Hello @David39021250stog,
We understand that encountering technical issues can be frustrating. Would you mind confirming if Illustrator behaves this way with all files? If not, kindly share a public link to a sample file after uploading it to Dropbox/Google Drive/etc. so we can check it on our end.
Also, try installing a previous version of Illustrator (https://adobe.ly/4fKoxV0) and sharing your observations.
Looking forward to hearing from you.
Thanks,
Anubhav