I know this has been discussed in the forum before, but I don't find the thread anymore. Anyhow:

When I scale an object horizontally or vertically, then individual parts are moved, not scaled. This is, of course, not what I want. I figured that I can press Alt when using the handles, and then scaling is back to normal. However, when entering dimensions manually, then the issue persists.

What is the workaround for Xara's scaling oddness?