Reverse the Key for scaling

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7 total messages Started by LMC54 Thu, 12 Feb 2009 16:35

#183

Author: LMC54
Date: Thu, 12 Feb 2009 16:35

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No key stroke added to constrain scaling. Scaling by dragging the corner should be a universal constraint. The addition of shift key should be to release constraint. Just plain common sense.

Re: Reverse the Key for scaling

#184

Author: Scott_Weichert
Date: Thu, 12 Feb 2009 16:44

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I don't understand.

Drag a corner = scale.

Drag a corner + shift = scale proportionately.

Drag a corner + option = scale from center

Drag a corner + option+ shift = scale proportionately from center

This is how Ai has worked for decades. Are you saying now that you want it reversed? If so why? Is it simply because you are coming from another application where it was reversed?

Re: Reverse the Key for scaling

#186

Author: Scott Falkner
Date: Thu, 12 Feb 2009 17:40

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this is the bass-ackward way Corel and Microsoft products have done it for ages. This is another item on the long list of thing Apple got right 26 years ago.

Re: Reverse the Key for scaling

#187

Author: LMC54
Date: Thu, 12 Feb 2009 22:39

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I'm use to scaling with the shift key. Thats not the point. Scaling should always be constrained. Whay even have a shift key with scaling in the first place. I don't give a darn if this is how it's always been. Plan silly. Ridiculous.

Re: Reverse the Key for scaling

#188

Author: Scott Falkner
Date: Fri, 13 Feb 2009 00:50

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Wrong. Shift to constrain is a near universal standard. Shift as you drag to constrain movement. Shift as you rotate to constrain rotation angle. Shift as you shear to constrain shear to one axis. Shift as you scale to constrain to one axis or scale proportionally.

It would be counterintuitive for just one transformation to reverse the Shift-to-constrain convention, and even worse to have all transformations constrain unless the Shift key is pressed.

Re: Reverse the Key for scaling

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Author: danielle_barzditis
Date: Tue, 17 Feb 2009 22:46

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I agree, why fix what is not broken. It is universal to use the shift key when scaling in proportion and as said above it is a contraining tool for many other commands so why change it and complicate the process.

Re: Reverse the Key for scaling

#218

Author: Mariusz
Date: Fri, 27 Feb 2009 14:30

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Why focusing on the key SHIFT?

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