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September 19, 2013

P: Doesn't constrain proportions when resizing from side handle while holding Shift key

  • September 19, 2013
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When using Free Transform, holding down Shift while dragging a corner rightly constrains the proportions of the shape while resizing. However, holding down Shift while dragging a side handle does nothing. It should continue to constrain the proportions as it does in Illustrator.

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Convergnt
Inspiring
December 23, 2018
Thank you for your contribution.

Obviously, the collective many of us with our many protestations of this change (which extend beyond photoshop and our own intuitions) will benefit from your wisdom.
Legend
December 23, 2018
Quit defending sub-par development that creates jaw dropping inconsistencies within Photoshop and across CC. I’ve used the text hack to make things consistent so have moved on but this kind of poor quality development deserves to be called out.
Inspiring
December 23, 2018

OMG. You guys are crazy. Just figure it out and quit whining. It works and makes better sense.
MarkusEker
Known Participant
December 19, 2018
Hi,

Making uniform scaling the default without holding shift is probably the right move by Adobe, although it will take some time to get used to for old users like me. However for smart objects and vectors, it still uses the old behavior, so this is really confusing because of the inconsistency.

Please spend more time in QA/beta before you release features like this to the public! It should be obvious that changing this behavior for one type of objects should also be consistently changed across the application regardless of whether it's paths, smart objects or pixels.

Next time I would suggest holding back the feature until it is complete (at least along one singular app), but all software companies seem to have this idea that you need to release X amount of features in X amount of time to justify subscription fees!

*/rant off!*
Plaid360
Participant
December 5, 2018
Pro users shouldn't have to waste even 5 min trying to understand a completely unnecessary modification of something that was never broken. Glad that you figured it out though.
Participating Frequently
December 5, 2018
Ohhhh I finally see. OMG. This change just took me days to figure out. I've been using PS for 20yrs and when you are plugging away at your work it's hard to find the time to stop and relearn new features. Got it now. 
Olaf Giermann
Community Expert
Community Expert
December 5, 2018
Rebecca is saying, that the chain-link symbol in the options bar does not work as expected any more.
---------Adobe Community Expert: "Gewusst wie, spart Energie." 😉
Participating Frequently
December 5, 2018
I'm having such trouble with the proportional resizing that I've had to go back and use PS 19.1. Also why do I have to hit Command H twice now to get the Type tool to unselect? Good god I hate this new version. I've been a user since 1999 and this is the worst update ever!
CZ Dezines
Known Participant
December 5, 2018
Great! wish they made a big banner for it though!
CZ Dezines
Known Participant
December 5, 2018
It drives me crazy to see distorted images! It used to work in photshop to hold shift key,so what happened!!!