Scaling objects

Objects can be scaled either by dragging with the mouse or more accurately using the controls on the Selector Tool Infobar. To stretch an object, you just need to drag the side handles so the object scales in one direction. Alternatively selected objects can auto-scale other objects (for example changing the text on a button might auto-scale the other parts of the button). You can also use contours to make objects thicker or thinner and so change their scale.

Note on scaling bitmaps:

When you resize a bitmap, Xara LX smooths (interpolates) between the individual pixels to give a smooth look to the bitmap. Usually this gives the best result. However you might not want this effect - in this case you can turn off smoothing for either all bitmaps in the document or a single bitmap.

What do you want to do?

Scale objects by dragging

Scale objects accurately

Resizing using contours

Linked stretching (auto-scaling objects)