# Bounding Box

This is a simple but useful extension to create rectangles and/or circles around selected items. In Inkscape 1.2.1 the option to set some margins around the object were removed, so this extension is even more useful, as it acts a similar way.

## Select one or more objects

[![grafik.png](https://wiki.stadtfabrikanten.org/uploads/images/gallery/2025-05/scaled-1680-/jL80nMMqkwXKLpsO-grafik.png)](https://wiki.stadtfabrikanten.org/uploads/images/gallery/2025-05/jL80nMMqkwXKLpsO-grafik.png) [![grafik.png](https://wiki.stadtfabrikanten.org/uploads/images/gallery/2025-05/scaled-1680-/tUTiMk4Y5EwkU4vV-grafik.png)](https://wiki.stadtfabrikanten.org/uploads/images/gallery/2025-05/tUTiMk4Y5EwkU4vV-grafik.png)

[![grafik.png](https://wiki.stadtfabrikanten.org/uploads/images/gallery/2025-05/scaled-1680-/YdXWUEotISifXiEw-grafik.png)](https://wiki.stadtfabrikanten.org/uploads/images/gallery/2025-05/YdXWUEotISifXiEw-grafik.png)

[![grafik.png](https://wiki.stadtfabrikanten.org/uploads/images/gallery/2025-05/scaled-1680-/m2kolI8mLFSBmZPQ-grafik.png)](https://wiki.stadtfabrikanten.org/uploads/images/gallery/2025-05/m2kolI8mLFSBmZPQ-grafik.png)

# Example 2 (multiple objects at once)

[![grafik.png](https://wiki.stadtfabrikanten.org/uploads/images/gallery/2025-05/scaled-1680-/pcnHLI4mUdy6Qq2m-grafik.png)](https://wiki.stadtfabrikanten.org/uploads/images/gallery/2025-05/pcnHLI4mUdy6Qq2m-grafik.png) [![grafik.png](https://wiki.stadtfabrikanten.org/uploads/images/gallery/2025-05/scaled-1680-/5CiOdWWEKKS55OMO-grafik.png)](https://wiki.stadtfabrikanten.org/uploads/images/gallery/2025-05/5CiOdWWEKKS55OMO-grafik.png)

<p class="callout info">The same can be done with Live Path effects!</p>

[![grafik.png](https://wiki.stadtfabrikanten.org/uploads/images/gallery/2025-05/scaled-1680-/fVVGUDfqH5ab90md-grafik.png)](https://wiki.stadtfabrikanten.org/uploads/images/gallery/2025-05/fVVGUDfqH5ab90md-grafik.png) [![grafik.png](https://wiki.stadtfabrikanten.org/uploads/images/gallery/2025-05/scaled-1680-/cI7IIZGTq530a4uU-grafik.png)](https://wiki.stadtfabrikanten.org/uploads/images/gallery/2025-05/cI7IIZGTq530a4uU-grafik.png)