Resizing in XD? Why is this so hard?

Question

I must be missing something obvious here because this seems strangely hard to achieve what I want... I'm really new to XD, but have many years of PS, AI & ID experience.

I created a group, then a component in XD. It's attached here. I made these components a little too large on the page, and I want to them all to be smaller. So, I select the component or components and try to resize. But when resizing, it seems to be using responsive resize and I end up with a jumbled mess (attached) instead of the entire component or group just getting resized as it does in Photoshop, for instance.

What am I doing wrong? How do I turn off responsive resize and resize as I'd like to?

Dan Rodney · Accepted Answer

I think you're making Fixed Size text boxes rather than the Auto Width text boxes you want. For single lines of text, click when making text, DO NOT drag. Dragging creates a fixed size text box, clicking creates an Auto Width. Fixed Size cannot be scale, but Auto Width can!

To change a text frame after you've made it, click here:

If you'd like to see Fixed Size text be able to be scaled, there's a feature request for that. Scale text area – Adobe XD Feedback : Feature Requests & Bugs

AkinGn · Answer

Hi @sarahpeller, you can find a toggle switch on the right sidebar, under the "Layout" section to toggle responsive resize (as seen in this video https://youtu.be/Nxi2kBF7uiQ?t=48 ) Hope this helps!

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