> The only reason I selected the bounding box from the tool bar
> is I have it turned off by default.:)

It looks like that "choose center" widget in Illustrator (with the 9 little squares) only has an effect on using the numeric rotation input in that Transform dialog that you popped up. Setting it to different locations does not seem to have any effect on the standard selection tool frame.

Popping up that dialog is again using a different tool than just the plain selection bounding box.


> What is the Command for Rotate to jump to rotation centre prompt
> so I can hot key it?(tried Rotate, but no workee)

Some shapes like a circle, ellipse or rectangle will have a snap point at their center that you can grab on to. Otherwise you may need to use some construction lines to get an intersection at the center.

However, the good news is that this new frame tool will make it really easy to rotate around the center using the rotation grip instead of using the Rotate command.

- Michael