shift and alt not working for scaling

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Nicohk92
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shift and alt not working for scaling

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Hello all,

Is it just me or neither alt nor shift operate when scaling objects with the transform tool.

If I want to keep proportions, I have to resort to manually enter a number.

I'm on el capitan with the latest version of asp.


Thanks!
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Re: shift and alt not working for scaling

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The key modifiers changed on 11.2
Take a look on the Status Bar to now the new ones (and to get information about any other selected tool).
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Re: shift and alt not working for scaling

Post by Greenlaw »

At first this confused me too. It turns out that if you want to scale proportionately, you should not hold down any modifier keys--the tool scales proportionately by default. The modifier keys are used when you want to scale an item disproportionately.

This might seem counter-intuitive since most programs work the opposite way but it's actually better because for most users it's more common to want to scale an item proportionately. It took me a little while to get used to this switch but I really prefer it now.

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Re: shift and alt not working for scaling

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Thanks to you both.

It is confusing indeed cause you do have to hold modifier keys to create the shape, and then no key to transform it. But I got it now.
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