Selections in Illustrator— The Object that Won’t Select

Typically, when you select in object in Illustrator, you see 2 elements identifying the object is selected: edges and a bounding box.

Edges are the colored lines in the shape of the path. The Bounding Box is the rectangular region surrounding the selected object(s). Either of these items can be turned off, and when the document is closed it remembers the setting…

Why you should care: It is possible to turn off both the Edges and the Bounding Box. This means you, innocent illustrator user, could be struck by the object that won’t select!

Both of these settings are found in the Veiw menu. So, if you encounter the object that won’t select, you know how to turn on the viewing options!