Implement Item#bounds.selected to control drawing of selected item bounds.

src/basic/Rectangle.js

@@ -829,6 +829,32 @@ var LinkedRectangle = Rectangle.extend({
 				this._owner[this._setter](this);
 				return this;
 			};
-		}, {})
+		}, {
+			/**
+			 * Specifies whether an item's bounds are selected and will also
+			 *
+			 * Paper.js draws the visual bounds of selected items on top of your
+			 * project. This can be useful for debugging.
+			 *
+			 * @type Boolean
+			 * @default false
+			 * @bean
+			 */
+			isSelected: function() {
+				return this._owner._boundsSelected;
+			},
+
+			setSelected: function(selected) {
+				var owner = this._owner;
+				if (owner.setSelected) {
+					owner._boundsSelected = selected;
+					// Update the owner's selected state too, so the bounds
+					// actually get drawn. When deselecting, take a path's  
+					// _selectedSegmentState into account too, since it will
+					// have to remain selected even when bounds are deselected
+					owner.setSelected(selected || owner._selectedSegmentState > 0);
+				}
+			}
+		})
 	);
 });

src/item/Item.js

@@ -475,7 +475,8 @@ var Item = this.Item = Base.extend(Callback, {
 		if (this._children && !arguments[1]) {
 			for (var i = 0, l = this._children.length; i < l; i++)
 				this._children[i].setSelected(selected);
-		} else if ((selected = !!selected) != this._selected) {
+		}
+		if ((selected = !!selected) != this._selected) {
 			this._selected = selected;
 			this._project._updateSelection(this);
 			this._changed(/*#=*/ Change.ATTRIBUTE);

src/path/Path.js

@@ -1601,10 +1601,6 @@ var Path = this.Path = PathItem.extend(/** @lends Path# */{
 			// Now stroke it and draw its handles:
 			ctx.stroke();
 			drawHandles(ctx, this._segments, matrix);
-			// If the path has no selected segments, draw its bounds too
-			if (this._selectedSegmentState == 0) {
-				Item.drawSelectedBounds(this.getBounds(), ctx, matrix);
-			}
 		}
 	};
 }, new function() { // Path Smoothing

src/project/Project.js

@@ -318,8 +318,12 @@ var Project = this.Project = PaperScopeItem.extend(/** @lends Project# */{
 			ctx.strokeStyle = ctx.fillStyle = '#009dec';
 			for (var id in this._selectedItems) {
 				var item = this._selectedItems[id];
-				if (item._drawCount === this._drawCount)
-					item.drawSelected(ctx, getGlobalMatrix(item, matrix.clone()));
+				if (item._drawCount === this._drawCount) {
+					var mx = getGlobalMatrix(item, matrix.clone());
+					item.drawSelected(ctx, mx);
+					if (item._boundsSelected)
+						Item.drawSelectedBounds(item.getBounds(), ctx, mx);
+				}
 			}
 			ctx.restore();
 		}