The Animation Property Area

The Property Area is used to switch the display from curves to tracks, apply curve functions, and edit keyframe parameters.

The Property Area contains the following parameters.

Select:	To:
Auto Tangent	Toggle Auto Tangent on or off for selected keyframes when fine tuning a curve. When a keyframe is selected and Auto Tangent is on, a lowercase “a” appears on top of the keyframe. When Auto Tangent is off, tangents are displayed normally. You can toggle Auto Tangent by selecting the button or by pressing the T key.
Cue Name	Edit the selected cue mark’s name.
Cue Time	Edit the selected cue mark’s time (in frames).
Frame Selected	Frame and fit the selected keyframe(s) in the Animation Editor.
Frame All	Frame and fit all visible keyframes contained in the Animation Editor.
Curve Operations	Select from a list of math operations, enabling you to modify a keyframe or group of keyframes.
Layout	Select from three different layout options for the Animation Editor
Snap To	Enable Snapping mode for the keyframe when moving or creating it. Grid: Snaps to the grid in Animation Editor. Frame: Snaps the time value of keyframes to the closest frame. Off: turns option off.
View	Switch between curve and track views—see Contextual Menus.
Interpolation	Select from a list of extrapolation types to set the interpolation of selected keys.
Extrapolation	Select from a list of extrapolation types to define the shape of a curve after the selected keyframes.
	Move to previous keyframe.
	Move to next keyframe.
	Delete keyframe.
	Add keyframe.
Time	Modify the time (X axis of the graph) of the currently selected keyframe.
Value	Modify the value (Y axis of the graph) of the currently selected keyframe.