Scale 2019 Version - Illustrator

[wendy-olive]

Illustrator 23.0.1 - Scale tool doesn't work the same! Ugh!

There is a long thread in the Photoshop forum with the same issue.

Let's get a big thread going here for Illustrator.

I've spent way too much time trying to figure out how to revert to the legacy behavior of scaling shapes, images and text proportionately by using the scale tool + holding shift key and drag to enlarge or reduce size of shape proportionately. This way has been burned in my brain for many, many, many years. My fingers move faster than I can think, and now my logos turn out wonky unless I do it the long way, by opening up the scale tool and typing in percentages!! No thanks.

Why did Adobe change this? It's the most ridiculous update I've ever seen!!!! Adobe, please change this back!!

We shouldn't have to do a work-around like I read in the Photoshop forum about creating a plain text file and replacing it in the Photoshop settings folder, SCALE 2019 VERSION

For now, how do I get the scale tool to work like it used to? Is the work-around the same for Illustrator 23.0.1, as it is for Photoshop (as mentioned above)?

Thanks for listening.

[Jacob Bugge]

Wendy,

You could also send a bug report/feature request and ask everyone to:

https://illustrator.uservoice.com/

Or, maybe too sillily, revert and (hope to) wait it out.

[wendy-olive]

Not a bad idea Jacob!

If other users feel the same, please send a bug report to Adobe so they get bombarded.

[Terri Larronde]

That page does not work. Don't bother.

[Ton Frederiks]

I do not see a difference between scaling in 2019 and previous versions.

Photoshop has changed the behaviour of the Shift key but Illustrator has not.

[lynns85936717]

ME TOO! I learned Illustrator in 1991. It sucks to have to type in percentages.

[Ton Frederiks · Accepted solution]

  wrote

ME TOO! I learned Illustrator in 1991. It sucks to have to type in percentages.

Why do you need to type in percentages?

Nothing changed in the behaviour of scaling in Illustrator.

Is the Bounding box hidden? View > Show Bounding Box?

[lynns85936717]

Bounding box isn't hidden. Where's the old scale tool in the toolbox?

On Mon, Feb 4, 2019 at 1:06 PM Ton Frederiks <forums_noreply@adobe.com>

[Ton Frederiks]

It can be hidden behind other tools.

The 2019 Illustrator version allows you to rearrange your Tools Panel.

Lots of people shuffle their tools by mistake.

This has been solved in a prerelease version and should be solved in a future update.

New Customizable Toolbar need a way to Lock – Adobe Illustrator Feedback

Does the Scale Tool appear when you select something and hit the S key?

You can also Reset your Tools Panel

Click the 3 dots at the bottom of the Tools Panel. Choose Reset from the Flyout menu and click the 3 dots again.

[lynns85936717]

THANK YOU! When I command S I am able to scale. Yaaayy!

On Mon, Feb 4, 2019 at 2:54 PM Ton Frederiks <forums_noreply@adobe.com>

[Ton Frederiks]

lynns85936717  wrote

THANK YOU! When I command S I am able to scale. Yaaayy!

Glad to hear you can scale now, but simply hitting the S key should do the trick. Command S is Save

[rubenarthe]

Thank you! I was getting crazy about this, so easy!!

[spyre]

Today Illustrator has decided that holding down shift whilst scaling locks everything and nothing moves?! Wasted loads of time today trying to cmd, alt, shift and drag graphics to duplicate them and keep them on the same position horizontally and getting nowhere. It's not intuitive to completely change a short cut. Frustrated and running out of time

[Monika Gause]

  schrieb

Today Illustrator has decided that holding down shift whilst scaling locks everything and nothing moves?! Wasted loads of time today trying to cmd, alt, shift and drag graphics to duplicate them and keep them on the same position horizontally and getting nowhere. It's not intuitive to completely change a short cut. Frustrated and running out of time

Are smart guides turned on?

[spyre]

Yes, smart guides are on but they always are. It is when using the scale tool. If I scale with the arrow selection tool it still works. The scale tool just does nothing at all if the shift key is down, the artwork flashes briefly like it's trying to do something

[Monika Gause]

Can you please try and turn them off? They conflict with shift.

[joellec66346259]

I am trying everything to scale my text with the bounding box by clicking on the corner and holding shift and it just snaps back. What is going on?!

[Kike Molares]

That's the present from the latest update... apparently there is a hack to it, but I'd recommend to downgrade to a previous version... I'm using the 14.0.2 and it works fine with Mojave. Downturn, it doesn't have the "free transform" tool that allows you to pin part of the object and deform.

I asked Adobe WHY!? and they haven't replied yet... probably because there is no good answer–otherwise, why not to share and calm our spirits?

Have a great day,

Kike

[spyre]

It's a bug. You need to turn off smart guides and then it works again. Very frustrating as it something we all use non-stop and need smart guides on.

[Terri Larronde]

Why are you changing things in Illustrator that have been BASICS for Y E A R S. Why can I not just draw something and enlarge it randomly until I am happy with the size? WHAT IS GOING ON? Do I after many, many, years have to learn Illustrator all over again? SCALE? WHY???????? This is like going backward to DOS/CAD. PLEASE JUST LEAVE things the way they were or tell me how to make it work the way it used to.

[Ton Frederiks]

Do you use the Bounding Box to scale?

What does not work for you?

[Terri Larronde]

NO. I used to use the dark arrow, highlight the object, it would scale s m o o t h l y until I got it where I wanted.

What are all these extra steps? Are you trying to give us carpel tunnel? :  )

[Terri Larronde]

And, I am not a beginner. Or, is that: I am a beginner complainer? When things get more complicated over the years and not simplier, I will complain.

[Monika Gause]

Please give us the details of what is not working. Every single step.

Also: this forum is 95% not staff.

If you want to complain directly to staff, do so in http://illustrator.uservoice.com (but they will also need the details in order to find bugs)

If you just want someone to look into your system/Illustrator installation, contact Customer Care:  https://helpx.adobe.com/contact.html

[Ton Frederiks]

What are all these extra steps? Are you trying to give us carpel tunnel? :  )

Scaling with the Bounding Box on is not an extra step.

What extra step are you referring to?