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show the menu bar, scroll bars, the controller and
keys windows, and the time ruler .
Menu Bar
Themenubargivesaccesstomostofthe
tools also found on the toolbars. The menu
barcanbedisplayedorhiddenintheCurve
Editor,DopeSheet,ortrackbar. Themenu
bariscontext-sensitive,soitchangesitsdisplay
depending on which Track View mode is active.
Scroll Bar
Standard Windows scroll bars can be displayed
or hidden for the Track View window. These are
useful for nav igating complex or lengthy w indows.
UsethePanhandbuttontoscrollwhen
these are not visible. The middle mouse button
canalsobeusedtoactivatethepanhandtoscroll
this window.
Windows
There are two side-by-side display areas in Track
View . They are the Controller window and the
Key window. The Controller window contains
the Hierarchy list with labeled tr acks. The Key
windowdisplaysthekeyseitherascurvesinthe
CurveEditor,orasboxesorrangesonagrid
in Dope Sheet mo de. Use Show UI Elements,
available from the toolbar right-click menu, to
hide either window.
Time Ruler
A movable time ruler is provided. To measure
time, you can move the time ruler close to the keys
or curves when working zoomed in. Default=on.
Track View - Curve Editor Toolbars
Yo u c a n d i s p l a y Curve Editor toolbars (page 2–535)
for quick access to tools.
The Curve Editor toolbars that you can display
orhide,dockorfloat,fromtheright-clickmenu
include the following:
•
Name
toolbar —
Enter a name in this field to create a
named Track View window. You can recall t he
saved Track View window by choosing Graph
Editors menu > Saved Track View (page 2–599)
submenu. This option is also available in Dope
Sheet mode.
•
Naviga tion
toolbar —
Use these tools to pan (page 2–595)
and zoom the Key window (page 2–596),or
zoom to the extents of the time (page 2–595) or
the values (page 2–596) .Thisoptionisavailable
in both Track View modes.
•
K ey Stats
toolbar —
Track View prov ides tools for the
displayandtype-intransformofkeyvalues(page
2–594). This option is also available in Dope
Sheet mode.
•
Key
Ta ngents toolbar —
Track View g ives you quick
access to different tangency types of keys (page
2–536). This toolbar is most useful when
floating near the curves. This option is also
available in Dope Sheet mode.
•
Controllers—Track View has tools to copy, paste,