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CS5's transformation bounding box... argh!

Explorer ,
Aug 16, 2010 Aug 16, 2010

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Does anyone know of a way to turn off the bounding box which Indesign CS5 draws around a selection of objects? It's driving me nuts as it's nolonger easy to see just what's been selected and what hasn't if other objects appear within the bounding box's frame!

Illustrator has had this feature for a while - and has an option to turn it off. Whither Indesign?

Cheers.

Peter

Progress, eh? One step forwards and half a dozen back!!!!

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Community Expert ,
Aug 16, 2010 Aug 16, 2010

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How about Hide Frame Edges from the View Menu? That will hide the group bounding box when a single member is selected.

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Explorer ,
Aug 16, 2010 Aug 16, 2010

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Nope, that just hides the frames around single objects like Indesign has always done.

I'm talking about the bounding box that CS5 now draws around multiple objects as you select them.

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Community Expert ,
Aug 16, 2010 Aug 16, 2010

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As you select them or as you hover over them?

Big difference.

Bob

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Community Expert ,
Aug 16, 2010 Aug 16, 2010

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Sorry, totally misread what you said in the original post. Don't know where I got the idea you were talking about groups. Must be the sleep deprivation.

So no, there's seems to be nothing you can do to turn off the "super bounding box" as you select multiple objects. I have to agree that this is not a change for the good, in general, though it does give you a clue if you've selected somethng off screen.

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Explorer ,
Aug 19, 2010 Aug 19, 2010

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Yeah - definitely not a change for the good. Or rather, not good since I can't turn it on/off at will. Illustrator's had the same function for ages, but you've always been able to turn it on or off as you need it.

I wonder if it's possible for someone to write a little plugin to add that functionality? Anyone...?

Cheers

Peter

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New Here ,
Nov 11, 2011 Nov 11, 2011

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I was trying to remove the bounding box. I was looking so hard I did not see it. Thanks to you my eyes were opened. Thanks

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Community Expert ,
Aug 16, 2010 Aug 16, 2010

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Have you noticed that those objects that are really selected have the corners of their individual bounding boxes highlighted?

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Explorer ,
Sep 27, 2010 Sep 27, 2010

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so I've been looking for this as well. I hate it! I took the plug in out, with illustrator, because for me it was very annoying. Now I have to deal with it in Indesign CS5. Is there no way to turn this thing off???

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Community Expert ,
Sep 27, 2010 Sep 27, 2010

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No. The only thing I can suggest is holding down the H key or some other tool key shortcut.

The frame edge highlighting only works with the selection tools active.

Bob

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Explorer ,
Sep 27, 2010 Sep 27, 2010

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Can we make a request change for CS6 then?


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Community Expert ,
Sep 27, 2010 Sep 27, 2010

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Go for it:

https://www.adobe.com/cfusion/mmform/index.cfm?name=wishform&promoid=EWQQL

Bob

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Community Expert ,
Sep 27, 2010 Sep 27, 2010

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Bob, this is a different thread than you remember (perils of email). This one is about the "super bounding box" you get around a selection of several ungrouped objects. Not sure the answer you gave is relevant.

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Explorer ,
Sep 27, 2010 Sep 27, 2010

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it's ok. I did make a request in the enhancements link I got from Bob to be able to

allow user control with the super bounding box. Just have to deal with it in the mean time. Hope Adobe changes this

though. Thanks

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Community Expert ,
Sep 27, 2010 Sep 27, 2010

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Whoops...off to sit in the corner.

Bob

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Explorer ,
Sep 27, 2010 Sep 27, 2010

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Nice!!  LOL


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Guest
Jan 20, 2011 Jan 20, 2011

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To Get rid of that dreaded Transformation bounding box in InDesign go to Preferences>Interface>uncheck the

SHOW TRANSFORMATION field.

Happy days !!!!!

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Community Expert ,
Jan 20, 2011 Jan 20, 2011

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That's something different, too. Show Transformation Values controls the callout that shows the cahnging values as you transform a frame, not the bounding box around multiple selected items.

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Explorer ,
Jan 20, 2011 Jan 20, 2011

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The Transformation Values isn't it. This is a path that appears when you have more than one object selected. It was designed to allow a user to resize multiple objects without having to group them. It's called a bounding box in Illustrator. I don't know what it's call in Indesign. The only thing I know is this option was forced on us users as a convience thing and there are some of us who hate it. Me included. There isn't any way currently to shut it off.

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Contributor ,
Apr 18, 2011 Apr 18, 2011

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Is it possible to turn it off in InDesign CS5.5?

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Guru ,
Apr 18, 2011 Apr 18, 2011

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If you read the thread you would see that there isn't.

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Apr 18, 2011 Apr 18, 2011

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Thought this thread was about CS 5. I wonder if it is possible to turn it off in the recent upgrade to CS 5.5.

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Guru ,
Apr 18, 2011 Apr 18, 2011

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Whoops, didn't see that sorry, have a look at this post here, it doesn't say so although it does show how you can now turn off frame edge highlighting, perhaps ask in the comments there?

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Community Expert ,
Apr 18, 2011 Apr 18, 2011

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Yes, it can be disabled in 5.5 with a new user preference.

Bob

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Community Expert ,
Apr 18, 2011 Apr 18, 2011

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BobLevine wrote:

Yes, it can be disabled in 5.5 with a new user preference.

Bob

Bob, are you sure? I know you're still recovering from the weekend and answering by email, so maybe you don't remember that this thread is about the "super" bounding box that gets drawn around multiple selected objects as you click on them.

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