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chrisdpage7717237
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June 16, 2011
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Selection tool is missing bounding box... show bounding box not available

  • June 16, 2011
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My selection tool is missing the bounding box, i am unable to transform anything.

under View where show bounding box is suppost to be it is not.

I am using CS5... and JUST installed it, i haven't done anything yet.

please help!

    Correct answer askaboutnuel

    It's ctrl+shift+b for PC

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    jeffd92522970
    jeffd92522970
    New Participant
    August 8, 2017

    An uninstall from the creative cloud app and deleting all app data when asked, along with a reinstall fixed the problem.  5 minute fix with a fast internet connection.

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    bvv63602725
    New Participant
    August 3, 2017

    Hey all,

    Here's my temporary fix that worked for me.

    Go to Outline view (ctrl + Y)

    toggle on and off the Ctrl + H Till you see the handles

    Cheers.

    Crazerep

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      Hulaula
      New Participant
      October 25, 2017

      Thank you!

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      aniyishay
      New Participant
      June 5, 2017

      I saw a bounding box when I enabled this:

      > Windows 10, AMD FX 8350, 32GB DDR3 Memory, 2047MB NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950 (EVGA) Video Card if it matters; it's noticibly slower than CS6 when I went to CC. It's very good, but I hate the Photoshop Hotkeys also, boo.

      luiss4428325
      luiss4428325
      New Participant
      April 10, 2017

      Same problem here

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      polinhuang
      New Participant
      May 5, 2017

      If if you've tried cmd+shift+b and it still doesnt work. make sure your object is ungrouped

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      ianb48349454
      Inspiring
      February 17, 2016

      Definitely a bug. I have seen this happen randomly over years of using Illustrator. Maybe I have hit a shortcut but I can never get the selection back.

      I have tried all of the above and some. Easiest way is to copy the file, open a new document and paste it in.

      Not great solution but works.

      If not a bug and user error let me know.

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      huegliphotos1
      New Participant
      February 17, 2016

      Thanks for the shot.  I had tried that earlier with no success.  It has become too frustrating.  I feel the stability of the application is going backwards the bigger Adobe gets.  I had one of the longest/hardest deployments with the CC installations alone.  It is possible that the deployment might have been a piece to the puzzle.  The oddity is the issue across my 32 station lab.  I have students accounts and I thought the limitation of a student account could be the problem, but it also drops out on the admit account.

      When I finally got ahold of a body at Adobe they just short of blowing me off.  I could hardly understand them with the dialect issue.  We did get through that to the point that they could log onto my station with a remote long in.  When they also say/experienced the issue they said the development team would need to look into it.  That was last Thursday.  Well a week later and no word on how to fix it.  It would not surprise me if they marked me a spam and block my calls.  Adobe has my $2500 and why should they need to higher someone state side that can answer my questions. 

      Sincerely,

      Small Number!

        marjoriep72975472
        marjoriep72975472
        New Participant
        March 26, 2017

        heugli - any joy yet? i'm having the same problem and it's exhausting.

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        cbishop01
        Inspiring
        October 29, 2015

        I had this problem i know it s an old Post but i had to manually go to View/Preview on CPU or if that dont show up View/Preview on GPU and it fixed it.  the CMD + E on mac or CTRL+E on windows didnt work.  After i selected that the shortcut worked again.

        noora afiqahk34423910
        noora afiqahk34423910
        New Participant
        October 15, 2015

        same with me! you see, I have problem to transform this tiny part. but i cant even get the anchor.. is there anybody out there that can help me? please, i need it A.S.A.P

        Larry G. Schneider
        Larry G. Schneider
        Adobe Expert
        October 15, 2015

        ‌What are you trying to do with this path shown? How was the path created?

        noora afiqahk34423910
        noora afiqahk34423910
        New Participant
        October 15, 2015

        HI there.. well i'm auto trace the lips shape and i expand them.. it just that now i want to change the curve and all.. i dont know the specific name for them but somehow i can seems to do it because it seems hidden.. what i mean is this dots shown here.. this one i try to open new document. it is not in the same file.. for starter, yes. we can see te anchor but later than that the anchor disappear out of no where? understand me? no? please help...

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        Melpath01
        New Participant
        June 22, 2015

        THank U!!!

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        Dafarcreative
        Participating Frequently
        November 1, 2014

        I assert the same problem the bounding box works with Circles and all other except Squares. Only if i create a square with paths not by the shape tool the bounding box is working.

        That's really disappointing because i have to work on old projects where i did everything with the shape tool.

        C'mon Adobe... please fix this !

        Larry G. Schneider
        Larry G. Schneider
        Adobe Expert
        November 1, 2014

        Use Expand on the created rectangle and it will work as before. Or if on a Mac update the OS to 10.9 or 10.10.

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        ritche.perez
        New Participant
        October 27, 2014

        checking out the shape tool, and just noticed that the rectangle and rounded shape tool displays differently in settings at the top bar. they appear to be "shape" objects. but when clicking on the elipse tool in that group, it's considered to be a "path" tool? does this have anything to do with this issue because with the elipse, i can create one and the handles are back on the objects, along with the other shapes in there such as the star.

        in order to get the resize handles back onto the rectangular shapes, you have to convert them to path? why are these different?

        Larry G. Schneider
        Larry G. Schneider
        Adobe Expert
        October 27, 2014

        Because of the new "Live" rectangles which allow the live corner effects.

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