Proportional scale: add some on-canvas visual hint when activated

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Hi guys, I think this is a very substantial UX problem with Penpot. Whenever I activate proportional scale I have to check on the menu to see if it is active or not and check again whenever I mess with text because there’s no visual hint inside the canvas to show to the user that this function is active.

Maybe we should have an icon or something to show that this function is active so we don’t accidentally mess up objects that can be affected by it.

Here’s an example of how could this be.

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The desired effect could also be achieved by changing the selection border color or stroke size just to show this property is active.

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I’m a new user to Penpot. To design my components I regularly need to switch from proportional scale mode back and forth. Seeing this indicator would help so much - currently it’s a trail and error because the menu is not accessible enough to click there twice every time I need to know if it’s enabled or not.

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I’d love to see any updates on this too. For me, is pretty much the same trial and error experience right now.