Hierarchy Right-Click Menu

The Hierarchy right-click menu provides ready access to commands for working with controllers, locking and unlocking tracks for use with containers, navigating the Hierarchy list of the Controller window, loading and saving animation files, and more.

Track View > Select an item in the Track View controller window and right-click. > Hierarchy right-click menu

Tip: Use

+right-click with quad menu tools to expand and collapse selected tracks individually.

Tip: The Hierarchy right-click menu displays commands related to the highlighted item while the

+right-click menu displays commands related to the item currently located under your mouse cursor.

Interface

Lock/Unlock/Unlock Leaves/Expose/Conceal/Override All Locks

These commands are intended for use primarily with the Container feature, and as such are documented in the Container section. For details, see Locking and Unlocking Tracks.

Select All

Selects all tracks that are visible in the Hierarchy list. Collapsed items are not selected.

Select Invert

Inverts the current Hierarchy list selection.

Tip: Inverting an empty selection is the same as selecting all.

Select None

Deselects all visible object tracks in the Hierarchy list. Does not apply to selected objects in the scene (object icons remain highlighted).

Select Children

Selects all objects descending from the selection by highlighting their icon in the Hierarchy list. Collapsed children are also selected.

Tip: You can also select an object's children by double-clicking its icon.

Expand Objects

Expands only the object branch for all descendants of the selected object. The expanded branches are not selected.

Note: If you are using Auto Expand with the Children option turned on, all objects branches are automatically expanded.

Expand Tracks

Expands all branches of the selected item.

Expand All

Expands all branches for all descendants of the selected object.

Collapse Objects

Collapses only the object branch for all descendants of the selected object.

Collapse Tracks

Collapses all branches of the selected item.

Collapse All

Collapses all branches for all descendants of the selected object.

Auto Expand

Expands the Hierarchy list automatically based on submenu selection choices. Submenu choices are: Selected Objects Only, Transforms, XYZ Components, Limits, Keyable, Animated, Base Objects, Modifiers, Materials, and Children.

Manual Navigation

Turns off Auto Expand. Allows you to manually decide when you will collapse and what you will expand. A small minus button in a circle to the left of an item lets you collapse it. This button disappears when Auto Expand is on and Manual Navigation is off.

Tip: To expand or collapse individual tracks, use

+right-click.

Load Animation

Loads XML animation data from files to the highlighted track or tracks. For more information, see Saving and Loading Animation.

If any of the highlighted tracks has child tracks, animation is loaded to those tracks as well.

Save Animation

Saves XML animation data from the highlighted track or tracks to disk files. For more information, see Saving and Loading Animation.

If any of the highlighted tracks has child tracks, animation is saved from those tracks as well.

Properties

Displays the property dialog of a controller, if available. Not all controller use this dialog, and it is unavailable in these cases.

Assign Controller

Displays the Assign Controller dialog, which offers a list of the available controller for that selection.

Copy

Makes a copy of the controller held in the Track View clipboard.

Paste

Pastes the copied controller to another object or track. Copies can be pasted as instances or as unique copies.

Make Unique

Changes an instanced controller into a unique one. Changes made to instanced controller are reflected in all versions of the controller, unique controllers can be individually edited without affecting anything else.

+ Right-click Menu

These commands can also be found on the right-click quad menu described above.

Expand Objects: Expands only the object branch for all descendants of the selected object. The expanded branches are not selected.

Note: If you are using Auto Expand with the Children option turned on, all objects branches are automatically expanded.
Expand Tracks: Expands all branches of the selected item.
Expand All: Expands all branches for all descendants of the selected object.
Collapse Objects: Collapses only the object branch for all descendants of the selected object.
Collapse Tracks: Collapses all branches of the selected item.
Collapse All: Collapses all branches for all descendants of the selected object.
Select All: Selects all tracks that are visible in the Hierarchy list. Collapsed items are not selected.
Select Invert: Inverts the current Hierarchy list selection.

Tip: Inverting an empty selection is the same as selecting all.
Select Children: Selects all objects descending from the selection by highlighting their icon in the Hierarchy list. Collapsed children are also selected.

Tip: You can also select an object's children by double-clicking its icon.
Select None: Deselects all visible object tracks in the Hierarchy list. Does not apply to selected objects in the scene (object icons remain highlighted).
Properties: See Properties (Track View Hierarchy).