[Scribus] How to uniformly scale images

Craig Bradney cbradney
Mon Jan 30 20:36:16 CET 2006


On Monday 30 January 2006 19:11, Julian Robbins wrote:
> Hi
>
> I've been using Scribus 1.2 and 1.3 series for a while, but still havent
> found if there is a way to uniformly scale images, by dragging a handle.
> Usually, I just end up accidently changing the aspect ratio which isn't
> what I want to do.
>
> Inkscape have implemented this nice and simply (you grab the diagonal
> stretcher), but in Scribus I have to goto the Properties, click the lock
> to ensure the scaling is identical, and increase the spinner but this is
> a bit long winded and gives less control for such a simple job to perform.
>
> Is it me, or is there a simpler way?

For 1.3.x:
Control drag to resize proportionally.
Shift drag to resize to a square.

Hold down Alt with or without those combinations to scale the text as well.

Craig
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