Modifiers consistency when scaling

[LeoHans]

Maybe it's me, I find a little inconsistent the behaviors of modifiers (CMD/ALT/Shift/Ctrl) when scaling. Sometimes it does proportional scale by default, but if you have two objects selected it's not proportional anymore. Same when creating shapes.

I think it should be consistent inside all the functions and through both Apps (Photo & Designer).

Thanks!

[MEB]

Hi LeoHans,
Welcome to Affinity Forums
You can change this behaviour going to Affinity Preferences, Tools section, Move Tool Aspect Constrain dropdown. The Automatic (based on selection) option (the default) keeps the proportions of objects that possess an intrinsic aspect ratio - like text and images - without the need to press shift, while for other objects you have to press it. The other two options are self-explanatory: Constrain by default will keep the proportions by default without the need to press ⇧ (shift) unless you want to distort the objects/break ratio; Do not constrain by default will force you to press ⇧ (shift) every time you want to keep the ratio/proportions of the object no matter their type.