Show bounding box of selected item

In Illustrator it's simple, it's "show/hide edges" on the view menu. But I can't find it in After Effects. My version is CS4.
Thank you for the help!

Comp viewer flyout menu in the top right corner....
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kimoen,
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haggyabeken,
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