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Illustrator CC: text selection not highlighting

Explorer ,
Oct 30, 2013 Oct 30, 2013

I have a basic document in Illustrator CC. The document is just text boxes for an organization chart.

When I go to change text in a text box, specifically trying to select text and edit the text - their is no text selection. I cannot go into a text box and double-click to select text, nothing selects and/or their is not selection color.

How do I fix text selection?

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Community Expert , Oct 30, 2013 Oct 30, 2013

Often you may think you have nothing slected, but just the mode for showoing edges has been toggled.

View >> show edges. 

Command H Mac or CTRL H on PC

If you try to select and indeed nothing gets selected (you can hit dlete key as a test adn then undo) could be a number of issues

  1. locked layer
  2. locked object
  3. mask or other item on top is interferring
  4. it is a symbol
  5. it is in an opacity mask
  6. might be in an envelope
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Nov 05, 2023 Nov 05, 2023
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I'm not using Hide Edges all the time, but every now and then it is indeed very helpful to be able to hide selected point. Even with type. The highlighting can be not only distracting, but also hides the artwork.

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