The Animator Toolbar

The Animator toolbar is located at the top of the Animator window.

Use this toolbar to create, edit and play animations.

Control	Purpose
	Puts Animator into translation mode. The Translation gizmo is displayed in the Scene View, and enables you to modify the position of the geometry objects. This mode remains active until you select a different object manipulation mode from the toolbar.
	Puts Animator into rotation mode. The Rotation gizmo is displayed in the Scene View, and enables you to modify the rotation of the geometry objects. This mode remains active until you select a different object manipulation mode from the toolbar.
	Puts Animator into scale mode. The Scaling gizmo is displayed in the Scene View, and enables you to modify the size of the geometry objects. This mode remains active until you select a different object manipulation mode from the toolbar.
	Puts Animator into color mode. A color palette is shown in the Manual Entry bar, and enables you to modify the color of the geometry objects.
	Puts Animator into transparency mode. A transparency slider is shown in the Manual Entry bar, and enables you to modify the transparency of the geometry objects.
	Takes a snapshot of the current change to the model as a new keyframe in the timeline view.
	Enables/disables snapping. Snapping only comes into effect when moving objects by dragging the gizmos in the Scene View, and has no effect on numerical entry or keyboard control.
	Selects the active scene.
	Controls the current position of the time slider in the timeline view.
	Rewinds the animation back to the beginning.
	Rewinds one second.
	Plays the animation backward from the end point to the start, and then stops. This does not alter the direction that the animated elements face.
	Pauses the animation. To continue playing, click Play again.
	Stops and rewinds the animation to the beginning.
	Plays the animation forward from the starting point to the end.
	Plays the animation forward one second.
	Fast forwards the animation to the end.