Graph Editor Keys menu

• Windows > Animation Editors > Graph Editor, and then in the Graph Editor menus, select the Keys menu.

This topic covers the options in the Graph Editor Keys Menu. For information about how to work with keys, see Set Keys, Edit keys and Graph Editor.

Insert Keys Tool

Choose this tool to place new keys on an existing animation curve (Hotkey: Alt + i or use the button on the Graph Editor toolbar). See Add keys to a curve. Click Insert Keys > to open the Insert Keys tool options, where you can set behavior for the insertion of keys.

Add Key Tool

Lets you add keys to a selected animation curve anywhere in the graph view.

Middle-drag to set the location of the new key. Releasing the mouse button places the key. The new key’s tangents will be of the same type as the adjacent keys’ types. Click Add Keys > to open the Add Keys tool options, where you can set behavior for the insertion of keys.

Convert to Key

Converts selected breakdowns to keys.

Convert to Breakdown

Converts selected keys to breakdowns. See Breakdowns for more about the difference between Breakdown keys and default keys.

Add Inbetween

Inserts an inbetween at the current time.

Remove Inbetween

Removes an inbetween at the current time.

Note: When you use Remove Inbetween, the space between keys is decreased. This may cause keys to conflict and act unpredictably.

Mute Key

Mutes the selected keys. Keys that are muted do not contribute to the animation on their channels. See Mute Keys.

When keys are muted, the following occurs:

• A green symbol appears next to the names of the muted keys channels in the Graph Editor Outliner.
• Keys that are muted turn black to indicate their locked state.
• Mute curves with keys appear under the muted keys curves in the Graph Editor.

  Mute curves have the same number of keys as the muted keys animation curves, and their keys are positioned the same as those on the muted keys animation curves.

  

Unmute Key

Unmutes the selected keys. Keys that are not muted contribute to the animation on their channels. Unmuting keys disables their Mute curves (indicated by the red symbol next to the names of the muted keys curves in the Graph Editor Outliner) but does not remove them.

To remove Mute curves, see Mute channels.

Remove key

Removes keys using the ranges set in the Remove key options:

Setting	Description
Unsnapped	Deletes any keys that are not snapped to whole frames. You can set a time range for this action if you click Unsnapped > for options. See Remove key options for more.
Before Current Frame	Deletes all keys before the current frame. Click Before Current Frame > to see options. See Remove key options for more.
After Current Frame	Deletes all keys that follow the selected frame. Click After Current Frame > to see options. See Remove key options for more.
Outside Current Range	Deletes all keys that are outside the range set in the Outside Current Range > options. See Remove key options for more.
Ripple Delete	Removes keys between the range set in the Ripple Delete > options, and closes the gap created by the deletion. See Remove key options for more.
Redundant Keys	Removes keys with similar values to streamline animation. Click Redundant Keys > to see options. See Remove key options for more.