Resize object symmetrically?

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#1

Let's say I insert a square or image to my slide or document.
I want to resize it symmetrically,
like let's say I want to make it larger vertically and as click & hold and drag down I want it to not just get bigger vertically down but symmetrically up too; by help of pressing a key.

Most visual editors have this like InkScape or MS office, etc.
(In InkScape you press Shift and drag and it resizes in both directions.)

Does LO have this? (I've tried searching online and trying different key combinations to no avail...)

Thanks in advance,
Blue Upsilon

#2

A simple method although it does not involve dragging. Right click the image. Select "Position and Size" from the context menu. Now you have two choices:
1) Select "Keep ratio" and enter either the height or width values.
2) Enter the height and width values.

Dan

#3

Seems to be a bug. Shift + drag in either a corner or a side should work,
and it looks like it works until you release the mouse button. Maybe you
should file a bug report.

#4

Strange, when I create a square image, I can shift+drag to resize the image symmetrically. This is using 6.3.1.2. In my case, I released the mouse button *before* shift. I did this with a corner and both sides (top and bottom). The order of which (shift, mouse) is released does matter when using anyone of the sides. It does not matter when using the corner. Release shift before the mouse produces a rectangle. Releasing the mouse first produces a larger square.

Dan

#5

Strange, when I create a square image, I can shift+drag to resize the
image symmetrically. This is using 6.3.1.2. In my case, I released the
mouse button *before* shift. I did this with a corner and both sides
(top and bottom). The order of which (shift, mouse) is released does
matter when using anyone of the sides. It does not matter when using the
corner. Release shift before the mouse produces a rectangle. Releasing
the mouse first produces a larger square.

Dan

Okay, so now I tested this with 6.2.6.2. Here are my results:
*Corner*
Releasing Shift first: *Square*
Releasing mouse button first: *Rectangle*
*Side*
Releasing Shift first: *Rectangle *
Releasing mouse button first: *Rectangle *

So it's at least possible to drag and release to a square, but the result
is NOT the same as the pre-drawn square that you see while moving the mouse.
I think this feature needs a little more work. It's not a perfect "what you
see is what you get", as far as I'm concerned. Why the pre-drawing if the
result is going to be something else anyway?

Johnny Rosenberg

#6

Strange, when I create a square image, I can shift+drag to resize the
image symmetrically. This is using 6.3.1.2. In my case, I released the
mouse button *before* shift. I did this with a corner and both sides
(top and bottom). The order of which (shift, mouse) is released does
matter when using anyone of the sides. It does not matter when using the
corner. Release shift before the mouse produces a rectangle. Releasing
the mouse first produces a larger square.

Dan

Okay, so now I tested this with 6.2.6.2. Here are my results:
*Corner*
Releasing Shift first: *Square*
Releasing mouse button first: *Rectangle*
*Side*
Releasing Shift first: *Rectangle *
Releasing mouse button first: *Rectangle *

So it's at least possible to drag and release to a square, but the result
is NOT the same as the pre-drawn square that you see while moving the mouse.
I think this feature needs a little more work. It's not a perfect "what you
see is what you get", as far as I'm concerned. Why the pre-drawing if the
result is going to be something else anyway?

Johnny Rosenberg

I just retested this with 6.2.6.1 (pre-release from the LO website). I get a square using either side or a corner when releasing the mouse button first. Perhaps this is the difference: I continue to hold down the shirt key until the square is redrawn. It is the exact same size as what it was just before releasing the mouse.

Personally, I still think that using the Position and Size dialog to set the size desired.

Dan

#7

>:
>
>> Strange, when I create a square image, I can shift+drag to resize the
>> image symmetrically. This is using 6.3.1.2. In my case, I released the
>> mouse button *before* shift. I did this with a corner and both sides
>> (top and bottom). The order of which (shift, mouse) is released does
>> matter when using anyone of the sides. It does not matter when using the
>> corner. Release shift before the mouse produces a rectangle. Releasing
>> the mouse first produces a larger square.
>>
>> Dan
>>
>>
> Okay, so now I tested this with 6.2.6.2. Here are my results:
> *Corner*
> Releasing Shift first: *Square*
> Releasing mouse button first: *Rectangle*
> *Side*
> Releasing Shift first: *Rectangle *
> Releasing mouse button first: *Rectangle *
>
> So it's at least possible to drag and release to a square, but the result
> is NOT the same as the pre-drawn square that you see while moving the
mouse.
> I think this feature needs a little more work. It's not a perfect "what
you
> see is what you get", as far as I'm concerned. Why the pre-drawing if the
> result is going to be something else anyway?
>
>
> Johnny Rosenberg

  I just retested this with 6.2.6.1 (pre-release from the LO website). I
get a square using either side or a corner when releasing the mouse
button first. Perhaps this is the difference: I continue to hold down
the shirt key until the square is redrawn. It is the exact same size as
what it was just before releasing the mouse.

Personally, I still think that using the Position and Size dialog to set
the size desired.

Dan

I just tested again and now the results were different. maybe I was just
tired or something. Now it draws a square (or a rectangle with its original
ratio) if I release the mouse button first, no matter if I drag a corner or
a side.

I agree that using the dialogue is desired, but that doesn't mean that
other ways to do it shouldn't work as designed. But it seems to work after
all, I'm not sure what I did wrong before. I'll test again.

Aaah! I think I got it.
It seems to be different depending on how you drew the original shape. If I
select a square and draw it, then uncheck the keep ratio check box in
"Position and Size", then I get those strange results in my previous post.
If I, on the other hand, draw a rectangle while holding the shift key to
create a square in the first place, then when I drag and release to change
its size, everything works as expected.
I'äm not sure why, though. So something might be wrong after all, but not
sure if it's a bug or a feature.

Johnny Rosenberg

#8

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Aaah! I think I got it.
It seems to be different depending on how you drew the original shape. If I
select a square and draw it, then uncheck the keep ratio check box in
"Position and Size", then I get those strange results in my previous post.
If I, on the other hand, draw a rectangle while holding the shift key to
create a square in the first place, then when I drag and release to change
its size, everything works as expected.
I'äm not sure why, though. So something might be wrong after all, but not
sure if it's a bug or a feature.

Johnny Rosenberg

Am I missing something in this discussion?

The OP asked:
"....let's say I want to make it larger vertically and as click & hold and drag down I want it to not just get bigger vertically down but symmetrically up too;..."

It seems to me he's asking, not for proportions to be kept the same, but for resizing not to move the centre of the object.

So in Inkscape, I drag a handle on the right of the object: right edge moves. I shift-drag on the right, and both right and left edges move, keeping the centring the same.

Control-drag keeps proportions the same, moving right, top, bottom edges; control-shift drag keeps proportions and centring the same, moving all 4 edges.

OTOH in Draw, dragging a right edge moves the right edge; shift-dragging moves right, top and bottom, keeping proportions and shifting the centre horizontally. And that's all the choice you have.

It's been an annoying (mis-)feature as long as I remember.