In the main menu bar: Window > Outliner
The Outliner shows a hierarchical list of all objects in the scene in outline form.
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Select an object. |
Select the object node’s name in the Outliner. |
Expand or collapse the level under a node. |
Click the square plus or minus next to the node’s name. |
Expand all levels under a node. |
Hold and click the square plus next to the node’s name. |
Change a node’s order in the hierarchy. |
Drag the node with and drop it between two other nodes. |
Make a node a child of another node. |
Drag the node with and drop it on top of the node you want to be its parent. If you can’t see both nodes at the same time in the Outliner, use Edit > Parent instead. |
Bring a node out from under its parent. |
Select the child node and select Edit > Unparent. |
Split the Outliner window. |
Drag the divider bar at the bottom of the window up. When the pointer is over the bar the cursor changes to a up/down drag indicator. To unsplit the window, drag the divider back down to the bottom of the window. |
Rename a node. |
Double-click the node’s name. In node names, all punctuation except for the underscore (_) and the pound sign (#) are illegal characters. |
Allow the display of attributes (channels) in the Outliner. |
Turn on Display > Attributes (Channels). You can also limit the display of attributes with the Outliner’s Show > Attributes submenu. |
Show or hide the attributes on a node. |
Click the round plus ( ) or minus ( ) next to the node’s name. You can further expand multi-value attributes. You cannot edit attribute values in the Outliner. |
Open a node in the Attribute Editor. |
Double-click the icon next to the node’s name. |
Open an attribute in the Expression Editor. |
Double-click the attribute name. |
Select how nodes encapsulated in a container appear in the Outliner. You can select from the following options.
Under Container only shows the node as a child of its container while
Under Parent only shows the node in the hierarchy.
Both displays the same node under both its container and in the hierarchy.
Attributes
Select which attribute types to show in the Outliner. Select Clear Below to turn off all filters.
Shows only object types of the same type as the current selection. This option lets you create a filter that limits the types of objects and attributes displayed in the Outliner to the same type of object or attribute as the current selection.
For example, if you select an object’s Translate X, Y, and Z attributes in the Outliner, then select Show Selected Type(s). All non-translation attributes will be filtered and only translation attributes will appear in the Outliner. The Show Selected Type(s) filter remains active until you select another Show menu option (such as Show All).