Graph Editor Delete Keys options

Note: This section is about the Delete Keys options in the Graph Editor Edit menu. For information about the Delete Keys Options in the Key menus, see Delete Key Options.
Time Range

Specifies the time range of the keyset’s animation curves.

All

Specifies no limit on the time range.

Start/End

Specifies a time range from Start Time to End Time.

Time Slider

Specifies a time range defined by the Playback Start and End times of the Time Slider.

Start Time

Specifies the start of the time range (available if Start/End is on).

End Time

Specifies the end of the time range (available if Start/End is on).

Help Images

Displays an image in the Delete Keys Options window that illustrates deleting within a specified time range.

Method

Specifies whether the keyset to be deleted will include keys only or keys and animation curve segments (available if Start/End or Time Slider is on).

Keys

Specifies that the keyset will include only keys.

Segments

Specifies that the keyset to be deleted will include keys and animation curve segments. This is useful when you want to delete the segments of animation curves that lie between keys. For instance, you might not have any keys in the time range you’ve selected, but you want to delete the animation curve action in the time range. To preserve the shape of the animation curve segments, Maya will create keys at the time range’s start and end times if keys do not already exist at those times.

Adjustment

Specifies how the keyset is copied to the keys clipboard after it is removed.

None

Specifies removing keys within the specified range. If there are keys remaining adjacent to both ends of the deleted area, the animation curve(s) produced will retain the out tangent and in tangent of the key in the cut area.

Collapse

Specifies removing keys within the specified range. Any keys preceding the cut are moved to the start time of the cut area, effectively “shuffling forward” the animation curve to fill the resulting gap.

Connect

Adjusts the keys clipboard curves in value and adjusts the segment of the original curve following the pasted segment. This prevents discontinuity in the animation (available if Collapse is on).