Unable to do proportional scaling with Shift key + drag in Illustrator

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July 8, 2021
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I've been searching for over an hour trying to figure out how to do something I've been doing for over 20 years in Illustrator. Scale an object proportionally by shift dragging an anchor point.

Adobe must think nobody want to do this anymore so they removed this functionality. I cannot find a solution anywhere.

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Correct answer Anshul_Saini

Hi there,

Sorry about the trouble. It generally happens due to the conflict in keyboard shortcuts used in other applications. Try booting the system in Safe Mode (https://adobe.ly/2zxPxHU) and check how it works there.

Looking forward to your response.

Thanks & regards,
Anshul Saini

Anshul_Saini

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Hi there,

Sorry about the trouble. It generally happens due to the conflict in keyboard shortcuts used in other applications. Try booting the system in Safe Mode (https://adobe.ly/2zxPxHU) and check how it works there.

Looking forward to your response.

Thanks & regards,
Anshul Saini

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jgroupAuthor

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Adobe wants you to go away and leave them alone.

Ton Frederiks

Community Expert

Did you already try to restart your machine?

Reset Preferences?

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jgroupAuthor

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I have not restarted my machine today, but I have had this problem for the past month and have restarted my machine several times over that period ot time.

I just reset preferences and I can now scale an image, but not proportionally with the shift key down unless my cursor movement is in perfect alignment with the diagonal of the image.

Before, it woud not scale at all, and now it scales as if the shift key were not even down.

So, esssentially, proportional scaling by dragging with the shift key down. is no longer a feature.