Affinity Scaling by percent

[scaling in affinity design]

I can not find the LAYER menu's Transform sub-menu. I want to scale an object a certain percentage from a certain point. Layers menu does not have any scaling tools.

[thomaso]

Hi, and Welcome to the Affinity forums!
(maybe you want to edit your user name, it appears you used this topics subject as name, too)

For scaling an object numerically you use the Transform Panel.
You can enter values either in absolute or percentage terms, or even as relational expressions (e.g. width relative to height).
In the online help  https://affinity.help  you find as the last chapter ("Expressions for field input") a variety of possible options to enter a value.
– Here are a few:

Sizing expression examples

Use when resizing a document or transforming an object via the Transform panel.

Input	Result
+=20	Increase value by 20.
-=20	Decrease value by 20.
*2	Double size.
/2	Divide in half.
50%, *0.5	Decrease by half.
120%, *1.2	20% bigger.

Relational expression examples

Use when resizing a document or transforming an object via the Transform panel.

Input	Result
w+20	Scales based on addition of other input value.   Example entered into Height box to set height as width plus 20 pixels.
w-20	Scales based on subtraction of other input value.   Example entered into Height box to set height as width minus 20 pixels.
2*w	Scaling based on a multiple of other input value.   Example is entered into Height box to set height to double the width.
w/2	Scaling based on a division of other input value.   Example entered into Height box to set height to half the width.

[RandallCC]

Oh thank you, this has been bugging me and I never even thought of trying to type % in the box. Just found it strange that there was no scaling by percentage. Never actually bugged me enough to go looking into it. Thanks guys.