Show border around text/ objects when not using them

[tobiasv57216944]

Hi, new to illustrator here. I was wondering how to make the border or bonding box of text and objects visible, always. So that when I'm not working or selecting said item, I can still see it's border (I don't want to add a border/ stroke, I just want to make the bounding box visible for me, like how objects & text have a border in indesign).

Thank you!

[Muqqarib Hassan]

Hi, Select the text tool and simple drag it on your document. It will make bounding box around the text.

like shows in pic.

Thanks.

[Muqqarib Hassan]

Hi, You can also learn it from this video. Basically it is called Paragraph Text tool.

Adobe Illustrator CS6 Type Tool, Character and Paragraph Panels - YouTube

[Ton Frederiks · Accepted solution]

tobiasv57216944  wrote

I was wondering how to make the border or bonding box of text and objects visible, always.  I just want to make the bounding box visible for me, like how objects & text have a border in indesign).

That is not possible in illustrator, you may make a feature request here:

Adobe Illustrator Feedback

[defaultntycdkp3u2s5]

Now that we're in Illustator 2025, has this feature been implemented?

[Kurt Gold]

You could put the type objects onto a separate layer and turn on Outline view just on that layer (Cmd click on the eye that is located left to the Layer name).

[Mike_Gondek]

Command Y (Mac) Ctrl Y (Windows) will take you into outline mode,