Bounding Box Disappears When Adding Guides

[ayleenc10117041]

I can see the bounding box on my object (a square) but as soon as I click the ruler to pull over a guide, the bounding box disappears. That did not happen in past versions of Illustrator.

Can anyone help me figure out how to retain the bounding box visibility while setting a guide?

I have the bounding box set with a center point. Not using Smart Guides.

Screen recording attached.

[ayleenc10117041]

ADDITIONAL INFO: I tried disabling and enabling Real Time Drawing and GPU Performance. That didn't make a difference.

[Mike_Gondek]

What happens is after you drag a ruler, it becomes selected. If you lock your guides, you won't select the ruler, and you have what you need.

View >> Lock Guides then drag your ruler.

[Anshul_Saini]

Hi @ayleenc10117041,

Thanks for reaching out and sharing the screen recording. This seems like expected behavior. I check in 2023 to 2019 Ai versions. It seems your edges are hidden from the View menu. After turning the edges on, you will see a blue border similar to a bounding box, which will help place guides. Smart Guides will act as a magnet while placing the guides on the edges of the objects, which will also help you out.

Also, if that is not the case, you may try Mike's suggestion and share your observation with us.

Kindly update the discussion if you still need assistance with it. We'd be happy to help.

Thanks,
Anshul Saini

[bldawley]

I came here looking for the same answer and "show edges" is the answer. Thank you!