Re: [libreoffice-users] Picture size controls...

I actually find the dialog box more useful, since I'm usually trying to 
set an exact width for an image.

I'd been frustrated with the mouse resizing because I didn't know about 
having to shift to maintain the ratio.  In my experience, most software 
keeps the ratio if you click and drag the lower right corner; shift is 
not necessary.  You learn something new every day!

Dave



On 10/29/2013 15:11, Paul wrote:
> This is just off the top of my head, I haven't actually experimented
> with this, but isn't the "keep ratio" checkbox in the dialog window
> just for resizing by way of the width and height values in the dialog
> window itself, and has nothing to do with drag operations? Dragging to
> resize has its own way of keeping ratio, by holding down shift or some
> such, doesn't it?
>
> That's the way I understand it, at least, and it seems correct to me.
> Works that way in lots of software, I think.
>
> Paul
>
>
>
> On Tue, 29 Oct 2013 16:05:31 -0600
> Ken Springer <snowshed1@q.com> wrote:
>
> > Well...  The following seems really dumb.   :-(
> >
> >         1.  Insert a picture in a document
> >         2.  Select the picture, rt. click and select "Picture" from
> > the popup box 3.  Click the Type tab, and check "Keep ratio".
> >
> > Leave the dialogue box open or close it, your choice.
> >
> > Grab a corner handle, adjust the size, but the ratio is NOT retained.
> >
> > Surely, this is not right.
> >
> > The ratio is kept if you manually change the size in the dialogue box.


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