CE Menu - View
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Like most of the other menus, "View" also contains many commands, also available from the "Curve Editor Tool Bar", but there are also a few more entries which help you to customize the "Graph" window and the "Tool Bar".
Entries Without Submenus
Show Key Properties
Clicking on this function opens a new window with comprehensive information about the currently selected key.
For a detailed description of this feature, please click here.
Show Tooltips
It is often necessary to query basic information about a particular key. “Show tooltips” prints a selected key’s frame or time value and the corresponding parameter’s dimension to the canvas.
Set Range
The Graph window’s value range can be adjusted individually and with very high precision. Selecting this function opens a new window for entering your values.
Reset View
From time to time it is necessary to switch back to the "Curve Editor’s" default view – this can be done with “Reset View”.
Center View to Timeline
Here you can automatically reposition the vertical axis to the centre of the "Graph" window. This means that you can see the same amount of frames in both negative and positive directions, and the timeline position will be the centre of your view.
Load Image
In the same way as with the viewport’s option, you can load any supported image format to the Graph window’s background, either directly from the menu bar or with the Alt + I shortcut. Valid formats are – as always – TGA, JPG, PNG, BMP and TIF.
Clear Image
Remove the picture from the “Graph” window’s background with this setting.
Toolbar
This entry contains all available categories for processing control points. You can add or remove icon groups from the “ Curve Editor Tools Bar” by checking or unchecking the desired category.
The "Horizontal Axis" Submenu
Show time
When this option is active, the "Curve Editors" uses seconds for the horizontal axis
Show frames
This is the default option: the unit of the horizontal axis is given in frames.
The "Fit View" Submenu
Fit View
This option entirely fits the currently selected curve to the “Graph” window.
Fit Horizontal View
This mode is used to stretch or compress the curve in horizontally.
Fit Vertical View
Here you can fit the view in vertically.
The “Fit View to Selection” Submenu
Fit View to Selection
This function only considers selected keys and curve parts outside your selection will not be visible any more. To draw a selection simply drag a bounding rectangle around the desired keys. If you want to show the entire curve again, choose “Fit View”.
Fit Horizontal View To Selection
Just like the functions before, this tool is restricted to the horizontal direction and only takes selected keys into account.
Fit Vertical View To Selection
The functionality is exactly the same as with the previous tool, but limited to vertical views.
The "Snap to Grid" Submenu
Horizontal Snap
With this option you are still able to move the cursor/keys along the vertical axis, while the cursor snaps in at a particular time. The positions where the cursor snaps in depend on the canvas's underlying grid. It is also possible to activate both “Horizontal” and “Vertical Snap” and in this case the cursor snaps in at the grid's crossing points. The cursor's tooltip shows the exact values.
Vertical Snap
The mode of operation of this option is exactly the same as described above, but here the cursor snaps in along the vertical axis and the horizontal axis remains free.