On 12/09/2019 22:19, Johnny Rosenberg wrote:
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Aaah! I think I got it.
It seems to be different depending on how you drew the original shape. If I
select a square and draw it, then uncheck the keep ratio check box in
"Position and Size", then I get those strange results in my previous post.
If I, on the other hand, draw a rectangle while holding the shift key to
create a square in the first place, then when I drag and release to change
its size, everything works as expected.
I'äm not sure why, though. So something might be wrong after all, but not
sure if it's a bug or a feature.
Johnny Rosenberg
Am I missing something in this discussion?
The OP asked:
"....let's say I want to make it larger vertically and as click & hold
and drag down I want it to not just get bigger vertically down but
symmetrically up too;..."
It seems to me he's asking, not for proportions to be kept the same, but
for resizing not to move the centre of the object.
So in Inkscape, I drag a handle on the right of the object: right edge
moves. I shift-drag on the right, and both right and left edges move,
keeping the centring the same.
Control-drag keeps proportions the same, moving right, top, bottom
edges; control-shift drag keeps proportions and centring the same,
moving all 4 edges.
OTOH in Draw, dragging a right edge moves the right edge; shift-dragging
moves right, top and bottom, keeping proportions and shifting the centre
horizontally. And that's all the choice you have.
It's been an annoying (mis-)feature as long as I remember.
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