Question: What does a grey double border mean in Illustrator?

designbot — Thu, 28 Sep 2006 12:08:46 -0800

What is this mysterious double-bordered grey box that appears in Illustrator CS?

Sometimes when I have something selected in Illustrator, a grey box will suddenly appear around the object. It has a distinctive thin/thick border, and it appears with some padding around the object. It looks like some kind of display glitch, but it usually doesn't disappear when I zoom or scroll. Deselecting the object doesn't make it go away, but eventually it does disappear as I continue to work.

In this sample image, the grey border is not part of my Illustrator artwork, and it appears in both Outline and Preview view modes. I'm using Illustrator CS2 under Mac OS X. Is this a bug or just a feature I don't know about?

By: prostyle

prostyle — Thu, 28 Sep 2006 12:17:33 -0800

Group Isolation Mode

By: designbot

designbot — Thu, 28 Sep 2006 12:31:46 -0800

Brilliant. You've saved me from the brink of insanity.

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Object > Blend > Make
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Object > Blend > Blend Options& > Spacing > Specified Steps: 1000 > OK

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Question: What does a grey double border mean in Illustrator?

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