris108
    Known Participant
    August 8, 2023

    With any object, vector or placed image.

    I'm testing, and it may be that this only happens with previous images (not sure starting when), but if I create a new doc and a new vector image, it seems to resize ok. Need to test a bit further on this. Also If I place a previous vector object in the new doc, the problem persists with that object.

     

    TTITTA_M
    TTITTA_M
    Participant
    January 8, 2021

    saved my life!THANK U!

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      Kit5FAA
      Participant
      October 10, 2020

      Ok...What if I have the bounding box on...but it only lets me resize the bounding box, when I want to it to drag and resize the text?

      Monika Gause
      Community Expert
      Monika GauseCommunity Expert
      Community Expert
      October 10, 2020

      "Ok...What if I have the bounding box on...but it only lets me resize the bounding box, when I want to it to drag and resize the text?"

       

      You might want to tell us some details of what you want to do - scale an area text?

      Use the scale tool for that.

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      Kit5FAA
      Participant
      October 10, 2020

      Hi there,

      I actually figured it out. I needed to double click on that little circle to the right to change the it. 

      Jacob Bugge
      Community Expert
      Jacob BuggeCommunity Expert
      Community Expert
      September 19, 2020

      You are welcome, AM.

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      AM.Alishahi
      Participant
      September 13, 2020

      OMG !

      Thanks !! ❤

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      solomon5EFC
      Participant
      August 30, 2020

      that don't even work for me i have the box and it still doesn't let me resize it

      Larry G. Schneider
      Community Expert
      Larry G. SchneiderCommunity Expert
      Community Expert
      August 30, 2020

      Does the Scale Tool work?

      Jacob Bugge
      Community Expert
      Jacob BuggeCommunity Expert
      Community Expert
      April 20, 2020

      You are welcome, skae4ka.

       

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      skae4ka
      Participant
      April 20, 2020

      Thank you ! I just had the same issue.  The solution is simple, and now I know it. Thanks to you!!! 

      Jacob Bugge
      Community Expert
      Jacob BuggeCommunity Expert
      Community Expert
      March 26, 2020

      You are thrice welcome, Jeff.

       

      You can turn this into a Bookmark (or similar in your browser) for future use and save the search.

       

      It is probably a keyboard mishit for a nearby keystroke shortcut that seemingly failed to work, and your failing to realize that something else may have happened, then just trying again and getting it right and forgetting about it; the most likely one may be Ctrl/Cmd+Shift+G for Ungroup.

       

      Ctrl/Cmd+H is probably the most frequent keyboard mishit, completely surrounded by other keyboard shorcuts, closing in on all sides.

       

      Anyroad, it is always nice to see old threads live.

       

        jeffs78523647
        jeffs78523647
        Participant
        March 25, 2020

        For some reason this issue has recently been happening again. This must be the third time I searched and found your solution. Thanks!

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