Show border around text/ objects when not using them

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September 29, 2018
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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!

Correct answer Ton Frederiks

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

Mike_Gondek10189183

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

Kurt Gold

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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).

Ton Frederiks

Correct answer

Community Expert

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