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‌Mouse Modes

The mouse mode buttons at the bottom center control what the mouse buttons do in the canvas area. Common operations shared by all modes:

 Middle-mouse pan and control-middle to scrub the time; release control to scrub faster, hold shift to scrub even faster.

 Middle-scroll to change the current frame and pan if needed.

 Shift-middle-scroll to zoom the time axis

 Right-drag to zoom or pan the time axis (like the main timebar)

 Right-click to bring up the track mode’s canvas menu.

Select Keys. . The shared operations plus:

 Left-click a key to select it,

 Left-drag a box to select all the keys in the box,

 Shift-left-click or –drag to add to the selected key set,

 Control-left-click or –drag to remove from the selected key set.

Re-time Keys. . The shared operations plus:

 Left-click a key to select it,

 Left-drag a box to select all the keys in the box,

 Left-drag selected keys to re-time them (shift them in time),

 Control-left-drag to clone the select keys and drag them to a new frame,

 Alt-left-drag to include keys on all tracks sharing keys.

 Double-click keys to bring up the Set Key Values dialog.

Add Keys. . The shared operations plus:

 Left-click a key to select it,

 Left-click a location where there is no key to add one.

 Left-drag a box to add keys at all possible key locations within the box. The value will be determined by interpolating the existing curve at the time the key is added.

 Shift-left-click to add to the selected key set,

 Double-click keys to bring up the Set Key Values dialog.

Delete Keys. . The shared operations plus:

 Left-click a key to delete it,

 Left-drag a region, all keys inside that can be deleted will be deleted.

Squish Mode. This mode activates automatically when you select Squish mode with the keys not shown (see Shared Features, above). With no keys shown, the key manipulation modes do not make sense. Instead the following mode, modified from the hierarchy’s name area, is in effect:

 click or drag to select and flash one node,

 control-click or drag to toggle the selection,

 control-shift-drag to clear a range of selections,

 shift-click to select an additional tracker,

 shift-click an already-selected tracker to select the range of trackers from this one to the nearest selected one.

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