Re: [libreoffice-users] Resize object symmetrically?

On 12/09/2019 22:19, Johnny Rosenberg wrote:
.....
> 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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