Comment 1 for bug 659599

Revision history for this message
su_v (suv-lp) wrote : Re: Scale selections around center of rotation

a) scale about rotation center:
Press <Shift> while dragging the scaling handles to scale from the rotation center, <Shift>+<Ctrl> to scale proportionally from the rotation center. It uses the same rotation center that is visible with the skew/rotate handles (i.e. it even scales around a dragged/moved rotation center)

<http://tavmjong.free.fr/INKSCAPE/MANUAL/html/Transforms.html#Transforms-Mouse-SRS-Scaling>

b) visibility of rotation center:
Duplicate of bug #171251 “Visible Rotation center handle when rotating selection.”
<https://bugs.launchpad.net/inkscape/+bug/171251>