I am working in the latest version of Adobe Illustrator CC, and I am not able to transform a square. It used to be that I could create a square, then select an anchor point on one corner, hold option/alt, and turn it into a narrower diamond (not preserving corner angles). Now, I cannot transform the shape in any way but its size. The only option I've found is to pull up the transform menu, select "transform each..." and adjust the vertical scale separately from the horizontal. But this is controlled by a percentage, which is enforcing mathematical specificity which I neither require nor want as I'm attempting to experiment quickly. I would think unchecking "scale corners" would give me the flexibility I'm seeking, to control the square's distortion with just a mouse click and drag on an anchor point. Basically, I want my basic functionality to be available as hot key controls, or a mouse click. In older versions of Illustrator, all I had to do was move an anchor point, and if I CHOSE to constrain proportions, I could by holding Shift. This seems like a less user friendly evolution for this software. Anyone have an alternative?
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