P: Transform/Resize is constrained by default - Want ability to go back to legacy behavior

Any idea how to reach them?

There are two people responsible for this change:

1. Terry White
2. Scott Kelby

They should be petitioned to read this thread, and get through their heads how bothersome this change was, and for how many actual professionals.

It would be amazing if we could see more parity across Adobe applications.  Right now, I think Photoshop CC2019 and Premiere Pro are the only two applications that default to scale being constrained by default (unfortunately, Premiere Pro doesn't respond to using the Shift key at all - you have to go into the Effect Controls and turn it off).  Could you imagine the uproar if the behavior of the Shift key changed in Illustrator and InDesign and After Effects like it did in Photoshop?

Have you used the new Content-Aware Fill yet?  It's amazing.  Or noticed that we can finally do basic math in text fields?  (Talk about catching up with Ai, Id, and Ae.)

The transform issue has been acknowledged and there are a few workarounds (none of them ideal); however, that's been lost in that a new thread pops-up about it with very, very high frequency.

Agree! Revert the behavior.

@Warren Heaton

We do pay an ever increasing subscription for professional features and some level of corporate trust - right?

I'm actually fine with the change, what I can't stand is the half-baked implementation which has inevitably lead to jaw-dropping inconsistencies, then no real acknowledgement, and after months, no fix.

If it's a fundamental change to the way 'shift to constrain' works, do it properly and do it everywhere. Why would anyone think that changing something so fundamental on 1 tool, in 1 app, would be the way to go? 

The whole thing is mind-numbing corporate nonsense of their own making, we've all been in meetings where people in power make these kinds of silly decisions - right?

Just revert it until you can do it properly, it doesn't have to expose such obvious incompetence. Such a shame.

They practically added this "feature" overnight, so why so hard to revert it?

Why even drop in a feature like this, if it could break half the span of a 2 decade software program? 

I'd like to think they would have considered it for much longer.

I have no space for any excuses for them. I'd be fired on the spot if I ever did something like this. Anyways, the only choice available is to be patience, or use an older version.

In the meantime, I will use this space to occasionally vent.

While I too find the change in the use of the modifier key to transform a layer extremely frustrating, I'm very happy that Adobe publishes Photoshop in the first place.

It's good to know that one can get a credit for a few months.

Adobe had a reason to make a change. They still have that reason, so going "back" isn't likely to happen. Creating a new feature that offers the choice and flexibility we asked for in the first place is more likely what's going to happen, and creating a new feature without breaking half the rest of the program is obviously not something that gets done overnight.

Jeffrey promised they're working on it, so as annoying as this is (primarily for me it's moving between apps and having it all change again AND the click to commit),  we need to have some patience. We don't want to be just as angry if they release it so a) not everyone can feel taken care of and b) we  find a lot of critical features broken as a result.

I agree. I feel this forum is just a way for us to bitch and that Adobe doesn’t care one bit

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