The Book of Inkscape

6.2 The Selector: Scaling

Now let’s look at something more complex: scaling the selection, or making it bigger or smaller. This is not the same as zooming; when you zoom, you just view your drawing from closer up or from farther away without changing it in any way. Scaling means actually resizing the objects; this is an undoable action.

For scaling your selection, the Selector tool displays eight handles, four at the corners and four on the sides of the selection’s bounding box. Dragging the side handles scales selection in one direction (horizontally or vertically); dragging the corner handles scales it in both directions:

Figure 6-2. Scaling with ...