Cannot select a pasted image.

Forum|Forum|6 months ago
September 22, 2025
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I have been working on a figure for a paper, and I am now having a peculiar issue with one of my pasted images. I had been able to click on the image to select it; however, once I resized it, I could no longer select it, unless I selected the corner of the bounding box. The other images can still be selected and moved, but the one image cannot be moved or selected anymore.

Any suggestions?

Thanks!

Bug

Ton Frederiks

Community Expert

Looks like https://illustrator.uservoice.com/forums/601447/suggestions/50193525

M

MADPResearchAuthor

Known Participant

Yup! That sounds exactly like what's happening! It appears that this bug has been occurring for nearly a year now. Hopefully, it will get some attention soon.

Ton Frederiks

Community Expert

I suppose this is not checked in Preferences: Object Selection by Path Only

And did you check if it is locked?

M

MADPResearchAuthor

Known Participant

Yes, I checked both. It becomes unselectable from one move to another. If I
hit undo, changing it back to the previous scale, I can select it again.
Then, I scale it down a little and it’s no longer able to be selected
unless I left click and drag through the bounding box. But even then, I
can’t left click and drag the image around.

Anubhav M

Community Manager

Hello @MADPResearch,

Thanks for sharing the details. Could you also confirm the version of the OS/Illustrator installed and share a small screen recording of your exact workflow and the problem, so we can better assist you?

Anubhav

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