Edit text in an animation expression

There are various keyboard commands for editing text, and the Expression Editor has buttons for clearing and restoring the entire text of an expression.

Attention: If you close the Expression Editor window without successfully compiling an expression with the Create or Edit button, Maya discards any editing changes you’ve made.

Use keyboard commands

Command	Definition	Platform
Ctrl + c Command + c	Copy	Linux® and Windows® Mac® OS X
Ctrl + x Command + x	Cut	Linux and Windows Mac OS X
Ctrl + v Command + v	Paste	Linux and Windows Mac OS X
Ctrl + k	Delete to end of line	Linux only
Ctrl + d	Delete next character	Linux only
Ctrl + a	Move cursor to beginning of line	Linux only
Ctrl + e	Move cursor to end of line	Linux only
Ctrl + a	Select all the text in the edit box	Windows only

Clear the entire expression text field

Click the Clear button.

Attention: To erase an expression and make sure its previous contents no longer control an attribute, click the Edit button after clicking the Clear button.

Undoing back to an expression’s previous contents

The Edit button compiles an expression. If you’ve made an editing change and haven’t yet clicked the Edit button, you can click the Reload button to retrieve the previous expression. This restores the expression to the contents last present when you clicked the Create or Edit button.