Transforming Morphs: Box Stretch a Morph

Use this command from the pet palette of a selected Morph, to stretch the entire Morph by its bounding box.

1.Select a Morph.

2.From the pet palette, choose the Box Stretch command.

A bounding box appears around the Morph.

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3.Click on an edge, face or node of the bounding box.

A “stretch” pet palette appears with three options.

4.Choose one of these three stretch varieties: Stretch, Stretch from Center, or Skew.

5.Then drag to transform your Morph.

Depending on which part of the box you clicked, the stretching result will vary:

The plain Stretch (clicked on box face):

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The plain Stretch (clicked on a box node):

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The Stretch from Center (clicked on box face):

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The Skew:

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