ProX10 group scale bug

**MarcT** · 30 July 2014, 09:14 PM

Hi,

When scaling this group horizontally with the middle blobs I get strange results.
If I ungroup and try again it works ok.

Marc

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**handrawn** · 30 July 2014, 09:46 PM

well I think I see what you mean - the group 'moves apart' as it stretches rather than the object itself stretching..?

had a quick look but cannot pin it down to anything

[checked it in ver 8 - no apparent problems]

**maxcon62** · 30 July 2014, 10:05 PM

Hi, I can reproduce it .. it's another bug of the new version

XDP10 10.1.1.34966 64bit - windows 7
Max

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**mwenz** · 30 July 2014, 10:05 PM

Works properly in XDP9 as well.

**handrawn** · 30 July 2014, 10:06 PM

ok was going to investigate this from scratch, but when I made two quick shape circles in a new file and grouped them, I immediately got the same as you did without going any further

- so whatever it is causing it I don't think it's a 'rogue shape' , sure looks like a bug to me, can't get anything much simpler than two plain quickshapes

XDPX10 10.1.1.34966 64bit - windows 8.1

EDIT - if I flip them over, one across the other, they appear to move as expected thenceforth until release mouse, then they come apart again if stretched again .... in case this helps

**MarcT** · 31 July 2014, 02:45 PM

Yeah I forgot to mention it was in the 64 bit version.

Also when the group is rotated 90°, scaling it with the vertical middle blob doesn't have have this effect

Marc

**handrawn** · 31 July 2014, 02:47 PM

yes - it's only happening in the horizontal plane relative to screen [rendering]

**Big Frank** · 31 July 2014, 03:34 PM

well done you guys
i too can reproduce this bug
xdpx10 x64

**angelize** · 02 August 2014, 07:42 AM

Word from Xara support is that this is not a bug but a web designer feature called Group Squashing. It allows groups like headers and footers to change width with minimal distortion.

There is a way around it by holding the alt key while you drag or there is a registry setting that will permanently disable it. Dragging\EnableGroupSquash to 0.

**handrawn** · 02 August 2014, 08:04 AM

really? - so once again, for the sake of something that should be in options, the illustrators have to press modifiers or change the registry key?

can't say I'm that surprised - seemed a bit of a glaring error to be missed with hindsight

you might like to pass back to Xara that, whilst shift+alt in ver10 appears to do what shift did before, ctrl+alt does not behave like ctrl did as far as I can see

Thanks for the registry key - I'll make a note for future reference