Problems moving animation channels up and down in dope sheet/action editor #38897

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Stephen Hamacek · 2014-03-01T02:08:12+01:00

Stephen Hamacek commented

2014-03-01 02:08:12 +01:00

System Information
Operating system and graphics card

Mac OSX 10.8.5
GeForce GTX 660 3072 MB

Blender Version
Broken: official 2.69, through latest build hash 8fa15d1
Worked: (optional)

Short description of error

Moving Channels up and down in dope sheet/action editor working only sporadically. Tried both pageup/pagedown as well as menu Channel>move.

Sometimes it works for one movement then stops, sometimes I get a burst of 3 or 4 moves then stops working.

Tried this with rigged character - seems OK, but with linked proxy character in scene, problem appears, though not always immediately.

Exact steps for others to reproduce the error

Link and proxify a character rig
select all bones and insert keyframe (I)
go to dope sheet/action editor
select various channels and move up and down (pgup/pgdown or menu) keeping mouse over channel list.
keep selecting different channels and moving them. For me issue appears sometimes after a minute or so or shifting channels.

Hope someone can reproduce this. I can't see anything else I'm doing wrong. The character I'm using is more or less rigify based btw.

**System Information** Operating system and graphics card Mac OSX 10.8.5 GeForce GTX 660 3072 MB **Blender Version** Broken: official 2.69, through latest build hash 8fa15d1 Worked: (optional) **Short description of error** Moving Channels up and down in dope sheet/action editor working only sporadically. Tried both pageup/pagedown as well as menu Channel>move. Sometimes it works for one movement then stops, sometimes I get a burst of 3 or 4 moves then stops working. Tried this with rigged character - seems OK, but with linked proxy character in scene, problem appears, though not always immediately. **Exact steps for others to reproduce the error** - Link and proxify a character rig - select all bones and insert keyframe (I) - go to dope sheet/action editor - select various channels and move up and down (pgup/pgdown or menu) keeping mouse over channel list. - keep selecting different channels and moving them. For me issue appears sometimes after a minute or so or shifting channels. Hope someone can reproduce this. I can't see anything else I'm doing wrong. The character I'm using is more or less rigify based btw.

Stephen Hamacek commented

2014-03-01 02:08:12 +01:00

Changed status to: 'Open'

Stephen Hamacek commented

2014-03-01 02:08:12 +01:00

Added subscriber: @StephenHamacek

Stephen Hamacek commented

2014-03-01 02:21:49 +01:00

I've figured out what's going on here I think. As I only had about half the bones visible at the time, the up/down seems to be taking into account the non-displayed bones in the list too, So sometimes the channels are 'invisibly' moving up and down among channels I can't see.

Not sure how this should work exactly with that in mind. But certainly confusing to have to show all bones to reorganise in the list.

I've figured out what's going on here I think. As I only had about half the bones visible at the time, the up/down seems to be taking into account the non-displayed bones in the list too, So sometimes the channels are 'invisibly' moving up and down among channels I can't see. Not sure how this should work exactly with that in mind. But certainly confusing to have to show all bones to reorganise in the list.

Bastien Montagne commented

2014-03-01 11:17:12 +01:00

Added subscriber: @mont29

Bastien Montagne self-assigned this 2014-03-01 11:17:23 +01:00

Bastien Montagne commented

2014-03-01 12:34:11 +01:00

Added subscriber: @JoshuaLeung

Bastien Montagne commented

2014-03-01 12:34:11 +01:00

Patch is ready, adding @JoshuaLeung here as well, waiting for his review.

But note it’s rather unlikely it makes it into 2.70, this is not a regression (hardly a bug, actually, more like usability issue), it’s a bit late for that kind of changes now.

Patch is ready, adding @JoshuaLeung here as well, waiting for his review. But note it’s rather unlikely it makes it into 2.70, this is not a regression (hardly a bug, actually, more like usability issue), it’s a bit late for that kind of changes now.

blender-admin commented

2014-03-14 12:48:15 +01:00

This issue was referenced by blender/blender-addons-contrib@1f3655d224

This issue was referenced by blender/blender-addons-contrib@1f3655d224196129fc6daf20e678199b95321bff

blender-admin commented

2014-03-14 12:48:15 +01:00

This issue was referenced by 1f3655d224

This issue was referenced by 1f3655d224196129fc6daf20e678199b95321bff

Bastien Montagne commented

2014-03-14 12:50:53 +01:00

Changed status from 'Open' to: 'Resolved'

Bastien Montagne closed this issue

2014-03-14 12:50:53 +01:00

Bastien Montagne commented

2014-03-14 12:50:53 +01:00

Closed by commit 1f3655d224.

Closed by commit 1f3655d224.

Stephen Hamacek commented

2014-03-16 08:49:59 +01:00

@mont29 I've just tried the latest build 2aff243 to check this out, but now the channels won't move up/down at all, only move to top or bottom (shift-pageup/pagedown).

I tried it on a character with all active animation channels visible. Let me know if you need more details. Cheers.

@mont29 I've just tried the latest build 2aff243 to check this out, but now the channels won't move up/down at all, only move to top or bottom (shift-pageup/pagedown). I tried it on a character with all active animation channels visible. Let me know if you need more details. Cheers.

Bastien Montagne commented

2014-03-16 08:52:44 +01:00

I need a .blend file, as far as I can tell it works OK for me…

Stephen Hamacek commented

2014-03-18 03:34:34 +01:00

Here's a blend with one of the rigs I'm using atm. Haven't tried rc2 yet, but def. seems to not work in 2aff243

Here's a blend with one of the rigs I'm using atm. Haven't tried rc2 yet, but def. seems to not work in 2aff243

Bastien Montagne commented

2014-03-18 06:57:40 +01:00

Your file works OK for me… UP/DOWN/TOP/BOTTOM, all four works here.

Stephen Hamacek commented

2014-03-18 14:27:24 +01:00

Strange indeed. I definitely can't move channels except top/bottom in that build (not just in this blend). RC1 OK. I guess I'll wait and try another build soon...

Stephen Hamacek commented

2014-03-20 09:22:35 +01:00

Just tried with 2.7 official and all works perfectly so far. Thanks for implementing this great enhancement!

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Problems moving animation channels up and down in dope sheet/action editor #38897