Graph Editor Select menu

These options control which components of an animation curve are available for selection and editing.

All

Enables selection of any of the components of an animation curve.

Only Curve

Constrains your selection to only animation curve segments.

Curve

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

Constrains your selection to keys.

In Tangent

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

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

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

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.