# Illustrator issues **URL:** \ **Category:** design\ **Created:** [April 4, 2006, 7:35pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/illustrator-issues/184385 "2006-04-04T19:35:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![DDD](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9fc348/32.png) [@DDD](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/DDD)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2006, 7:35pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/illustrator-issues/184385/1 "2006-04-04T19:35:16Z")
I seem to have lost my bounding box on my selction tool. How do I get it back? I looked in preferences and didnt see anything. This is not the direct selct tool but the black arrow selection tool. ---
**Author:** ![DDD](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9fc348/32.png) [@DDD](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/DDD)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2006, 7:39pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/illustrator-issues/184385/2 "2006-04-04T19:39:10Z")
nm I figured it out. I must have hit a hot key to turn off bounding box. ---
**Author:** ![lunatic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/73ab20/32.png) [@lunatic](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/lunatic)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2006, 7:44pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/illustrator-issues/184385/3 "2006-04-04T19:44:24Z")
😃 That happened to me not too long ago. Drove me crazy looking for the answer. Want to post the solution so others know what to look for? ---
**Author:** ![simplistik](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/simplistik/32/7747_2.png) [@simplistik](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/simplistik)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2006, 7:46pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/illustrator-issues/184385/4 "2006-04-04T19:46:17Z")
CMD+Shift+B / Control+Shift+B ---
**Author:** ![lunatic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/73ab20/32.png) [@lunatic](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/lunatic)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2006, 7:56pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/illustrator-issues/184385/5 "2006-04-04T19:56:02Z")
Thanks Simp 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![DDD](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9fc348/32.png) [@DDD](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/DDD)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2006, 8:21pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/illustrator-issues/184385/6 "2006-04-04T20:21:30Z")
or View\>\>Show Bounding Box ---
**Author:** ![simplistik](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/simplistik/32/7747_2.png) [@simplistik](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/simplistik)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2006, 8:25pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/illustrator-issues/184385/7 "2006-04-04T20:25:51Z")
> [@DDD](#): > > or View\>\>Show Bounding Box Yea but that’s the newbie way 😜 LoL ---
**Author:** ![briguy33](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/briguy33/32/386_2.png) [@briguy33](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/briguy33)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2006, 5:30am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/illustrator-issues/184385/8 "2006-04-05T05:30:00Z")
thats funny … the bounding box is the first thing I turn off on a fresh install ---
**Author:** ![iLikePie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/85f322/32.png) [@iLikePie](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/iLikePie)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2006, 8:35am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/illustrator-issues/184385/9 "2006-04-05T08:35:43Z")
so how do you rescale stuff? you’d have to switch to the scale or free transform tool… i imagine that’d get really tedious. ---
**Author:** ![CanisMajor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7993a0/32.png) [@CanisMajor](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/CanisMajor)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2006, 8:46am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/illustrator-issues/184385/10 "2006-04-05T08:46:45Z")
I switch back and forth. I turn on the bounding when I need it, but mostly it is in the way. ---
**Author:** ![briguy33](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/briguy33/32/386_2.png) [@briguy33](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/briguy33)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2006, 9:23am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/illustrator-issues/184385/11 "2006-04-05T09:23:10Z")
i just hit E to transform or S to scale… i agree with CanisMajor… mostly it is in the way of what i am tring to design… not to mention that it reminds me of coreldraw ---
**Author:** ![936](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/9/cc9497/32.png) [@936](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/936)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2006, 10:37pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/illustrator-issues/184385/12 "2006-04-05T22:37:52Z")
see i told u simp memorized all the key shortcuts and most of the tools functions… what a geek! 😜