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# scalesWhenResized

Returns a Boolean value that indicates whether to scale image representations to fit the image’s size.

```
- (BOOL) scalesWhenResized;
```

## Return Value

<doc://com.apple.documentation/documentation/Swift/true> if image representations are scaled to fit the receiver; otherwise, <doc://com.apple.documentation/documentation/Swift/false>. The default value is <doc://com.apple.documentation/documentation/Swift/false>.

## Discussion

Images are not resized during drawing if this method returns <doc://com.apple.documentation/documentation/Swift/true>. They are only resized when you assign a new value to the [`size`](/documentation/AppKit/NSImage/size) property.

## See Also

[`- (void) setScalesWhenResized:(BOOL) flag;`](/documentation/AppKit/NSImage/setScalesWhenResized:)

Sets whether to scale different-sized image representations to fit the image’s size.


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