This is driving me bananas man please fix this.

For many versions now the issue persist. Happened not only with this machine but with others all MACs running the latest update both on adobe and OS.

The issue is with the selection tool. so I click on an object generally one that is grouped and then make edits then when I click away a larger bounding box appears as if I am selecting all but I cant pinpoint what it is that has been selected. I move a newly selected object that is not in the group to a different area of the artboard and the selection or bounding box remains. It reshapes itself when the newly selected object but noting else changes. There have been times when the something does change. I did read that a work around was to select all then click away, 80% of the time it works but sometime i have to just start creating a new object to make the bounding box go away.

I'm still seeing this bug as well

I have the same issue and it annoys me so much! Glad I'm not the only one.

Same issue for me - for years!

Even if you turn off visibility and lock all layers, the selection remains. Then when you click on an actual object, all of the measurements take into account the random object that's selected.

I have no idea why it does it, long thread going back years here:
https://forums.adobe.com/thread/1148039

Please fix.

Cheers

Got the same problem, how did this slip past QA at Adobe???

I have exactly the same problem as Linda. Please do something about it, it really wastes a lot of time, and causes errors like accidentally deleting an object that was not intended to be selected by the selection.

In my case, a phantom item is selected and I can't unselected it, its always big and goes outside the artboard some of the time. I will grab a handle and it will resize something which was not selected. Or the selection stays up no mater what I do

Locked layer element can't be deselected. I don't understand how that happens.
Any other selection is only added to the locked selection. Is this a feature or a bug?
If it is a feature, how would one deselect.
"Hide anchor points" is not active and yet I cannot seem to get a lock on any.
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Hi,

Thanks for raising your concerns. Can you please share a screen recording of the issue happening and also the Packaged file via Open the file with which you are facing issue Menu->File->Package on sharewithai@adobe.com . It will Help us to reproduce the issue in house.

Regards
Ankit Goyal

Often when I select multiple object one will remain selected no matter where I click and what else I select. I have to "select all" then clink in blank space to get everything un selected. It's wasting a lot of time.