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Photoshop CC V20 Missing Transform Bounding Box

Community Beginner ,
Oct 16, 2018 Oct 16, 2018

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Hi! I updated my photoshop to the latest version (v20) yesterday. Since then, when I hit cmd + T to free transform a layer, there is no bounding box. I have the "Show Transform Controls" box checked. I have preferences set to show the "reference point location." I realize there are a lot of keyboard shortcut updates, but I can't figure out how to get that bounding box back. Can anyone help?

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Community Expert , Oct 17, 2018 Oct 17, 2018

You can also reset Preferences from inside Photoshop in one click:

Reset Prefs CC 2015.png

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New Here , Oct 27, 2021 Oct 27, 2021

Screen Shot 2021-10-27 at 2.51.23 PM.pngWhen you select the object make sure "show transform controls" is selected on the top toolbar. this fixed the problem for me. Hope this helped.

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New Here ,
Jan 16, 2019 Jan 16, 2019

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Do You still have issue? What computer You have?

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Community Beginner ,
Oct 25, 2018 Oct 25, 2018

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Thank you... allmost lost faith... since InDesign has a crappy toolbar that desintegrates... while on free float position.
Have to check if it works again... Such things should not happen! Since the first editions to beat Quark... 😉

But... I got the center pointer working again, quite quickly... most important tool within workflow!

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Community Beginner ,
Oct 25, 2018 Oct 25, 2018

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Haha... but... when I work with this box, the (item is selected) but and want to pull a reference line from above...
my active 'transformable box' quits??? Okay... rotate the thing... than the rotation has to be apporved befor I can pul a new reference line... That's new! That should not happen.

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Explorer ,
Oct 04, 2019 Oct 04, 2019

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Opening a new document in color (I've been doing a series of B&W illustrations) has been my workaround since this problem happened in previous updates. Just open any new document in RGB and then close it, and voila, the transform bounding box appears.

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New Here ,
Oct 24, 2020 Oct 24, 2020

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thank for this tip! I tried reset preference on quit it worked once but following day bounding box disappears again. changing to RGB indeed returned the bounding box!

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Explorer ,
Oct 08, 2019 Oct 08, 2019

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Adding to my workaround for transform box not showing, I started a job in CMYK and couldn't see the text selection hi-lite when text was selected. Opening a dummy RGB document and then deleting it solved the problem.

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Nov 09, 2020 Nov 09, 2020

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I created a new doc in RGB and the type box shows up. So we cant create anything in CMYK with text boxes now?? That cant be right?

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New Here ,
Nov 09, 2020 Nov 09, 2020

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I am having this issue too. The bounding box for type is gone. I cant adjust any type. I tried resetting the preferences and restarting. That did nothing. I created a new doc that it is still happening. 

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New Here ,
Nov 30, 2020 Nov 30, 2020

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I have an idea - we pay enough monthly that these things should be fixed without such a long thread! You removed legacy composition, so, fix it, Adobe! I want my bounding boxes back and I want to be able to keep them on all the time. Now, thank you!

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New Here ,
Aug 02, 2021 Aug 02, 2021

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Click View, Show, Layer Edges, that should fix it!

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Aug 02, 2021 Aug 02, 2021

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And then make sure Show Transform Controls is checked!

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Oct 27, 2021 Oct 27, 2021

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Screen Shot 2021-10-27 at 2.51.23 PM.pngWhen you select the object make sure "show transform controls" is selected on the top toolbar. this fixed the problem for me. Hope this helped.

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Nov 24, 2021 Nov 24, 2021

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That's it, the simple solution, thanks very much!

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Dec 17, 2021 Dec 17, 2021

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oh my gawd, being going round in circles, deleting cache! Thank you, so obvious once you see it 🤔

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Oct 21, 2022 Oct 21, 2022

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Fixed it for me, Thank you!!!

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