funkmaster3000 Posted August 29, 2018 Share Posted August 29, 2018 Hi, Sorry if this was discussed before but I didn't find anything on the subject. I'm having trouble understanding why resizing single object vs resizing grouped objects differ in Designer. When resizing single object – grabbing corner handles resizes it freely, when holding Shift it preserves proportions (just like in Illustrator). When resizing grouped objects it works exactly opposite – just grabbing handles resizes preserving proportions and holding Shift resizes freely. This is really confusing and I can't get used to it. Is it a bug or a feature? If latter can someone explain the logic behind it? Thank you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alfred Posted August 29, 2018 Share Posted August 29, 2018 Welcome to the Serif Affinity Forums, @funkmaster3000 The behaviour is determined by the setting under ‘Preferences > Tools > Move Tool Aspect Constrain’. The default setting is ‘Automatic (based on selection)’, but you can change this to ‘Constrain by default’ or ‘Do not constrain by default’. Gabe 1 Quote Alfred Affinity Designer/Photo/Publisher 2 for Windows • Windows 10 Home/Pro Affinity Designer/Photo/Publisher 2 for iPad • iPadOS 17.4 (iPad 7th gen) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
funkmaster3000 Posted August 29, 2018 Author Share Posted August 29, 2018 Yes! Thank you αℓƒяє∂. That was easy. I feel stupid now for not looking for it in options. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alfred Posted August 29, 2018 Share Posted August 29, 2018 4 hours ago, funkmaster3000 said: Yes! Thank you αℓƒяє∂. That was easy. You're welcome, @funkmaster3000. Quote I feel stupid now for not looking for it in options. No need to feel stupid! Hindsight is a wonderful thing. Quote Alfred Affinity Designer/Photo/Publisher 2 for Windows • Windows 10 Home/Pro Affinity Designer/Photo/Publisher 2 for iPad • iPadOS 17.4 (iPad 7th gen) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dazzler Posted August 29, 2018 Share Posted August 29, 2018 6 hours ago, funkmaster3000 said: Yes! Thank you αℓƒяє∂. That was easy. I feel stupid now for not looking for it in options. Why would you ... I don't think it's optional in other software is it? Anyway, I had the same issue, and glad it's there in the options to be changed, as the default behaviour seems counter-intuitive/confusing to me and can easily lead to things being slightly distorted when you're actually trying to constrain them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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