It's actually more difficult to select now but I see why. To select the tool you have to click the exact corner of the tool, clicking the line doesn't select it. If you do have the text on you are able to click on the text and drag the tool around, you can't do that with the text off. I think having solid lines that you can click anywhere on to select it would be helpful.
Thanks for your work on this, it really helps in sizing positions.