How do I re-position a JPG texture swatch once I used it as a fill?

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December 23, 2022
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I see that I am supposed to hold the "~" key down while dragging the texture, but it doesn't work on my keyboard.

How do I select only the texture fill so I could move it around from within the Properties tab?

And how do I zoom it?

This paper texture is zoomed in too much after I applied the texture swatch:

How to

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Correct answer Larry G. Schneider

If you use the scale tool, at the bottom of the dialog box is a checkbox to limit the scaling to the pattern fill only or to scale both stroke and fill.

Ares Hovhannesyan

Community Expert

You can also use this move panel. Double Click on Move Tool

Chris P. BaconAuthor

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It works, do you know how I zoom the image swatch fill?

Larry G. Schneider

Correct answer

Community Expert

If you use the scale tool, at the bottom of the dialog box is a checkbox to limit the scaling to the pattern fill only or to scale both stroke and fill.

Myra Ferguson

Community Expert

Thank you for adding the screenshot. I can see that you have the Direct Selection Tool selected. To use the ~ key to scale the texture in the shape, switch to the Scale Tool.

Chris P. BaconAuthor

Inspiring

How do you scale only the JPG swatch fill with the scale tool?

Myra Ferguson

Community Expert

Select the object with the fill you want to scale or move
Select the Scale Tool
Press the ~ key
- If you want to scale non-proporionally, move the mouse as you press ~
- If you want to move the fill, hold ~ and Ctrl (Windows) or Command (macOS)

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