Graph Editor’s Cursor: X values do not affect the position of the cursor #54569

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Hoang Duy Tran · 2018-04-11T17:58:52+02:00

Hoang Duy Tran commented

2018-04-11 17:58:52 +02:00

Tested on 2.79b (Date:2018-03-22 14:10, Hash: f4dc9f9d68), Linux

Reproduce procedure:
1. Open Blender and leave the cube as is
2. In the Timeline window, click the RED button to turn on Automatic Keyframe Insertion.
3. Make sure the time line cursor is at keyframe 1 position.
4. Hold down Ctrl and make a gesture as if you are dragging an axis arrow, but not actually moving anything, then release the mouse. This should trigger the keyframe 1 recorded.
5. Move time line cursor to frame 40 or something, use transform to perform some changes on the cube.
6. Switch to Video Editing screen layout (use the button next to Help menu on top).
7. Change the black screen on right to Outliner, and select to view ‘Data-Blocks’ instead of ‘All Scenes’.
8. On the Outliner data-block tree, select ‘Screens→Video Editing→Areas’, select the 4th area from the top, the ‘Graph Editor’.
9. Click on ‘Spaces→Space Graph Editor’ and scroll down to see the two boxes for:

       - Cursor X-Value 
       - Cursor Y-Value

10. Use the left mouse button to drag and change values in those boxes and you should find only values in the ‘Cursor Y-Value’ reflects on the green cursor line on the Graph Editor window on the left. Changes on the ‘Cursor X-Value’ doesn’t do anything at all.
11. Now use the mouse pointer to drag the graph cursor on Graph Editor and you should see that only value in the ‘Cursor Y-Value’ changes with the movement. The value in ‘Cursor X-Value’ remains static.

See the demo in the screen-capture clip below:

20180411_graph_editor_cursor_x_value_doesnt_work_0001.mp4

Tested on 2.79b (Date:2018-03-22 14:10, Hash: f4dc9f9d68b), Linux Reproduce procedure: 1. Open Blender and leave the cube as is 2. In the Timeline window, click the RED button to turn on Automatic Keyframe Insertion. 3. Make sure the time line cursor is at keyframe 1 position. 4. Hold down Ctrl and make a gesture as if you are dragging an axis arrow, but not actually moving anything, then release the mouse. This should trigger the keyframe 1 recorded. 5. Move time line cursor to frame 40 or something, use transform to perform some changes on the cube. 6. Switch to Video Editing screen layout (use the button next to Help menu on top). 7. Change the black screen on right to Outliner, and select to view ‘Data-Blocks’ instead of ‘All Scenes’. 8. On the Outliner data-block tree, select ‘Screens→Video Editing→Areas’, select the 4th area from the top, the ‘Graph Editor’. 9. Click on ‘Spaces→Space Graph Editor’ and scroll down to see the two boxes for: ``` ``` - Cursor X-Value - Cursor Y-Value ``` ``` 10. Use the left mouse button to drag and change values in those boxes and you should find only values in the ‘Cursor Y-Value’ reflects on the green cursor line on the Graph Editor window on the left. Changes on the ‘Cursor X-Value’ doesn’t do anything at all. 11. Now use the mouse pointer to drag the graph cursor on Graph Editor and you should see that only value in the ‘Cursor Y-Value’ changes with the movement. The value in ‘Cursor X-Value’ remains static. See the demo in the screen-capture clip below: [20180411_graph_editor_cursor_x_value_doesnt_work_0001.mp4](https://archive.blender.org/developer/F2661684/20180411_graph_editor_cursor_x_value_doesnt_work_0001.mp4)

Hoang Duy Tran commented

2018-04-11 17:58:52 +02:00

Added subscriber: @hoanguk

Philipp Oeser commented

2018-04-12 09:23:17 +02:00

Added subscriber: @lichtwerk

Philipp Oeser commented

2018-04-12 09:23:17 +02:00

Changed status from 'Open' to: 'Archived'

Philipp Oeser closed this issue

2018-04-12 09:23:17 +02:00

Philipp Oeser self-assigned this 2018-04-12 09:23:17 +02:00

Philipp Oeser commented

2018-04-12 09:23:17 +02:00

Cursor X-Value can only be seen (is reflected in the green line) when the Graph Editor editor is in Drivers mode, otherwise (F-Curve mode) the green line is hocked up to frame_current.

See 65072499c6 and #46004 for reasoning / details.

Closing as this is somewhat hidden, but not a bug...

`Cursor X-Value` can only be seen (is reflected in the green line) when the Graph Editor editor is in `Drivers` mode, otherwise (`F-Curve` mode) the green line is hocked up to frame_current. See 65072499c6 and #46004 for reasoning / details. Closing as this is somewhat hidden, but not a bug...

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Graph Editor’s Cursor: X values do not affect the position of the cursor #54569