[Scribus] How to uniformly scale images

[Craig Bradney]

On Tuesday 31 January 2006 10:00, Benjamin Green wrote:
> On Tue, 31 Jan 2006 08:06:35 -0000, xale (sent by Nabble.com)
>
> <lists at nabble.com> wrote:
> > Hello Craig
> >
> >> Hold down Alt with or without those combinations to scale the text as
> >> well.
> >
> > Is Scribus still really targeting Linux as a primary platform?
> >
> > If yes, no alt+click should be defined by default, since it is a
> > reserved event in most window managers in the unix/linux world!
>
> It has the same function in most window managers too, moving the current
> window. I have only found jwm that doesn't do this by default. I use KDE
> generally and have set the move window key to the "windows key" leaving
> alt free for the function used in other programs. These include Cinelerra,
> Inkscape, The GIMP and now Scribus. I am always suprised that the
> developers of these programs don't seem to have noticed the problem.

We notice the issue, but as you say, every keyboard layout has its quirks. 
Alt+click and drag moves the window
Click+Alt and drag will resize proportionally.

Unfortunately there are just not enough universal and unused modifier keys on 
a standard keyboard.

Craig
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