• Window > Frame

The Frame panel displays the properties of the current frame. You can use this panel to set frame properties such as label, trigger values and frame actions.

• Enter a frame number to set the scrubber to a new position.

• Use the Label field to add a label for the frame and the Trigger field to add a trigger value.

  A green marker appears on the current playhead frame when you set a label and a yellow marker when you add frame trigger or frame actions.

Frame actions trigger a certain action when placed on frames. They are executed when the playhead reaches the specific frame.

• Use the Frame panel to set frame actions on the current frame.

  The following frame action commands are supported:

  • Stop - stops the playhead at the frame or moves the playhead to the target frame and stops frame execution
  • Play - moves the playhead to the target frame and continues frame execution

• The syntax for adding frame commands is: <Target (optional)> <Play/Stop> <Frame>

  The target is optional. If omitted, then the target will be the current timeline.

  The frame can be a frame index (1-based) or a frame label with single quotes.

  The following are examples of frame actions:
  • Stop
    • The target is the current timeline
  • parent.child0 Stop
  • parent.child0 Stop 1
  • parent.child0 Stop 'myFrame'
  • Play 100
    • The target is the current timeline
  • sibling1 Play 10
  • sibling1 Play 'otherFrame'

• You can set multiple frame actions in a single frame. For example,

  Consider an actor with an animation component and having keyframes at 1 and 30. Have a simple animation at keyframe 30 with the frame command Stop in the Frame panel to stop looping the animation.
  Create another actor with animation component same as above. Add a Stop command in frame 1 and a label begin in frame 2. Now, in the first actor, add another frame command parent.Actor_4 Play 'begin' at frame 30. You can see that second animation plays only after the first animation has stopped.

• Click the Clear Fields icon to clear the frame actions set for a frame.