Dope Sheet keyframe navigation on selection-only issues and bugs #39616

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Maverick · 2014-04-06T14:13:45+02:00

Maverick commented

2014-04-06 14:13:45 +02:00

System Information
all

Blender Version
blender-2.70-6aa75d3-win64

Short description of error
There are 2 issues here:

1. When "Show only selected channels" option is enabled the Armature channels lists all existing keyframes of that armature.

When you try to navigate the keyframes using up/down arrows it loops over all these existing keyframes.
Showing all the keyframes on the Armature channel might be useful but looping over all of them is not.

This becomes a big problem on complex rigs with many bones.
Basically keyframe navigation becomes useless because there are too many keyframes.

The animator is only interested on the selected channels,
and wants to jump from keyframe to keyframe (like in traditional animation).

2. Secondary issue is that some keyframes appear in yellow in the Armature channel.

These are selected keyframes of bones from hidden bone layers.
Not only are these bone unselected but they are in hidden layers so they definitely not be shown.

However fixing the #1 problem might fix this one automatically.

Exact steps for others to reproduce the error
Check the attached image.

Thank you.

**System Information** all **Blender Version** blender-2.70-6aa75d3-win64 **Short description of error** There are 2 issues here: # 1. When "Show only selected channels" option is enabled the Armature channels lists all existing keyframes of that armature. When you try to navigate the keyframes using up/down arrows it loops over all these existing keyframes. Showing all the keyframes on the Armature channel might be useful but looping over all of them is not. This becomes a big problem on complex rigs with many bones. Basically keyframe navigation becomes useless because there are too many keyframes. The animator is only interested on the selected channels, and wants to jump from keyframe to keyframe (like in traditional animation). # 2. Secondary issue is that some keyframes appear in yellow in the Armature channel. These are selected keyframes of bones from hidden bone layers. Not only are these bone unselected but they are in hidden layers so they definitely not be shown. However fixing the #1 problem might fix this one automatically. **Exact steps for others to reproduce the error** Check the attached image. Thank you. ![dope_sheet.png](https://archive.blender.org/developer/F84112/dope_sheet.png)

Maverick commented

2014-04-06 14:13:45 +02:00

Changed status to: 'Open'

Maverick commented

2014-04-06 14:13:45 +02:00

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Joshua Leung commented

2014-04-06 15:48:47 +02:00

Added subscriber: @JoshuaLeung

Joshua Leung commented

2014-04-06 15:48:47 +02:00

That's actually an unrelated issue - see #34993
This is indeed a limitation with the current approach, where such channels just blindly included everything from the action in the past, since that was the easiest (and assumed to be, but perhaps not) fastest option. I've got this on my todo list.

1) That's actually an unrelated issue - see #34993 2) This is indeed a limitation with the current approach, where such channels just blindly included everything from the action in the past, since that was the easiest (and assumed to be, but perhaps not) fastest option. I've got this on my todo list.

Joshua Leung self-assigned this 2014-04-06 15:49:03 +02:00

Bastien Montagne commented

2014-04-06 20:01:32 +02:00

Added subscriber: @mont29

Beorn Leonard commented

2014-04-15 19:16:01 +02:00

Added subscriber: @BeornLeonard

Joshua Leung was unassigned by Julian Eisel

2014-11-25 01:34:25 +01:00

Julian Eisel self-assigned this 2014-11-25 01:34:25 +01:00

Julian Eisel removed their assignment 2014-11-25 01:34:53 +01:00

Joshua Leung was assigned by Julian Eisel

2014-11-25 01:34:53 +01:00

Julian Eisel commented

2014-11-25 01:36:57 +01:00

Added subscriber: @JulianEisel

Julian Eisel commented

2014-11-25 01:36:57 +01:00

Why should we leave this as an open bug if #1 is resolved and #2 is more a todo? -> moved to To Do.

Emir Sinan Gürlek commented

2019-12-31 12:53:17 +01:00

Added subscriber: @filibis

Emir Sinan Gürlek commented

2019-12-31 12:53:17 +01:00

Changed status from 'Confirmed' to: 'Archived'

Emir Sinan Gürlek closed this issue

2019-12-31 12:53:17 +01:00

Emir Sinan Gürlek commented

2019-12-31 12:53:17 +01:00

Closing this as invalid expalined in Triaging Playbook.

Thanks for the report. However to properly track issues we need them to be reported separately.
Please submit a new report for every individual bug.

Closing this as invalid expalined in [Triaging Playbook](https://wiki.blender.org/wiki/Process/Bug_Reports/Triaging_Playbook). > Thanks for the report. However to properly track issues we need them to be reported separately. > Please submit a new report for every individual bug.

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Dope Sheet keyframe navigation on selection-only issues and bugs #39616

1. When "Show only selected channels" option is enabled the Armature channels lists all existing keyframes of that armature.

2. Secondary issue is that some keyframes appear in yellow in the Armature channel.