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BittyEnd
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July 20, 2009
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Selection Tool Won't Resize

  • July 20, 2009
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Illustrator was working fine for me all last week and I've never had a problem using the selection tool to grab and resize my objects but for some reason today my selection tool will only SELECT objects, not resize them.  Upon approaching the corner of an object, the black arrow remains but a small white square appears at the bottom right instead of the entire cursor turning into resizing/rotating arrows.  I tried restarting my computer to no avail.  It happens on objects I create as well as objects that I place in.  Any thoughts...?  Thank you!

    Correct answer Jacob Bugge

    Bitty,

    View>Show Bounding Box (Ctrl/Cmd+Shift+B).

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    prettyboysgonebad
    Participant
    February 9, 2020

    Thanks @Bitty. You saved my day.

    I've been wondering around for a while. Thanks again 

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    susanr24870972
    Participant
    June 29, 2019

    Thank YOU!! This was driving me nuts! What a simple solution! :-)

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    channdanm68163727
    Participant
    December 11, 2018

    tHANK YOU

    emmat12605753
    emmat12605753
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    June 22, 2018

    Thank you so much!

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    JDiGi15
    Participant
    May 16, 2018

    That was it. Answer is correct.

    NjengaSheba
    NjengaSheba
    Participant
    May 16, 2018

    Thank you very much. That issue has been stressing me up. I think I changed the settings as I was trying to un-group some objects using Ctrl+shift+G and I accidentally hit B instead of G.

    Thank you.

    Jacob Bugge
    Community Expert
    Jacob BuggeCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    May 16, 2018

    njengasheba,

    It is even easier to mishit Ctrl+H (Show/Hide Edges), other commands closing in on all sides.

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    JDiGi15
    Participant
    April 30, 2018

    That was it. OMG! Thank you so much. I never changed the settings, so I couldn't understand what happened.

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    TyCron
    Participant
    July 13, 2017

    BIG THANKS! Bitty!

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    christinew73651305
    Participant
    June 3, 2015

    I have been having a bunch of trouble with this. My bounding box is showing and the only thing that it will let me do with an object is round the corners and move the object. This never happened until the new update and I have no idea why. Please help. I am getting really angry

      Monika Gause
      Community Expert
      Monika GauseCommunity Expert
      Community Expert
      June 3, 2015

      The object is a rectangle?

      That's a known bug with certain systems. use the free transform tool instead.

      Jacob Bugge
      Community Expert
      Jacob BuggeCommunity ExpertCorrect answer
      Community Expert
      July 20, 2009

      Bitty,

      View>Show Bounding Box (Ctrl/Cmd+Shift+B).

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        BittyEndAuthor
        Participant
        July 20, 2009

        THANK YOU.  And thank you for not making a snide comment on my lack of knowledge on the topic -- I'm still taking classes!  You made my day

        I would have been so frustrated trying to figure that out!

          Jacob Bugge
          Community Expert
          Jacob BuggeCommunity Expert
          Community Expert
          July 20, 2009

          You are welcome, Bitty.

          The Bounding Box becoming hidden is a recurring issue that has hit many users, including many experienced ones. It may be switched inadvertedly by the user, but it may also be caused by corruption of the preferences in the aiprefs file, something that may happen when Illy is closed down.

          There are many things you have to know and cannot Read in The Fine Manual, such as the unavailability of keyboard shortcuts starting with Alt/Option when Caps Lock is on.

          Apart from that I may be curt and even obtuse, but I never make snide comments.

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