Comment 2 for bug 1181127

The select tool transforms (moves, scales, rotates, skews) the selection - whether or not the displayed size of the current selection (can be one or multiple objects) includes the stroke width (including markers), or the filter effects region (of filtered objects), depends on the preference setting for the bounding box to use (visual (default) or geometric). The shape and node tools OTOH manipulate the geometry of the objects (shapes, path), independent of the bbox mode and any style attributes or effects applied to the object.