Hi folks,
I am using v2.69 in edit mode and try to make use of the shear tool. CTR - ALT - Shift - S.
At the bottom of the windows I can see it is active, because it says: shear 0.xx (press x or y to shear axis)
When I move the mouse, the number change and I tried values via the keyboard. but nothing happens 
Is it a bug, a feature or am I doing something wrong?
shear.blend (431 KB)
It works for me. Show us more
My blendfile is to big for upload, so I tried it with a new file. Same problem.
And where’s the new file?
hm, I can see it under the screenshot.
You only have that top set of vertices selected and you’re in side orthographic view. From there, it’s a flat line with nowhere to go. Read this and all should become clear: http://wiki.blender.org/index.php/Doc:2.6/Manual/3D_interaction/Transformations/Advanced/Shear
If it’s still not clear, hit A to select all and try shearing again.
Yeah, you are trying to shear it in left/right direction instead of up/down. X/Y or middle mouse button to switch axis. In your case Y.
Thank you all very much. Now it is clear 
And it works !!!
