[Designer 2.3.0] Placed images percentage scaling makes no sense

[LCamachoDesign]

Placing an image and trying to set its scale on the toolbar is basically impossible.

Steps to reproduce:

1. Create a new document, I've used a simple press ready A4, 300 DPI
2. Drag and drop an image into the newly created document, I've used this from Unsplash
3. Select the image and use the toolbar to set a percentage scale, such as 50%
4. Notice the image is scaled, but to a completely different value
5. Keep trying to scale the image, the values will increasingly become completely erratic (!!!)
6. Notice that trying to set a specific DPI value, such as 300 or 600, works as expected

See the attached video below for a visual guide:

Thanks!

[bbrother]

This is definitely a bug, but I think it has already been reported.
I don't remember the bug reference number, moderators should certainly know more.

[NathanC]

Hi @LCamachoDesign,

This is a known Windows bug when manually changing the % numeric value resulting in completely unexpected results, I'll bump the existing issue with your report. While not an ideal workaround the bug does not occur when using the slider to change the value, but % accuracy is lost as a result.

[Affinity Info Bot]

The issue "[Win] Manually changing the % scaling of a placed resource results in unexpected values" (REF: AF-388) has been fixed by the developers in internal build "2.4.0.2222".
This fix should soon be available as a customer beta and is planned for inclusion in the next customer release.
Customer beta builds are announced here and you can participate by following these instructions.
If you still experience this problem once you are using that build version (or later) please reply to this thread including @Serif Info Bot to notify us.