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Bug 73471 - Transform tool should have a "lock ratio" checkbox
Transform tool should have a "lock ratio" checkbox
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 68106
Product: GIMP
Classification: Other
Component: User Interface
unspecified
Other Linux
: Normal enhancement
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Assigned To: GIMP Bugs
Daniel Egger
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2002-03-05 01:15 UTC by ulwarth
Modified: 2004-12-22 21:47 UTC
See Also:
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Description ulwarth 2002-03-05 01:15:36 UTC 
The transform tool's scaling mode should have a "lock ratio" checkbox, such 
that it can be scaled without changing the aspect ratio of the image.  You can 
theoretically hold down Ctrl+Alt to acheive this effect, but it doesn't work very 
well - the scaling doesn't match the position of the cursor very well, and it 
gets worse if you move back and forth between bigger and smaller.
Comment 1 Raphaël Quinet 2002-03-13 15:01:39 UTC 
This looks like a duplicate of bug #51108, which should be fixed in
gimp-1.3.x (and in the future gimp-1.4).


*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 51108 ***
Comment 2 Sven Neumann 2002-03-13 15:12:57 UTC 
This is not a duplicate. There are two issues here:

(1) It might make sense to add a Keep Aspect ratio toogle since the fact  
    that combination of Ctrl and Alt achieves this result is not
    obvious.
(2) The algorithm used to achieve the fixed aspect ratio can indeed
    be improved. As described by the reporter it often happens that
    the handle diverges a lot from the cursor position which makes it
    difficult to setup the desired scaling.
Comment 3 Raphaël Quinet 2002-03-13 15:43:19 UTC 
OK, I understand your point of view.  But bug #51108 will only be
fixed when all "hidden" tool options are visible in the user
interface, so this should also include the "lock aspect ratio" part.
I agree that the algorithm should be improved.
Comment 4 Sven Neumann 2003-03-16 21:11:03 UTC 
The user interface part of this report has been fixed. The tool
options show a tooltip that explains that enabling "Keep Width" and
"Keep Height" will lock the aspect ratio.

What remains open is the fact that the mouse handling still sucks.
Comment 5 Sven Neumann 2003-03-20 15:37:43 UTC 
Just discovered that this report is a duplicate of bug #68106.

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 68106 ***