These options control which components of an animation curve are available for selection and editing.
Note: When you select components of an animation curve in the graph view of the
Graph Editor, a box appears in the
Outliner corresponding to the attribute whose components are currently selected.
- All
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Enables selection of any of the components of an animation curve.
- Only Curve
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Constrains your selection to only animation curve segments.
- Curve
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Constrains your selection to animation curve segments. To select a curve, click (or drag-select) the curve between two keys to select it, then click again to move it.
Note: Curve selection is on by default. - Key
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Constrains your selection to keys.
- In Tangent
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Constrains your selection to the in tangents of a key. In tangents are the tangents that describe the shape of the curve segment entering a key.
- Out Tangent
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Constrains your selection to the out tangents of a key. Out tangents are the tangents that describe the shape of the curve segment leaving a key.Note: To select a tangent when the Key and Curve selections are disabled, you must select View > Tangents > Always.
- Pre-Select Highlight
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Turns on pre-selection highlighting for curves, segments, tangents, and keys in the graph view, giving you visual feedback on what you are about to select.See also Turn on Pre-selection highlighting in the Graph Editor.
Prefer Selected Curves
- Activate this option to limit the selection of keys or tangents to the curve you are working on. When this setting is active, if you drag-select over a group of curves, only the keys on the selected curve are selected. This helps prevent accidental key selection when working with dense animation data.
- This setting is off by default.
Prefer Selected Curves lets you focus on a chosen curve
- Snap Time to Selection
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When this option is on, the current time marker snaps to any key you select. Hotkey: Alt + / (forward slash)
Compared behavior between Snap Time to Selection off, followed by on
This setting is disabled by default.