Am Montag, 30. Januar 2006 19:23 schrieb Calum Polwart: > On Mon, 2006-01-30 at 18:11 +0000, 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? > > I reported this as a bug because I thought it didn't work! but it does - > you just need to know how!! > > Use [CTRL] when you click the corner handlebar (slider) - and for some > objects you will only be able to use one of the handlebars - I think its > bottom right. > > I find that I have to be holding CNTRL down BEFORE I click - you can't > click then add the CTRL... which I think is different from quite a few > apps I've used. > > Calum
This leads to a suggestion for either the official docs or the Wiki: Could someone who overlooks all modifier key(s) + mouse actions please create a list for 1.2x and 1.3x. IMHO this would be quite useful and save a lot of questions here. Thanks in advance, Christoph
