Here’s another in a long string of “things I’ve learned about Illustrator by accidentally turning essential settings off and then having to figure out how to get them back.”

I was working away just now, minding my own business when I no longer had visible anchor points. The shapes were selecting as usual. Using the white arrow tool even made the anchor points select as usual, I just couldn’t see them. Turns out I had accidentally hit “Ctrl+Tab” which cues Illustrator to do something called “hide edges.” Among other things, it turns off the visibility of Anchor points.

It’s easy to fix, just go to “View>Show Edges.”