Why can't I just scale with the selection tool anymore ?

[brechts11143680]

I've either spent too much time in other adobe programs or I've been away for ages ?

none of the above scenarios I would think are applicable.

I can't scale or rotate anymore using the regular or the direct selection tool.

Free transform tool works for paths when they're already selected, but for instance not on text boxes ?

My Bounding Box has always been 'on'. 

I'm on illustrator 24.2.0.490 and I feel r3tarded.

[Larry G. Schneider]

Have you tried using the regular Select tool (black) instead of the Direct Select (White)?

[brechts11143680]

I have !

In fact here's a video of my current conundrum

[Larry G. Schneider]

Can you show a screenshot of the item selected with both the Appearance panel and Layer panel in view? Is it part of a group or compound path?

[brechts11143680 · Accepted solution]

It's standalone.

I'm sorry to say Larry, after an already annoying day, I took the easy way out 

and shot a  'reset preference' bullet through my Adobe Illustrator cortex.

And now he seems to be behaving normal again.

Thanks again

[Larry G. Schneider]

Glad you got it working.