Channel Editor

Use these hotkeys to set edit modes, modify keyframes, and view channels. These hotkeys also apply to the Universal Channel Editor in Batch.

Edit Modes

Use these hotkeys to set the edit modes available in the Channel Editor.

	Press:	To switch to:
	A	Add mode
	B	Break mode
	D	Delete mode
	M	Move mode
	Alt+P	Pan mode
	S	Select mode
	T	Translate mode where you can drag over the Channel Editor to move the entire selected curve TipSimilar to Move mode, except you cannot constrain movement along the X-, Y-, or Z-axis.
	Alt+U	Auto mode TipWith Auto mode selected, click the vertex's tangent handle to reset it to its default position. You can also reset broken tangent handles.
	Z	Zoom mode
	C	Rectangular Zoom mode
	Q-click	Priority Pick mode
	G-drag	Gestural Move mode

Animating

Use these hotkeys to animate channels and apply expressions.

	Press:	To:
	K+click field	Set a keyframe on the current frame at the current value
	Ctrl+click field	Set a keyframe on the current frame at the default value
	Del+click field	Delete the keyframe at the current frame
	Shift+Del+click field	Delete all keyframes on the channel except the current keyframe
	Shift+click field	Select channel in the channel hierarchy
	Shift+double-click field	Open channel editor with selected channel framed and highlighted
	Ctrl+Shift+click field	Add channel to selection (or unselect if already selected)
	Ctrl+Shift+double-click field	Open channel editor and add the selection to the already selected channel
	Alt+click field	Reset channel to current value. The channel is deleted, but the current value is kept in the field.
	Ctrl+Alt+click field	Reset channel to default value
	Ctrl+F	Select keyframe range
	Ctrl+Shift+F	Select multiple keyframe ranges
	Shift+Tab	Expand and frame keyframe selection
	Alt+Z	Reverse the track snap behaviour for keyframes when dragging a track
	Ctrl+L	Link the channel
	]	Display the Expression field so that you can apply an expression to the selected channel
	Shift-click	Select or deselect a keyframe or channel in the animation curve window
	Ctrl-click	Select multiple keyframes using a selection box on the animation curve TipSelect mode must be selected in the Edit Mode box.
	Ctrl+Shift-click	Toggle the current selection box
	Ctrl-drag	Perform a Lasso selection on the animation curve TipSelect mode must be selected in the Edit Mode box.
	Alt-click	Reset a tangent handle for a keyframe in the animation curve window
	Alt+Ctrl-drag	Snap animation vertically at intervals of 10
	Alt-drag	Snap keyframes to an integer when dragging vertically
	Shift-click	Paste a selection in the channel hierarchy
	Shift+spacebar-drag	Paste and offset a selection

Navigation and Channel Viewing

Use these hotkeys to view and move through channels.

	Press:	To:
	Alt+right arrow	Go to next keyframe
	Alt+left arrow	Go to previous keyframe
	Tab	Frame the selected channel from first to last keyframe
	Ctrl+Tab	Frame all displayed channels
	Ctrl+click Frame Chn button	Frame the currently selected channel and scroll the corresponding folder to the top of the channel hierarchy TipIf no channel is selected, the channel hierarchy is scrolled to the top folder.
	Ctrl-click (folders)	Scroll through channel names in the channel hierarchy
	Alt-click (folders)	Expand or collapse all channels in the channel hierarchy
	spacebar-drag	Pan in the Channel Editor
	, (comma)	Enable or disable the Animated option to affect animated channels with the Expansion and Show/Hide boxes when the Filter controls are displayed
	. (period)	Enable or disable the selected option to affect animated channels with the Expansion and Show/Hide boxes when the Filter controls are displayed
	/	Toggle Autoframe between None and last selected option (All, Animated, or Selected)

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