diff --git a/editor/select.js b/editor/select.js
index 4ac342ef..088c4ad7 100644
--- a/editor/select.js
+++ b/editor/select.js
@@ -33,7 +33,8 @@ var gripRadius = svgedit.browser.isTouch() ? 10 : 4;
 // Parameters:
 // id - integer to internally indentify the selector
 // elem - DOM element associated with this selector
-svgedit.select.Selector = function(id, elem) {
+// bbox - Optional bbox to use for initialization (prevents duplicate getBBox call).
+svgedit.select.Selector = function(id, elem, bbox) {
 	// this is the selector's unique number
 	this.id = id;
 
@@ -77,7 +78,7 @@ svgedit.select.Selector = function(id, elem) {
 		'w' : null
 	};
 
-	this.reset(this.selectedElement);
+	this.reset(this.selectedElement, bbox);
 };
 
 
@@ -86,10 +87,11 @@ svgedit.select.Selector = function(id, elem) {
 //
 // Parameters:
 // e - DOM element associated with this selector
-svgedit.select.Selector.prototype.reset = function(e) {
+// bbox - Optional bbox to use for reset (prevents duplicate getBBox call).
+svgedit.select.Selector.prototype.reset = function(e, bbox) {
 	this.locked = true;
 	this.selectedElement = e;
-	this.resize();
+	this.resize(bbox);
 	this.selectorGroup.setAttribute('display', 'inline');
 };
 
@@ -136,7 +138,8 @@ svgedit.select.Selector.prototype.showGrips = function(show) {
 
 // Function: svgedit.select.Selector.resize
 // Updates the selector to match the element's size
-svgedit.select.Selector.prototype.resize = function() {
+// bbox - Optional bbox to use for resize (prevents duplicate getBBox call).
+svgedit.select.Selector.prototype.resize = function(bbox) {
 	var selectedBox = this.selectorRect,
 		mgr = selectorManager_,
 		selectedGrips = mgr.selectorGrips,
@@ -162,7 +165,10 @@ svgedit.select.Selector.prototype.resize = function() {
 	m.e *= current_zoom;
 	m.f *= current_zoom;
 
-	var bbox = svgedit.utilities.getBBox(selected);
+	if (!bbox)
+		bbox = svgedit.utilities.getBBox(selected);
+	// TODO: svgedit.utilities.getBBox (previous line) already knows to call getStrokedBBox when tagName === 'g'. Remove this?
+	// TODO: svgedit.utilities.getBBox doesn't exclude 'gsvg' and calls getStrokedBBox for any 'g'. Should getBBox be updated?
 	if (tagName === 'g' && !$.data(selected, 'gsvg')) {
 		// The bbox for a group does not include stroke vals, so we
 		// get the bbox based on its children.
@@ -413,7 +419,8 @@ svgedit.select.SelectorManager.prototype.initGroup = function() {
 //
 // Parameters:
 // elem - DOM element to get the selector for
-svgedit.select.SelectorManager.prototype.requestSelector = function(elem) {
+// bbox - Optional bbox to use for reset (prevents duplicate getBBox call).
+svgedit.select.SelectorManager.prototype.requestSelector = function(elem, bbox) {
 	if (elem == null) {return null;}
 	var i,
 		N = this.selectors.length;
@@ -425,13 +432,13 @@ svgedit.select.SelectorManager.prototype.requestSelector = function(elem) {
 	for (i = 0; i < N; ++i) {
 		if (this.selectors[i] && !this.selectors[i].locked) {
 			this.selectors[i].locked = true;
-			this.selectors[i].reset(elem);
+			this.selectors[i].reset(elem, bbox);
 			this.selectorMap[elem.id] = this.selectors[i];
 			return this.selectors[i];
 		}
 	}
 	// if we reached here, no available selectors were found, we create one
-	this.selectors[N] = new svgedit.select.Selector(N, elem);
+	this.selectors[N] = new svgedit.select.Selector(N, elem, bbox);
 	this.selectorParentGroup.appendChild(this.selectors[N].selectorGroup);
 	this.selectorMap[elem.id] = this.selectors[N];
 	return this.selectors[N];
diff --git a/editor/svgcanvas.js b/editor/svgcanvas.js
index 1511bc30..37062ace 100644
--- a/editor/svgcanvas.js
+++ b/editor/svgcanvas.js
@@ -940,7 +940,9 @@ var addToSelection = this.addToSelection = function(elemsToAdd, showGrips) {
 	var i = elemsToAdd.length;
 	while (i--) {
 		var elem = elemsToAdd[i];
-		if (!elem || !svgedit.utilities.getBBox(elem)) {continue;}
+		if (!elem) {continue;}
+		var bbox = svgedit.utilities.getBBox(elem);
+		if (!bbox) {continue;}
 
 		if (elem.tagName === 'a' && elem.childNodes.length === 1) {
 			// Make "a" element's child be the selected element 
@@ -955,7 +957,7 @@ var addToSelection = this.addToSelection = function(elemsToAdd, showGrips) {
 			// only the first selectedBBoxes element is ever used in the codebase these days
 //			if (j == 0) selectedBBoxes[0] = svgedit.utilities.getBBox(elem);
 			j++;
-			var sel = selectorManager.requestSelector(elem);
+			var sel = selectorManager.requestSelector(elem, bbox);
 	
 			if (selectedElements.length > 1) {
 				sel.showGrips(false);