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Selection Tool + Shift to Scale Not working

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December 15, 2018
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Trying to scale a vector image in Illustrator using the usual "Selection Tool + Shift" to I can to how I need it to be and its not working. I know this was taken away in Photoshop, but did they do it in Illustrator too? I was using version 21.1.0.

Please help! This is driving me crazy!

Thanks,

Margaret

Correct answer lambiloon

Hi try to reset your preference and then close the application and open again and use your command all be will be good...Thanks.

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Katherine27160682rciq

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Hey this is STILL not working for me despite trying all of the below. It is clealy a glitch bug and one that I have tried to remedy with deleting and updating all versions of both illustrator and macOS with NO LUCk. It is driving me crazy.

Monika Gause

Community Expert

So scaling does not work at all?

Or just not proportionally?

Do you have a Wacom installed? The current driver is not compatible.

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Katherine27160682rciq

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You are totally right. I have a wacom and it is fine without. How annoying? Do I have to reset wacom driver? Or do you think there will be a wacom update?

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Red Point

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I never got the scale tool to work, so I am using the free-transform tool. That seems to work for me.

Ton Frederiks

Community Expert

Did you try to uncheck: Preferences > Smart Guides > Transform Tools?

When this is checked proportionally scaling with Shift + Scale tool works strange when Smart Guides are on.

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michemura

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Yea, that seemed to work well so far. Thanks.
So if you could expound on what unchecking the Transform Tools changes. It helps me remember things better knowing what and why things work the way they do.

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schulze

Participant

THis worked for me

Monika Gause

Community Expert

What happens exactly?

It doesn't work at all?

Or it does somehow work and then snaps back?

Are smart guides turned on? Can you try and turn them off? Does it work then?

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bevbo1

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This was happening to me...transforming with the scale tool worked until I tried to constrain proportions by holding the shift key -- then it just snapped back to the original size. Your suggestion to turn off smart guides worked like magic and I never would have figured that out on my own. Many thanks! (This must be a bug, right? Makes no sense at all...)