# Match size tool - did they really do it this way?

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/match-size-tool-did-they-really-do-it-this-way/280633>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [January 29, 2009, 6:52pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/match-size-tool-did-they-really-do-it-this-way/280633 "2009-01-29T18:52:17Z")\
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**Author:** ![daneyuleb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@daneyuleb](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/daneyuleb)\
**Post date:** [January 29, 2009, 6:52pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/match-size-tool-did-they-really-do-it-this-way/280633/1 "2009-01-29T18:52:17Z")

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Again…am I missing something here, or are the programming choices Adobe made this half-assed?

In the alignment window, you can match size from one object to another.

But it will only make the smaller object match the bigger one???

I can’t believe they couldn’t bother to allow users to choose which way the match should go via a modifier key, or simply user selection order to match the size of the first selected to the last.

Instead, they give a tool that only is useful for 50% of the situations. Why even bother to put it in?