There's a difference between the < > keys and the arrow (cursor movement) keys ( ← → ): scale-nodes-keyboard-shortcuts-1.png See also: Inkscape keyboard and mouse reference: Scale nodes (>1 nodes selected) [*] ----- [*] Additional tip for Mac users (wrt scaling steps of 1 screen pixel using 'Option...

In my video I have the "Key strokes" turned on while taping. It is there where you can see that I did not use the mouse, but in fact used the < > and then tried
shift < >

I do not know how to explain what's happening or not happening, so I posted a link to a 2min tutorial on Youtube which shows the correct way and the only way I have found to make a frame in Inkscape. I then posted a video link of whats happening when I try to follow the tutorial. The line become inv...