Affinity Designer, Constraining Shape Proportions While Resizing

[skylamar]

I own Affinity Designer for Mac. Today I was trying to change the size of a group of objects by dragging. I held down the shift key, hoping to constrain the group's proportions. However, I found that it didn't work--I could still skew the objects so they lost their proportions. Am I doing something wrong?

[RNKLN]

If it's a group of objects (like in the attached image) , you simply take one of the corners and drag. It will maintain aspect ratio.

[R C-R]

Check the setting of the "Move Tool Aspect Constrain" option in Affinity Designer > Preferences > Tools. There are 3 possible settings:

• Automatic (based on selection) -- constrains only objects that have a 'natural' aspect ratio (like Image layers)
• Constrain by default -- constrains unless the Shift key is held down
• Do not constrain by default -- constrains only if the Shift key is held down

So basically, if the aspect ratio is not being constrained when you drag a corner with the shift key held down, try it without holding down the shift key, or choose the option above that you prefer.

[skylamar]

R C-R, thanks! My Preferences had been set to Automatic. I've switched the setting to Do not constrain by default and now the group constrains when I hold down the shift key!

[selcukyilmaz]

I am using Constrain by default. It is very comfortable. (: