Selection Tool Won't Resize

Illustrator was working fine for me all last week and I've never had a problem using the selection tool to grab and resize my objects but for some reason today my selection tool will only SELECT objects, not resize them.聽 Upon approaching the corner of an object, the black arrow remains but a small white square appears at the bottom right instead of the entire cursor turning into resizing/rotating arrows.聽 I tried restarting my computer to no avail.聽 It happens on objects I create as well as objects that I place in.聽 Any thoughts...?聽 Thank you!

Selection Tool Won't Resize

Bitty,

View%26gt;Show Bounding Box (Ctrl/Cmd+Shift+B).

Selection Tool Won't Resize

THANK YOU.聽 And thank you for not making a snide comment on my lack of knowledge on the topic -- I'm still taking classes!聽 You made my day

I would have been so frustrated trying to figure that out!

You are welcome, Bitty.

The Bounding Box becoming hidden is a recurring issue that has hit many users, including many experienced ones. It may be switched inadvertedly by the user, but it may also be caused by corruption of the preferences in the aiprefs file, something that may happen when Illy is closed down.

There are many things you have to know and cannot Read in The Fine Manual, such as the unavailability of keyboard shortcuts starting with Alt/Option when Caps Lock is on.

Apart from that I may be curt and even obtuse, but I never make snide comments.