---
name: "ctrlScale"
type: command
status: ok
groups: ["GUI Control - Positioning"]
arma3_since: "0.50"
locality: {"argument": null, "effect": null, "server_exec": false}
source: https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/ctrlScale
revid: 310878
updated: 2022-05-07T20:24:10Z
---

# ctrlScale

*Command · GUI Control - Positioning · Arma 3 v0.50 · introduced in Armed Assault v1.00*

## Description

Returns the current scale of the control.

## Syntax

```sqf
ctrlScale control
```

**Parameters:**

- `control`: [Control](../topics/Control.md)

**Returns:** [Number](../topics/Number.md)

## Examples

### Example 1

```sqf
_scale = ctrlScale _control;
```

## See also

[ctrlSetScale](../commands/ctrlSetScale.md) · [ctrlModelScale](../commands/ctrlModelScale.md) · [ctrlSetModelScale](../commands/ctrlSetModelScale.md)

<sub>Source: [BI Community Wiki — ctrlScale](https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/ctrlScale) (revision 310878).</sub>