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To select items in the Controller window with the right-click menu:
■ Right-click an item in the Controller window, then do any of the following:
■ Choose Select All to select all items visible in the Hierarchy list.
Collapsed items are not selected. Press Ctrl and choose Select All to
select only visible transform items.
■ Choose Select Invert to reverse the selection pattern.
■ Choose Select None to clear all items from the selection.
■ Choose Selected Children to select the linked descendants of a parent
object.
When working with function curves, you can also select a controller icon
(instead of the label) to select that function curve for vertex editing.
To select a material or map as the active material in the Material Editor:
1 Open the Material Editor.
2 Open the Medit Materials branch in the Hierarchy list of the Controller
window and select a material.
The selected material becomes the active item in the Material Editor. This
is one way to navigate and select a material for editing.
Example: To navigate the modifier stack in the Modify panel:
1 Create a cylinder.
2 In the Modify panel, add a Bend and a Twist modifier to the cylinder.
3 In the Track View controller window, expand the Cylinder branch.
4 Expand the Modified Object branch.
5 Click the icon of the Twist modifier.
The Twist modifier is displayed on the Modify panel.
6 Click the icon of the Bend modifier in the Hierarchy list.
The Bend modifier is displayed on the Modify panel.
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