# Scale

The Scale property determines the percentage by which your layer object is stretched out horizontally (along the x axis) or vertically (along the y axis). 

This 'stretching' will apply to all its properties that have a dimension such as its size/ dimension, stroke width, corner radius etc.

To adjust the scale of your object:

* Select your layer and go to the propert panel
* Open the 'Advanced Transform' properties section
* Adjust the scale values.
* You can also lock the scale proportions by clicking the 'lock proportion' icon on the right of the scale property fields. This scales the other axis of the layer by the same proportion as the one you've edited. (See below).
* Another way to scale your layer directly from the canvas is to use the '[Scale tool](/editor/tools/selection-tools.md#scale-tool)' in the toolbar.

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This is useful if you have a layer with multiple properties that you want to scale up by the same value, such as a rectangle with a stroke and corner radius.&#x20;

If the size of this rectangle is changed, other properties of the layer won't be affect by this change in size. At its new size, its stroke will appear thinner, it's corner radius will look less curved and its gradient won't spread to match the new size.&#x20;

Scaling the layer allows us to address this keeping all values consistently 'scaled' up.

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