Commands and Tools for Editing Fcurves

 
 
 

The fcurve editor toolbar contains the menu commands and tools you need for editing fcurve animation. Many of the menu commands are also available in context menus when you right-click in an empty part of the graph area, on selected curves, or on selected keys on curves.

Context Menus

You can access many of the same commands that are available in the toolbar in context menus, depending on what's currently selected.

  • To open context menus for fcurves, select an fcurve and either right-click or press Alt+right-click.

  • To open context menus for keys, regions, and fcurve slopes, select the appropriate element and press Alt+right-click.

  • If you're working in Suite mode, the same menu is displayed no matter where you right-click.

Panels on the Toolbar

The panels of icons on the toolbar that are available are different for the Suite and Classic modes.

Icon Reference

This is a list of all the icons available for both modes in the fcurve editor toolbar:

Icon Shortcut Key Menu Command Suite or Classic Mode
  Y Select > Select Tool Both
  Space bar Select > Select Curve Tool Classic
  T Select > Select Key Tool Classic
  Q Edit > Transformation Tools > Region Keys Tool Both
  none Edit > Transformation Tools > Retime Keys Tool Both
  B Edit > Transformation Tools > Scale Keys Tool Classic
  , (comma) / . (period) Select > Select Previous Key / Select Next Key Both
  Shift+E Keys > Edit Key Tool Both
  I (capital "i") Keys > Add Key Tool Both
  D Keys > Remove Key Tool Both
  O (capital "o") Keys > Unified Slope Orientation Both - icon only in Classic
  L Keys > Unified Slope Length Both - icon only in Classic
  none Keys > Manual Slope Both - icon only in Classic
  Shift+A Keys > Auto Slope Both
  none Keys > Spline Slope (Spline Tangents) Classic (Suite)
  Shift+0 (zero) Keys > Zero Slope Orientation (Flat Tangents) Classic (Suite)
  Shift+- (dash) Keys > Plateau Slope Both - icon only in Classic
  none Keys > Point at Neighboring Keys Slope Orientation (Linear Tangents) Classic (Suite)
  none Keys > Mirror Slope Orientation Both - icon only in Classic
  Shift+B Keys > Zero Slope Length (Break Point) Both - icon only in Classic
  none Keys > Break Tangents Suite
  none Keys > Unify Tangents Suite
  none Keys > Lock Tangent Weight Suite
  none Keys > Free Tangent Weight Suite
  S View > Navigate > Navigate Tool Both - icon only in Classic
  C View > Navigate > Interactive Zoom Tool Both - icon only in Classic
  Z View > Navigate > Pan and Zoom Tool Both - icon only in Classic
  X View > Navigate > Pan in X Tool Both - icon only in Classic
  none View > Navigate > Pan in Y Tool Both - icon only in Classic
  F (A) View > Frame > Frame Selection (View > Frame > Frame All) Classic (Suite)
  R View > Frame > Frame Playback Range Both - icon only in Suite
  none View > Frame > Center Current Time Both - icon only in Suite
  none View > Isolate Curve Both
  none Curves > Linear Both
  none Curves > Spline Both
  none Curves > Stepped (Stepped Tangents) Both - icon only in Suite
  none Curves > Buffer Curve Snapshot Both - icon only in Classic
  none Curves > Swap Buffer Curve Both - icon only in Classic
  none Edit > Ripple Both - icon only in Classic
  7 View > Animated Parameters Both - icon only in Classic
  8 View > Marked Parameters Both - icon only in Classic
  9 View > Selected Parameters Both - icon only in Classic
  none File > Preferences Both - icon only in Classic